Before you conduct a rent$-$or$-$buy analysis, it is critical that you understand how the U$.$S$.$ tax code creates tax shelters for homeowners.

Along with pschyological rewards, homeownership also provides financial payoffs. From a buyer's perspective, the interest

against the

mortgage on the property and

can be

the taxable income and thus

the homeowner's tax liability. The tax shelter is provided only if the