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Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here

3 Takeaways from Capitol Hill Visit Help NABD Structure Upcoming Conference

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Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, 07:52 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Ken Shilson, founder of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers, joined the leadership of the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association for its annual leadership meetings in Washington, D.C., to help champion positions important to BHPH operators. Shilson left Capitol ... [Read More]

DriveTime Forms Exclusive Inventory Partnership with Manheim

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Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, 03:26 PM
BHPH Report Staff
DriveTime Automotive Group solidified its pipeline of potential inventory to boost its buy-here, pay-here business prospects. A new partnership finalized on Thursday installed Manheim and Go Auto Exchange as DriveTime’s primary source for remarketing wholesale inventory through its physical locations, ... [Read More]

Ask the Hall of Famer: Underwriting and Poor Employees

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 04:08 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Q: What are three things you should accomplish before the end of the year? Julian says… I am going to give you a different approach: What’s one of the things that you need to do every three years? Think about ... [Read More]

Benefits of Structuring Loans with Irregular Payments

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 04:02 PM
Mike Downey and Chip Wiley
A common problem for many dealers is consumers not having enough money to put down on a vehicle.  This situation usually results in one of three ways: you accept less, you defer the down payment, or you don’t sell the ... [Read More]

Daughtry: 5 Thoughts as 2014 Quickly Winds Down

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 03:59 PM
Gene Daughtry, PLS Financial
Here we are — the holidays are upon us.  As usual, the IRS is warning of a delay in tax refunds. Everyone is stocking up on inventory, hoping for a grand tax season. Customers are not making preparations to deal ... [Read More]

Atcheson: Consider This Marketing Idea to Prepare for a Big 2015

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 03:51 PM
Kenny Atcheson, Dealer Profit Pros
While speaking to a group of business owners at an event, I asked the audience if anyone had an eight-track tape player. One person raised his hand.  (If you are too young to know what an eight-track tape is, substitute ... [Read More]

Price: How to Keep Skip-Tracing Skills Sharp in Today’s World

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 03:42 PM
Alex Price, MasterFiles
Since my retirement from active skip-tracing eight years ago, I now have the opportunity to sit back and observe the industry closely. Since I’ve taken on a teaching and training role, reaching a new generation of skip-tracers with MasterFiles, I ... [Read More]

Hackett: Will Buy-Here, Pay-Here Fall Like Rome?

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 03:38 PM
Rick Hackett, Hudson Cook
"Hard cases make bad law" is a maxim attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, an associate justice and acting chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court at the turn of the last century. The maxim suggests that cases with extreme facts ... [Read More]

7 Questions Dealers Should Ask Capital Providers

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 03:21 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
When Advantage Funding co-founder Ed Kaye makes a presentation to buy-here, pay-here dealers, he often begins with a list of seven questions for them to consider. Before going any further, Kaye recommends that operators stop finance companies from going any ... [Read More]

Credit Report Training Among Highlights of New NABD Conference

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Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 03:16 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Recently an operator came to Ken Shilson and told the founder of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here dealers that he found an easy way to save money on every sale he made at his dealership. Immediately after Shilson applauded ... [Read More]
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