as soon as you drive your brand new car off the lot, it depreciates in value, but when you buy a home you can actually make money off of it when you sell it?
call car salesman are all the same..new or used..they are tryin to make a buck off every person whenever they can.
real estate investments are unfortunately not looked at by the general population..i would say only 1/4th or 1/3rd of the population gets into real estate to make profit..and because it doesnt happen a lot (the whole buying/selling process) the market cannot afford to completely drop prices off houses or property multiple times...
plus cars are updated every year...new cars built every freakin year..we have so many cars on the road its ridiculous...i wish I knew a stat on this, but I'm guessing there are an average of 1 car per person in our country...thats a lot of automobiles...
Also, you can deduct the depreciation of your building from taxes you pay.....about 2.5% per year.
You canget screwed when you sell it, because you are taxed on the SUM of the depreciation at the time of sale. This isn't so bad for homes but it crearts a logjam among commercial properties....no one wants to sell.
while I do agree that Ford sucks and I refuse to buy any of their products (including Volvo, Jag, or Alfa Romero (sp?)) - I will disagree with Hyundai being good value.
if you drive slowly and are never around any obstancles, rough roads, or other drivers... then you might stand a chance - otherwise they are death traps:
Hell, even Kia's fare better on the test and those are known death traps (deadly injuries at sub 40mph).
I'm just a "snaab" b/c my car has the best real world crash test data - you could literall drive it in to a brick wall at 60mph and open the door and walk away (albeit never get that car back).
Also, you can deduct the depreciation of your building from taxes you pay.....about 2.5% per year.
You canget screwed when you sell it, because you are taxed on the SUM of the depreciation at the time of sale. This isn't so bad for homes but it crearts a logjam among commercial properties....no one wants to sell.