Bankruptcy filings & consumer financial stress keep intensifying in November
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 02:21 PM
Byrider honors operators for best overall performance & most improved
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, 11:58 AM
BHPH United Summit bringing lease-here, pay-here into 2026 event
Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, 11:55 AM
A breakdown of real-world auto transportation fraud with Preowned Auto Logistics
Jeremy Louisos recapped three real-world examples of how fraud recently surfaced in the transportation space. The senior vice president of Preowned Auto Logistics also shared suggestions with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby on how firms can avoid similar situations. The ... Listen Here
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 01:00 PM
How to GROW your leadership skills with Jane Morgan and Sheila Tedesco
Two leaders from the Global Remarketing Opportunities for Women — Jane Morgan and Sheila Tedesco — appeared on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics during Used Car Week 2025. Morgan and Tedesco joined Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, 01:00 PM
Cars Commerce’s Grant Goering on the convergence of retail and wholesale
A year ago, Cars Commerce, best known for its Cars.com retail platform, took a big step into the wholesale sector by acquiring dealer-to-dealer digital auction Dealer Club, a deal CEO Alex Vetter said “closes the loop” between the retail and ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, 04:17 PM
Dobbins Opens Innovate Conference with Advice on Avoiding BHPH ‘Landmines’
Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014, 02:17 PM
BHPH Report Staff
As AutoStar Solutions opened its seventh annual Innovate conference on Monday by highlighting six of the top new capabilities of its new DMS — Fusion 2 or F2 — president and chief executive officer Allen Dobbins explained how buy-here, pay-here ... [Read More]
Suggestions to Keep Complaints From Creating Problems
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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