how can i sell cars to the general public with a wholesale dealers license.?

Question

the law says that i need a california retailers license to sell cars to the general public. i see some sellers with only the wholesale license and they sell cars to the general public. how do they do it?

Answer 1

unless they aren't selling in CA or something. But needless to say, you absolutely need a retailers license to sell in CA.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You cannot legally sell a vehicle retail in the state of California with a wholesale license.

However, there are a couple ways to go around this.

Sell the vehicle to one of the retail automobile dealers that you work with on a regular basis and have them sell it to the end user. Allow them to make $200 on the deal and have the customer sign a warranty waiver. Of course, you'll have to safety the vehicle yourself as well as pay the dealer for the expense of smogging it.

The other option is to purchase the vehicle yourself from the automotive retail dealer you work with. You'll end up paying tax on it. Then you can sell it. However, this could be costly and you are limited to selling 7 vehicles year without having to have a retail license.

I'd encourage applying for the retail license so you may do both.

Answer 4

LEASE the property. Most states do not give dealer licenses unless a dealer has a place to conduct business. The problem is that many people out there want to 'curb' cars, and DMV seems to have a lot of trouble keeping the curbers honest and their paperwork in order.

Answer 5

thru a retail dealers license, do you have a friend with a retail license? , if you do this, you need to have a salesman license at the retail location, I got arrested for this in a dmv sting

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