hornbeam

Thanks, when my old man done it in the 70s and 80s, it was an unwritten rule of keeping it below 6 a year, then you can claim your a car enthusiast that likes changing cars, but things have changed with the online snooping the government does now on you bank accounts. I.e buy yourself a £40k Merc and you only earn £10k a year, their software can scan your account automatically against the DVLA register, and you could get a tax bill for earnings, scary.

Cheers, if I can flip about 10 a year that will do me to be honest, and will keep it below VAT, if I keep it to around £5k a car, with about 10% profit, give or take the odd lemon. Hopefully £5k should help buy a decent car to sell on.

All the web, photography, internet stuff not a problem, I have had that as my main career, but it is soooo boring, I need a change. I can do all the basic car stuff, detailing, servicing etc if needed. Just need the info of requirements these days, I will only have one car to sell at a time. So need to know whether I need to let council know as its such a small number of vehicles.

Thanks, thats the plan, the aim is to start buying late autumn, and from now until then just visit and get a feel. Dont want it to be a big new career, just buy and sell about 10 cars a year. I enjoyed it as a lad, the smell of the petrol and the buzz of the auction, and trying to spot the lemons with a magnet in hand.

See this online, bit above my budget but may suit. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-to-let/property-68953244.html

At the grand old age of 50, and having a lot of time on my hands now the kids have grown up, I would like to get back into buying and selling cars, I have a little knowledge from my youth with my dad going to sales, repairing and selling, but I suspect a lot has changed since the 80s. Any advice welcome, or any trader that go to any south east Monday auctions whos brains I can pick or shadow would be helpful. I dont mind buying the odd full english as reward.

At the grand old age of 50, and having a lot of time on my hands now the kids have grown up, I would like to get back into buying and selling cars, I have a little knowledge from my youth with my dad going to sales, repairing and selling, but I suspect a lot has changed since the 80s. Any advice welcome, or any trader that go to any south east Monday auctions whos brains I can pick or shadow would be helpful. I dont mind buying the odd full english as reward.