Tale of Two Brothers — tax deferred investment

Turn a depre­ci­at­ing asset into an appre­ci­at­ing asset.
A sim­ple and com­mon car pur­chase exam­ple:
Car cost $25,000   –  term 4 years   –  inter­est 7.87%
1) Finance car through bank or other lend­ing insti­tu­tion;
After 4 years you have paid the bank $25,000 + $4,222 = $29,222.00 prin­ci­pal and inter­est.
Sup­pose depre­ci­ated value of car is now $9,000, sub­tract that from total cost and […]