What is the most common complaint against Robert L. Tankel, P.A.?

The most common issue consumers report about Robert L. Tankel, P.A. is "Took or threatened to take negative or legal action", specifically "Seized or attempted to seize your property". This is based on 8 complaints filed with the CFPB.

Are complaints against Robert L. Tankel, P.A. increasing or decreasing?

Complaints against Robert L. Tankel, P.A. are falling. The company received 1 complaints in the last 12 months, showing improvement over prior periods.

What is Robert L. Tankel, P.A.'s reputation grade?

Robert L. Tankel, P.A. has a reputation grade of F (score: 44.9/100), PlainCollector's composite letter grade blending complaint volume, response timeliness, dispute rate, and complaint trend.

Does Robert L. Tankel, P.A. respond to consumer complaints?

Robert L. Tankel, P.A. has a 13% timely response rate to CFPB complaints. Consumers disputed the company's response in 0% of cases.

In how many states does Robert L. Tankel, P.A. operate?

Robert L. Tankel, P.A. has received CFPB complaints from consumers in 1 states, with the most complaints from Florida (8 complaints).

This data comes from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database and reflects consumer complaints, not proven violations.

Robert L. Tankel, P.A. - Debt Collector Complaint Profile

CFPB complaint profile across 1 states, reputation grade F.

Compiled by PlainCollector

Took or threatened to take negative or legal action

3
Written notification about debt

2
False statements or representation

1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed

1
Disclosure verification of debt

1

Data updated September 2026

CFPB complaint disposition

CCDB record robert-l-tankel-pa Robert L. Tankel, P.A.

Grade F · 8 CFPB filings · 13% timely · lead issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action · vol #2748 · compose #4744

VOL 8
GRADE F
12MO 1
STATES 1
TIMELY 13%
DISPUTE 0%
ISSUE Took or threatened to take…
RANK #2,748
COMPOSE #4,744

Volume peers

Nearest volume peer: A+ Loans, Inc. (8 complaints)

CFPB complaint volume neighbourhood (this collector + nearest volume peers)

Robert L. Tankel, P.A.'s 8 CFPB complaints sit next to A+ Loans, Inc. on the volume neighbourhood; peer NAMES stay, and disposition VALUES are this collector's. Grades compare collectors to each other - a complaint is a filing, not a proven violation. How to read a complaint count →

State-heavy filing map

100.0% of Robert L. Tankel, P.A.'s CFPB filings land in Florida

High volume does not equal a clean composite: Robert L. Tankel, P.A. is volume #2,748 but composite #4,744, while Florida dominates the geography. Corpus placement method.

Dominant state: Florida 100.0%; 8 of 8 filings · 1 states touched
Spike month: 2014-10 27.3%; 3 filings that month · spiky (≥15% of series)
Divergent corpus ranks: #2,748 volume; #4,744 composite; Cleanest-composite ladder is 1,996 places worse than volume

How does Robert L. Tankel, P.A. compare to its peers?

How does Robert L. Tankel, P.A. compare? Versus a similar-volume peer and the national average (collectors with ≥50 total complaints), drawn from 10 collectors with a comparable complaint count

Robert L. Tankel, P.A. National average

Complaints (last 12 mo)lower is better

268

Timely-response ratehigher is better

13%

88%

91%

Consumer-dispute ratelower is better

19%

Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database.

Complaint Trend (24 months)

2014-04 2016-04

Issue Detail Breakdown

Issue	Complaints
Took or threatened to take negative or legal action	3
Written notification about debt	2
False statements or representation	1
Cont'd attempts collect debt not owed	1
Disclosure verification of debt	1

Where do complaints against Robert L. Tankel, P.A. come from?

Robert L. Tankel, P.A.'s own per-state count, not a national baseline.

Florida

8

Compare beyond geography

Nationwide peers by volume & timely response

Two PlainCollector-derived comparison paths for Robert L. Tankel, P.A.: nearest all-time CFPB complaint volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among collectors with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.

Similar filing volume

Nearest collectors by total CFPB complaints. This record: 8.

4 peers

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Data sourced from the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCollector

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Consumer Complaint Database, 1,139,236 debt collection complaints are represented in the current PlainCollector snapshot. See our methodology for how PlainCollector computes each company's reputation grade from this data.

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