DIYbanter - View Single Post - Possible to making money in spare time buying cars and selling them

(Don) wrote in message om...
I would like to find a side income where I could work at my own pace.
I am building a garage pole barn 24 x 30 and thought about buying cars
that had something mechanically wrong with them, fix them in my spare
time and selling them.

Others have suggested I should just rpair cars but I work during the
day and I am admittantly slow. I just thought It would be something I
could work at my own pace.

Any advice?

In many places, this would require you to take out a mechanic's or
dismantler's license and a dealer's license. Your property would also
have to be zoned to allow this sort of work. And beware of local
junk-vehicle ordinances; a diligent inspector could have your
work-in-progress confiscated.

If you do this casually once in a while, it's no big deal. As soon as
you start doing it regularly to make money, it's a business, and you
need the appropriate permissions. What these are in any particular
case will depend on where you are located.

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Chris Green