{"id":162,"date":"2016-11-08T01:52:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T01:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/1162\/3-ways-to-start-an-auto-repossession-business-without-a-tow-truck"},"modified":"2016-11-08T01:52:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T01:52:15","slug":"3-ways-to-start-an-auto-repossession-business-without-a-tow-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/1162\/3-ways-to-start-an-auto-repossession-business-without-a-tow-truck","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Start an Auto Repossession Business Without a Tow Truck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1]<\/p>\n<p>With auto repossessions at an all-time high, getting into the repo business has never looked more lucrative.&nbsp; And while you can make up to $500 per repo&#8217;ed car, investing in a tow truck isn&#8217;t cheap.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is, you probably don&#8217;t need a tow truck to start your own repo business.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s 3 ways you can get started in the repo industry on a shoestring budget:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #1 &#8211; Partner With A Locksmith and Literally Drive The Repo Cars Away<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, finance companies keep key codes on file for every car they own.&nbsp; The key codes are a &#8220;blueprint&#8221;&nbsp;that tells locksmiths exactly how to create a key the same as the original.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the bank doesn&#8217;t have the key codes, you can find companies online that will supply key codes for any domestic or foreign vehicle in less than an hour.&nbsp; All you need to give them is the make, model and VIN number.<\/p>\n<p>With your original key in hand, you can have someone follow you to the repo site and you can drive the car away!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #2 &#8211; Work From Home and Help Banks Track Down Repo Cars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to be a repo man to earn a living in the repossession industry.&nbsp; You can start out by helping banks or dealerships track down hard-to-find debtors.&nbsp; This service is called skip-tracing.&nbsp; And they&#8217;re willing to pay big money for it since their cars are worth thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>You can charge $30-$100\/hour to provide skip tracing services to banks &#8211; or even other repossession companies.&nbsp; Of course, you&#8217;ll need to invest time and money in good training, but it&#8217;s well worth it considering you could make $60,000 starting out &#8211; without a degree!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tip #3 &#8211; <\/strong><strong>Become A Repo Job Broker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like working nights and dealing with confrontational people, you could setup a web site to get repossession job leads in your town, and sell those leads to other repo businesses.&nbsp; Then, as you gain more experience in the repo industry, you could take on more and more jobs yourself.<\/p>\n<p>While these money-making tips are no substitute for having the right repossession tools, they&#8217;ll help you make money to pay for the equipment you&#8217;ll need later on!<\/p>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] With auto repossessions at an all-time high, getting into the repo business has never looked more lucrative.&nbsp; And while you can make up to $500 per repo&#8217;ed car, investing in a tow truck isn&#8217;t cheap. The good news is, you probably don&#8217;t need a tow truck to start your own repo business.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[172,497,6,498,499,471],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techfeatured.com\/automotive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}