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The commercial comes on smooth. Glossy SUV. City lights. A voice like warm butter telling you the Luxor Dominator can be yours for โjust eight hundred ninety-nine dollars a month.โ
Record scratch. Hold on. HOLD ON.
He slid โeight ninety-nine a monthโ past you REAL smooth, didnโt he? Like itโs SMALL. Family, thatโs a rent paymentโฆ with wheels.
Letโs do the math they pray you never do. $899 a month times 12 is $10,788 a year. Over a seven-year loan, thatโs $๐๐,๐๐๐ โ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. Some of yโall gonโ have that car longer than you had relationships.
You didnโt buy a car. You ADOPTED one. And now you gotta raise it. Feed it every week โ thatโs gas money. Keep it insured like itโs one of your kids. Buy it new shoes โ them tires ainโt cheap. And every time it coughs? Six hundred dollars at the doctor โ I mean the mechanic.
Thatโs ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ โ falling in love with the payment and never asking the price. A big price wearing a little outfit, praying you donโt do the math.
And watch the salesman. Ask him the payment, he answers in two seconds. Ask him the ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐? Now he needs a calculator, a manager, and a prayer. Wrong question gets a fast answer. Ask what the car COSTS. All of it.
๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐: Never judge a car by the payment. Judge it by the total price โ then decide if youโre buying itโฆ or adopting it.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ: ๐
๐ข๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐ค ๐๐ง!
๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ? ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ up!
โ๐พ Damon Carr, Financial Planner, Money Coach, Tax Pro & Real Talk Specialist
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๐ฅ Watch the video: https://youtube.com/shorts/pIaHtUcIiZ8