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CEO's CornerMonthly Commentary on happenings at MBA HoldingsMBA Holdings CEO, Gaylen Brotherson |
November 1, 2010
Warm Greetings from everyone at MBA Holdings, Inc. in Scottsdale, Arizona. It may be getting cold in the upper U.S. but weather is still going good in the South West.
As I told you in the last report,
Mechanical Breakdown Administrators, Inc. has been busy working on
several new automobile warranties, including new programs for
Motorcycles and R.V.’s, and we have completed the Motorcycle
Warranty Program and are in the Marketing Phase.
Still working on the RV and New Auto Programs, we have been
approached by several International Insurance Companies to work with
them and design a new warranty program for the United States Market.
Also we were very close
to completing the entire redoing of our accounting process and
procedures, complete with a new accounting and audit staff and I am
happy to report that that goal is almost completed and will be in
November 2007. Also:
It is our goal to reapply for Bulletin Board status and get
approved by late 2010 or early 2011, and this goal is still on
track.
Extended Warranty Business has been steady for 2010
for our auto and recreational vehicle business, with large
profitability gains on retrospective earnings and investment income,
which takes many years of hard work to produce.
We are forming new partnerships with agents, administrators
and insurance companies in the US to increase our business.
But we have also gained ground with the New Motorcycle
Warranty Program from U. S. Warranty.
We are looking forward to the spring motorcycle season to
start in 2011
I also stated that: A new
store is projected to open in Charleston, S.C., Coeur D’ Alene, Id.
area, and
Houston, Texas
. We opened Charleston, but the Coeur D’ Alene, Id., has been
postponed until spring 2011.
We did open two stores in Las Vegas, NV, but Miami/Miami
Beach has been delayed by the owner and Oceanside and San Diego,
California, plus
Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona locations are projected to open in
Spring 2011. We still have several other potential stores in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, D.C., N.H., and the Boston areas, additional stores in
Texas, Florida and California are very close.
The Northeast United
States has a lot of motorcycle rental prospects and we feel we will
get stores open in the spring of 2011, I spent a great deal of time
in the Northeast with store owners and they feel good
about the results.
NMDA:
The National
Motorcycle Dealer Association has many new programs that will be
coming on line in the next six months and we are pleased with the
progress the NMDA has made in the last six months, membership is up,
we have added several new programs and that will be announced before
the end of the first quarter of 2011, they include a new nationwide
retail financing program for Motorcycles, Auto and RV Dealers to aid
Dealers in the financing of their retail customers.
We are currently
marketing to every Motorcycle Dealer in the United States to use our
new finance program with great results.
Other New Insurance programs are a new Motorcycle Dealer
Warranty program that we are rolling out across the United States,
our programs are stimulating dealers to join the NMDA and take
advantage of our services.
Motorcycle Rental:
Street Eagle and all the rental company websites
have been redesigned. Street Eagle has and is opening several new
stores in the United States and our plans are to open at least ten
additional stores in the U.S.
We have added several new features to the Street Eagle Rental
Company including a New Logo
and marketing materials for 2010, a new advertising program,
accessory programs for our rental stores for leather products,
T-Shirts, Helmets, and a web based parts system for our dealers and
rental dealers.
But we are most proud of is a brand new motorcycle
rental software system that has been rolled out to the rental stores
at this time, it is one of the strongest and most reliable systems
in the rental area and includes a large catalog of business reports,
tracking of customers and the ability to run and track multiple
stores. Also new web
enabled rental marketing materials.
We just completed our participation in the Phoenix
Motorcycle Show on October 26, 27, and 28th with great
exposure to the public , dealer attendees and motorcycle
manufacturers that attended the show, and we will have some big
announcements in the future about the rental program.
Thank you.
Gaylen Brotherson-CEO