www.kijiji.comSearch craigslist for good deals. Call or email the person selling the car. Ask them the following:
Do you have the title for the car?
It's really important that they have the title. You also want to check to see if the title is in their name. A lot of people don't know about the importance of the title. People lose them, don't keep them in a safe place.Sometimes people will give you a duplicate title. Verify that the vehicle is in their name before they give you a duplicate title. The could still owe payments on the vehicle. If they financed the vehicle in the past you will need a lien release along with the duplicate title. The original title will show the lien was satisfied by the lien holder.
Is the registration current?
You could go down there and the registration has been expired on the vehicle. The longer registration has been expired on the car the greater the penalty fees. You could go down there thinking your getting a great deal, and realize it's going to cost $400 just to bring the registration current.
Are you the original owner?
This is were you separate private party cars from other people buying and selling cars. Buying one owner cars is a big plus. They know all the history of the vehicle, and probably have stacks of maintenance records on the vehicle. One owner cars are generally well cared for.
You can start your own virtual car lot. Start to acquiring an inventory of cars. You can park them around your neighborhood. It will start to become a problem if you have cars with expired tags. Try not to park your cars in front of peoples houses. If you live them there to long they could become suspicious and get mad at you. In some places you're not allowed to keep a car parked in any one place for more than 72 hours. If you do the vehicle may get towed.
Don't show the vehicle in front of your house. Meet them up the street in a mcdonalds parking lot. You don't want people knowing where you live especially if something goes wrong with thecar. They could come back to where you live demannding for their money backor they could throw a brick threw your window.