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Participation points to bright future
Competition has always been heavy for consumers’ discretionary time and money. It is going to remain especially heated for another…
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F&I Time is Money
One of Boating Industry’s Top 100 Dealers, Joe Lewis of Mount Dora (Fla.) Boating Center and Marina, recently advised that…
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Building a foundation for the future
Lenders have tightened up their loan approvals, including those regarding boats. An offshoot of the much broader and more sinister…
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Boat Loan Rates: The ‘Fed’ Influence
Falling interest rate environments create challenging times for lenders. Current and prospective borrowers wonder when interest rates on loans will…
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Making sense of dockomania
When “submerged land” was recognized as saleable by marina owners, lawyers, lenders, government agencies and slip renters in the mid-1980s,…
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The growing impact of remarketing
Firms that collect and dispose of boats in deals gone bad or that have been physically damaged are no longer…
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Living with Market Turmoil
Turmoil is not currently exclusive to the boating market. Look at residential real estate, banking, equities, energy, IT, domestic autos,…
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Your lender just left the industry … now what?
You’ve been reading about the turmoil in the U.S. and global credit markets and wondering how it might affect you.…
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Subprime Loans – Rewards & Risks
Harley-Davidson Motorcycles has been viewed with high regard by many in the boating trades as a company to emulate. Its…
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Visionaries’ Vessel ID System
Imagine, as an F&I or other marine industry professional, having access to a nationwide database of recreational boats through a…
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