Buy a minimal set of tools and start flipping cars. Then try to get a dealership license in your state. Start with small fixups and detailing work, flip one car

Buy a minimal set of tools and start flipping cars. Then try to get a dealership license in your state. Start with small fixups and detailing work, flip one car, use the proceeds to get something a little more valuable, repeat. Be honest with people when selling, no slimy sales tactics, ask for referrals. Maybe every few cars find someone who is in desperate need and sell it at cost, ask for referrals. Buy some more tools, repeat. Maybe get a small shop with a lift. Maybe hire a certified tech for really tough problems, someone who values integrity and doing a job right, like a semi-retired person that knows a lot. Grow that $35k into a viable, honest, local, AI-proof business.