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re: somebody talk me out of this (car related)

Posted on 4/16/15 at 3:50 pm to
Posted by barry
Location, Location, Location
Member since Aug 2006
50344 posts
Posted on 4/16/15 at 3:50 pm to
quote:

I have never been in any sort of debt.


Its debt on an EASILY sellable item. Anytime you want you could sell the car and pay off the debt.
Posted by fatboydave
Fat boy land
Member since Aug 2004
17979 posts
Posted on 4/16/15 at 7:52 pm to
Where can I get these low used car rates??
Posted by matthew25
Member since Jun 2012
9425 posts
Posted on 4/16/15 at 10:50 pm to
Yes, I am also interested in a 2% loan rate
Posted by iknowmorethanyou
Paydirt
Member since Jul 2007
6547 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 6:31 am to
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hungryone


Looks like Dave Ramsey checked in to downvote you.
Posted by Sigma
Fairhope, AL
Member since Dec 2005
3643 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 6:41 am to
DCU
RFCU
PenFed
Posted by Creamer
louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
2817 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 8:32 am to
Penfed has the 2% rate for used cars for 36 months.
Posted by bobaftt1212
Hills of TN
Member since Mar 2013
1316 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 9:05 am to
right and in the 80's you paid 12-18% for a mortgage. I had no trouble finding a place to park our checking account that pays 3%
Posted by hungryone
river parishes
Member since Sep 2010
11987 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 9:09 am to
To each his own regarding the anti-debt thing. But this is a very good loan rate, OP is a person with significant future prospects and his spouse has a solid job. They have no other debts. If he lacked formal education, advance planning skills, or any level of sophistication about abstract thinking, then the complete debt avoidance strategy might be good for him. He's almost done with law school; assuming he passes the bar, he will shortly be in a position to interact with clients--to accept fees from them, to appropriately manage his trust accounts holding clients' funds, to negotiate settlements on behalf of others in divorce, child custody, and business proceedings....

One size fits all strategies are simplistic and naive. He's got the education and brainpower to learn to manage his finances in a way more sophisticated than wads of cash in envelopes. Sorry if some people don't, but not all of us with reasonable debt are buying useless crap. Some are building businesses, creating jobs, and seizing life's opportunities.
Posted by Lsujacket66
Member since Dec 2010
4792 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 11:56 am to
you are looking at this all wrong. You have to look at the cost for you to borrow (2%) and the CAP rate for your rental properties. If your cap rate is higher (it should be a minimum of 10-12%) then you should finance as much of the car as possible and use that money to make more money for you.

Shoot me an email if you'd like to talk some more about the house investing djw70726@yahoo.com
Posted by makersmark1
earth
Member since Oct 2011
15848 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:40 pm to
So the spread should be 40x?
Posted by CoachRobertson
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2014
364 posts
Posted on 4/17/15 at 9:38 pm to
OP, will this vehicle be just a commuter vehicle or for business only? Ever thought of leasing and just pay the leased amount off (to the residual)? If leasing is out, if you finance the vehicle, make sure it is a simple interest loan, thus if you really just want to be done with a car payment, you can just pay off the car without penalty and avoid the interest the rest of the term
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