• KingJalopy @lemm.ee
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    My buddy was just bragging to me how he just bought a brand new Sequoia with all the bells and whistles and only had to do was take out the equity on his home and he paid cash for the whole thing… Somehow I couldn’t get him to understand how fucking stupid it was to take the equity out of his home to buy a fucking fancy car.

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      “All I had do to was take money out of the thing that appreciates and put it into the thing that immediately depreciates 20% after I drive it off the lot!”

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        *depreciates 20% the moment the money changed its owner. Another 20% when you get the key and another 20% when you use the key for the first time to unlock it

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      My accountant does that because home mortgage interest is tax deductible and car interest is not. But he can afford his luxury car.

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      Holy shit, what a dumb way to spend the equity from your home. My wife and I have a HELOC and it all goes back into the house in the form of improvements.