Sell Your Car for More

The dealer offered you a trade-in price that felt like a joke. Selling privately can often get you more, if you avoid the lowballers and the scammers.

Inside this playbook:

• Trade-in vs private sale: the math, with a fill-in worksheet

• How to price it right using real comparable listings

• The $100-$300 of prep a mechanic would do first

• A 12-shot photo list and a listing template that gets messages

• Word-for-word replies for lowballers and "what's your best price?"

• Test-drive safety rules

• The 6 most common scams on car sellers, and safe ways to get paid

• Paperwork checklist and a sale-day checklist

Written by RCJ Mobile Mechanics. Instant PDF download after checkout.

General information, not legal or financial advice. Paperwork rules vary by state.