Category: Buying Guides

One average tax refund can cover a whole used car at a public Minnesota auction. Real tax season sold prices, the fees on top of the bid, refund timing and the $10 tax rule.

Yes, you can buy a car at auction without a dealer license. Which auctions let the public bid, when Copart and IAA need a broker, and how to buy step by step.

Bought a car with no title in Missouri? Get a duplicate from the seller, or a bonded title for older cars worth $3,000 or less. Steps, fees and the 30-day rule.

Missouri bill of sale (Form 1957): when you need one, when to notarize, the 30-day sale report, and how to fill it out line by line. Free DOR form.

St. Louis personal property tax on a car: when you need last year’s paid receipt or a waiver for plates, how to get one in the County, City, or St. Charles, and how the tax is figured.

How to transfer a car title in Illinois: the $165 title fee, the $25 plate transfer, the RUT-50 private party tax chart, Metro East rates for out-of-state dealer purchases, and the 20 and 30 day deadlines.

Buying a used car at auction on Remarket Space vs from a dealer: fees, doc fee caps in Minnesota and Missouri, warranties, test drives, financing, title timing, and when each makes sense.

Remarket Space vs IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions) compared: which states let the public bid, what a $2,000 car really costs at each, inspections, delivery, and guarantees.

Remarket Space vs Copart compared: who can buy without a dealer license, what a $2,000 car really costs at each, inspections, delivery, and guarantees.

Shopping for a used truck in St. Louis? Where pickups sell locally, what to check for frame rust and towing wear, and the Missouri inspection, emissions, weight-based plate fees, and title steps for trucks.