New here and want to get into the business

Now, there's an idea!

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Jason Pollock
Owner/Operator
Surety Risk Management
Los Angeles, California
(323) 786-FIND

"Approach is Everything."

Scott, that is the best advice you could give. The pure understanding of what the recovery side is all about. Protecting your own business...

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Jay Shell
Covering North East AL.
AAA / Eagle Bail Bonds, LLC
Anniston, AL
256.235.2437

Guys as you know, $100k or so in skips has the propensity to motivate even us lazy bondsmen right off the couch once we receive that God aweful notice of our Defendant's FTA...

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Brian D. "Stewie" Raybold
Principal/CEO
Alpha Bail Bonds, Inc.
(610) 400-8575 Office
(215) 459-0557 Mobile

PA 572430 - Producer
PA 621092 - Agency

"etremely" intelligent ???... "I free for anything"...uh, ok...

While all those businesses are running themselves and your money is rolling in... I would suggest taking a 101 English comp/grammar course... but of course, I am but a lowly retired trucker who happens to be a bondsman... so, what do I know......... ?

Here's some unwanted advice.... "read and correct before pushing the send button"...

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Bill Marx, Sr.
"FREE STATE BAIL BONDS"
"FREE STATE INVESTIGATIONS"
DCJS: 99-176979
Cell: 434-294-0222

"Endeavor to Persevere" "Lone Watie"

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that , comes from bad judgment" "Will Rogers"

NEVER WAIT for the Notice . . . . If a Bondsman has to wait for that Notice before they get off that couch . . . then they have already let too much grass get under the defendants feet. Pays to be in attendance.

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Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty, or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light, or look the world in the face .... Marcus Antonius

I AM Some Folks "KARMA" and A MODERATOR @ FRN

Well, here we go LuVonda... I'm not too sure I totally agree with that thought... I don't know how many bonds others might write but it is rather difficult, in a one man show, to keep up with every single bond that goes through my office... frankly, I know the ones that may get frisky... you know... spidy sense and all that... of course even the best ones sometimes depart the scene... and as said on here before... "when you write the bond, you roll the dice..." cause you really never know...

I don't worry about it frankly and in the 12 years I've been writing, I have only lost one defendant that FTA'd... and that was the very first bond I ever wrote... but I won't tell that story... If you get as much info as possible when you write the bond... you just go with the flow and if they bolt... then just go after them... no big deal... cause the way I look at it... if you sit around worrying and trying to follow every single case... you get old real fast... and I have a lot of other stuff that I would rather be doing... if they run... I just call Scott or Yak... or you, pretty girl... and let you worry about it...

My wonderful departed mother in law had a saying... "don't worry twice"... I think she meant don't worry before something happens... save the worry for "if and when" it happens... worrying before is wasted effort... and I agree with that and besides, my couch is extremely comfortable...

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Bill Marx, Sr.
"FREE STATE BAIL BONDS"
"FREE STATE INVESTIGATIONS"
DCJS: 99-176979
Cell: 434-294-0222

"Endeavor to Persevere" "Lone Watie"

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that , comes from bad judgment" "Will Rogers"

Bill, It is easy for me, as I only write in One County (once in a while in 1 other). So, I only have 1 Circuit Court to worry over and 4 District Courts. I only write an average of 300 bonds a year and they check in weekly with me.
Since 11Sept00 I have only missed 2 Circuit Courts dates, 1 due to my Fathers Memorial Service and the 2nd due to my CE Class. As for the District Courts, I have a very good rapport with the Chief Clerks I know immediately if someone does not show up.

The key is writing tight. Getting that information (even about Great Gramma and Auntie that live 10 States over) and using your GUT. I do not write everything that comes my way. My FTA rate is 1/100th of a percent and my recovery Rate is 99.9 (not my numbers . . . those come from the owner of the company) and is the reason I am the only that Agent in the Company that has Unlimited Powers (since 2003) and the # 2 producer.

They laugh when one of mine FTAs . . . . "why issue the warrant Judge, she is going to have them in custody before 24 hours is up" (Tommy Smith Dep Pros.)

LOL . . . I have called the Judge and asked where that warrant was when I have arrived with my client at the Facility. Yep, got the numbers that I need to take care of my business after normal business hours and those # are very very rarely used.

The more green under their feet . . . the more time it takes to find them.

Quite frankly I have better things to do with my time. When one gets greedy, they get sloppy and when one gets sloppy, they lose their shirt and if they have poor business savvy and prefer sitting on the couch waiting for that Notice . . . then oft times, they lose their business.

No one just starting out should adopt the attitude of "I will just wait til I get the Notice" . . . . They will not be around very long

When folks have been around as long as some of us have . . . The clients (and the street) get to know, that we will come and get their asses and they do as they are supposed to do and take care of their business.
Operating with Honesty and Integrity and time under ones' belt often allows for, that relaxing kickback on the couch.

BTW . . . I never worry after my clients. It takes me 45 mins to an hour to write a bond. I talk A LOT. I think that is why my folks go to Court they do not want to risk too long of a ride with me. If I am unable to sleep . . . neither is my passenger

AND I really like my comfy chair and crocheting.

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Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty, or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light, or look the world in the face .... Marcus Antonius

I AM Some Folks "KARMA" and A MODERATOR @ FRN