In addition to finding your car's book value and researching what other people are asking for their cars, it's a good idea to get quotes from some dealerships. This lets you find an easily obtainable, ...

When I first read that Carvana’s "instant cash offer" for a used car is determined in just two minutes, I imagined a person ...

In this column, I mainly focus on buying cars. But there’s another half of the equation, and it’s just as important. The trade-in. Let’s take a look at trading in your old car. Before we get into ...

Buying a new car can be exciting. From the model, make and smell -- there is nothing that quite compares to the purchase of an automobile that you can call your own. The only problem is that most cars ...

New cars can lose over 20% of their original value in just a year due to depreciation. Five years into ownership, a new car can lose 60% of its original value. Well-maintained vehicles have the best ...

In this column, I mainly focus on buying cars. But there’s another half of the equation, and it’s just as important. The trade-in. Let’s take a look at trading in your old car. Before we get into ...

Not too long ago, I sold my home. There were a lot of reasons, but the main one was that the market had taken an upswing, and my home was worth a lot more than it ever had been before. The whole ...

First, here's what it's not. It's not the number you'll get on a used car valuation site. While they can give you a ballpark idea of prices in your region, those sites don't write checks. Also keep in ...