Video taking off 9.4x its usual first day

Grant Cardone's cash-or-lease choice turns on tax write-offs

His quick answer about car payments has drawn a much larger audience than usual, while viewers raise ownership costs and mileage limits.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 59,023 views a day, 9.4 times a normal first day on this channel (6,307).

Pay Cash or Lease It

The car's weight matters. Asked whether he leases all his cars, Grant Cardone says he chooses between leasing and paying cash according to the tax deductions he expects.

That brief exchange, posted as "Pay Cash or Lease It," has reached about 52,000 views in 18 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for a Short.

Cardone's answer is less about the car than how he pays for it. He says he pays cash for vehicles that qualify for the write-off he describes, though he hesitates over the weight threshold. Otherwise, he says, he leases through his company and deducts the payments.

"Otherwise, I'm going to lease it, and I'll write off the payment under the company," he tells the interviewer.

The comments bring the discussion back to the practical trade-offs. One viewer weighs the down payment and monthly payments against ending a lease without owning the car. Another raises mileage restrictions, while a third points out that either route still requires cash or cash flow. Those are different questions from the one Cardone answers: his explanation centers on the deduction, rather than the total cost of keeping a vehicle.

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What viewers say

If you add the down payment + the monthly lease payments over 2 years, you get to 40-50% of the price car which you don't get to keep. Leasing has its own benefits but not the best deal if you intend to keep the vehicle
@blipblop92See it on YouTube
Leases only make sense if you don't drive them much because of mileage issues
@mhxxd4See it on YouTube
Either way, you have to have loads of cash or loads of cashflow…. 😢
@rogerdrakes1See it on YouTube

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