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4 experts on dealer M&A, retail buy-sell landscape
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:32 PM
Dealership acquisitions and ownership changes seem to surface multiple times per week nowadays. How those deals come to fruition was the focus of a Used Car Week 2025 panel discussion led by Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. Sharing their insights ... Listen Here
3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:09 PM
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... Listen Here
Smoothing dealer path to buying cars from consumers with Anthony Monteiro of AutoAcquire AI
Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, 05:57 PM
More dealers are seeking inventory by buying directly from consumers. But some managers are still struggling with how to best execute a plan. To help dealers of all sizes in various markets, AutoAcquire AI CEO Anthony Monteiro appeared on the ... Listen Here

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?

regulation and compliance puzzle
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]

EXCLUSIVE: DriveTime Responds to $8M Fine From CFPB

DT Lease Fleet for BHPH
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, 03:33 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made its first enforcement action in the buy-here, pay-here space and handed out an $8 million penalty against one of the largest operations in the business — DriveTime Automotive Group. CFPB officials said late Wednesday ... [Read More]

PassTime Device Helps Authorities Arrest Suspect in High-Profile Abduction

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Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, 02:34 PM
BHPH Report Staff
PassTime now has a stronger argument about the potential benefits of its GPS devices beyond the payment-increasing potential for buy-here, pay-here dealers and finance companies. A Philadelphia woman, whose abduction was caught on tape, has been rescued — and her ... [Read More]

DriveTime Enters Washington DC Market with Newest Store

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Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, 01:39 PM
BHPH Report Staff
As the company continues to ramp up its Cancel Anytime lease program that allows a vehicle return without consequence should personal financial problems arise, DriveTime ventured near Capitol Hill for its next store opening, unveiling a first location in the ... [Read More]

Tax Max Offers Calm Response as IRS Warns of Refund Delays

John Koskinen for BHPH Report
Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, 04:38 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The Internal Revenue Service recently issued a strong warning to Congress about the potential for tax refund delays unless lawmakers make decisions in an orderly fashion. Despite the dire tone the IRS took, Chip Wiley — the corporate trainer and ... [Read More]
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