We refinanced our home in January planning to use cash out for home improvement (pool). We changed our mind and invested in a rental property. Due to TCJA do we have to limit the mortgage interest deduction since the cash out wasn’t used as originally planned for home improvement?

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Why wouldn’t you deduct the interest on schedule E?

Okay, let me rephrase. It’s either capitalized into the rental property or deducted on schedule E.

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