Consumer Credit Collector Blog

For over 12 years, the Consumer Credit Collector ADVISOR has been the premier source for straightforward advice on how collectors can reach their full potential and boost collection totals. The Advisor is a monthly publication providing proven and effective collection techniques. It is not designed to render legal advice or legal opinions. Each issue provides information, inspiration, new ideas, and techniques for successful collections.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

FW: BenefitPackages.com Makes Selecting Essential Health Plans Easy

 
BenefitPackages.com Makes Selecting Essential Health Plans Easy

One of the most popular sites for access to health plans, Benefit Packages, provides enhanced services including the offering of new Blue Shield of California Essential Plans for individuals.

(PRWEB) September 1, 2006 -- Benefit Packages a full-service insurance agency, today announced enhancements to their Web site to better able visitors in selecting a health plan that meets their individual or family needs. Benefitpackages.com has been serving Californians for over 15 years and is known as one of the most prominent agencies in the state.

“We want to be able to offer a variety of plans that fit the lifestyle needs and budgets of Californians,” said Larry Hurwitz, Benefit Consultant/Owner of Benefit Packages.com Insurance Agency. “Recently we introduced Blue Shield of California Essential Plans which are popular among young individuals for their affordable premiums and access to valuable and useful benefits.”

Benefitpackages.com offers the most up-to-date plan designs and the ability to pick a plan that meets the varying budget and lifestyle needs of Californians. Enhancements to the Web site include the following functions:
•    Access to the most trusted health insurance carriers in the state
•    Ability to select among the most popular health plans in the market
•    Answers regarding health insurance questions
•    Ability to find a doctor
•    Receive an instant quote
•    Access to excellent, caring customer service (virtual, phone or in person)

For more information on benefitpackages.com or the new individual Essential Plans, underwritten by Blue Shield of California Life & Health Insurance Company, please visit: http://www.benefitpackages.com/essential/index.html or call 1-800-356-3615.

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Press Contact: Larry Hurwitz
Company Name: Benefitpackages.com
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 1-800-356-3615
Website:
http://www.benefitpackages.com/essential/index.html

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Mortgage Brokers Get New Marketing Tools

 
vLender.Com Launches New 'Demand Generation' Marketing Tools

vLender.Com has announced it has added another powerful tool to their ever growing arsenal of online web management utilities.

(PRWEB) August 17, 2006 -- vLender.Com has announced it has added another powerful tool to their ever growing arsenal of online web management utilities.

“The website is an important component of marketing and customer service for any mortgage originator and can be even more effective at lead generation by using these new tools.” Stated David Werner, vLender.Com’s President & CEO.

“Information is one of the most effective tools for website lead generation or what is now being called ‘Demand Generation’. The most important thing to focus on is identifying what really matters to your visitors, what problems you solve for them, what benefits can you offer and what resources are available to meet their needs – basically what your prospects are demanding.”

This new feature upgrade adds a new area to the already robust Virtual Lender® website home page called free mortgage information that lists several generalized “On Demand” reports for a mortgage company’s prospective borrowers. These reports are consumer friendly and contain information that will enhance their experience with the mortgage broker or banker and help install trust and confidence.

The company has also added a new area to the Virtual Lender® Business Process Manager (BPM) called “My Leads”. The My Leads area displays lead contact information and the lead Group type and gives loan originators access to lead management and sourcing tools while keeping track of how the lead was created.

For more information about this innovative utility and the many other features of the vLender.Com suite of products, visit http://www.vLender.Com

Contact:
Mortgage Internet Technologies, Inc.
321 N. Mall Dr. Building H
Saint George, Utah 84770
http://www.vLender.Com
888.505.6688

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Press Contact: David Werner
Company Name: MORTGAGE INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 435-215-6107
Website:
http://www.vlender.com

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Private Mortgage Investing Book

New Book by Teri B. Clark: Private Mortgage Investing: How to Earn 12% or More on Your Savings, Investments, IRA Accounts, and Personal Equity

This new book by Teri B. Clark and published by Atlantic Publishing Company provides an alternate to investors who are tired of the lagging and volatile stock market.

Sanford, NC, July 26, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Private Mortgage Investing: How to Earn 12% or More on Your Savings, Investments, IRA Accounts, and Personal Equity: A Complete Resource Guide with 100s of Hints, Tips & Secrets from Experts Who Do It Every Day

In recent years, stock market investing has been proven unstable and not very rewarding. In fact, many people have seen their retirement and personal holding accounts dwindle. This new book by Atlantic Publishing Company provides an alternate to investors. They spent two years putting together this new guide which provides detailed information on how to put money to work in a relatively safe private mortgage investment with a high return of 12 to 15 percent (or more) in most cases.

Private mortgages have grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry. This market allows investors to earn substantially higher yields-while offering the security of real property to back the loan. Private mortgages have become an important fixed income vehicle for many investors with their personal funds, equity, and self-directed IRA accounts.

Private mortgage investing isn't for the get-rich-quick type of person. However, you can comfortably double your money every 4 to 6 years. For example, should you invest in your self-directed IRA and re-invest as notes pay off? $100,000 at 12 percent grows to over $200,000 in six years, to $500,000 in 13 years and to over $1 million in 19 years.

Private mortgage loans are backed by real property. Generally, you would not lend more than 55 percent on the value of the property, thus the investment is again relatively safe. Instead of concentrating on the borrower's credit history, private mortgage lenders concentrate their investment decisions on the real property itself. However, like any business or investment, there are a lot of details to learn, and you do not need to learn them on your own. Learning them on your own can be costly. In this economic environment of very low interest rates, you can still earn high yields with virtually little or no risk to your investment.

Take a moment to visit
http://private-mortgage-investing.blogspot.com to learn more.

Contact: Teri B. Clark 919-776-9311
Author: Teri B. Clark & Matthew Stewart Tabacchi
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
1405 SW 6th Ave.
Ocala, FL 34474
ISBN 10: 0-910627-62-2
ISBN 13: 978-0910627-62-7
CIP: 2006012582
Pub Date: July 20, 2006
Binding: Soft Cover, Perfect Bound, Acid Free, Alkaline Free Paper
CD-ROM: No
Pages: 400
Retail Price: $29.95
Street Pub Date: July 20, 2006

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Contact Information

Teri B. Clark
919-776-9311
teribclark@gmail.com
private-mortgage-investing.blogspot.com
 

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Credit Union to Offer Consumers and Businesses Another Choice


American Eagle Federal Credit Union to Offer Consumers and Businesses Another Choice for Financial Services in Connecticut
 
EAST HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2006--Connecticut's largest federal credit union was today granted a community field of membership by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), allowing the cooperative to offer its financial products and services to all consumers and businesses in three counties in Connecticut. American Eagle Federal Credit Union can now serve all persons who live, work, worship, or attend school in and businesses and other legal entities located in Hartford County, Middlesex County, or Tolland County.
 
"We are excited at the prospect of being able to better serve our current members while opening our doors to the public," stated William J. Dokas, President and CEO of American Eagle Federal Credit Union. "This move will help us support our strategy for growth that will enable us to offer convenient service, competitive products, and the high degree of service that our members have become accustomed to."
 
NCUA amended American Eagle Federal Credit Union's field of membership from employer-based to community-based. The Board of Directors of American Eagle Federal Credit Union concurrently amended the organization's by-laws to recognize the change. Credit unions are not-for-profit financial cooperatives that offer services to their members who share a common bond and operate under a "one member, one vote" system. Unlike banks, the earnings of a credit union are returned to its members in the form of higher savings rates, lower loan rates, fewer fees and high levels of member service.
 
Formed by employees of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, the Credit Union has been in operation since 1935. The Credit Union currently has 16 branches in the service area with offices open to the public in Bloomfield, East Hartford, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester, Plainville, Vernon, and Windsor. Seven "in-plant" offices serve members in United Technologies and Pratt & Whitney facilities. With assets approaching $1 billion, American Eagle is a full-service financial institution offering products and services backed by a sophisticated level of technological support.
 
American Eagle Federal Credit Union employs 250 people and currently serves 97,000 members. The Credit Union plans to open two new retail offices in Enfield and Cromwell in early 2007. Its website can be found at www.americaneagle.org
 
Contacts
American Eagle Federal Credit Union
Dean Marchessault, 860-568-2020 Ext. 5533
dean.m@aefcu.com