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All the latest news relating to the Repossession/Recovery Industry, national and international.

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Resident takes aim after vehicle repossessed

Repo man is not a job for everyone

Man arrested after allegedly pointing shotgun at repo man

The Repo Diaries

Felonious assault charge filed after repo man allegedly winds up on the business end of a gun

Local repo man hits the small screen

East Dundee repo man tried to trick cops into helping him

Repo Man Stays Busy

Repo man hangs on for dear life

Repo man thrives in ailing economy

Did Cash for Clunkers “Revitalize” the Auto Industry?

Federal, local agents catch suspected armed carjacker

Liberty Township man threatened to shoot repo men

Car Lease Repossession Prevention Program Launched by Switchtrader.com

Avoid auto repo nightmare, credit woes

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Technology

One of the fastest growing forces that is driving the Repossession/Recovery Industry forward is Technology and this section is dedicated to news-related articles.

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Recovery Management Incorporated Partners with OPENLANE and Alliance Inspection Management

New Relationship Saves Auto Lenders Time and Money to remarket their recovered vehicles

Southampton, NJ – September 23, 2009, Recovery Management Incorporated (RMI), a bridge between lending institutions and independent recovery professionals, today announced the RMI Liquidation Solution – the result of a partnership with OPENLANE and Alliance Inspection Management (AiM).  RMI Liquidation Solution reduces costs typically associated with the recovery and remarketing of repossessed automobiles by dramatically improving time to remarket and eliminating transportation costs. Read the rest of this »

Red Flag Rule Program

Are you in compliance? The Government’s FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is requiring financial institutions to be – so you need to be too!

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From the Editor

Are you ‘all teched up’ and ready for the future and what it brings for the repossession/recovery industry? If you want to compete today and in the future, you need the technology in place that will enable you to not only run your company profitably, but also stave away your competitors!

Our industry is changing fast. Not so long ago, it was the fax machine that we bowed down to so that we could receive our client’s work and now we can do that via e-mail, client’s own websites, our websites, our repossession software, our cell phones – and I am sure it will not stop there. In addition to all the aforementioned, we have GPS, we have license plate recognition technology now we can add remarketing technology (see the Technology section for more details). I wonder what will be next? …more…

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Columns and Features

Do You Really Understand Your Clients?
By Susan Marston

To do profitable, professional and quality business with your clients, we first need to understand them.

Do you really understand them? Do you understand why they ask you to do what you do for them? Do you want to go the extra mile for them? If you don’t, your competitor will!

You have to understand your client, if you are to provide the services they need. …more…

Repossession Insurance – Understand What You Are Getting
By Susan Marston

Trying to actually read an insurance (contract) policy of any kind is about as dry as Texas dust in August and about as easy to understand as advanced calculus. There is a “package” of coverage’s necessary to properly protect collateral recovery business owners, their clients and the public. Following is an explanation of that “package” of coverage’s so that you might better understand how the different coverage’s, in layman’s terms protect your collateral recovery business and your client.

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