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Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, 02:23 PM
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here

Dealers Praise NABD for Latest BHPH Best Practices Conference

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Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, 06:58 PM
BHPH Report Staff
Mike Marak is the president of M&M Auto Sales in Hiawatha, Iowa, boasting more than three decades of buy-here, pay-here experience. Marak chose to spend three days in Dallas last week for the Best Practices Conference hosted by the National ... [Read More]

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]

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