Sell Your Car Fast | Tips On How To Sell Your Car Fast For Cash Quick
If you own a car outright, have a clean title, and need to get some money fast it is possible to sell your car fast for cash. Forget the days of putting up a sign and sticking your car on some corner. That may work but you have no idea how long it will take. So to sell your car fast for some quick cash here is what you can do that will work probably a lot of the time for fast cash.
How To Sell Your Car Fast:
First, get an idea of what your car is worth. Be realistic and write down everything you can about it and what is wrong with your car. How many miles does it have, what kind of condition is it in, etc…
Then go to one or more of the websites such as Edmunds or Kelly Blue Book that help you to get a value. Keep in mind you want to sell the car as fast as possible for cash so you are most likely not going to get top dollar, but keep reading to find out how you could get more then you maybe expected, that is if you don’t need the money right this minute. Meaning if you can wait anywhere from a few hours to a few days.
Now take your car to CarMax (not sure if they are available in all locations, if not there may be other car dealers who make offers to buy your car near you) and tell them you want a quote to sell them your car. This takes about 30 minutes or so and when I did this the person was very friendly and not pushy at all. Now the offer to buy your car from you is most likely going to come in under Blue Book value and is likely going to be near the auction value. If the amount they offer is fair to you and you need the money now without time to wait you should consider taking the money. I believe they pay in check, but I am not sure. You do not have to sell them the car right then and there, you have some time to think about it if you want as the offer to buy your used car is good for several days, I believe 7 days but you will want to double check.
Now to see if you can get more money for your used car (which you can if you have some time to wait) write down a great description, clean up your car and take some pictures with a digital camera. Head on over to craigslist and post your car for sell and upload some good pictures.
Tip – You want to sell your car as fast as possible for the most cash as possible, right? Did you say to yourself “I need to sell my car fast” and “I want to sell my car for cash”? Well here is what you should do. Price your car right and price it to sell fast. Don’t play games trying to get more then your car is worth for a fast sale. What that means is you should price your car somewhere between the offer you received from CarMax and the wholesale value or Kelly Blue Book value. If you prefer go just a little higher then those values to see what type of a response you get from potential car buyers.
When you post your car for sale on Craigslist make sure to list everything wrong with it and be honest. You are going for a quick sale and don’t have time to waste with people looking at your car and then finding all these things wrong with it and as a result not being interesting in buying it from you. Also list in your post that your car is only going to be for sale for X number of hours/days and if it does not sell it will be traded in or sold to a car dealer. With this of course make sure you know that is your plan. If you can only wait a day or two before you really need the money then give it that much time, if it doesn’t sell take it back to CarMax or other car dealer (if you have time you may want to get a quote from another dealer who buys cars as well).
I did this and sold my car the same day (a couple of hours later) after I received an offer from CarMax. I had originally given myself 5 days and if it did not sell I would have taken it back to CarMax. But it sold fast and for $700 more then the CarMax offer! And even more beautiful – It was all paid in cash and it was fast!
