Posted: 2/10/2015 2:52:25 PM EDT
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So I'm thinking about getting into the repo business. Anyone have any experience? How should I go about learning the job? Think any company would want to train someone with no towing experience?
I like dealing with people who are having a bad day so I feel like I would be able to deal with any contact I get into with people. |
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So I'm thinking about getting into the repo business. Anyone have any experience? How should I go about learning the job? Think any company would want to train someone with no towing experience? I like dealing with people who are having a bad day so I feel like I would be able to deal with any contact I get into with people. Go to your neighbors and tell them you're going to take their car, then see how they respond. |
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You better know someone in the business already. You might be able to get a job as a lot porter or something and work your way up while you learn to drive and whatnot. I know people in just about any career field you can think of but sadly towing is not one of them. Lot porter is just someone who moves around and inventories cars I'm guessing? |
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You better know someone in the business already. You might be able to get a job as a lot porter or something and work your way up while you learn to drive and whatnot. this would be the best way . And I ain't saying it ain't a job that needs to be done but I hope you don't do it. I got my reasons. gd |
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not easy to get into from what I've heard, maybe try going independent but who's going to hire you?
I watched a lot of this guys videos, worth a look: https://www.youtube.com/user/RepoNut |
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Get a part time gig for a furniture or rim rental place doing deliveries and repos.
That should get the whole idea out of your system. I did that for a while, it sucked. If you actually want to stay in it, get your cdl and get on with a towing company and start talking to the repo companies. |
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not easy to get into from what I've heard, maybe try going independent but who's going to hire you? I watched a lot of this guys videos, worth a look: https://www.youtube.com/user/RepoNut That's actually how I got interested in it 
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Find names of biggest buy here pay here lots in your town. Go to ghetto and find a car with their logo on it, act like your are going to get in and take it from them. Enjoy incoming gunfire and beat down.
Seriously though, the job sucks. My buddy had a little flatbed wrecker and did repo. I went with him MANY times as a lookout. Even sitting in the front with an AR in my lap it was sketchy as hell. People are not real keen to someone taking something they think is theirs regardless of the fact they have missed payments. The real pain in the ass is finding the car sometimes and people will go to great lengths to hide the vehicle. If it is a low dollar job and you spend a couple nights of diesel driving all over hells half acre in shitty neighborhoods and risking your life to make a couple hundred bucks it isn't worth it. My buddy wound up selling his truck to a guy that got beat retarded(seriously retarded) by a guy with a piece of rebar while he was under the vehicle securing chains. |
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I would honestly focus on something else career wise.
Very unlikely the actual biz is anything like you have envisioned ... including the pay ( if any ) Factor in time - expenses - taxes - business licenses - LAWYER FEES ( constantly getting sued I would think ) etc ... I just do not see any $$$ to justify the hassle and risks involved. The top tier repo guys nabbing the expensive cars - boats - planes for the banks are doing OK. But they have paid their dues and are the .01% who have actually succeeded at their craft. Yea I found this image by googling 'ugly repo chic' meet your 1st helper
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The suburb I worked in had a sheriffs deputy dedicated to repos. All she did was drive out to an address and meet the repo company and help them get their shit. She was a cool broad, 6' tall and made a full size block look small. She took no shit from anyone either.
General rule around there was the company made a few attempts, but if the "owner" wouldn't cooperate, call the sheriff and Rhonda would come out and explain the reality of the situation. So repo guys spent more of their time locating the property than snagging shit. There was 1 guy around there that worked for one of the larger credit unions. He didn't have a truck or a cdl. He would cruise around in an old Taurus and find the car he was looking for, call a wrecker, and show the paperwork when they got there and hooked up. |
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I would honestly focus on something else career wise. Very unlikely the actual biz is anything like you have envisioned ... including the pay ( if any ) Factor in time - expenses - taxes - business licenses - LAWYER FEES ( constantly getting sued I would think ) etc ... I just do not see any $$$ to justify the hassle and risks involved. The top tier repo guys nabbing the expensive cars - boats - planes for the banks are doing OK. But they have paid their dues and are the .01% who have actually succeeded at their craft. Yea I found this image by googling 'ugly repo chic' meet your 1st helper
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000200937/polls_photo_int_sonia_pizarro_4248_104825_poll_xlarge.jpeg BO-SHOOOOODDDAAAA! 
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Doubtful. I worked for a repo company briefly and they wouldn't hire anyone as a driver without years of verifiable experience. Quoted:
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Think any company would want to train someone with no towing experience? Doubtful. I worked for a repo company briefly and they wouldn't hire anyone as a driver without years of verifiable experience. That's not what I wanted to hear. 
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I would honestly focus on something else career wise. Very unlikely the actual biz is anything like you have envisioned ... including the pay ( if any ) Factor in time - expenses - taxes - business licenses - LAWYER FEES ( constantly getting sued I would think ) etc ... I just do not see any $$$ to justify the hassle and risks involved. The top tier repo guys nabbing the expensive cars - boats - planes for the banks are doing OK. But they have paid their dues and are the .01% who have actually succeeded at their craft. Yea I found this image by googling 'ugly repo chic' meet your 1st helper
http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000200937/polls_photo_int_sonia_pizarro_4248_104825_poll_xlarge.jpeg Not looking to start my own business. Just looking to get hired into a company |
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Think any company would want to train someone with no towing experience? Doubtful. I worked for a repo company briefly and they wouldn't hire anyone as a driver without years of verifiable experience. That's not what I wanted to hear. There were companies that would train you but they were the companies you didn't want to work for. The company I worked for was almost all family members which is why I left. |
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There were companies that would train you but they were the companies you didn't want to work for. The company I worked for was almost all family members which is why I left. Were you a driver for them or did something else? I don't think I would mind the skip locating part of it. Investigative stuff would be kind of interesting. |
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Were you a driver for them or did something else? I don't think I would mind the skip locating part of it. Investigative stuff would be kind of interesting. Quoted:
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There were companies that would train you but they were the companies you didn't want to work for. The company I worked for was almost all family members which is why I left. Were you a driver for them or did something else? I don't think I would mind the skip locating part of it. Investigative stuff would be kind of interesting. Other stuff. Most of the repos came straight from the plate scanners not investigations. |
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Never check the trunk! Heard this once from a guy who made a living out of the repo game. Gym bag full of "dope" that he turned over to the police from a car he picked up. I can only assume it was a bunch of weed he didn't get into the specifics of it. He only said he was lucky he didn't get pulled over before he got back to the impound yard. |
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Think any company would want to train someone with no towing experience? Doubtful. I worked for a repo company briefly and they wouldn't hire anyone as a driver without years of verifiable experience. That's not what I wanted to hear. If you really want to learn something, there is someone out there who will teach you. The real question is how much are your really going to enjoy it when the thrill of a new job wears off? What do you have to sacrifice in order to get to that point? When shit goes wrong at the new job, exactly how wrong does it go, and how fast does it happen? Try to find the answers to these questions BEFORE you wind up with a new job. Especially a job where you can have your face smashed in by a complete stranger over a used piece of property he isn't paying for. |
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I agree with "I am Dan" & "Tactical": the job sucks (and I've also done it).
My gig was non-typical: -tow-truck drivers account for the vast majority of repos and they get the car within 2 weeks of getting the papers to repo. After that time, I came into the picture. I used to get the assignments that the tow truck guys could not complete. My assignments came with a lot more paper/info on the debtor. From that, I would have a key made for the car. Usually, the owner was taking some measures to hide the vehicle. If it was locked in a garage, I was SOL. But I found them in fields, in surrounding neighborhoods, in multi-level PUBLIC parking garages, etc. Once I suspected a dead-beat would bring out her prize SUV for Thanksgiving to show off to the relatives - I got it from right in front of her house while they were inside having dinner. I am sure the relatives were impressed - but not the way that deadbeat intended. I also repoed rental cars that were not returned. It was bizzare: people would simply keep the cars thinking the owner would give up or forget about it; they would even buy seat-covers, trim, etc. - as if they owned the car! But mostly, it involved driving around shitty neighborhoods at night & doing more looking than finding. On once occassion, we used our last-resort tactic and knocked on the door: a bunch of guys came to the door & one of them had a gun (hey it was his house). Explained our side and these guys talked it over - finally they said: "no speak English." They returned the car to the dealership the next day & I got nothing at all for all my work. OP: you really do not want that job. If you are inclined to deal with a-holes, then get a job as a corrections officer. |
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hope you enjoy listening to BS
lots of stress lots of threats lots of hours added bonus of everybody thinks you are the scum of the earth for just doing your job know a guy who does repo and does it well, lives a comfortable life I would say the only reason he doesnt have much trouble with people is because he is mean as a snake. Nice guy, but wouldnt think twice about hurting you if you tried anything |