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The 2023 Safeguards Rule amendment requires dealers to notify the FTC when a breach hits 500+ consumers, a threshold mid-size stores cross faster than expected.
Read articleDeskflow implementation timelines vary by data quality, integration scope, and document variety, not a fixed number of weeks. Here is what actually drives it.
Read articleNMVTIS is the federal title-history database built to stop title washing across state lines. Here's where a check belongs in your buying workflow.
Read articleCFPB fined a BHPH dealer $700,000 for hiding a $1,650 warranty and $100 GPS fee from its advertised APR. Here's what Reg Z actually requires you to disclose.
Read articleConsequences range from a curtailment true-up to termination, but most states cap the audit lookback window, so exposure stays open until that window closes.
Read articleAn SOT audit verifies floored inventory physically matches the lender's schedule. Failed checks usually expose title defects and curtailment misses at once.
Read articleCurtailment escalates in three stages, not one: day 31 flags an aging unit, day 61 flags a pattern, and day 91 can get priced into the whole floorplan line.
Read articleDeskflow reads from and writes back to your existing DMS and CRM through API sync, not a system replacement. Here's exactly how the integration works.
Read articleDiscounting to beat a curtailment deadline erodes the same margin the fee would take. Earlier visibility into aging units avoids both, without cutting price.
Read articleCurtailment is the payment a floorplan lender requires once a specific unit ages past a threshold, often 60 days, to pay down principal or extend the term.
Read articleNIADA 20 Groups put 20 non-competing dealers into a shared composite, ranked on absorption, gross profit per unit, and expense ratio each meeting.
Read articleUnits parked 45 to 60 days lose their entire front-end gross to floorplan interest and markdowns. Here's the per-unit breakeven math to calculate it.
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