Adrian Martinez
Normalization of Earnings is Essential to Privately Held Dealerships, Even if You are Not Selling
By Phil Villegas For most dealers, knowing what their dealership has earned in profit is a simple matter of looking at their dealer...
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Adrian Martinez
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
Dealers and OEMs Entice Their Customers to Buy. Your Vendors Should Do the Same to You.
By Luis Deville The year 2020 will certainly be remembered for COVID-19, and as a result, may also be remembered as a period of...
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Adrian Martinez
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
When Buying a Dealership, Have Seller “Add-Backs” Properly Reviewed
By Phil Villegas For the past 15 plus years, a fair amount of the work I’ve personally been involved with relates to dealership buy/sells...
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Adrian Martinez
- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min
New Normal = New Risks
By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE In strange times, people do strange things. The last six months have been nothing short of challenging,...
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Adrian Martinez
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Insight by Axiom Advisors - Vol. 26
Download - Insight by Axiom Advisors - Vol. 26 - September 2020
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Adrian Martinez
- Aug 28, 2020
- 2 min
Future Dealership Leaders Are Everywhere, It’s Just a Matter of Letting Them Know
By Phil Villegas In the mid-'90s, I drifted among a few self-indulgent jobs (valet, bartender and cabana boy) that were perfect for a...
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Adrian Martinez
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Marketing Strategies to Help Increase Your Bottom Line
By Luis Deville Selling cars and providing great service to customers are the key drivers for earning a profit in the dealership world....
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Adrian Martinez
- Aug 14, 2020
- 2 min
Choose to Invest in Existing Operations Before Investing in Others
By Phil Villegas For most of my automotive career I’ve been around dealership buy/sells, first as an employee at a dealership, then for a...
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Adrian Martinez
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
The Surprising Connection Between Coronavirus, Automotive Retail, and Well-being.
By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE It seems we are all experiencing varying degrees of adversity stemming from the Coronavirus pandemic....
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Adrian Martinez
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
A Few Steps to Take Prior to the Storm
By Phil Villegas & Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE With Hurricane Isaias on course to potentially impact some part of the U.S., if you have...
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Adrian Martinez
- Jul 21, 2020
- 2 min
Focus on your business now; PPP forgiveness later.
Four Reasons PPP Patience Pays By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE With all the changes in the PPP program, some dealers may be anxious to...
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Adrian Martinez
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
Cloudy Sky Multiples Not Ideal for Expansion
As Seen in Automotive News Reasons I would not buy a dealership until 2021 By Phil Villegas From mid-March through May the dealership...
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Adrian Martinez
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
The Lost Art of Internal Controls Over Journal Entries Will Cost You Thousands
The Hidden Cost of Journal Entries; What You Don’t See Might Hurt You By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE Remember a time when journal entries...
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Adrian Martinez
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
Competitive Gamesmanship is Not a Sport that Professionals Should Participate in at Closings
Competitive Gamesmanship at Dealership Buy/Sell Closings By Phil Villegas There are just some things in life that we don’t expect to be...
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Adrian Martinez
- Jun 18, 2020
- 4 min
The New PPP Forgiveness Application Is Here!
PPP Forgiveness - The Latest News (as of 6/18/20) By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE As anticipated in a recent Weekly Spiff, the SBA’s...
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Adrian Martinez
- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
Mid-Month Schedule and Operational Reports Check
Don't Wait Until Month-End to Run Reports By Phil Villegas Our firm is in the business of internal controls, which in essence is the...
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Adrian Martinez
- Jun 2, 2020
- 3 min
Ever Changing PPP Forgiveness Rules
The Shortest Distance to Loan Forgiveness is Not a Straight Line. By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE Has it been nearly eight weeks already?...
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Adrian Martinez
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
The Hidden Gems in Exception Reports
When a Service Advisor Knows What You Don't Know. By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE We are all to similar with articles surfacing regarding...
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Adrian Martinez
- May 20, 2020
- 4 min
Using the Economic Low Tide to Expose Unethical Individuals
Tips on Exposing Unethical Behavior During Volatile Times. By Phil Villegas In a previous Weekly Spiff, I had highlighted how leadership...
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Adrian Martinez
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
PPP Forgiveness from an Auditor’s Perspective
By Marilou C. Vroman, CPA, CFE As a small business, we certainly understand and appreciate the importance and the benefits of the...
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