While I have been a proponent, to an extent, of the efficacy of the lease-purchase model for new owners and others lacking the capital to secure favorable financing, I’ve always accompanied that with ...

An auto lease buyout lets you purchase the vehicle you’ve been leasing instead of returning it. Buying out your lease might make sense if you like your car, it has excessive wear and tear or you ...

Motor carriers/affiliates' lease-purchase plans and programs have traditionally been somewhat well-used paths to truck ownership, particularly among operators with otherwise shaky credit, but the ...

Learn how the fair market value purchase option lets you buy leased assets at current market prices. Discover its benefits across automobiles, real estate, and more.

A provision tucked in the bipartisan infrastructure funding law calls for the formation of a truck leasing task force to examine the fairness of lease and lease-purchase agreements between motor ...

Keep the car you love with auto lease buyout financing Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Edited By Written by ...

Evidence suggests truck leasing programs do more harm than good. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — A federal task force has released its final report on trucking lease-purchase programs and ...

FMCSA's Truck Leasing Task Force discussed the fairness of—and possible solutions to—lease-purchase agreements between carriers and drivers. This was the fourth meeting of the Truck Leasing Task Force ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] For some trucking companies, a truck lease-purchase agreement could be a hit-or-miss event with long-term ramifications. However, ...

Learn how bargain purchase options let lessees buy leased assets below market value and why they're considered under capital lease accounting.

Lease-purchase programs offered or managed by motor carriers in the trucking industry are under perhaps their biggest challenge to date. The Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF), established by the Federal ...

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