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5 Jun 2010No matter what you do to try and weed out potential deadbeat customers, sooner or later one or more accounts will become past due. When you find yourself with a past due account on your hands, the worst thing you can do is ignore the problem. The more time that passes between the payment due date and the time that the customer is contacted, the less likely you are to receive the full payment. After 6 months, you statistically collect just 50% of the amount due and after a year that amount drops to only 25% of the original debt. If you are serious about turning a profit, there are three ways to handle the collection on past due accounts; in house efforts, hiring a collection agency, or taking legal action.
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16 May 2010A collection agency based in California produced a plot to motivate and educate employees to live healthier lifestyles in early January. There are twenty eight employees at the agency; more than half are currently participating in the initiative.
“You will observe multiple violations at the same intersection, so they are driving the same route every day.” Lasercraft, the red light system is paid a percentage of the fines collected to operate. Lasercraft gets paid eighty percent of the fees up to $4,500 per month and the city receives the twenty percent that remained. Above $4,5000, monthly collections are split evenly between the city and Lasercraft. The city’s share goes to the city’s general fund, it does not go to the Police Department.
It is hard to believe that people who have taken out mortgages become best friends with their mortgage lenders. Mortgage lenders raise rates as they please, and then, when they don’t receive that payment, they will take away your place of residence. Today, this is a disturbing trend that results in American homeowners either underwater or renting an apartment. And now, banks are attempting to get their money back from the foreclosure sale.
In: Finance
17 Apr 2010Identity theft is an illegal activity that is growing faster than any other type of crime in America today. The Federal Trade Commission predicts that one in every ten people will fall victim to identity theft this year. One form of this crime is known as credit card skimming. This is a way for identity thieves to get your credit card information and keep it on a storage device to be utilized later for fraudulent purposes.
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17 Apr 2010According to the RealtyTrac Year-End 2009 Foreclosure Market Report, 3,957,643 foreclosure filings were reported on 2,824,674 U.S. properties in 2009. This includes scheduled foreclosure auctions, default notices and bank repossessions.
Would you be embarrassed if someone in atop hat and tuxedo followed you into a restaurant and silently joined your lunch date? How about a trio of men with more to love dressed like superheroes asking your neighbors for donations to assist you in your financial situation?
In: Finance
26 May 2009Many businesses right now are feeling the pain of unpaid invoices. In addition, when such a scenario occurs, it is vital that you have a reliable company to turn to. When a company continues to try to collect from their nonpaying clients it normally results in a right off. The bottom-line is that the squeaky wheel gets the oil and thats why they need to turn to a reputable collection agency.
In: Finance
24 May 2009Many businesses right now are feeling the pain of unpaid invoices. In addition, when such a scenario occurs, it is imperative that you have a reliable company to turn to. When a company continues to try to collect from their nonpaying clients it normally results in a right off. The bottom-line is that the squeaky wheel gets the oil and thats why they need to turn to a reputable collection agency.