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Re:$3 Trillion in Forgotten Debt by toast0 on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:06PM (#15725555)
You owe $100k, but you also have something of value (worth approximately $100k when the lease was entered, but should be adjusted for transaction costs of subleasing). Over time, your payments reduce the debt (this balances out), but the asset also reduces value, which reduces your overall balance. Adjustments for marketability of the leased property should also be made.

If the property isn't marketable, maybe the current asset value is $0, but that's rarely the case.

Re:$3 Trillion in Forgotten Debt by abritinthebay on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:37PM (#15726563)
Hmmm... it seems to me to be identical to how home owners have a mortgage and home value as two separate debt vs value measures.

But what your describing doesn't happen in they way you're describing for home owners why should it for someone leasing a property?