When you decide to privately sell your vehicle, there many steps and procedures that are needed to be done personally. For instance, posting the listing, organizing repairs and touch ups, liability and bargaining. However, it is not impossible to be done and removes the middle man from the equation. There is more flexibility and control in the selling. A drawback to selling privately eliminates the convenience of trading a vehicle or having a third party take care of the tasks and libaility of selling a vehicle. Especially, buyers are looking for seamless sales so having outstanding loans can drive potential buyers away because of the additional procedures required to complete the sale. When selling a vehicle with a remaining loan balance, means the the remaining value needs to be cleared before transferring the title of the vehicle.
When selling through a dealership, this removes the hassle of organizing all procedures required to selling a vehicle. This provides car owners some flexibility and more convenient when selling your vehicle. This allows the dealership to curate a plan to have the remaining car loan considered in the new payment plan. The dealership will appraise the vehicle and provide the valuation of the vehicle. Which the value will be used towards the next car and build an outstanding loan balance into your next car loan payments.
When there is remaining loan balance on a vehicle, it causes some more setbacks. Before determining if selling a financed vehicle is a good idea to determine if the vehicle has positive or negative equity status. This can acquired by asking your lender for a “payment amount” to determine the status of the vehicle. This information can indicate if selling your financed car is a good or bad idea. After completing this step, acquiring a CARFAX of the vehicle will provide you an estimated valuation of the vehicle. With the this information, overlook possible vehicles that matches your lifestyle and needs that you are looking to trade in for. This provides the dealership process to be go more smoothly when having all the information beforehand.