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Lam N.
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Weird question, is this a bad idea?

Lam N.
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I currently drive a beat-up old minivan with 240K miles on it.  Yeah, I sacrificed myself to jump-start my rental business.  I plan on buying the Tesla Cybertruck as my main vehicle.  

Recently, a thought came to me.  Is it a bad idea to get the cybertruck and then let the tenants see me driving in it?

Ok, hear me out.  Every time the cybertruck is mentioned, I always hear people saying it must cost $120K.  It looks expensive.  But the thing is it's only $40K.  One of my tenants drive a $70K truck, so... But that doesn't matter because people keep thinking Tesla = rich man's toy.

For the past year, there's been a lot of hate for landlords flying around.  A thought occurred to me that tenants seeing me drive what they think is a $120K vehicle might create resentment.  I'm afraid they might start thinking "so, this is what my rent is going toward..."

Is this fear warranted or am I over thinking it?  

A possibility is I could continue to drive my old minivan whenever I have to go to a tenant's place and only drive the Cybertruck strictly for pleasure.  A friend suggested this to me.

What do you think?  Do I have to worry about this perception or am I just overthinking this?

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Jonathan Styer
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Jonathan Styer
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You know your tenants better than anyone on BP. If you're worried about it just drive the minivan when you go around like your friend said. As you grow, you're not going to really be able to worry about what the tenants think of you, this is a business. Treat them fairly and expect the same and anything outside of that is just noise. 

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