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Wildwood Financial---$34,950 To Get Into Leasing
http://two.leasingnews.org/imanges_uael_wael/Baker,Bob.jpg Wildwood Financial---$34,950 To Get Into Leasing Recently Leasing News has received many inquiries on becoming
a leasing broker, or starting a leasing company. Viewers to our website realize that they can contact “Kit Menkin Live” or ask questions. There are companies and individuals who provide such services
to start a leasing company or become a “lease salesman.” One that we recommend appears to be the most
expensive: $34,950 for training.* ( As a side note, we recommend to
all to join a leasing association, and if they want to be serious about
their new occupation, to become a Certified Leasing Professional.) There are three professional sales trainers who serve on
the Leasing News Advisory Board. In addition to Bob Baker, CLP, the other
two are Phil Dushay, Global Leasing, who is a “super broker,” plus offers
a sales program for $14,995** training session, and Bob Teichman, CLP,
Teichman Financial Training, who not only conducts workshops, gives
training sessions, but acts as a consultant in the formation of leasing
companies.. We have several readers who are also engaged in similar
services such as Jeffrey Taylor, who is not only a sales trainer, conductor
of workshops, USA and international, but is a published author. One of the reasons we often recommend Bob is that he is active in leasing associations, and for a number of years, has been the “winner”
of many leasing association membership contests as he has students join leasing
associations. In 1995, after being in the finance and leasing industry
for over 30 years, he formed the Wildwood Financial Group, Ltd. The concept of Wildwood was created by accident.
Bob was a frequent speaker conducting seminars and workshops
at various leasing association conferences.
After a Bob’s sessions at these workshops, several companies
approached him to do in-house training. It quickly became apparent that a decision needed
to be made to run his leasing company or concentrate on training, so
he made the decision to form Wildwood and concentrate 100% of his efforts
in the training industry. Bob has done training for the majority of
the major leasing companies in the country, as well as conducted training
for hundreds of leasing professionals through his continuing workshops
and seminars at conferences. Bob
was the 33rd person to receive the prestigious CLP (Certified
Lease Professional) certification and shortly after, he began Wildwood,
and he expanded training to include preparation for the CLP examination.
Bob had a very close relationship with Bill Granieri, who
was considered by many, to be the foremost trainer in the leasing industry.
Bob sought Bills advice in the expansion of his business.
Bob then made the decision to create a “Business Opportunity”
for individuals who wished to enter the equipment leasing industry.
He began monthly training in the form of a three-day school in
St. Louis where Wildwood is based. The Wildwood business opportunity consists of
three days of intensive training, which includes the cost of the hotel
rooms and meals, etc. as well as all of the essential tools i.e. books,
calculators, software, training manuals etc.
Another key to Wildwoods success is that graduates of his program
were able to have immediate access to several of the primary funding
sources that agreed to waive their time in business requirements.
This allowed them to avoid the normal issue of super brokers
that a new person entering the leasing industry would encounter. The last component, which Bob considers the most important, is the
support that he and his staff supply to his graduates. For 6 months, the support is very pro-active,
and Bob or a member of his staff contacts each graduate at least once
a week. Support after the 6 months
continues at no additional charge whenever a graduate needs guidance
or assistance. Wildwood also
conducts training for banks, and insurance companies, as well as giving
“expert” testimony in litigation related to equipment leasing. Even though Bob will not disclose the exact number of individuals
he has trained, he did state that several hundred have completed the
Wildwood training. Bob, without
question, has brought more new members to the leasing associations than
any other individual or company in the industry.
Wildwood wins their membership contest virtually every year. During his career, Bob Baker has served as a Regional Chair
several times for UAEL, has served four years on the Board of Directors
for United Association of Equipment Leasing, and is currently serving
on the 2002 Board. Bob was also Director of Education for the National
Association of Equipment Leaisng Brokers for several years. He has produced
a full series of training tapes and a workbook for NAELB, and has served
on the Advisory Boards for Colonial Pacific Leasing, Business Credit
Leasing (BCL), Denrich Leasing, and The Manifest Group.
Bob shared with me, that out of all the awards he has received,
the one that he considers the most precious, was being the first recipient
awarded the “Bill Granieri Top Gun Memorial Award” in 1998, which was
established by the NAELB shortly after Bills death from cancer.
Many of the individuals that Bob has trained at Wildwood
have formed extremely successful leasing companies, some have volunteered
to be Regional Chairs for the Leasing Associations, and several have
earned their CLP certification. Many
consider the Wildwood Financial Group, Ltd., to be considered the premier
lease training company in the United States today.
If you are interested in learning more about Wildwood, you
can visit their website at www.wildwoodfinancial.com,
or you can certainly call Bob at Wildwood Financial Group, Ltd. in St.
Louis, Missouri at (800)-373-3581 or contact him at baker@wildwoodfinancial.com. ### Press Release ################################################# * http://www.wildwoodfinancial.com/investment.html ** http://www.globalbrokersystems.com/program-details.html
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