Small beans (within the range of $1200) in most scenarios of buying a house or car as you stated in the OP.

In my opinion, it sounds like the easiest way to remedy this situation is to give the tenant whom owns the car a call.

@Cara LonsdaleExactly!

Thanks for the tips Cara!

So, after the drill, I'd put a sawzall as number 2.You also need a good assortment of drill bits, screwdriver bits, and blades for the sawzall.Working on a car a socket set and a set of combination wrenches is essential.

Also as you know 125k combined translate to only 10k gross and should be around 7-8k when it hits the bank, a 500k mortgage will be around 3k/mo and two cara will go around 1k, utilities and fuel maybe another 1k, that alone is 5k that doesn’t leave a lot for errors and living expenses.

@Cara Lonsdale - Thanks for your inputs.

@Cara Lonsdale Thank you for the information!

@David Zheng @Cara Lonsdale @Annie Levan thank you all.

We have a large home and charge additional per person, have disclosed outdoor security cameras, and make it known that additional unapproved guests will be charged an even higher per person fee, to discourage people from sneaking others in  I nearly bought a second car a) because I wanted to and b) because I justified the expense saying I'd rent one or the other on Turo when I wasn't driving it.