Congratulations to the owner’s of Preferred Adjusters, First Credit Resources, Commercial Service Corporation, How Adjustment Service, Able Auto Adjusters, Greenwood Remarketing, International Recovery & Transport and Midland Auto Recovery – West for qualifying for OPENLANE’S $500 American Express Gift Card as part of their exclusive incentive program for ARA’s members!. Check back here to see who else qualified!

Thursday, September 30 to Saturday, October 2

It’s time to secure your flights and room at the Wynn Hotel for the 46th Annual ARA Convention. Join clients and ARA members for a client panel discussion, education and training sessions and get updated on ARA. Take advantage of the fabulous location and room rates ARA secured at the gorgeous, four star, Wynn Hotel Resort. Book your hotel room at http://www.wynnlasvegas.com.

About the Wynn Hotel Las Vegas:
Wynn Las Vegas is the only casino resort in the world to make Forbes Award history by earning Five Star ratings in every category-Hotel, Restaurant and Spa-for two consecutive years. The Tower Suites at Wynn Las Vegas, Alex restaurant and The Spa each earned Five Star recognition in 2009 and 2010 for their achievements attaining the highest standards of excellence.

Calling all exhibitors! Are you interested in exhibiting to people in the recovery and lending community? Call or email the ARA Home Office to find out more about exhibitor rates, participating in educational sessions, etc. 972.755.4755 or info@americanrecoveryassn.org.

OPENLANE, the leading online wholesale auction in North America, is exclusively offering ARA members a $500 American Express Gift Card when you register with OPENLANE and sell your first vehicle on OPENLANE.com. This offer is limited to first-time OPENLANE sellers only and ends June 30,2010.*

American Recovery Association (ARA) is partnered with OPENLANE, North America’s leading online auction for dealers to buy and sell wholesale vehicles online, to allow ARA members to sell lenders’ vehicles online via OPENLANE.com.  Financial institutions like Chase and Chrysler Financial already rely upon OPENLANE’s wholesale expertise and thousands of registered buyers to remarket their repossessions online.  ARA agents remarketing recoveries through OPENLANE get the following benefits:

• An opportunity to retain, attract, and grow their client base
• Increased revenues of over $350 per unit from value added services (remarketing management fees, storage, vehicle clean-up, etc.)
• The ability to become a one-stop recovery and remarketing provider
• Faster remarketing of lenders/clients vehicles leading to lower remarketing costs

To register with OPENLANE and begin selling your recoveries online, please contact OPENLANE at (866) 366-4026 or email recovery@openlane.com.  For more information, go to http://www.openlane.com/pdfs/ara_pdf_member.pdf.

*Please allow for up to 30 days after June 30, 2010 for receipt of AMEX Gift Card.

Enter to Win A New Tow Truck with Dynamic Wheel Lift!

The Florida Alliance of Certified Asset Recovery Specialists (FLACARS) will have a drawing for a brand new 2011 Ford F450 Tow Truck – fully equipped with a V10 gas engine and a 601 Dynamic Wheel Lift.  The drawing will take place at the FLACARS annual convention, but you do NOT need to be present to win!

A limited number of raffle tickets will be sold – so get yours today!  Tickets are $100 and can be purchased at www.flacars.net.

While I certainly don’t claim to have a crystal ball, based on projected economic reports, we can expect the auto recovery and auto sales industries will have a slow 2010. Unemployment is still at a record high and economic uncertainty still exists. (more…)

Last year, more than 150 recovery specialists from around the country converged on Dallas to join together for the first North American Repossessors Summit hosted by the ARA. (more…)

Enjoy a few pictures from our recent convention! Thanks and congratulations to everyone for their hard work and dedication to American Recovery Association. To see more pictures from the 2009 Annual Convention, to visit us on YouTube.

We are looking forward to this year’s convention.  Download the 2009 Program Agenda for more information.