| If you are asking how to buy and sell a used car than I | | | | Government auctions are the lowest risk of all the |
| have to imagine that you are interested in buying a | | | | used car public auctions. For the most part these |
| used car and then immediately selling it for a | | | | de-commissioned vehicles have been well maintained |
| profit...Sound about right? | | | | and the auction house can typically prove it. |
| Sounds like a great idea and a great way to make | | | | 1) Take nothing for granted; always require that |
| extra money which many of us really need in today's | | | | service records be available no matter how thoroughly |
| world. I can tell you as someone who successfully | | | | you or your mechanic has inspected the vehicle. If |
| buys and sells used cars that it isn't all peaches and | | | | service records don't exist and they almost always |
| cream however it is absolutely something that can be | | | | DO at Government auction then there are plenty of |
| done. | | | | cars that will have these important records available. |
| I remember the first time I pulled this off, the first time | | | | 2) "AS IS" When you buy used cars at auction you |
| that I bought a used car and sold it for a profit....What a | | | | are always buying as is which means that you must |
| sweet feeling that was, it was then that I realized that | | | | inspect the vehicle in an almost paranoid way. This isn't |
| if I could do this once than I could do it again and again. | | | | like inspecting a car from a rental company so they |
| The key to buying and selling cars for profit has | | | | don't blame you for scratches; this is a whole different |
| everything to do with buying right or should I say | | | | animal. Consider using a call out mechanic service at |
| bidding right; the easiest way to do this is to buy your | | | | first and learn from them the first couple of times, |
| used cars at auction, this is by far your best chance of | | | | that's what I did and they taught me everything I |
| getting the vehicle at a price that will allow you to turn | | | | needed to know to do the inspections myself. |
| around and sell it privately for a profit. | | | | 3) Always secure reliable car history, it's just like buying |
| Buying and selling used cars is a great way to bring | | | | a house from this perspective, you wouldn't buy a |
| some extra money to the piggy bank but you must | | | | house without conducting a title search would you? |
| realize that weather you choose to buy and sell used | | | | Most used car auction houses will provide you with a |
| cars through auction, auto trader, private seller, e-bay | | | | complimentary CARFAX report, if they don't then you |
| or any other venue....you must follow a strict discipline | | | | will need to secure your own, don't under any |
| and do solid research, your going to be part detective | | | | circumstances skip this step... |
| and part buyer. | | | | So that's it, buying and selling cars for profit is definitely |
| Here are 3 keys to buying and selling used cars at | | | | something that you can do if you don't rush in.... |
| public auction | | | | |