| The Title Pawn business's can be a highly profitable | | | | the lender loans eight hundred dollars on the |
| operation. I was truly shocked when I figured out the | | | | borrower's four thousand dollar car. Now let's say the |
| bottom line amount of money these companies make. | | | | borrower doesn't pay you your monthly payment and |
| Most companies in the industry charge the absolute | | | | you repossess the car. You have just essentially |
| highest rate allowed by law. In many states there are | | | | purchased a four thousand dollar automobile for eight |
| maximum interest rates that a title pawn company is | | | | hundred dollars. |
| allowed to charge. For instance in the state of Georgia, | | | | Now you the lender then takes the four thousand |
| the max allowed is twenty five percent. Now what | | | | dollar car that you paid eight hundred dollars for, and |
| you have to realize is that the rate is monthly. For | | | | you sale it for above retail on a buy here pay here car |
| example, if your borrower borrows one thousand | | | | lot for six thousand dollars. By the time all is said and |
| dollars, your monthly interest income due to you the | | | | done you have sold a vehicle for six thousand dollars |
| lender is two hundred and fifty dollars. Take just a | | | | that you paid eight hundred dollars for. Talk about |
| minute and think about this, that's just what the | | | | making a killing, it happens every day. Many of the title |
| borrower pays you the lender in interest. So when the | | | | pawn lenders will not even mess with repossessing |
| borrower pays the two hundred and fifty dollars at the | | | | cars, or reselling them for a profit. Many of these |
| end of the month, they still owe you the title pawn | | | | lenders simply subcontract out the exit strategy of a |
| lender the initial one thousand dollars they borrowed. | | | | bad loan. They subcontract out to one or more |
| Now let's look at this from an annual interest. If the | | | | individuals the task of repossessing the car, and |
| consumer keeps the loan out for twelve months, they | | | | disposing of it to an auto auction or a quick sale to |
| will have paid you the lender three thousand dollars | | | | small buy here pay here car lots. These guys are |
| and they still owe the one thousand dollar initial principal | | | | making a killing with very little risk. |
| amount they borrowed. | | | | Now think about this, you have a regular flow of |
| Beyond just profiting from insanely high interest rates, | | | | borrowers coming in everyday in desperate need of |
| title pawn companies also use the business as a | | | | fast cash. Very few of the customers coming in even |
| automobile purchase stream for their small buy here | | | | question the interest rate they are being charged for |
| pay here car lots. Title pawn companies make an | | | | the loan. The borrowers main concern is getting the |
| absolute killing with this setup. They lend the consumer | | | | cash as quickly as possible. Now when it come time to |
| a maximum of forty percent of the wholesale value of | | | | pay the monthly payment on the loan, any borrower in |
| their vehicle. Now let's define wholesale value. | | | | their right mind is never going to give up a car worth |
| Wholesale value is what you the lender estimates you | | | | so much more than the amount of money they owe |
| can sale the borrower's car for quickly at an auto | | | | you the lender. These borrowers will do almost |
| auction. So let's say for example the borrower's car | | | | anything to get you the lender your money to keep |
| retail value is four thousand dollars. But the wholesale | | | | from loosing their car that's worth more than four |
| value is only half of this or two thousand dollars. Now | | | | grand over a eight hundred dollar loan. So as you can |
| you the title pawn lender agrees to lend the borrower | | | | see, most borrowers will do anything they have to do |
| forty percent of their vehicles wholesale value, or forty | | | | to keep from defaulting on their loan and loosing their |
| percent of two thousand dollars, that would be a | | | | car. |
| maximum loan amount of eight hundred dollars. So you | | | | |