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What is Voluntary Car Repossession?
Surrendering a car could be a slightly better option than involuntary repossession.
How To Remove a Co-Signer From a Car Loan
Is it possible to remove a co-signer from a car loan, and how does that process work?
What You Need to Know About Giving a Car as a Gift
Whether it's for an anniversary, a college graduation, or to celebrate another major milestone, financing a car for someone else is a memorable gift.
Car Loan Amortization Schedule: How Does It Work?
A car loan amortization schedule can help you estimate your monthly payment and predict how soon the car loan will be paid off.
What Happens When Your Car Is Repossessed?
Owning a car can be expensive. The average monthly payment on new car loans has increased to $609, and the average monthly payment for used car loans has inc...
Local CSR Can Have a Big Impact: Just Ask a Dealership
Businesses—especially large companies—invest quite a bit in Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) efforts every year. Fortune 500 companies spend approximately $20 billion a year on CSR activities, according to the Harvard Business Review. These companies know that CSR can have tremendous long-term benefits in terms of increased sales, employee satisfaction and community goodwill.
But few businesses or industries truly understand the magnifying power of local CSR programs better than A...
9 Women Changing the Future of Auto Retail
The future is bright for women pursuing a career in automotive retail.
There are a lot more women taking the leadership wheel at the dealership and they are not glancing in their rearview mirrors as they blaze a trail for themselves and other women in this traditionally male-dominated industry. If you don’t believe us, check out Automotive News’ list of 100 Leading Women in the North American Automotive Industry.
As that list demonstrates, dealerships are a great...
10 Celebrities Who Got Their Start at a Dealership
From the car detailer who keeps the cars clean to the finance manager who keeps the deals flowing to the dealer principal overseeing it all, there are plenty of great jobs in America’s franchise auto dealerships – enough to directly employ 2 million people.
Sustainable Landscape Design: Tackling Climate Change and Rain Gardens
With concerns growing over climate change and the environment, clients are asking landscape architects to incorporate sustainable landscape design into their residential and commercial landscaping projects.
The planning and design of rain gardens is a particularly popular project for firms involved in landscape architecture and environmental planning.
What is a rain garden?
A rain garden is a water capture feature designed to take advantage of rainwater runoff that flows from roofs, driveways...
How to Grow a Landscaping Business During the Off-Season
April showers bring May flowers, which means lots of work for landscaping and lawn care businesses. But every business faces a lull at some point in the year. The slow, or off-season, is the perfect time to strategize on how to grow a landscaping business, while preparing for the busier times of the year.
6 steps to build your landscaping business off-season
Any path to growth requires a plan of action. Here are six steps you can take to advance your landscaping business off-season.
Get finan...
20 Tips for an Eco-Friendly Apartment
Making the change to eco-friendly living can be overwhelming when you’re first starting out. Particularly when you live in an apartment where space is limited, and you can’t do major renovations.
While solar panels, a wind turbine, and a large organic gardening operation may not be in the cards, eco-friendly apartment living is still doable. Want to know how to live green in an apartment? Read on for our quick and easy eco-friendly apartment ideas.
20 Ways to Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly
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Car Loan Amortization Schedule: How Does It Work?
Paying off a car loan can take a while. Currently, the most common car loans are spread out over 72 to 84 months. The longer the loan terms, the more interest you end up paying. That's where a car loan amortization schedule can come in handy.
Whether you are planning to purchase a car or finance an existing loan, a car loan amortization schedule or calculator can help you estimate your monthly payment and predict how soon the car loan will be paid off.
What Is Car Loan Amortizati...
Into the Lion’s Den with AAA Member Kevin Patton
Sometimes, teaching any type of scientific discipline at the advanced level can feel like trying to tame wild animals. Luckily, Professor Kevin Patton has experience in that area.
Patton, a founding faculty member of Human Anatomy and Physiology Instruction (HAPI) at the Northeast College of Health Sciences, “started out wanting to work with wild animals, which took me down the road of biology.”
After getting his undergraduate degree in biology and completing his research on animal stress at ...
How Current Inflation Is Affecting the Transportation Industry
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the current inflation rate that's rising among many industries is now hitting transportation, too, disrupting manufacturers everywhere.
William Taylor, CEO of Taylor Group, a heavy equipment manufacturer, told lawmakers in Congress, "The supply chain is a disaster." He went on to explain how delays in inbound deliveries from freight carriers and rapidly increasing transportation rates forced the company to boost its prices.
And that's just one of many way...
Anatomy Now
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