Pay off car loan or buy first rental?

[Daniel Lehman]

So I have a car loan with about 4 years left. The interest rate is at 24%. I have been building my credit up and I'm around 700 now but when I tried for a refi i was denied. Should I pay off my car loan first before I pursue getting my first rental with a VA loan? It seems to mathematically make sense that I payoff the loan first because of the high interest rate but if someone has a strong argument for acquiring my first property then i'm all ears!

[Alexander Felice]

Pay the difference between what it's worth, and what you owe. Then sell the car, buy a $1500 beater, the FLOURISH.

I drive such a beater that when I went to leave my last closing, where I paid cash for a house, my truck wouldn't start and I was out front of the law office with the hood popped trying to finagle the thing to start.

cars will always lose 100% of their value, pay as little as you can for one.