Getting another car a year after it's paid off isn't really leveraging the benefit of buying from what I see.

The same way that I couldn't "make" you sell me your car.  As

The short nonspecific answer is you should refinance your car loan into a HELOC or have them factor into your new mortgage and pay off the car as a condition of closing.The way DTI works - anything credit reportable the bank will see and use.

I am just using my car as a mobile office and I come upon an abandoned home that might be a good candidate to make habitable.

They do hold value well if you are ok with driving the same car as everyone else,  synchronized grass mowing and a stepford wife.   

So the cost to me would be a flight and rental car, as I would just camp out at the house. 

i go hit by a car a few months a go and will becoming on around 25k should i buy a small house cash or us it as a down payment?

I want to house hack to get started or at least get a multi-family going so i can increase my income and reduce my living expenses.The wife is more concerned with immediate situations such as getting another car as we only have one.

Keep in mind this is someone living in a $750 a month rental, he could not just go to the Chevy dealer and drive off the lot with a new car. As

I personally don't put a value on it but when I was helping a new coworker find a property he stressed that covered parking was a must for him because of his car (a Nissan Z).