Peritus Portfolio Services surpasses $100M in bankruptcy loans
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, 02:12 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Peritus Portfolio Services, which services auto-secured Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy loans, announced this week that its total outstanding balances currently under management now stands at more than $100 million. President Gary Perdue, who founded the company five years ... [Read More]
7 guarantees for upcoming NABD conference — or your money back
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, 06:57 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Ken Shilson is giving operators an offer perhaps most of their customers might want — a money-back guarantee. To reinforce what the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers is orchestrating for its upcoming East Coast Conference, Shilson indicated this week ... [Read More]
4 options to wind down BHPH business
Friday, Oct. 9, 2015, 07:33 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Continuing a series about creating a strategy either to retire or at least depart from the business, Julian Codding — a member of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers Hall of Fame — pinpointed four main options BHPH operators ... [Read More]
Equifax offering free webinar to help BHPH dealers with tradeline reporting
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, 02:02 PM
BHPH Report Staff
For operators who still have questions about credit reporting of customer payments and more, Equifax, in collaboration with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers, is hosting a free webinar in support of ... [Read More]
Car-Mart, J.D. Byrider open new stores
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, 07:26 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Two of the largest buy-here, pay-here dealership chains — America’s Car-Mart and J.D. Byrider — recently opened new stores, each one expanding their footprints in the Southeast. Longtime franchisees Steve and Jeanne Locklear recently rolled out their fourth dealership, broadening ... [Read More]
Technology updates from PassTime & Frazer
Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, 06:19 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Two major service providers for buy-here, pay-here dealers — PassTime and Frazer — each finalized enhancements to their technological offerings. First at PassTime, the company introduced the fourth version of its popular GPS tracking system TRAX 4, which boasts an ... [Read More]
2 people to include if considering exit from BHPH
Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, 02:16 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Julian Codding, a member of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers Hall of Fame, recently decided to retire from a full-time commitment to his BHPH dealership, closing the lot and waiting for the remaining contracts to reach their terms. ... [Read More]
FTC penalizes Texas BHPH operation over credit reporting
Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015, 06:38 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Reporting consumer performance to a credit bureau certainly can boost a buy-here, pay-here dealership’s offerings to its customer base. But when the process isn’t completed properly, the mistakes can catch the attention of federal regulators, which happened to Texas-based Tricolor ... [Read More]
FTC: 7 deadly ad sins some BHPH dealers commit
Monday, Sep. 14, 2015, 06:22 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Operators now have a clear guide on how to avoid getting into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission. Cindy Liebes, director of the FTC’s Southeast region, shared what she deemed to be the “seven deadly advertising sins” buy-here, pay-here dealers ... [Read More]
Commercial Chapter 11 bankruptcies rise for 2nd straight month
Thursday, Sep. 10, 2015, 02:57 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Although total commercial Chapter 11 filings moved higher for the second month in a row, the American Bankruptcy Institute didn’t waffle from maintaining its projection of what the overall consumer and business filing total should be for the year. According ... [Read More]