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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

Ignoring Form 1099-C Filing Can Become Costly

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Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2014, 05:22 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
You probably have heard that running cocktail hour joke about the two sure things in life — death and taxes. Well that chuckle starter came up again during the BHPH Report’s conversation with McGladrey’s Scott Ruby when he discussed how ... [Read More]

Importance Of Creating & Maintaining Business Plan

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Wednesday, Mar. 5, 2014, 05:16 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The buy-here, pay-here operation Dustin Kerr started to oversee for owner Bill Powell 10 years ago followed a pattern many dealers might recognize. The BHPH store started as an off -shoot of a Chrysler franchised dealership — a place where ... [Read More]

2013 Is In The Rearview Mirror So What’s Ahead?

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:43 PM
Ken Shilson, NABD
Although the year-end financial results for buy-here, pay-here operators are still being compiled and individual results will vary, members of the National Alliance of Buy-Here, Pay-Here Dealers I surveyed about 2013 performance indicated the following: 1. Increased Competition Unit sales ... [Read More]

Department Of Justice Sues Two North Carolina BHPH Dealers

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
A host of high level law enforcement agencies that can target a dealership in the Tar Heel State are suing operators who have been in business in North Carolina's largest city for more than 15 years. Earlier this month, the ... [Read More]

IRS Audits Of Operators On The Rise

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, 09:35 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The Internal Revenue Service appears to be increasing audit efforts within the used-vehicle industry. And one particular element is especially important for buy-here, pay-here dealers to understand: Form 1099-C. Before delving too heavily into this wideranging topic, two accounting experts ... [Read More]

CarHop Adds 3 BHPH Stores, Broadens Footprint into South Dakota

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 04:54 PM
Nick Zulovich, SubPrime Auto Finance News Editor
CarHop has continued to add to its network of buy-here, pay-here dealerships, venturing into another state among its three newest stores. The company is now moving metal at lots near San Diego, another in Pueblo, Colo., and for the first ... [Read More]

Car-Mart Ramps Up Use of GPS as New Georgia Store Opens

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 04:52 PM
Nick Zulovich
This week, America's Car-Mart opened the 127th dealership in its network of buy-here, pay-here stores. And it's nearly certain the vehicle in inventory will be equipped with a GPS device, a practice the company hesitated in doing until recently. Car-Mart ... [Read More]

Shilson: Getting Your Best BHPH Customers Back

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 04:50 PM
Ken Shilson, NABD
The first half of 2013 is now in the rearview mirror for the buy-here, pay-here industry, and it's time to look back. Many operators reported lower unit sales versus the same period last year. Two important questions are, "Why?" and ... [Read More]

van Wagenen Financial Services Coordinates Programs to Boost Loan Processing Efficiency

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 04:49 PM
Nick Zulovich
van Wagenen Financial Services recently confirmed participation in the Symitar Vendor Integration Program. Officials highlighted this development will directly benefit lenders managing auto loans on the Symitar core processing system by increasing the efficiency of auto loan payment adjustments. The ... [Read More]

Spireon Begins GoldStar GPS Integration with Frazer DMS

Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, 04:47 PM
Nick Zulovich
Spireon, the provider of the GoldStar GPS solution as well as other mobile resource management and business intelligence tools, completed an initial phase of the integration with Frazer's Dealer Management System. The companies highlighted that joint customers of GoldStar GPS ... [Read More]
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