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Providing friendly, full-service collection services based in Nevada County, CA, pursuing your uncollectable bills so that you can run your business.
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10 STEPSTOBETTERCOLLECTIONS AN ACCOUNTPROPERLYOPENEDIS AN ACCOUNTHALF-COLLECTED. 1 Weencourageourclientstostep-uptheirrecordkeepingandkeep yourclientrecordsuptodate. EXPECTCLIENTPAYMENTS ATTHETIMEOFSERVICE. 2 Asurewaytoreducecollectionsistoextendaslittlecreditas possible. Seemslikeano-brainer, butcreatingnewpayment policieswillhelpyourbottomline. HAVE A COLLECTIONPLAN ANDSTICKTOIT. 3 Ifyoudonotalreadyuseone, besuretohaveyourprospective customerfilloutandsignacreditapplicationand/oracontract priortoservice. REVIEWYOURCONTRACT. 4 Makesuretoincludelanguageinyourcontractthatallowsfor interest, attorneyfeesandcourtcostsincaseoffuturelegalactions. IFIT’SNOTPOSTEDITMAYNOTBELEGALTOCHARGE. 5 Makesurethatyouarevisiblypostingyourabilitytochargeforinterestor latechargesandthatthereisachargeforreturned. KNOWYOURLIMITATIONS 6 Ifyouhaveasignedwrittencontract, thestatuteisFOURyears. This statueappliestothetimeperiodlegalactionmaybetakenagainst theaccount. USING A CREDITREPORTING AGENCYEXTENDSYOURCOLLECTION PROSPECTS. Oncecreditreported, anaccountstaysonadebtorsCreditReport forSEVENyearsfromthedateofservice. Whenthedebtor’scredit statusbecomesimportanttothem,theyareoftenveryanxiousto paytheirolddebt. 7 CONSIDERMOVINGCERTAIN ACCOUNTSTOJUDGMENT. 8 SmallClaimssoundslikemoreworkthanitisandonceyouhavea JudgmentyounowhaveTENyearstocollect. Thecourtsallow numerousmethodstoenforceajudgment, includingtheabilityto attachpropertyandlevybanks. DON’TGIVEUP! 9 Ifyouhaveaccountsthatareinyourdrawerun-worked, thinkabout thenextstep. Ifyouhavegonetothetroubleofgettingajudgment onanaccount, donotjustletitgatherdust. SETYOURSELFUPTOSUCCEED. 10 Wehearmanyaprospectiveclientsay,” Youwillnevercollectfrom thisperson, theyarealoser“ or “mydebtorwillneverhaveareala job” toavoidthishopelessfeeling, pleasereread “Thingsto Remember #1.” Wecan’tsayenoughtimes, “Setyourselfupto succeed”.