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Collecting Money Covid-19

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Collecting Money in a Covid World

Collecting the money owed to your company in 2020 has become challenging. There are many businesses that your company has done business with, struggling to survive for legitimate cash flow reasons caused by Covid-19.  However, there are other companies that are using Covid-19 as an excuse not to pay their invoices.  The Gebeloff Law Group concentrates its practice on helping creditors collect money on their past due account receivable.  Our Collection Lawyer and trained debt collection staff are happy to work with your company to devise a debt collection strategy custom tailored to your company’s debt collection needs.

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Collection Attorney Stephen B. Gebeloff

We Identify the Reason for Non-Payment

When our collection attorney contacts your customer, we can ascertain whether the reason for non-payment are legitimate or an attempt to avoid paying your company.  Business debtors are often accomplished at evasive tactics.  Our debt collection law firm knows that there are many debtors who are making payments at a slow pace, and not thinking about paying you interest. Our collection attorney will make it clear that an amicable payment arrangement needs to be made. Without a concrete promise for payment, our debt collection law firm recognizes that your company most likely will continue to be dragged out and paid when the debtor wants to pay, if ever.  Today companies are not afraid to play the corporate shell game. They close their business and open under another corporate name. A blatant attempt to avoid paying your company’s receivable.

Call to Speak With our Debt Collection Staff

When you call our Debt collection law firm, you will speak to our staff who are trained to guide your company through the debt collection process. We often take calls from other law firms who have obtained Judgments for their clients but turn to us to devise an effect post judgment debt collection strategy.  Please feel free to call our law firm and ask how together we can devise a debt collection strategy right for your company.

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Debt Collection at Year End

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Holiday Season Debt Collection

During the Holiday season, it is a good time for companies to review their account receivable and attempt to collect on past due accounts. Our Debt Collection Law Firm and Collection Attorneys are here to assist companies and individuals collect.

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The Gebeloff Law Group assists creditors worldwide collecting past due accounts from companies that may owe your company money for goods sold and delivered, money lent, breach of contract or for other business reasons.  Our firm will look behind the corporate veil of a company   to determine if there is a basis to impose liability on the officers of the company that owes you money.  There are many factors that go into a determination to impose officer/director liability. The Gebeloff debt collection law firm’s collection lawyers analyze each debt collection recovery case.

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Florida Debt Collection Services

Recently Israel Esquenazi attended   a South Florida Business Networking event, to share information about our firm’s debt collection services.  He was able to meet with South Florida Business owners who had outstanding account receivable from services they rendered and were not paid or from companies that shipped product to a company and were not paid on the invoice. Israel was able to let them know about our debt collection legal services.   We explain the benefit of putting the power of a debt collection law firm behind your company’s demand for payment.

Contact Our Debt Collection Lawyers

The Gebeloff Law Group also assists many companies and individuals trying to enforce a judgment.  There are many post-judgment judgment recovery steps that should be taken to attempt to collect on a judgment.  Call our debt collection law firm and ask to speak to one of our collection attorneys.

Florida Collection Attorney Completes NYC Marathon

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Florida Collection Attorney Completes NYC Marathon

Boca Raton, Florida Collection Attorney Stephen Gebeloff completed his fifth marathon on November 4, 2018, completing the New York City Marathon.  Mr. Gebeloff   is an attorney with The Gebeloff Law Group, providing debt collection legal services.  Running a marathon is difficult, but sometimes collecting past due account receivables can feel like a marathon to some of our firms Florida debt recovery clients.   We welcome you to call our law firm and speak to our debt collection attorney to map out a long-term debt collection strategy.

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Collecting Debt in Florida

Collecting debt in Florida is not always a straight forward process.  Florida is known as one of the friendliest States for debtors to reside. There are many exemptions in place that makes it hard to attach assets when you hold a valid judgment.   Gebeloff believes that, in part, through his marathon training, he is able to look at each collection case that he  is retained, as  not a short sprint, but  a process that  takes time and a sound debt collection strategy put into place.   Our debt collection law firm has been representing creditors in all industries for many years and is very familiar with the delays and stall tactics debtors will try to employ to keep  our debt collection clients from recovering the money that is justly owed to them.

Florida Debt Collection Law Firm

We encourage credit managers and other individuals that may be owed money for goods and/ or services delivered/provided to call our Florida debt recovery  law firm.  Just like planning to run a marathon, Mr. Gebeloff will lay out a step by step road map to help  our clients devise a  collection strategy that is tailored to their particular Florida debt recovery case.

Florida Debt Collection Attorney Services

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Florida Debt Collection Law Firm

When your company is looking to collect past due accounts, it can consider using a Florida debt collection agency or a Florida debt collection law firm.  A collection agency in Florida is only able to send collection letters and make debt collection calls. Using a Florida collection attorney puts the additional power of using a law firm that will be able to start suit to attempt to collect the past due account receivable.  The Florida collection lawyer would file a debt collection lawsuit and then prepare a summons to serve the debtor. Once a debtor receives a debt collection lawsuit prepared by a Florida debt collection law firm and signed by a collection lawyer, your customer knows that they will need to address the past due account.

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Florida Collection Law Firm

When you call our Florida collection law firm, ask to speak to our collection attorney. Together we will review your company’s credit and collection policy and procedure. The first step is to recognize that being proactive in your company’s internal collection efforts can reduce the number of delinquent invoices. The Florida collection lawyer will explain,  despite your company’s best efforts on collecting on past due invoices, there will always be accounts that should be turned over to a Florida debt collection law firm.  Our collection attorney will explain our debt recovery firm’s procedures, so your company is comfortable working with our collection lawyers.

Collection Law Firm In Florida

Our Florida debt collection law firm helps other attorneys throughout the State of Florida collect the Judgments they have obtained for their clients. Our Florida collection attorney has lectured throughout Florida helping other attorneys understand how to use advance debt collection tools available once a judgment is obtained. Our collection attorney looks at different ways to impose personal liability on officers of companies when the company has not paid for goods or services your company has provided. Call our debt collection law firm and ask to speak to our Florida debt collection attorney to discuss your company’s various debt collection options.

Palm Beach County Florida Debt Collection

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Palm Beach County Debt Collection Attorneys – Lawyers

The Gebeloff Law Group is pleased to announce it has moved its collection attorney offices to new office facilities in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County Florida.  The Firm provides debt collection and recovery services for its clients throughout Florida. The collection attorneys are pleased to   move to the new Boca Raton office where they will continue to pursue the recovery of account receivable   for their debt collection clients who are looking  to collect on past due accounts.

Florida Debt Recovery  Law Firm

The Gebeloff Law Group is not a collection agency.   In past blog posts we have discussed the difference between a commercial collection agency and a law firm that concentrates its practice on debt collection. A collection agency is not licensed to practice debt collection law. Collection attorneys are licensed in the State of Florida to practice law. The collection lawyers focus on debt recovery and collection.  Just like a commercial collection agency our collection attorneys are able to send demand letters for payment of money due to your company.

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Collecting money in the state of Florida requires a comprehensive debt collection strategy. The collection attorneys at our Florida debt collection law firm are available to custom tailor a debt recovery strategy after speaking to you about your company’s debt collection needs. Not every company wants to pursue the same type of debt collection method.  Our collection lawyers will listen to your company’s business    model and then make suggestions on how best not only to collect on current past due account receivable, but assist your company devise  a credit and collection strategy  to keep past due accounts becoming problematic and becoming a drain on your company’s cash flow.

Call Our Debt Collection Law Firm

Fell free to call the Florida collection attorneys at our debt recovery law firm to  discuss how together our debt collection team can devise a debt collection strategy that is just right for your company.

Collection Lawyer – Attorney – Collecting Past Due Accounts

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A Florida Collection Lawyer Can Help Your Company Collect Delinquent Account Receivable In 2018

Our Florida collection lawyer has been concentrating his practice on commercial debt recovery for more than twenty-five years.  Our collection lawyer looks at each debt collection case when it is received in our collection law firm to devise a strategy to maximize the potential to collect money for each client. No two debt collection cases are the same.  Our collection attorney will explain  the debt recovery strategy to your company so that the company is  made aware of the various scenarios that could occur when pursuing collection of  past due invoices.

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Collection Lawyers Versus Collection Agencies

When collecting debt, your company should be aware of the differences between using a collection agency to collect your company’s money versus using the collection lawyers at a debt collection law firm. Collection agencies are very limited in what they can legally do to attempt to collect past due accounts. Collection agencies can only send demand letters and make debt collection phone calls. A collection lawyer not only is able to make collection calls to recover past due accounts, but can send demand letters for payment.   The power of a collection lawyer signing a demand letter for payment has a much bigger impact than a debtor receiving a demand letter from a collection agency.  When a debtor receives a letter from a collection lawyer, they are made aware that litigation may be imminent to collect on the debt.

Call Our Collection Lawyer

We encourage you to call our Florida debt collection law firm and ask to speak to our collection lawyer.  Our collection lawyer will take the time to understand your particular debt collection needs.  Working directly with our collection lawyer, our debt recovery law firm will be able to devise a collection strategy that is just right for your company on each case to help your company achieve  a higher rate of  collecting  past due account receivable.

Hurricane Irma – Harder to Collect Money in Florida

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Collecting Money Owed After Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma has brought the Florida economy to a halt. Pretty much the only businesses working at the moment are those working to clean up the debris, tree removal companies and restoration services for properties affected by the hurricane. Whether businesses can’t get employees into work, the office is damaged or no one will be wanting to purchase their products, a lot of businesses are stuck in the mud. The strain on small businesses may make it harder for your company to collect money from customers to whom you have extended credit. Hurricane Irma has caused many businesses to board up and close. This will obviously have an economic impact on everyone and may make it more difficult for your customer to make payments that are due because of cash flow issues. Once the storm clears, and things get back to ” business as usual” in Florida, it is important for your business to stay on top of their collection accounts.

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Collection Attorney – Debt Collection Law Firm

Our debt collection law firm is sympathetic to cash flow problems that small businesses and persons may encounter. However, unless you stay on top of collecting money owed to your company, the company’s account receivable may end up on the bottom of the stack of invoices your customer must pay. Our collection attorney will make demand for payment and stress the urgency that your customer make payment arrangements to pay the debt owed to your company. We understand they may be waiting for a payout from their business or house insurance in light of the disaster (click for more info here) and we can discuss an arrangement to work around this. If payment arrangements are not made, our debt collection law firm will recommend that a suit be started to collect the money.

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Once a lawsuit is commenced to collect the money owed to your company, if your customer is serious about paying the past due invoices, a payment schedule can be set up. The payment schedule would be filed with the court. If the customer missed a payment, your company would be able to secure a judgment for the amount owed to your company. Litigation does not always secure payment of money owed to your company. However, once suit is filed your customer should feel the urgency to get the debt owed to your company resolved.

Speak to a Collection Attorney

Call our debt collection law firm and ask to speak to our collection attorney. Together we will devise a collection strategy that is just right for you.

Debt Collection From Scamming Landlord

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Judgment Obtained Against Boca Raton Woman and Real Estate Agent in Rental Scam

Our debt recovery law firm was retained by a Michigan woman, who after being introduced to an alleged high end  Boca Raton  property, that was supposedly  available for rent, sent $26,000.00 as a security deposit  to the owner of the property. The real estate agent failed to disclose a material fact to our client, namely that the restrictive covenants of the HOA did not allow owners to rent the property.  After learning of this fact, a little too late, our client demanded a return of the deposit. Both the real estate agent and the property owner  acknowledged that the money was due to my client , but the money  was no longer available to be returned. No explanation was given  to our client and soon, the owner of the property and the real estate agent  stopped communicating with our client.

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Securing a Judgment was Relatively Easy -How to Collect on the Judgment is the Challenge

Obtaining a judgment for our client was relatively easy.  It should be noted that we obtained a judgment against both the husband and wife, the owners of the property as well as the real estate agent.  In Florida if a creditor only has a judgment against one spouse, property held as tenants by the entirety  are exempt from execution.  Because we obtained a judgment against both spouses this exemption will not pose a problem  in our enforcement efforts. The other area that has to be addressed even though we have a judgment  against both spouses, we would not be able to execute  on the homestead property  of the owners because of Florida’s constitutional protection of homestead property .  Fortunately, we were able to find several properties owned by the owners. Since you may only have one homestead, we are now exploring the possibility of foreclosing on the one of the other properties .

Call and Speak to our Collection Law Firm for Assistance

Our firm prides itself in exploring many avenues of collection. Our debt recovery firm has seen an uptick in fraudulent activity, coupled with the weak economy. There are many people who will resort to many unscrupulous activity when they are desperate enough for money.  As for the real estate agent, his license is in jeopardy. We will also explore the agent’s personal assets to attempt to secure the liquidation of the judgment for our client. As our debt collection attorney is beginning to piece together a solid debt collection strategy for our client, it is still too early to  tell you with certainty how collection on the judgment will occur. We will keep posting about this case and its debt collection strategy in future debt recovery law firm blogs.

We Welcome Complex Debt Collection Matters

Other attorneys who are not versed in post judgment collection, often refer  their toughest cases to our debt collection attorney for review. We do not take on all cases, but we do try to give each prospective client of our debt collection law firm an  honest assessment of what steps can be taken to enforce the judgment and thereafter, from our years of experience as collection attorneys prognosis as to chances of recovery. We encourage anyone with a debt collection issue to contact our debt recovery law firm. Together we will devise a collection strategy that is just right for you.

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Collection Agency-Collection Attorney eBook

Implementing an effective debt collection strategy for your company

Collection Attorney, Stephen Gebeloff is set to release his eBook to help companies with internal debt collection and external debt collection policies and procedures. The eBook is entitled “Collecting Account Receivables.”   The eBook was written to help companies tighten up their internal collection procedures. The sub-title of the debt collection book is “Don’t Let Your Company’s Money Burn.”

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Guide to Internal Debt Collection Procedures

The debt collection attorneys at our commercial collection law firm believe that if more companies were more proactive with their internal procedures relating to collecting their past due accounts, they would find that there would be a higher rate of recovery on accounts that they extend credit to.

The eBook discusses the differences between collection agencies and collection law firms. Using a commercial collection agency can be useful in some situations. However, credit managers should be mindful that a collection agency is not licensed to practice law. When using collection agencies, if the collection agency is unable to collect on an account, they then must send the file to a commercial collection law firm. The collection agency will charge your company a higher contingency fee as the collection agency will act as a middleman and want to retain a percentage of the contingency fee.

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The eBook also discusses the debt collection process once a file is turned over to either a collection agency or debt collection law firm. Once a lawsuit is filed to attempt collection of past due accounts, the various scenarios are discussed.   The e-Book gives an outline of the debt collection process. The collection attorneys at The Gebeloff Law Group are always happy to answer any questions your company may have. We will discuss the differences between commercial collection agencies, commercial collection law firms and how each may or may not be appropriate to help your company recover past due accounts.

Debt Collection Policies

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Debt Collection Policies

Having debt collection policies in place will assist a debt collection attorney when you need to hire a debt collection law firm to collect your money

Keeping copies of your customer’s checks can be very helpful to 0ur debt collection law firm after judgment is obtained. Our collection attorneys will ask our clients after a judgment is obtained if they have any information to assist our debt collection law firm garnish or attach assets.   Sometimes a debtor is unaware that once a judgment is obtained a debt collection attorney can issue a writ of garnishment and serve the writ on a bank. Our  debt collection law firm has found that many times the debtor is using the same bank account and may have some or all of the funds in the account necessary to satisfy the judgment.

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Guide to Internal Collection Procedures

When setting up a credit and collection policy for your company your employees should be mindful that one day your customer may stop paying their invoices and your company may have to engage a collection attorney to help your company collect your money. Our debt collection law firm has been assisting companies   with their debt collection policies and procedure. Some companies have credit applications but, surprisingly a lot of our clients learn the hard way once one of their customers stops paying. Having a credit application helps our collection attorneys not only find post judgment assets but, gives our collection lawyers   a better chance of locating the principals of a debtor corporation in the event your customer closes its doors. Our debt collection law firm will also suggest adding an attorney fee provision to the credit application, if there is not already one in place. Without that provision, in some states, you will not be able to recover the fees paid to your collection attorney from your customer.

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Our debt collection law firm uses all information available to it to determine if there is a possible successor company that may be liable for the debt. Our debt collection lawyers will also explore the possibility that there may be personal liability of an officer for transferring assets. We invite you to call our debt collection law firm to speak to one of debt collection attorneys about your credit and collection policies. Our collection lawyers will be happy to make suggestions to help tighten up the credit application so in the event it becomes necessary to start a lawsuit to recover your money, the chances for successfully recovering your company’s money will be increased