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Deductions & credits

my thoughts on this are as follows.    

i would put the cash-out into a separate a/c just to keep things clean should the IRS ever question what you did with it.  This is what is referred to as the tracing rules.  for the period the cash-out portion is not used for another property or investment purpose (such as buying stocks but this portion would then be investment interest subject to investment interest deduction limitations - schedule A), the interest would be nondeductible personal interest.  so when it comes time to buy the new property putting in personal cash on top of the cash-out should be easy to demonstrate should the IRS inquire

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