The first step in this process is determining a budget and
what kind of car you would like to purchase.
My wife wanted a small SUV and I set the budget so that was a very easy
step for us. This is important because
as the weeks dragged on and we still had not found a car without these two
items already addressed we would have either settled for something she did not
want or overpay.
The second step is look for cars on craigslist. We bookmarked and contacted the cars we
wanted to look at. We referenced the
asking price vs Kelly Blue Book’s price and if it was close we looked at the
cars. My parents had always traveled to
look at the cars but my wife asked for the cars to meet us next to our mechanic
and most of them did. This was probably
the hardest part for us as I was