Goals, Business Plans & Entities
Market News & Data
General Info
Real Estate Strategies
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/hospitable-deef083b895516ce26951b0ca48cf8f170861d742d4a4cb6cf5d19396b5eaac6.png)
Landlording & Rental Properties
Real Estate Professionals
Financial, Tax, & Legal
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/equity_trust-2bcce80d03411a9e99a3cbcf4201c034562e18a3fc6eecd3fd22ecd5350c3aa5.avif)
![](http://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/assets/forums/sponsors/equity_1031_exchange-96bbcda3f8ad2d724c0ac759709c7e295979badd52e428240d6eaad5c8eff385.avif)
Real Estate Classifieds
Reviews & Feedback
Updated about 5 years ago on . Most recent reply
![Cameron Philgreen's profile image](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1459476/1621512505-avatar-cameronp51.jpg?twic=v1/output=image/crop=1166x1166@0x0/cover=128x128&v=2)
Talk me out of this car cashflowing strategy
Disclaimer, this post is about a CAR, not real estate.
Talk me out of this: Used 2018 Tesla model 3. Was bought new at $61,000, 8000 miles, selling for only $47,000 (30% off).
What if: $10,000 down. $37,000 loan at 1.99% APR (special EV loan). Payments will be $590/mo, which means I could rent it on Turo SIX DAYS PER MONTH and be cashflowing already. Any rented days after that is positive cashflow.
On top of that, we get a fun, economical car that drives itself on the highway.
Talk me out of this, why would I NOT go through with this deal?
Or if you think it's fool-proof, tell me why!
Trying to do this deal this weekend, so respond quickly!
Love y'all.
Most Popular Reply
![Alexander Felice's profile image](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/138385/1715198003-avatar-alexanderscott.jpg?twic=v1/output=image/cover=128x128&v=2)
how much effort and money are you going to sink into learning this non-scalable hobby? Even if it makes a little money it's a single point of failure operation with high downside risk and low upside potential. It's a short term venture at best, and the most likely outcome is you bought a fancy new-ish car and have a bunch of consumer debt costing you money rather than making you any.
the car won't appreciate
you won't get any tax benefits
It becomes less lucrative as other EV vehicles come into service
It adds a bunch of additional liabilities on your DTI which many hinder you if you decide you want to buy an actual investment.
Sounds like someone just wants to buy a Tesla and justify the terrible financial decision. If you want to buy the car just do it, if you want it to make financial sense you're going to have to be at least drunk, and if you think it'll be a good investment you might need a lobotomy.