Friend here had sort of a similar problem but multiplied with zeros.
His dad had a air fuel biz, hauling fuel to the villages and up north to the slope etc. did quite well with it in fact.
And the guy was just a marvel, he knew where every piece of equipment or parts were stashed in their entire operation, well up into his mid to late eighties.
His son took over the biz and really grew it. It’s usually ranked the 48-50th biz in Alaska.
But dad could not give up old habits, he loved going to auctions and buying stuff, for the biz.
Rob couldn’t get him to slow down on it, even w help from other family members.
He complained of having to buy more acreage to store all his dad was buying.
Said it was nothing for dad to spend 250k before lunch.
He’s gone now, but he was one of the legends in early aviation around these parts
That’s when they made men that were men. Damn what an era
And from what I can glean from what you’ve told us, if he’s trading cars that often, getting hit for $2-300 ain’t chit to him.
I’d be making sure he isn’t giving sticker price for the autos he’s buying
