No More Leasing | Cost-Cutting Bible for Startups
A monthly PC lease is a cost you keep paying for as long as the contract runs. This book is a practical playbook for startups and freelancers who want to cut those costs by building and maintaining their own PCs instead.
In short: compare leasing and buying properly, and get the self-maintenance basics down, and you'll have what you need to reconsider that recurring monthly cost.
No More Leasing: The Complete Cost-Cutting Bible for Startups and Freelancers — Custom PCs & Self-Maintenance
A practical playbook for cutting costs by ditching monthly PC leases in favor of building and maintaining your own. Covers a lease-vs-buy total cost comparison, tax-saving techniques using Japan's small-value depreciable-asset rules, a reliable build table, preventive maintenance steps, and NAS-based data protection (the 3-2-1 rule) — all in one book.
📖 Read on Kindle — ¥480Why reconsider leasing now?
A PC lease keeps the upfront cost low, but the monthly payments never stop for as long as the contract runs. A custom-built PC costs more up front but has no ongoing monthly fee after that. Which is actually cheaper depends on your specific situation — but making that call requires comparing the real total cost of each option, not just the sticker price. This book walks through that comparison and the practical steps that follow from it.
Who is this for?
- Business owners and freelancers who want to reconsider their monthly PC lease costs
- Anyone considering a switch to custom PCs but unsure how to compare the real costs
- Anyone expensing PCs without knowing about tax-saving programs they could use
- Anyone who isn't confident choosing parts themselves and wants a reliable reference
- Anyone who wants to revisit their business PC's data-protection setup
What's inside
| Section | Details |
|---|---|
| Lease vs. buy TCO comparison | How to think about total cost of ownership |
| Small-value depreciable-asset rules | Tax-saving techniques using this program |
| Reliable build table | A parts-configuration reference |
| Preventive maintenance steps | Steps to head off failures before they happen |
| NAS-based data protection | Data protection following the 3-2-1 backup rule |
FAQ
Q. Which costs less, leasing or buying?
A. The book covers a total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) comparison between leasing and buying, weighing the fixed monthly lease payment against the full cost of buying and maintaining your own PC.
Q. Are there tax advantages to building your own PC for business use?
A. It covers tax-saving techniques using Japan's small-value depreciable-asset rules.
Q. Do I need to be confident choosing parts myself to use this?
A. No — it includes a build table with reliable part choices, so you can follow along even without prior parts knowledge.
Q. Does it cover protecting business data?
A. Yes. It covers NAS-based data protection following the 3-2-1 backup rule.
Ready to reconsider that monthly lease payment?
From the cost comparison to the actual build and maintenance — everything you need to decide is in this one book.
📖 Read on Kindle — ¥480