Video: Buying vs Leasing: Tips for Stretching Your Car Budget
Submitted by Edwards & Associates Financial Services, Inc. on February 6th, 2018Consider these trade-offs between buying and leasing when looking to stretch your car budget.
Consider these trade-offs between buying and leasing when looking to stretch your car budget.
Our behaviors produce the results we see in our lives. Sometimes all we need to do is make small changes that will prove to be beneficial later in life. Small sacrifices now tend to pay-off well later. The adage: "Pay Now and Play Later" or "Play Now and Pay Later!".
It’s no surprise that studies show young adults are not into insurance. There are too many other financial challenges to worry about, such as paying off crushing student loan debt and saving for future goals. Actually, other studies show that younger adults would rather spend their money on such things as travel premium TV streaming services than use it to buy life insurance.
Most financial planners agree that life insurance is essential for protecting families against financial loss, which is why many recommend purchasing the maximum amount needed at the cheapest cost using a term policy. Where they start to diverge in their thinking is in any discussion about life insurance as an asset.
Millennials get a bad rap. Too often does the media say that they’re lazy, unmotivated to work hard, and frivolous with their spending habits. On a weekly basis, absurd articles pop up criticizing lifestyles, going as far as saying that buying avocado toast is the reason so many can’t afford a house… Ridiculous, right?
Anyone who has ever rented a car knows that cringing feeling that comes up when the rental agent asks whether you want to purchase rental car insurance. It’s made worse when the agent goes into a pitch about how most people’s auto insurance won’t cover all of the costs incurred should the car be damaged or stolen.