FlippaDrive Blog
Field notes on buying auction cars with discipline — from the team behind FlippaDrive.
Asking Prices Lie: Sold Comps, Price Drops, and Days on Market
Exit value built from asking prices inherits every seller's optimism. Three signals say more about what a car will actually bring, and how fast.
Title Problems That Kill Deals: What to Check Before You Bid
A car can be mechanically perfect and still be a bad buy because of what its paperwork says. The title checks that belong in every pre-bid routine.
Reading a Run List Like an Underwriter
Sale day is too late to start thinking. A triage method for turning a few hundred lane entries into a shortlist with pre-set numbers.
Flip It or Rent It? How to Think About the Turo Decision
The same vehicle can be a one-time spread or a stream of rental income. A per-vehicle framework for choosing, without pretending either path is free money.
The Five Costs That Eat a Flip's Margin
Most flips do not fail at the sale. They fail in the quiet line items between the hammer and the handoff. Five costs deserve a written number before you bid.
How to Set a Maximum Bid Before the Auction Starts
Your maximum bid is a math problem, and it has to be solved before the auctioneer starts talking. Here is the subtraction that produces a walk-away number.