I deal in a few cars and have dealings with a lot of dealers and have done for some time and come the end of october its a very quiet time until around feb/march, cheapies seem to sell well at the moment but more expensive is hanging around a while. i have trade insurance with test drives but no trade plates as you will probably need a premises to get them.
might be worth getting some business cards into main dealers offering to buy PX's, i have a thing going with the salesmen at a vauxhall main dealer and get quite a few cars that way and find them alot cheaper than the auctions, iv been doing this along side my valeting business.