11,050 During the year, Natalie rented out the condo for 79 days, receiving $26,000 of gross income. She personally used the condo for 43 days during her vacation. Natalie's itemized deduction for nonrental taxes is less than $10,000 by more than the property taxes allocated to the rental use of the property. Assume Natalie uses the Tax Court method of allocating expenses to rental use of the property. Assume 366 days in the current year. (Do not round apportionment ratio. Round all other dollar values to the nearest whole dollar amount.) a. What is the total amount of for AGI (rental) deductions Natalie may deduct in the current year related to the condo (assuming she itemizes deductions before considering deductions associated with the condo)

of the three mortgage options that demarco and tanya have to choose from, the balloon payment mortgage would be their best option, over adjustable payment and fixed payment plans.ultimately, the balloon payment plan would save demarco and tanya overall, in interest, would cost less monthly, and they would only have to make these payments for 8 years, opposing to 30 years for adjustable or fixed payment plans. 

overall, demarco and tanya would save $80,811 if they chose balloon payments over fixed payments, and would save $116,711 if they choose balloon payments over adjustable payments. benefits with choosing fixed payments over adjustable payments is that, in the end, the payments will still be $836.30 a month, while with adjustable payments, the initial monthly payments will be $763.38 to $1082.70 a month, ultimately leading to a more costly purchase. benefits with choosing fixed payments over balloon payments are not present. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over is that it has a lower interest rate, and starts with lower monthly payments initially. benefits in choosing adjustable payments over balloon payments include a lower interest rate, and lower initial monthly payments. benefits in choosing balloon payments over fixed payments include lower interest rates, lower overall price, lower monthly payments, takes less time to pay off, and does not require a downpayment. benefits in choosing balloon payments over adjustable payments include, lower monthly payments (when averaged), takes less time to pay off, and lower overall price.

hence, option c, balloon payments, is the best option for demarco and tanya to make this purchase, for it will save them a minimum of $80811, and a maximum of $116,711. 

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