The Not-So-Typical-Repo Man
The Not-So-Typical Repo Man: A Conversation with Jeremy Vang with Recovery Solutions
Recently, Kevin Graff, President of Integrity Loan Review sat down with Jeremy Vang of Recovery Solutions. Recovery Solutions is a fully insured and bonded nationwide commercial repossession and remarketing agency specializing in commercial-grade repossessions. Recovery Solutions specializes in ag equipment, yellow iron, trucks and trailers, coach busses, cranes, tow trucks, forestry, mining, industrial machines, medical equipment, luxury RVs, and motor homes.
Thanks for sitting down with me, Jeremy. Would you mind telling me a little bit about how you started Recovery Solutions?
My wife Jessica and I formed Recovery Solutions together in 2015 and we rebranded, strictly focusing on commercial-grade repossessions after 20 years in the auto repossession side of the recovery industry. We noticed that the auto repossession industry was saturated with repo agencies that specialized in consumer vehicles, and nobody was really specializing in commercial-grade equipment repossessions, so we took the ball and ran with it. Recovery Solutions serves lenders of all sizes, ranging from small community banks and credit unions to small-mid-and large ticket leasing and equipment finance companies, attorneys and law firms, and truck and equipment dealers. Because I was able to form Recovery Solutions together with my wife, we are also classified as a woman-owned business.
If there is one thing that separates Recovery Solutions from our competitors and nationwide commercial forwarding companies, it’s the fact that we care about the overall well-being of our lenders and our lenders’ customers, our understanding of brand awareness and reputational risks, and our ability to repossess assets placed with reduced risk to the lender.
You mentioned that you specialize in commercial-grade equipment, do you have a specialty with a specific asset class? How does pricing work for the different asset classes for your business?
We truly specialize in all facets of commercial-grade recovery. We are most versed in ag and construction equipment, trucks and trailers, coach and shuttle busses, limousines, cranes, tow-trucks, forestry, mining, industrial machines, medical equipment, luxury RVs, and motor homes. We’ve even repossessed nail and tanning salons, restaurant equipment, and arcades, and conducted a full-on business closure of a 5-acre truck stop and restaurant once.
With commercial grade repossessions, pricing is typically broken down into weight classes. For instance, if a lender is dealing with mining or installed industrial machines, we try to quote these out to the best of our ability on a case-by-case basis as there will almost always be breakdown and deinstall costs. The one thing that separates consumer and commercial repossessions is this, no commercial repossession is ever the same and it’s hard to put an exact dollar amount on how much it’s going to cost a lender to repossess, deinstall, and transport a 1.5M Tube Laser for instance. The logistics that come with commercial repossessions can be very overwhelming.
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