dugswife
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Sell land adjacent to house - at loss.

11 years ago we purchased 2 tracts of land.  One has our home. The other was vacant land next to our home that was used for hay and under AG exemption. (We filed as a farm for many years - but could not make it successful so stopped filing that in 2019.)  These two tracks were purchased under one balloon price - one mortgage.  We sold the 22 acres in 2020 - but for $80,000 less than it appraised (tax appraisal- market appraisal was more).  Are we allowed to deduct this for a loss or is it considered personal property?  And if we can deduct it how would we determine the purchase price since it was all rolled together with our home?