How to Sell a Car If the Bank Holds the Title
- 1). Determine a sales price for your car. Set a realistic price by looking for comparables on make, model, year and condition in Kelly Blue Book or the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) used car guide.
- 2). Prepare your car for sale. Donald Trump once wrote that his definition of a loser was someone who puts a "for sale" sign on a dirty car. Personal insults and generalities aside, your car will sell better if it looks better. Wash it, vacuum it, detail it, and pull together all its maintenance records.
- 3). Do the research your buyer should. If you were not the first owner of your car, take a moment to run the history report of the automobile through Carfax.
- 4). Advertise it. Physically placing a sign on your car is only the first, simplest step. Do that and park it where that for sale sign will be seen, but also place ads in car buyer magazines, local classifieds and online.
- 5). Negotiate and come to terms on a price with your buyer. If he is paying cash, you need only contact the bank where you hold the note on the car. If he is financing the car, both his and your bank must be involved in the transaction.
- 6). Call your bank to get the exact balance you owe as of your buyer's purchase date and to arrange a time to exchange payment for title.
- 7). Use the money from your buyer to pay off the note. You can ask the buyer to make out two cashier's checks, one to your bank for the payoff amount and another to you for the balance; give you cash with which you can pay off the note and get the title, or give you a single check which you can cash at the bank to pay off the note.
- 8). Get the title from the bank. Once you own the title, you now must sign it over to the buyer of your vehicle or to his financer.
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