I agree. I’ve seen a few posts that say as long as the title is turned over (from leasee to new buyer) in 10 days, the leasee doesn’t pay tax (either tax is deferred to buyer, or leasee is refunded).
The private party leasee would have to buy it, and then sell it to me.
I would if I could, but I think there’s a lot of costs that go into it after once the car is sold at auction (so auction fees, plus whatever the auction buy price is, then margin on top of that). That’s why the price is >$40K.
Thank you!. I reached out to the buyer to see what the RV is, but adding in 6 months of lease payments may not make this attractive.
Ideally, I’d like to wait until the end of the lease, but that’s just me being greedy. 
You can assume the lease and immediately buy out the car a week later.
Yah, I’ve seen that. The problem is the whole 10 day thing. I know our DMV isn’t super fast in CA, so I wouldn’t rely on the dmv to get the title to the first person in 10 days.
True, but isn’t it still the same price (6 months * $483), whether I buy it out or make 6 payments?
Buyout usually won’t include whatever rent charge is part of that payment. How much that is depends on the MF on the lease.