As a truck driver I am not sure if there are other advantages to NC vehicle registration. 

I have excess earnings after expenses and my accountant advised to spend this cash on a property, vehicle, or 401k to avoid paying taxes on it.

Real estate can be a true joy for some, but for many it's just a vehicle to achieve a why.

If you want to get into the investing game you may want to start by hitting some auctions, and putting some miles on your vehicle.

Recently, I started a meet up specifically geared towards empowering people of color to use Real Estate as a vehicle to build generational wealth. 

Put in man hours clearing the property in the process of putting in a second culvert for vehicle access to a section separated by a creek

I have a small GC company with a few vehicles, 4-6 full time contractors and a few subcontractors, but when we are pricing contracting work and I have to factor in travel time and gas costs, it adds up a lot more than it did last year.

Still have plenty of room on the 50% vehicle to income ratio. 

I do think it is very much like buying a vehicle before closing on a mortgage. 

You will be fine and you will crush it as long as you don't graduate and go buy a brand new vehicle and take on other bad debt just cause you can.Note: This is all the advice I would give myself if I could go back 15+ years and talk to myself in college.