Leasing is an alternative method of acquiring capital equipment that is needed to help business grow and operate more efficiently. It requires a customer (Lessee) to make specific monthly payments over a fixed period of time (typically one to five years). Title for the equipment rests with the leasing company (Lessor) for the term of the lease.

At the end of the term the lessee may exercise a purchase option provision, and title of the equipment is transferred at that time. Leasing has become so widely accepted that eight out of ten U.S. companies use it as their preferred method of financing.

In 2005, $280 billion worth of capital equipment sold in the United States was leased. Companies that use leasing range from the Fortune 500 to the family business.

When it comes to acquiring the equipment you have decided to purchase, you are faced with an entirely new decision process:

• Do I pay cash?
• Do I go to my bank?
• Do I lease the equipment?
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Leasing offers a wide variety of benefits over paying cash or using a financing source, such as a bank. Leasing benefits may include:

• Low monthly payments
• Improves cash flow
• Preserves other credit sources
• Hedges against inflation
• Eliminates obsolescence
• And much more

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