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Gil Van Over

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ArticlesCover Storyby Gil Van OverMay 12, 2020

The Digital Revolution is Upon Us

An unspoken truth is that sometimes a drastic, calamitic action has to sideswipe a process to speed up the evolutionary process. The calamity known as COVID-19 is acting as an agent of revolutionary change in dealer’s sales processes.

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Articlesby Gil Van OverMarch 31, 2020

F&I Meets Alternative Credit Scoring

New methods to qualify car shoppers could help your dealers sell more vehicles and F&I products, but alternative credit scoring is not without its pitfalls.

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ACE Spaceby Gil Van OverMarch 17, 2020

Compliance Isn’t Just for the Finance Office

We should call it transaction compliance, rather than F&I compliance.

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ArticlesCover Storyby Gil Van OverFebruary 28, 2020

How to Implement a Compliance Management System

Agents can and should help dealers design, install, and enforce their federally mandated CMS. Luckily for everyone involved, the instructions are freely available.

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ACE Spaceby Gil Van OverFebruary 27, 2020

Shortcuts and Compliance Are Not Complementary

Compliance expert lists four shortcuts no sales or F&I professional should take in 2020. Spoiler alert: Forging the customer’s signature is still a federal crime.

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ACE Spaceby Gil Van OverDecember 5, 2019

Is Your Salesperson Running a CRO?

Entrepreneurial salespeople are the rock stars of auto retail, but if their side hustle is a credit repair organization, they are creating a major liability for the dealership.

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ACE Spaceby Gil Van OverNovember 11, 2019

Consumers Don’t Always Tell the Truth

For all the dispersions cast on sales and F&I professionals, legal actions against dealerships are frequently the result of lying customers.

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ACE Spaceby Gil Van OverOctober 3, 2019

Yesterday’s Standards Are Today’s Felonies

The shady practices dealers and F&I professionals once bragged about are now landing many in jail. Compliance expert lists three forms of fraud you can eradicate immediately.

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ACE Spaceby Gil Van OverSeptember 10, 2019

F&I Meets a New-Age Dr. Frankenstein

Synthetic identity theft is wreaking havoc among American retailers. Compliance guru offers a buyback prevention checklist for dealers and F&I professionals.

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ACE Spaceby Gil Van OverAugust 12, 2019

It’s the Process, Stupid

A dealership’s Red Flags process is a clear indicator of how its overall compliance quotient stacks up against stores that never let a notification go by.

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