What We Offer

Consulting – Dealers First Affiliates provides start-up and on-going consulting for your operation. The company offers services to train your staff and develop a system of operation tailored to your specific objectives. Such services would include evaluating dealer client prospects and assisting with audits of your on-going operation.

Here are some areas where our support can be valuable:

• Dealer/customer qualification and evaluation
• Establishing relationships with the auto auctions
• Legal agreements with dealers
• Accounting systems, transaction documentation and entry posting guidelines
• Management of titles and checks
• Security safeguards and procedures
• Operational forms and procedures
• Risk management – inventory verifications

Software – Tirekicker^TM is a software program that has been developed by Dealers First Affiliates, Inc. based in Asheville, NC. This program is designed for vehicle inventory financing operations with the specific objectives of maximizing income and better lending via comprehensive risk management. In addition, the efficient dissemination of information to and from dealers allows lenders to manage their floor planning operations with minimum personnel.

Major aspects of the Tirekicker^TM program are promoting maximum income, managing business risk and facilitating better dealer inventory management.

Tirekicker^TM Software provides the following to implement your operations:

• Billing cycles – customizable per your requirements
• Fee and interest management – configurable by company or by dealer client
• Employee access restrictions and tracking activity
• Dealer information tracking
• Manage different investor’s interests – the program allows tracking of separate ownership if different fund sources are employed
• Transaction and information management with reconciliation features for error tracking
• Inventory audit management – cycle counts with exception notation and variance analysis
• Inventory aging management – highly configurable reporting to best suit the needs of each dealer
• Online access for dealers to the client-side version of the program

Potential Users – banks, private finance companies, auctions; existing or start-up operators