Is it smarter to buy or lease a car?
It happens all the time. You see an ad on television for an amazing car you’ve always wanted, and the monthly payments shown are actually within your financial grasp. Visions of all the dates you’ll be able to manage in such a hot vehicle dance in your head. You’ve had a look at the candidates, selected your future spouse and even chosen the neighborhood where you’ll settle down together. Then, like a bullet to your heart, the announcer says the magic phrase — the one that kills your dreams and brings you out of your reverie and back to reality. The price, it turns out, is “an attractive lease offer.” What is it about leasing a car that some find so “unattractive”? The payments are cheaper, you can get a new car every few years, and a lease is often easier to get than
