@Carl wrote:
You can't rent out property "as a vacation home".........A house can not be both a vacation home, a rental and a primary residence at the same time.
Why not?
A "vacation home" is basically any dwelling unit used by a taxpayer during the taxable year as a residence. That term is widely used (by Congress and the IRS) but is somewhat of a misnomer and misleading.
See https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/280A
It can technically be any dwelling unit (e.g., a house, apartment, condominium, mobile home, boat, et al) that is rented during the taxable year and also has a requisite amount of personal use.
The fact that @wleuter's dwelling unit is also a primary residence would be relevant when determining the amount of disqualified use for the purposes of Section 121.
