I guess I will call the DMV and see if I can get a wholesaler's license or something.

I don't want to maintain physical premises, and I honestly don't want to have to guarantee that my inventory will pass inspection either, as I'll be selling a lot of classics and project cars, not minivans to soccer moms.

I might be best off getting licensed in DC so that all my sales are technically "out of state" and thus exempted from regs. It would mean that I couldn't sell in DC, but how many prospective buyers are really in DC anyway?


EDIT: If *anyone* here already has a dealer's license and wants to take me on as some sort of partner, wherein I'd be allowed to use the license to bid at auction and whatnot, I'd be interested in working something out. In addition to my giving anyone like that a cut of my business, I could probably also offer some management/analysis services, as I analyze car dealer financials for a living.