Recommendation for aircraft broker ?

[mike28w]

This is a depressing note to write......   I'm pretty much resigned to selling my M20C next Spring....Just not using it because of job and lifestyle changes.   I dread the hassle of selling it myself .

I live in Idaho.  Does anyone have any recommendations for an aircraft broker that is reliable, effective  and relatively nearby  ??   Any other suggestions ?   Opinions or suggestions appreciated.  Thanks,  mike

 

Edited September 8, 2016 by mike28w

[orionflt]

Marauder, would this fit your friends needs?

 

[orionflt]

You can contact Cascade Aircraft Management (CAM) in caldwell, they are a Mooney service center, they are not a broker but they deal with several and can direct you to one.

Cory Bentzgen  (from dangerous flights) is in Utah his number is 801-621-0326 (CB aviation) 

 

Brian

[orionflt]

Just checked, CAM is a Broker

CALDWELL INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT (KEUL)
3901 Aviation Way
Caldwell, Idaho 83605

PH: 208.649.5106

[gsengle]

All American/Jimmy

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[carusoam]

The place to go when buying and selling your Mooney can't be your first priority...

http://allamericanaircraft.com/Default.htm

 

If you want to first try your hand at selling it....  List it on MS.  Planes are selling.  People are looking to buy...

 

Note: I learned plenty about Mooneys from AAA while looking for my C, bought my O there a decade later.  When I have to sell, it will be ferried back to,TX...  

 

Best regards,

-a-

[M20F]

All American

[Seth]

I'd also recommend Tim Lundquist of Strategic Aircraft up in Minnesota.

Tim had the listing on the Mooney Missile I purchased and was very good to work with. He did not let the transaction break apart when there were differences of opinion and dollars.

(612) 220-3963

tim@strategicaircraft.com

Www.strategicaircraft.com

I'd also list it yourself here on MooneySpace.  It may sell and we may spread the word.

 

-Seth

[flight2000]

There is also Delta Aviation down in Boise.

http://www.deltaaviation.com/

Good luck.  I just went through it myself and either I was really lucky or just really lucky....

Sold my M20E within a month of listing it (I used the free ad through Controller.com and also used several forums) with zero hassle and without using a broker. 

Brian

[mike28w]

My thanks to everybody for their time !   I'm going to save these suggestions for Spring.

 

Thanks again, mike

[Stetson20]

On September 9, 2016 at 8:50 PM, mike28w said:

My thanks to everybody for their time !   I'm going to save these suggestions for Spring.

 

Thanks again, mike

Mike,

Post the specs here. I'm looking, as well as others. Sad to give your plane away, but maybe a bright note is you'll know someone will enjoy it (her) as much as you did! 

Roy

[mike28w]

Hi Roy,

   Thanks, I will....this Spring.    My wife will be resigning from her job in the next couple of months ( which is a good thing).  If she see's me trying to sell the bird at this time, I worry that she will feel guilty and decide not to resign.

  Thanks, mike

 

PS:   I would love to sell it to someone who was enthusiastic.  It would please me to keep in touch about our bird. 

 

[glafaille]

By all means don't do like most folks and wait till Spring because you think that is when most buyers are looking.  Here in the South it's too hot to do much flying, Fall and Winter IS flying season.  So sell when you are ready, there are always buyers for nice aircraft fairly priced.  I started my hunt last November and gave up the Mooney hunt in March and moved on to Grumman Tigers where I was successful.  Pretty cheap to list planes these days, list it when you are ready.

If using a broker, try to find one located in a place where buyers can easily visit using the airlines.  Brokers and others offering aircraft for sale in locations hours away from civilization will have a harder time selling.

Get your logbooks together and start taking photos of each and every page, I used an Iphone app called Scanbot and was able to photograph every page of my 1977 Grumman logbooks in about an hour.  Each one came out great and easy to read.  Also go through your logs and pull out every significant maintenance event and list in a spreadsheet.  Stuff like engine overhauls, prop overhauls, mag overhauls, AD or SB compliance, damage, and avionics upgrades to name a few.  Make a complete equipment list of everything installed in your aircraft.

Be sure you have a complete file of all STCs and 337s.  Every STC and 337 should have a corresponding logbook entry.  It's a good idea to send away for the FAA file on your aircraft.  It takes about 4 weeks to get and will have all STCs, 337s and other paperwork ever filed with the FAA concerning your aircraft.

Make sure your price is right.  I used the price estimating tool on Trade-A-Plane, AOPA, and Mooney Flyer to calculate fair market value.  Pretty much ran each airplane through each system and averaged them to come up with a fair market price.  I consulted a banker sometime in the process, and he used his high dollar pricing guide to estimate value on a prospect,  we were within several hundred dollars of each other.

Good luck with the sale!

[eman1200]

......Thanks, mike

 

PS:   I would love to sell it to someone who was enthusiastic.  It would please me to keep in touch about our bird. 

 

If only you knew someone who was eager to buy his first plane and was emailing you 'enthusiastically' on the side..... THAT would be the guy to sell the plane to.

[Stetson20]

40 minutes ago, eman1200 said:

If only you knew someone who was eager to buy his first plane and was emailing you 'enthusiastically' on the side..... THAT would be the guy to sell the plane to.

I see what you did there!