PC security and tracking service to help computer security departments monitor assets daily and attempt to recover PCs and laptops if they are stolen.
Home of the American Arbitration Association--Specialists in mediation, arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution
The association for government leasing--leasing to state and local governmental units
www.ameristar.net/disposal.html
PC disposal services
www.appraisers.orgAmerican Society of Appraisers--diverse membership of appraisers
www.appraisalinstitute.orgThe appraisal institute members have a high reputation in real estate appraisal
www.AssetManagementCentral.com
Provide tools to identify and contact high quality asset management service providers and offer reference material
BankruptcyData.com is the premier business bankruptcy resource on the web. BankruptcyData.com draws from the databases of New Generation Research, Inc. and provides instant access to information on thousands of business bankruptcy filings from over 80 federal bankruptcy districts
Asset disposal, insite installation and other tech services
www.corporateassetservices.com
Computer disposition, hardware redeployment, employee buy-backs, asset recovery and reclamation services.
Powerful and free site that provides profile information on more than 350,000 companies. User may key in name or ticker symbol of a firm and generate a financial analysis of the firm with a benchmark comparision to two key competitors. User can change identity of benchmark firms to tailor the comparision. Very useful
www.daleydmc@sprint.comProvides market value and residual value forecasting for the computer industry
Website for the Eastern Association for Equipment Lessors
www.eagi.comInspections and appraisals for machinery and equipment
The Equipment
Leasing Association of America--flagship leasing association--many resources for
lessors and lessees alike--visit their publications section--many articles and
session presentations available for downloading...also great place to go to
find firms that lease the type of equipment you are looking for--ask for a
day pass if you are not a member
Appraiser of machinery and equipment
www.fedequip.comAppraisal services for process equipment
Finance and Leasing Association--primarily United Kingdom lessors
www.foodmachinery.com/appraisal.htmlAppraisal of food machinery
www.henrybutcher.comResidual value forecasting, valuation and appraisal of industrial plants
International Decision Systems--licensor of Hamlet software, which is a very cost-effective lease versus purchase model available at an economical price. Also license other software products, including InfoAnalysis, which is a pricing model employed by leasing firms, but valuable as well to lessee that want to benchmark casualty and termination schedules supplied to them by lessors
Lease advisory and asset services firm
The Foundation for Leasing Education--a number of resources and links to other sites
Site that is a gateway to more than two dozen European leasing associations
www.leasing.idc.com/asset.nsf/aboutIDC site for leasing tools, primarily residual value forecasting for technology assets. IDC has been dedicated to providing its customers with timely and accurate residual value forecasts. Analysts with more than 50 years of combined industry experience, supply expert analysis of the secondary market along with the timely forecast of technology trends.
www.leasingpress.comSite that hosts the books Power Tools for Successful Leasing, Technology Leasing: Power Tools for Lessees, Fundamentals of Finance for Equipment Lessors, and contains a number of leasing articles available for downloading
Site updated
daily containing lots of new leasing
news and debates and contains "The List" of more than 100
leasing companies that have suffered setbacks or have gone out of business
Buys, sells and appraises used processing and packaging equipment for food and chemical industries
www.m-eappraisals.comMachinery and equipment appraisals
www.machineryappraisers.comAppraisal of machine tools and industrial manufacturing equipment
Site for the Mid-American Association of Equipment Lessors
www.mecsinc.comBuy, sell and appraisal of GE diagnostic equipment
Site
refreshed daily. Contains many, many articles
regarding leasing and has a searchable archive--good site to visit often
Moody's Risk Management Services site. Provides benchmarks for middle market (means unlisted or private firms without traded equity information) companies. Used their model for estimating firm default probabilities using only financial statements
Computer appraiser. Value conclusions based on a database of verified sales observations.
Site of the National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers
Web home of Nassau Asset Management, a full-service asset management company, including equipment recovery, remarketing and appraisals.
www.netequipment.comPortal for buying and selling used equipment
www.nvla.orgHome of the National Vehicle Leasing Association
www.pcdisposal.comPC disposal services
www.planeman.comAircraft and engine appraisals and residual value forecasting
Allows retailers to advertise their prices in real time. Ads are presented to users sorted in ascending order by price.
Powerful site where much information on a firm of interest can be acquired. Many links to other sources of useful information on the target firm are hyperlinked, making research efficient
Technology recycling, residual value recovery, charitable donations, parts recovery and other tech asset services
Home of the Equipment Financing Journal--samples online, subscriptions available
Risk Management Association
Asset retirement services, disk sanitization, equipment removal, remarketing and other services.
Wide variety of technology retirement plans--redeployment, remarketing, donations or disposal, and data erasure services
PC disposal, employee purchase programs, inventory and deacquisition and other tech asset services. Also, a new product being developed--PC graveyard--an auction site for computer and networking peripherals with no listing fees.
Site of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association
Site of the United Association of Equipment Lessors
Firm that will conduct UCC filing searches. Lessees may find this useful to see if there are expired filings regarding their firm that they would like to have eliminated
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