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Negative equity

You owe more than the car is worth. Plenty of people do. The mistake is burying it so well you cannot see the next payment.

Negative equity is payoff minus actual value. Not payoff minus what a salesperson needs the appraisal to be.

You can write a check for the hole. You can roll some of it into a new loan if the next car and the lender allow it. You can wait. Those are the honest three. 'It disappears if you lease today' is a sentence that should make you walk.

Rolling a large hole into a short lease is how payments get ugly. Rolling it into a longer loan is how you stay upside-down on the next car too. We will show both before you pick.

Send year, make, model, miles, and a payoff letter. We will not guess your payoff.

Related: Leasing vs buying through a broker, How an auto broker works in California, areas we serve, and all brands. Text (714) 471-8775.