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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

Suggestions to Keep Complaints From Creating Problems

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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 02:10 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Thanks to the power of the Internet and regulatory zeal for them, consumer complaints boast a shelf life that’s more on par with red wine than red roses. Disagree? Consider this story Terry O’Loughlin shared earlier this year. O’Loughlin, now ... [Read More]

AutoTrader.com Highlights Latest Enhancement to Tool

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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 02:07 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
AutoTrader.com’s Buy-Here, Pay-Here Center rolled out to the market a little more than three months ago. In that span, site officials highlighted four significant improvements that already have been unveiled as now more than 500 BHPH dealers nationwide are leveraging ... [Read More]

Hudson Cook: Credit Bureau Furnishing Path to Better Credit for Consumers or a Pitfall for Furnishers?

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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 02:03 PM
Anne Fortney and Allen Denson, Hudson Cook
We’ve all seen the ads that say, “We’ll help you get better credit by reporting your on-time payments to the credit bureaus.” These ads may accurately tout your customers’ advantage when you furnish their payment histories to the credit bureaus. ... [Read More]

Shilson: Why the Old BHPH Ways Do Not Work Like They Used To

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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 02:01 PM
Ken Shilson, NABD & Subprime Analytics
I frequently receive phone calls from buy-here, pay-here operators who complain that the deep subprime auto market has changed. Reasons cited are: 1. More competition 2. Customers are more selective about the vehicles they want to buy. 3. Operating and ... [Read More]

Daughtry: Why Compliance Is Not Just For The Big Boys Anymore

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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 01:58 PM
Gene Daughtry, PLS Financial
Compliance is no longer something you can ignore. I know you have heard this over and over for a couple of years now.  You may believe you are a small operation and they won’t pay attention to you. Keep telling ... [Read More]

Rable: Seeing the Light and Surveying the Alternative Data Landscape

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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 01:56 PM
Greg Rable, FactorTrust
I just heard an old Korean saying that simply states, “It is dark under a lamp.” The concept — that a lamp illuminates everything out in front of it but can’t shed light on what lies just beneath — helps ... [Read More]

Atcheson: How Newsletters Can Increase Referrals, Payments & Customer Loyalty

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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 01:54 PM
Kenny Atcheson, Dealer Profit Pros
When you read the headline of this article you may have felt some doubt. What could possibly offer all of the benefits mentioned? They are not even in the same category. It may not be anything you have ever thought ... [Read More]

10-Step Plan to Avoid Regulatory Actions

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Monday, Sep. 15, 2014, 06:29 PM
BHPH Report Staff
AutoStar Solutions chief legal officer Steve Levine gathered with three other bright auto industry regulatory experts to compile 10 separate strategies buy-here, pay-here dealers can implement to avoid actions from agencies such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal ... [Read More]

August Bankruptcy Total Represents Largest Year-Over-Year Drop of 2014

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Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2014, 03:38 PM
BHPH Report Staff
American Bankruptcy Institute officials noticed August contained the largest year-over-year drop in filings thus far in 2014. According to data provided by Epiq Systems, total bankruptcy filings in the United States decreased 16 percent in August compared to the same ... [Read More]

AutoStar Rolls Out New DMS, Partners with Spireon

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Monday, Sep. 8, 2014, 06:23 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Along with forging a new strategic partnership with Spireon, software provider AutoStar Solutions highlighted details behind Fusion 2, a new generation of dealer management system (DMS) for buy-here, pay-here dealerships, independent stores and auto finance companies. The company highlighted Fusion ... [Read More]
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