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1999 Toyota 4Runner — cheap project has enough margin to fix and resell? — anyone dealt with this recently?

FlatSixSeller714Community StarterNov 6, 20251999 Toyota 4Runner SR5Texas
1999 Toyota 4Runner SR5, about 191,000 miles. I found a running car with cosmetic damage and deferred maintenance at a low price. Before treating it as a flip, how do you budget hidden repairs, title/registration, taxes, transport and selling time?
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CanyonGal883Community StarterCommunity StarterNov 8, 2025permalink
I'd treat this like cash with a paper trail. Meet at a bank or dealer title office for the 1999 Toyota 4Runner, not a parking lot at night. I'd do that before spending real money. On “cheap project has enough margin to fix,” that was the fork that mattered for me. If it doesn't change the out-the-door or the repair estimate, it's noise. Wrote this up on my lunch break.
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