I'm in lending so I try to provide a bank perspective when possible. 

Thanks James,  definitely a different perspective than I thought I'd get on this question.   

However, in your market they might have a different perspective.

Altogether, the shift will result in a fresh round of layoffs for the bank’s mortgage operations, executives acknowledged, but they declined to quantify exactly how many jobs will be lost.

Aloha, I'm wondering if anyone could offer some perspective on what you might do in our situation (or what options we might have).

From a financial perspective, this is brilliant - you put $5k down on a $50k vehicle, write the entire $50k off, and receive $20-25k in tax savings.

What most on these forums truly don't understand is how the United States is shifting to a more European cycle of where people live and work and we're not going back to urban sprawl.  

I'm hesitant from the perspective of the high crime in the area but somewhat bullish on the development of the area.  

Thanks Form tax perspective, your LLC can make payments directly to bank and get tax deductions or you making a payment will qualify for deductions as well.The SMLLCs are disregarded for tax purpose, so both ways are ok. 

Understand that any closing costs you shift to them, will lower the Net value of your offer.