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 Q. I would like to know whether it is better, financially speaking, to own my first house as an income property, or as my primary residence in Ontario. I am single, living with my parents, earn a steady income and have $80,000 in savings. I’ve already purchased a new-construction freehold townhouse for $320,000 (paid $30,000 in deposit), which will close in August 2020. While I had been planning to rent out this property, I’m wondering if it is better to treat it as my primary residence initially, to take advantage of all the benefits available to first-time home buyers (including the ability to borrow from my RRSP), then change to a rental later.
–Larry
A. I see where you are going with this, Larry. You’re wondering if you can take advantage of the Home Buyers’ Plan now—and, if you don’t, will the fact that your first home purchase is an income property prevent you from participating in any first-time home buyer programs when you do purchase your first primary residence in the future…

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