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Roll over the negative equity into a lease: Lease payments are lower than car loan monthly payments. By the time you finish paying the lease payments, your negative equity will also disappear.

It's quite simple. Your lease equity is the difference between the current lease payoff and the price you sell the car for.

If your car is a year or more away from the end of the lease term and you want to check for current equity, call your leasing company and ask for a buyout price. Subtract the buyout price from the current market value of the car to see if you have equity.

Lower upfront and monthly costs: Leases often require a low or no down payment, and monthly payments are typically lower compared to auto loans. You can also expect repair costs to be lower, so you don't have to set aside as much money to anticipate those.

Benefits of leasing usually include a lower up-front cost, lower monthly payments compared to buying, and no resale hassle. Benefits of buying usually are car ownership, complete control over mileage, and a firm idea of costs. Experts generally say that buying a car is a better financial decision for the long term.

If you turn the car back in to the dealership, they could sell that car at that price ? or more ? and get money back on an investment that could have been yours. The thing is, you can access that equity, too. If you buy out your leased car for $21,000 ? the residual value of the car ? you could sell it for $28,000.

There are blog posts where Sin breaks down advertised lease deals and a proprietary number they call the Leasehackr Score. This is the number of years it would take before the cumulative monthly payments exceed the price of the car. The higher the Leasehackr Score, the better the deal.