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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

AutoTrader.com Buy-Here, Pay-Here Center Keeps Growing

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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 03:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Dealers from all 50 states now are a part of AutoTrader.com’s Buy- Here Pay-Here Center as the site crossed the 1,000-store milestone before 2014 closed. Consumer traffic also is climbing significantly as site officials are seeing possible buyers from all ... [Read More]

Daughtry: It’s January — Are You Ready For February?

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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 03:33 PM
Gene Daughtry, PLS Financial
Are you ready for February? That is probably the biggest question for January. You should have finished or be finishing your end-of-the-month and end-of-the-year reports. I hope back in November you completed evaluations of your personnel and processes. If not, ... [Read More]

Ask the Hall of Famer: Reconditioning and New Prospects

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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 03:30 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Q: What are some prudent steps to make in regards to reconditioning? Julian says … First, on a side note, I think service and financing of repairs, tires etc., are going to be a good profit source for every BHPH ... [Read More]

Byrd: If You Are Growing, You Are Not ‘Cash Flowing’

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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 03:26 PM
Tim Byrd, Tim Byrd & Associates
The buy-here, pay-here business is one of the few businesses you can sell yourself out of business. Can I get an Amen on that? This reminds me of the “six P’s” rule of business that you may have heard: Prior ... [Read More]

Houston Store Aims To Show How Honest BHPH Dealers Operate

Craig and Paula Durrett for BHPH Report
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 03:21 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
A buyer who sustained a bad experience during a vehicle purchase might share the unpleasant details with family and friends. Or perhaps in today’s Internet age, the consumer could go on social media to describe the experiences through a myriad ... [Read More]

Dealer & Expert Ideas About 2015 Tax Season And Beyond

Kevin Pendergrass for BHPH
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 03:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The income tax refund. For typical buy-here, pay-here dealership customers, that’s an injection of cash averaging about $5,000, according to an estimation from Tax Refund Services and TaxMax founder Bill Neylan. For years, those refunds meant the possibility of healthy ... [Read More]

Lessons From DriveTime’s Run-In With The CFPB

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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 02:57 PM
Catherine Brennan, Hudson Cook
Congress empowered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to supervise buy-here, pay-here dealers when it passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Since its inception, the CFPB has not specifically targeted a BHPH dealer — until now, that ... [Read More]

A Comparison: Newsletters Versus Social Media

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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 02:46 PM
Kenny Atcheson, Dealer Profit Pros
If you have struggled to earn a positive return on investment or even calculate an ROI using social media, you are not alone. You can’t deposit likes, shares and followers into the bank. We have crafted and sent tens of ... [Read More]

AutoSoft NET Integrates DRN Data to Enhance BHPH Collections

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Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 02:17 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Buy-here, pay-here operators interested in utilizing the capabilities of license plate recognition technology to mitigate losses now have another opportunity if they use the solution offered by AutoSoft NET. On Wednesday morning, Digital Recognition Network (DRN) and AutoSoft NET announced ... [Read More]

AutoStar Solutions Highlights 12 Days of Dealership Compliance

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Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, 02:44 PM
BHPH Report Staff
AutoStar Solutions isn’t trying to dampen the Christmas spirit buy-here, pay-here operators might have, but chief legal officer Steve Levine warned dealers of what he described as a potential “Grinch" — regulators such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the ... [Read More]
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