Archive for April, 2009

Why a MVD bond is needed

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Why a MVD bond is needed

A MVD Bond is necessary to attain your dealer license for the state in which your dealership is in. It does not protect you or your business; but it gives protection for consumer or state from fraud, falsification or any other state statue referenced in the bond form. The bond amount will vary from state to state. The dealership can’t lower or raise the surety bond amount since it is set by the state. Applying for a motor vehicle Bond or Dealer Bond with any surety company is very similar to applying for a loan. The surety then obtains a credit report, review business financials and personal financials. The cause for this is that the surety needs to make sure that if a loss occur and the surety pays out on a claim that you would be able to pay back the surety for the incurred loss. Not like insurance where the insurance company is indemnifying you and restore you to the monetary position you once where at, you are indemnifying the Surety Company. There are a lot of names for this bond some common names are Auto dealer bond and used car dealer bond they are all same MVD bonds just in different terms.

issuing a MVD bond

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

issuing a MVD bond

Motor vehicle dealer bond forms main part of different types of surety bonds issued all over the world. In general, everybody knows that surety bonds comprise of a lot of bonds, mainly motor vehicle dealer bond fetches more demand among the applicants. It is considered as a more important and vital bond among the people. The main intention of issuing surety bond, i.e. MVD bond is that it protects the public against any default act of obligator or the dealer to the obligee. These bonds can be called in different names like motor vehicle bond, DMV bond, used car dealer bond and in many other names. This bond protects the obligee against the default work or deceitful act of the motor vehicle dealer with regard to buying and selling of motor vehicle in the state. These bonds provide benefits to the obligee by the means of suing the principal in the court of law for non-performance act of the contract. Today, these bonds are issued in different states in different surety bond amounts as per the necessities of the people in different states.

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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

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Mortgage broker bond information

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

Things that a mortgage broker should know

A mortgage broker is a mediator who finds mortgage loans at the best rate on behalf of a customer. In the majority of states, a mortgage broker should be licensed by the state and hold insurance such as E & O insurance, putting in other words become bonded. Licensing necessities could vary from state to state, and in many states brokers have to be licensed and  become bonded. So check out with surety bond companies. As with many insurance companies, Surety Bond rates can vary. Leave it with a trustworthy Bonding company and find the deal that’s best for you. The next step is to apply for the Surety bond. This bond is considered a Mortgage Broker bond. Many state require a mortgage broker bond. The Bond amount for the mortgage broker bond varies from state to state. This could even be done online, in several cases. Before getting the Surety bond you must  provide information to the surety bond company concerning your personal and business financial history. A fine credit history and the capacity to pass a background check would make it likely that you will receive a bond and your license without a problem. Get a broker’s license as many states require  you to get a bond before they issue you a Mortgage broker’s license. Check your state’s department of banking for details regarding requirements to become a licensed broker.

NOTE: Some states use a different name for the mortgage broker bond such as California. California refers to their bond as a financial lender bond

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What would it take?

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
So there’s the idea, a low volume dealer with no car lot.. just one or two cars at a time. Probably just the one. What would it take to do this? Unfortunately the answer is A HELL OF A LOT! To get cars from the auctions at wholesale, you have to have a dealer license. To get a dealer license, you have to give your left nut and first born to the State… or at least that’s what it feels like. Let’s run this down: 1) Need a business location. You can’t run this from your home. 2) Must have a land line at the business location. Apparently the State doesn’t know how much more efficient it is to just use cell phones. Or they don’t care. 3) Gotta get fingerprinted. Not a big deal I suppose. 4) Need to attend a pre-license seminar, which is 4 hours of fun! 5) The business location has to get approval from the zoning commissioner. 6) Need a surety bond. 7) Need insurance. 8) Need a corporate structure. Technically you could run this as a sole proprietorship, but you’d be INSANE to do so. 9) Need signage at the business. And I’m sure there’s more here I don’t know about yet. Lots of trouble, many hoops to jump through. I guess this is a good thing though as it cuts down on fly-by-night operations, and on cutthroat competition resulting from people jumping in without proper research and needing to dump their inventory on the market. And remember, this is just to get setup so that you can buy your first car! There’s a whole new learning curve to deal with there, and capital needed to make that first purchase. Still, this seems like a good thing to try. I see a lot of effort in getting this going, but the actual “job” once the fiery-hoops-of-death have been conquered doesn’t look bad. At least most parts. So it’s a go, let’s do this thing! this was posted by http://autobroker.wordpress.com

Surety Bonds protect Tax Payers

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Federal or State surety bonds are required by the government  to protect the tax payers investment. Usually these bonds are  for construction projects  these bonds guarantee that the project will be completed and the funds will be delegated appropriately.

If the contractor defaults on the surety bond the obligee can place a  claim on the bond and recoup their loss.

Private obligee can also request for the contractors to become bonded to protect there investments.

Florida MVD Bond

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Florida MVD bonds expire at the end of this month So get your Surety Bond Application in

Can I still get a surety bond

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Are surety bond markets tightening? In the recent months from the state of the economy the surety industries has under gone dramatic changes. Due to increasing losses from suffering industries such as the car industry and the mortgage industry Surety compaines have to tighten their belts. In the good old days many surety companies would underwrite a urety bond application with no credit check. Requesting more than two years of business financials for a small $10,000 surety bond was unheard of. Well those good old days are over. Surety companies have gone back the traditional underwriting approach. The surety company will now underwrite a $10,000 surety bond like it was a $1,000,000 surety bond. Requesting two to three years worth of business financials resumes on all key personal and running personal and business credit. With these new tougher requirements many surety companies that qualified a year ago cannot qualify this year for the surety bond renewal. Due to surety underwriting changes many teetering clients will now be placed in the subprime surety market when they may have been able to place their surety bond outside of the subprime surety market last year. Claims are on the rise with many business owners defaulting on their surety bond from running out of money and not being able to complete the project they were contracted to perform. This has a very adverse effect on the Surety Bond market since the business of surety is to have a no loss ratio. Just have an increase in losses of 10% can cause a surety company to stop writing one line business. As of this year we lost one surety company one surety decided to stop writing surety bonds and focusing on more profitable lines of business. New business are suffering the most because many surety companies only want to write surety bonds for established companies that have been in business for two years or longer. So how can you still get a surety bond? Here are a few tips to obtain a surety bond without collateral and a reasonable rate Tip one: if you are a new business and you do not have a business financials prepaid draft a start up business financial and create a business plan Tip two: send a resume Surety companies what to see experience Tip three. If your credit is a little shaky or your financials are not up to pair apply with a co-signer. When applying with a co-signer make sure that the cosigner can qualify. Here are some qualifications for co-signers. Clean credit with no collections or delinquencies a 650 credit score or higher owning property and real estate. The real estate does not need to be owned free in clear. I hope this helps obtain a surety bond at a low rate

Tips on How to Obtain a Surety Bond

Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Over the course of the last two years the surety Bond Industry has under gone dramatic changes. Due to increasing claims caused from suffering industries such as the car industry and the mortgage industry Surety Bonding Companies have to tighten their belts. Bonding companies are now enforcing tougher requirements and are increasing rates to compensate for their losses. Due to underwriting changes many teetering clients that had preferred rates will now be placed in the subprime market. Many established companies that had a preferred rate last year cannot qualify this year for same price or their rate has gone up. New businesses are suffering the most because preferred rates are now only for established companies. Collateral is also coming to play with many surety companies requiring it for the majority of the surety bonds they write for new business. With that said here are a few tips to help you obtain a surety bond without collateral and at a reasonable rate. Tip one: if you are a new business and you do not have a business financial prepared create a start up business financial and create a business plan as well. A start up business financial or a business plan with some companies may help you with the rate by one or two points. Tip two: send a resume Surety companies what to see experience. Showing experience may help you get out of subprime pricing. Tip three: If your credit is a little shaky or your financial s are not up to pair apply with a co-signer. When applying with a co-signer make sure that the cosigner can qualify. Here are a few qualifications for co-signers. Clean credit with no collections or delinquencies a 650 credit score or higher owning property and real estate. The real estate does not need to be owned free in clear. Keep in mind if you have a co-signer you will not be able to obtain preferred pricing but it may help you get a price break. Tip four: Use a surety bond broker your local insurance agent may not have the markets to help you since surety bonding is a specialty field. Many surety bond agents have programs that can obtain surety bonds for new business with no collateral.
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