lease

Hmm, it would help for you to get the expressions right! They are respectively known as 'finance lease' and 'operating lease' A finance lease is one where substantially the whole of the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset are transferred by one person (the lessor) to another (the lessee) An operating lease is any lease that isn't a finance lease These definitions are from the International Accounting Standard on the subject of leases IAS 17 Owner occupied property? Do you own any property? Yes? Do you live at that property? Yes? Then that property is owner occupied Do you own any property? Yes? Do you live at that property? No? Does someone else live at that property? Yes? Then that property is NOT owner occupied OK?

thanks mike what do u mean by- Investment property may be owned or held under a finance lease?

is it meant for the lessor or lessee

For the lessee If I owned a property and leased it to you, what are you going to do with it? You may become an occupier (a tenant) or you could sub-lease the property to some third party friend In that latter situation, you are the lessee of a finance lease and you are, following the subsequent agreement with your friend, a lessor But you don't even have to lease it out to your friend Get hold of the property from me under a finance lease (for the whole or substantially the whole of the life of the property) and hold it for its capital appreciation or its stream of income (as an investment property) OK?

thanks a ton mike!

You're welcome