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Originally Posted by Arne2
I honestly wonder if much of the flipper-hate is sour grapes. The flipper found a car that had room for extra profit if marketed well, and got there and bought it before the enthusiasts found it.
If you are making a living buying and selling cars, you need to be willing to move fast when a profitable opportunity arises, and you need to be good at finding them. BHCC is an example - they find a possible bargain, they jump. Most of the rest of us want to spend a little time deciding whether it's a car we can live with, and so we miss out on the best bargains. And that, I suspect, is where much of the flipper-hate comes from.
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This topic is like a seasonal cold. Keeps coming back every few years.
Arne2 is reflecting my observations as a broker (Porsche pimp). The imagined end-user enthusiast is often 1. unprepared to act, 2. looking at multiple cars and dithering, 3. dependent on permission from the wife, 4. distant.
Do I, acting in the best interests of my seller, wait for the 'iffy' buyer to jump through his hoops and pull the trigger, or do I sell to the buyer who is prepared and decisive?