Car Flip Profit Calculator

Net profit = sale price − (buy price + reconditioning + transport and fees). Divide that by the sale price for your margin, and by the days you held the car for profit per day. The often-missed part is annualized ROI: a $1,500 profit in 10 days beats a $2,500 profit in 60 days if you redeploy the same cash all year.

The average flip clears $1,500–$3,000 net, but the right target depends on your capital and speed. A cheap car flipped in a week at a thin margin can out-earn an expensive car that sits for two months — that's why this calculator shows profit per day and annualized ROI, not just the headline number.

Reconditioning almost always runs over: tires, brakes, detail, small mechanical fixes. Then transport or tow fees, title and registration costs, and the holding cost of your cash being tied up. Enter honest recon and fee numbers — the break-even sale price the calculator shows is your real floor when negotiating.

Because your capital can only be in one car at a time. Annualized ROI assumes you repeat the same flip back-to-back with the same money: halving days-to-flip doubles it. Buying right and selling fast matters more than squeezing the last few hundred dollars out of one sale.