Tips for avoiding flood cars?

It seems like (I'm not an insurance adjuster so not 100% on this) vehicles in Harvey that were considered a loss and auctioned off will be required to have a salvage or otherwise dinged title. So a title check will be a must during your search.

https://jalopnik.com/heres-what-happens-to-all-of-the-flooded-cars-after-hur-1800783080

http://www.txdmv.gov/motorists/buying-or-selling-a-vehicle/title-check-look-before-you-buy

In case you haven't done this already, it seems a bazillion news outlets ran stories on this problem late last year, so I'm sure it would also be worth your time to pore through these https://www.google.com/search?q=buying+a+car+after+harvey

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