Buying out my car lease because of the current market In 2020, I leased a 2021 BMW 3 series with a premium package, upgraded paint and interior, with an allotment of 12k miles per year over the 3 year term of the lease. My monthly payment was $480. Since my lease was almost up, I went into the dealership to look into getting a new bimmer and got a RUDE AWAKENING about the current car market. To lea…

Where Tech Investors Are Buying Up Land, Locals Are Worried In Solano County, Calif., longtime residents are both worried and baffled by an ambitious plan to build a city where there is now mostly farmland.

LPT Request: How do I avoid being bamboozled when buying a new car at a dealership? submitted by /u/fotank

Thoughts on buying a Pakon f135 in 2023. The reliable full roll auto scan is ultra tempting. submitted by /u/next_pppplease

buying used camera advice? a local shop has both the Fujifilm X-T2 and X-T3 in at the moment. as someone new but with nature / birding aspirations is there any huge reasons i should go for one or the other? to those of you used to them, what are the biggest differences? thankful for any and all advice, cheers submitted by /u/ErnestCarvingway

I’m nervous that, by deferring home buying, I’ll lose the opportunity to purchase in 5 years Hello! I’m thinking about not purchasing a home in my HCOL US city today. Interest rates are pretty abysmal and yet home prices continue to climb. I have a comfortable rent-control place that’s perfect for me, and I’d love to share a space with a hypothetical partner and family once they come into existence. At 31, I think it’s reasonable to con…

Buying a house to rent to family My brother called me out of the blue and asked if I would be willing to co-sign on a mortgage with him. He owns his own business and makes more than enough money to qualify for this house under usual circumstances— the price is about double his annual gross income— but he’s had some major business expenses over the past year (think vehicles and …

Buying a standalone duplex (no HoA) with my brother: good or bad idea? So the house we’re looking at is a duplex, zoned for two families. It’s $1.2 million. I live in a VVVHCOL areas, and this is just the cheapest house (even fixer uppers) unless the house has protected tenants that cannot be evicted. This one is actually quite nearly renovated, too. My brother has $500k cash and just wants to put it on the house. …

Help buying a lens Hello everyone I am trying to buy my first lens and I need some help. Keep in mind I have the canon r10 which has a 1.6x crop sensor. I am looking for a zoom lens that has a zoom around 15-50 (30-75 full frame equivalent) with a 2.8 aperture. I found one by sigma that is exactly what I am looking for but it only works on Sony e mount. Any sugges…

You Can Try a Folding Phone (Sort of) Without Buying a Samsung Galaxy Z Most modern smartphones look about the same: a big slab of glass on the front, and any number of camera lenses on the back. Foldable phones are the new and greatest deviation from this norm. The Galaxy Z Fold 5, for example, is basically two smartphones glued together to create one cohesive, larger display. Read more…

A helpful tip I’ve found to scratch the ‘itch’ of buying new things…Using Facebook ‘Buy Nothing’ groups or Facebook Marketplace. This obviously depends on where you live, but I’ve been frequenting my neighborhood’s “Buy Nothing” group for a bit and have gotten a ton of great stuff at 0 cost. I’ve easily saved over $1k so far. It scratches the itch of purchasing something new, but costs almost nothing. Example of things I’ve gotten: – Ember heated coffee mug Kids toys for…

Testing before buying products and the initial number of products Hey guys, I’ve finally created my first e-commerce website. I’m thinking about selling some pet products (I know it’s pretty saturated) such as dog collars, clothes or anything related to dogs. But, I’ve not bought any products from my wholesaler, and when I do, I will ask my wholesaler to manufacture them with my logo. And now I was thinking of…

LPT: When buying steaks, ignore the grade of the meat. Look for the marbling and the meat coloration. I speak from ~14 years experience in the retail meat industry. Often, the “choice” beef looks like “prime” and sometimes it’s the other way around, the prime looks like choice. All that really matters for a tasty and juicy steak is the marbling. Also, it’s better to go for a lighter coloration closer to orange rather than deep red. submitte…

Anyone buying Natasha Denona’s new “I need a nude” eyeshadow palette this week? Just saw swatches of Natasha Denona’s “I need a nude” eyeshadow palette… might need to break my palette no-buy 😫 I don’t own any midi or full size ND eyeshadows (only her mini glam and mini nude). I’ve been VERY tempted to pick up the midi glam, but was able to resist. Idk if I can resist this one though. The colors and new “wet” formulas look s…

Are we buying into camera hype? Pixel 7 vs Redmi Note 10 Pro camera comparisson. Source: GSMArena Being obsessed with camera comparisons, I could barely find anything about Honor 90 vs Pixel 7 except 1 review. ​ In that one review, I wasn’t even convinced that Pixel had a better camera than Honor. However, wherever you turn on the internet, it is presented that Pixel eats majority of phones for dinner. ​ Frankly, some guy posted comparison d…

Buying used vs new car still the same as a yr ago? Is the buying new vs used cars debate still the same as a year ago when used cars were virtually as high (or even higher!) than their new car counterpart? It seems it’s leveled out a bit at least. A more specific question is, in your opinions, what is a “fair discount” to expect and look for in a used car to warrant buying used vs new nowadays? …

Here’s How Much You Actually Save Buying Gas at Costco Gas prices are currently stuck in neutral, but could be rising again soon. The average cost for a gallon of gas in the U.S. is $3.873 and has been hovering around this same number for nearly two weeks, “a noteworthy length for price stability,” according to AAA. However, new data from the Energy Information… Read more…

Advice on buying my first digital camera Hey everyone, I’m an aspiring photographer who started his journey with film photography (not the best decision,financially, I know) now the film and developing and scanning prices are just too much to handle for me and it’s keeping me from my passion; so long story short, I want to buy a digital camera but the sheer amount of choices are overwh…

Am I buying too much house? Looking at buying a house for 975k. I can put down 20%. Based on my estimations this puts us at $6200 a month for housing (PITI and utilities) at a 7% rate. I’m in my early 30s and make 170k a year. This is likely to go up to 185 next year, maybe more long term, but don’t want to count too heavily on that. Employer pays for majority of health a…

Father buying a brand new car and putting it under my name My father in law plans to buy a brand new car. He, however asked if I can put the car under my name (registration, etc..) during the purchase. I am reluctant since I do plan on purchasing a home fairly soon. If he plans to pay the car in all cash, will this affect me when I apply for a home loan? To be clear I am not totally sure yet on how he i…