Today I’m joined by Brent Faron, manager at Bo Beuckman Ford. We cover Brent’s journey from cleaning cars to leading one of the Midwest’s largest single-point buy centers, the AI tools he’s using to acquire 100 cars a month, how a St. Louis Blues game changed his career trajectory, and much more.
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Topics:
02:00 How did Brent's career begin?
07:48 Learning from early mistakes?
13:21 Managing employees and ethics
17:32 What is a Buy Center?
23:47 How does the Buy Center work?
25:23 Managing recon and acquisition costs?
28:57 Tracking Buy Center success how?
30:11 How does AI help appraisals?
42:01 The Future of AI in dealerships
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