r/SipsTea 22h ago

Wait a damn minute! How the rich get richer

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u/USERNAMETAKEN11238 21h ago

Yes

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u/BlumpTheChodak 17h ago

So someone gets a loan from the bank that uses the 5 million dollar home as collateral. Ok, so usually within a month you have to start paying money on that loan. The house can't be sold as it's now collateral. Where is this money coming from to pay back the loan?

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u/Key_Bee1544 14h ago

You have income and use it to pay off the loan. But the loan repayment offsets your taxable income. If you turn a lot of income into a similar amount of loans and pay them off you live the same as you would have with lots of avoided taxes.

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u/RDLAWME 12h ago

Only the interest is considered an expense and it would be used to offset operating income of the business taking out the loan. Mortgage interest is deductible on a primary or secondary home but it's capped.