Auto Flip Insider #11

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Good morning, Flippers!

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This week’s newsletter is short and sweet. It’s getting tough to find a good deal that stays on the market long enough to feature in a weekly newsletter…

 Warning - some elbow grease may be required.

• 1985 Mercedes 300D Turbo - Elyria, Ohio - $7,600

• This car appears to have everything that a buyer wants when searching for the perfect example of a W123:

  • light ivory (taxi yellow) paint, and no rust or body damage

  • automatic windows, door locks, and sunroof - functioning

  • a seller that actually knows what the vacuum system is

  • an asking price with no more than four digits…

• The last few W123 300D examples have sold on Bring A Trailer for between $9,600 with hideous “Champagne Metallic” paint, and $38,750 for light ivory, low miles, and sienna interior. Another one sold a few days ago for $15,000 in nearly identical spec to the one featured above…

Flipping Trick of the Week

• 90% of the time, when you buy a cheap secondhand ATV the seat is going to look similar to the above photo.

• Watch a Youtube video or two, purchase at least three times as much material as you think you’ll need, and get yourself a nice staple gun.

• Reupholstering the seat is the single best thing you can do as far as Craigslist Curb Appeal for your ATV, and it’s a great thing to look out for on used bikes.

  • A quad with a torn seat cover means you can negotiate a low purchase price, and you can very easily add quite a bit of value back into the machine with relatively minimal effort.

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