If someone wants to lend money to a family member to buy a house
(parent to child, for example), and he charges a prevailing market
interest rate, say 5.5%, what paperwork would be necessary so that the
borrower could deduct the mortgage interest on his tax return? The
lender would have to pay tax on the interest received.
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