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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.27
                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                       TO
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

      This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ("Amendment No. 2"), dated as
of December 23, 2005, is made between Asset Acceptance Holdings LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the Company") and NATHANIEL F. BRADLEY IV (the
"Executive").

                                    RECITALS

      1. Prior to the date hereof, the parties hereto entered into that certain
Employment Agreement, dated September 30, 2002, along with one amendment thereto
(the "Employment Agreement"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Employment Agreement.

      2. The parties hereto desire to further amend the Employment Agreement in
the manner set forth below.

                                    AGREEMENT

      NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and subject to the terms
and conditions contained herein and for other consideration provided herein, the
parties agree as follows:

      A. Compensation; Benefits. A new sentence is added to the end of Section
3(b), to read as follows:

            Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provisions of the Summary Terms
            for the Incentive Plan as set forth in Schedule 2 to the contrary,
            all Bonus amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3(b) shall be
            paid to the Executive no later than 2-1/2 months after the end of
            the calendar year to which such Bonus amount relates.

      B. Termination Benefits. Section 9 of the Employment Agreement is hereby
amended by the addition of a new Section 9(c) to read as follows:

            (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provisions of this
            Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Executive is
            determined to be a "specified employee" within the meaning of
            Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, none of the termination benefits
            contemplated by this Section 9 shall be paid or

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            provided to the Executive prior to the first day of the seventh
            month after the Executive's termination of employment, at which time
            such benefits shall commence; provided that all benefits accumulated
            from the date of the Executive's termination of employment to which
            Executive is entitled hereunder and which were not paid or provided
            sooner because of this provision, also will immediately become
            payable at that time. Subject to the foregoing, with respect to the
            amounts payable to the Executive pursuant to Section 9(a), any
            Regular Base Salary amounts shall be paid no later than the end of
            the calendar year to which such salary amounts relate (determined by
            dividing the Executive's annual Regular Base Salary by twelve and
            allocating such salary to each month following the Executive's
            termination of employment), and any Bonus amount shall be paid no
            later than 2-1/2 months after the end of the calendar year to which
            such Bonus amount relates.

      C. 409A Tax Matters. The Employment Agreement is hereby amended by the
addition of a new Section 24 to read as follows:

            24. Tax Matters. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
            Agreement, the parties hereto agree to take all actions (including
            adopting amendments to this Agreement) as are required to comply
            with or to minimize any potential interest charges and/or additional
            taxes as may be imposed under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A
            with respect to any payment or benefit due to Executive under this
            Agreement (including a delay in payment until six months after the
            date of termination of Executive's employment hereunder, in the
            event Executive is a "specified employee" within the meaning of Code
            Section 409A).

      D. Miscellaneous.

            (1) Effective Date. This Amendment No. 2 shall be effective as of
the date first set forth above.

            (2) Continuation of Employment Agreement. Except as expressly
modified or amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Employment
Agreement shall continue and remain in full force and effect.

            (3) Counterparts. This Amendment No. 2 may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be treated as an original but all of which,
collectively, shall constitute a single instrument.

            (4) Governing Law. This Amendment No. 2 shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the domestic laws of the State of Michigan, without
giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the
State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of
the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.

            (5) Cooperation. In case at any time after the date hereof any
further action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Amendment No. 2,
each of the parties hereto will take such further action (including the
execution and delivery of such further instruments and

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documents) as the other party or parties reasonably may request, all at the sole
cost and expense of the requesting party or parties.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment
No. 2 as of the day and year first above written.

                                   ASSET ACCEPTANCE HOLDINGS LLC

                                   By: /s/ Mark A. Redman
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                                         Mark A. Redman,
                                         Vice President - Finance

                                      /s/ Nathaniel F. Bradley IV
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                                      NATHANIEL F. BRADLEY IV