Be At Peace With Your Lease

• "If money becomes available any time after the first year of the lease, the contract almost always allows an early purchase buyout without penalty."

On the corporate side, Focht, of GPU Energy, offers his own observations:

"Leasing becomes very attractive when it involves an area where you may only be involved for a limited time. For example, if a billing and inserting machine costs $1 million, and a company isn't sure if they want to be in that business a few years from now, that's a lot of money to invest.