Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over 35 years of diverse financial management experience. He is an expert on personal finance, corporate finance ...

While not a new idea, a sale and lease-back transaction — where the owner of an asset sells the asset and then leases it back from the buyer — might make sense for some fleets today. The transaction ...

Some of the equipment vital to business operations is painfully expensive. For a startup business in particular, the idea of affording necessary equipment can feel like mission impossible. At the same ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Leasing and financing a car are similar in so many ways. One is that you pay something at the end of every month for the car you drive. Yet, both leasing and financing a car also have several ...

When a vehicle lease comes due at the end of its term, the lessee can purchase the car with cash or credit, or turn it in and walk away. A lessee who wants to finance a buyout but has had his debts ...

Accounting rules break leases into two classes. When you lease equipment or a building for a relatively short term, you have an operating lease, AccountingTools explains. If you lease long-term or in ...