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    Hey All,
    I have been reading about IO loans on investment properties and just needed some help getting my head around it.

    Scenario 1
    Let us say I own an IP with a 300k IO loan and a 100% offset account.
    Let us say I have 200k sitting in this offset which means I can claim 100k tax deduction on the interest portion of the loan.
    I now decide to buy another IP and take 100k from the offset meaning I now can claim 200k of interest tax deductions.
    I think that is right so far as all good.

    Scenario 2
    My question however is let us now say instead of IO on this 300k loan I go P+I with no offset.
    Now instead of 200k in the offset I made extra repayments and only owe 100k on my loan so can claim 100k tax deductions exactly like in Scenario 1.
    I now decide to buy another IP but now I have no money in an offset account so my only option is to draw the equity from the property which I draw 100k and am now back to 200k which I can claim as an interest tax deduction.

    So from how i am viewing this it works out to be the same. Only difference is the hassles of having to go through the banks to draw the equity and I realise this would mean a new valuation and value may have dropped but I am thinking I have this wrong and there are many other considerations??

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