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Rick McCormick

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Rick McCormick is the national director of training for Reahard & Associates, which provides customized F&I training for dealerships throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has more than 20 years of auto retail and finance experience. Contact him at rick.mccormick@bobit.com.

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Articles•by Rick McCormick•September 16, 2026

Major Shifts in F&I Training

General agents must help F&I managers rise to the occasion of the modern consumer, who has very different expectations in order to relax into trust.

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Articles•by Rick McCormick•March 11, 2026

Agents Bring the Message and the Focus

The most predictable profit in today's unpredictable automotive retail market is a dealership’s finance-and-insurance department.

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•July 31, 2023

Insight Over Information

Information is for the internet; insight is for the F&I office. Fill the process with insight and you will fill the office with happy customers.

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•June 30, 2022

Bring It, and You Get the Business!

What is the secret to more consistently winning?

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•March 24, 2022

Three Impactful Truths!

Here are three principles that, if illustrated properly, will make an impact that will drive results upward and increase the value of our offering.

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•March 9, 2022

Three Questions to Ask Every F&I Manager

On your dealership visits, go in with three questions that will spark discussion and hopefully a planning session on how to improve.

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•December 16, 2021

Energize Your Agents!

An energizing agent will walk into every dealership with specific information to share of accomplishments and then the challenges they deal with will receive a better reception.

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•July 30, 2021

A Message Worth Sharing

As general agents, we mold careers and many times we are molding a future. We are not only responsible for helping them continuously grow their skills and income, they depend on us to tell them the truth.

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•March 11, 2021

Disrupt or Be Disrupted

The disruptive time that we live in has increased the demands upon general agents to drive income development to unprecedented levels. With a combination of training efforts and knowledge, you can drive performance in the coming year.

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F&I Success•by Rick McCormick•November 11, 2020

Caring Is a Close

Genuinely caring about your customer is the most effective manner to help them buy the products they need —it's the same way we want to be ‘sold’ when we are buying.

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