AI car valuation that scores every deal before you ever open it.

The moment a car is listed on Facebook Marketplace, Car Flip Finder reads the listing and values that exact vehicle against live market data — what cars like it are actually selling for right now, not a stale book value from last quarter. It returns three numbers: a wholesale value (what you could move it for fast), a retail value (what it should sell for to a retail buyer), and an estimated flip profit after the spread. Then it scores the deal Steal, Great, Good or Pass.

Wholesale value is the quick-exit number — roughly what the car would bring at auction or to another dealer if you needed it gone today. Retail value is what it should sell for to an end buyer after you've cleaned it up and listed it. The gap between the two, minus your recon and selling costs, is where the flip profit lives — and showing both is the whole point. A single 'estimated value' hides the spread you actually make money on.

Estimated profit is the spread between the asking price and the car's retail value, accounting for the wholesale floor. It's a starting estimate to tell you whether a car is worth your time and what your room is — not a guarantee. Your real number depends on your recon costs, how long the car sits, and what you negotiate. The average flip clears $1,500–$3,000; the score tells you which listings are even in that range before you drive anywhere.

It's a four-tier deal score, valued against live market data. Steal means the asking price is well below wholesale — the deals that vanish in minutes. Great means it's priced under retail with healthy room to flip. Good is a workable deal with a thinner margin that depends on your costs. Pass is priced at or above what it's worth, so the app scrolls past it for you and never sends an alert.

No. An appraisal tool waits for you to type in a car you already found and hands back one estimate. Car Flip Finder runs the valuation automatically on every new Marketplace listing as it's posted — you never go looking. And instead of a single number, you get wholesale, retail and estimated profit plus a deal score, so the valuation is a decision, not a data point.

Alert-only tools watch for listings under a price you set or a price drop, then hand you back to Marketplace to do the math yourself. Car Flip Finder only alerts you when the numbers actually clear — it values the car first, scores it, attaches the estimated profit, and drafts the first offer message. You're not getting pinged on cheap cars; you're getting pinged on profitable ones.

Every car is valued against live market data for vehicles like it — current, real selling prices rather than a static book value. That's what lets the score move with the market: when prices for a model shift, the wholesale and retail numbers and the Steal/Great/Good/Pass tier shift with them.

Car Flip Finder is currently live in Asheville, NC with a 100-mile radius, expanding market by market. Start a free 14-day trial to see current coverage in the app.