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Benefits of Equipment Leasing

By Guy Phillips

The overall cost of buying and using your own equipment in the office, at home or even on the road can cost you more than money. By the time you figure out what products are best, what youre most likely to need and use all the while keeping up with your clients demands, youve probably lost more business than youve earned. Business today is about change"essentially, you can change the fastest with the times and keep up with market demands with better equipment. Leasing equipment makes sense in business for the short and long term.

First and foremost, the most important benefits to leasing rather than owning your equipment is cash; lets face it, the more cash you can put to advertising, the better. The more money you dont waste in owning your equipment can be directly put back into the business, so you can reach more people. When money is fully paid for equipment"printing equipment, for example"that money is given to another business and is lost entirely to you"the money can never be put back into your own business. Rather than make a (perhaps) bad investment, put the money into true investments that will pay off in the long haul; your own company, surely, could use more working capital or more money for advertising and trips.

Additionally, you wont need the money upfront to lease the equipment you want and need. A small initial start up investment, say $3,000-$4,000 dollars, can get you started and your business jumping. The leftover money could undoubtedly help your business grow and move forward. Plus, the monthly costs for leasing the equipment is generally lower than bank loan payments. All around, you save more greenbacks.

Once the equipment you use becomes obsolete, then what? When you lease the equipment rather than own it, youll be able to upgrade to newer equipment at a fraction of the costs once your lease expires. Rather than take on the millstone yourself, pass it on to someone else. This sort of lease becomes thrice as important if you plant to buy (or lease) equipment that is soon to be outdated. Computers, palm pilots, hand computers, laptops, printers and projectors are just a few of the expenses that you can slash by leasing. In a year or two, youll have new equipment on the way for the same amount of cash. You know the amount your spending, and where youre spending it, over a longer period of time. The allocation of funds is thus predetermined, set and exact.

A maxim says that the things you own will eventually start to own you. That is, when you lease equipment, you save money in the long haul by never having to worry about your stuff breaking down. If it does, its often fixed or replaced for free. When you pay for the usage and not the ownership of your equipment, you are essentially a maintenance-free business. Plus, youre only paying for what you use over time. If you use a computer for a year, for example, you can easily upgrade (needed, mind you) within a year. Obtaining finance at the bank these days should turn you off to the idea of owning anything in the first place. Your leasing arrangement can often be a sealed deal in less than a business day, and the time constraints are flexible enough to keep you running strong.

When you lease rather than own the equipment you use for and in your business, your immediately creating revenue. You are using equipment that you didnt pay for to make you money, essentially. Moreover, your monthly payments to the leasing company are set and known. There are no surprise fees, save for the processing fee of starting up with any company. If you consider the equipment leasing company as your partner, then youll see that they are actually helping you make money. Over time, leasing saves money for both the large and small business. As Benjamin Franklin once said, A penny saved is a penny earned. Thats always true!

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