An In-Depth Review of How to Buy a Car Under 4000 on Craigslist Albuquerque Cars


Do you live in Albuquerque, New Mexico and want to search for a car online?  In my opinion, one of the best ways to search for cars within Albuquerque is to use Craigslist.  In this post, I will show you exactly how to find a great used car for under $4000.

First, you will need to go to Craigslist Albuquerque.  You can find the site here — http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/.  Now, you will need to click on “cars + trucks” under the “for sale” sub-section.  Here is a picture of where you should click.

 

 

 

 

 

Now, this part is very important. Make sure to only click on the link “BY-OWNER ONLY” on the left side of the screen.  The reason why this is important is that it will only search for cars that are sold by private parties.  The results will exclude cars sold from dealers.  The reason why you want to do this is because you will be able to find more used cars for less than $4000 from private sellers.

Now that we have established this, it’s time to search for a used car.  Type in 4000 as the maximum you want to pay in the “price” field. This will limit your search to cars under 4000 dollars.  Now, if you do not type in anything in the “search-for” field, you will end up with thousands of results for a variety of used cars.  In this example, I will search for Mitsubishi Lancer’s as these cars are quite reliable and well within the 4000 dollar range. Type in Mitsubishi Lancer in the “search-for” field.  This is what your search should look like now.

 

 

As you can see, there are 4 listings for Lancer’s under 4000.  Now I will show you what you need to look out for before purchasing cheap cars on Craigslist.  The first thing is to make sure that the car actually runs.  In my example, the first listing says that the car is priced at $1500, but has a blown motor.

The 2nd and 4th listings are from the same owner and lists the car at $3600.  The car has 128,000 miles and is stated as being in great condition.  According to the Blue Book value, the car could be listed at $5400.  However, most people just use this as a guideline and the buyer can negotiate a price well below the Blue Book value.  If I were looking for a car in Albuquerque around the $4000 price range, I would probably want to start by looking at this car.

 

 

This took me about 5 minutes to find this car and if you are looking for cheap cars in Albuquerque, then this is the way to go.  Seriously, you won’t find locals cars like this on larger car search engines!

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How to Make a Quick $1000 With Craigslist Junk Cars for Sale


This post will describe how to make $1000 or more selling your junk car on Craigslist.  There are many junk cars for sale on Craigslist and there are plenty of buyers who will give you cold hard cash for your car.  For example,  when I used to live in Seattle, I had a Toyota Tercel.  One day it broke down on the interstate and I had to have it towed to my house.  I was told that the drive belt was broken and that it would cost me about $300 to replace.  However, at that time I just started a new job and was planning to purchase a new car.  So instead of fixing the car, I decided to sell the car as junk.

I went on Craigslist cars and searched for people in Seattle who were looking to buy junk cars.  I have made it easy for people to sell junk cars online through my Craigslist search engine. I will give you an example of how you can sell your car.  First go to this page http://craigscarsforsale.net/search-craigslist-cars.php and type in “Junk Cars” into the make portion of the search field.

Then click on your locations were you want to sell your car — for better results, click on all locations.  Next, for focused results type in “1000″ into the search field.  If your car really is junk, then you shouldn’t expect to receive much for your car.  This means you can expect anywhere from $500-$2000 for your junker.  I received $600 for my Tercel.  However, the good thing about this is that I only paid $1200 for the car and used the car all throughout high school and college.  This means, that the car only cost me $600 for 6 years of use.  Not bad at all!  Here are the results that I got for my search.

As you can see, there are many people who want to buy junk cars online.  This is a great time to list your car, or talk to a buyer of junk cars.  Let’s look at a few ads.  Here’s the first ad.

As you can see, there is a buyer who wants your junk car.  They are wiling to pay up to $1000 for your junker and they will even pick the car up for you.  To me, this is a win-win situation.  You can finally get rid of the car that’s been sitting on your property forever and you don’t have to pay someone to tow your car to the junkyard.  Call the person ahead of time to make sure that the terms are clear and legit.  Also, make sure to become familiar with title transfer for your state as the rules may be different depending on the state you’re in.

Here is a link to each states DMW — http://www.dmvnv.com/50_state_dmv_list.html

So if you have a broken down car sitting in your drive, you might want to consider selling it for some fast cash by using Craigslist.

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