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Will The Feds Make the Lenders Whole?
10 November 08 02:16 PM | realestateauctions | with no comments
Recently, I received a few calls from some real estate investor friends of mine here in North Carolina venting their frustration with working out short sales with some lenders. It seems some lenders are stalling in making any decisions as to whether they...
Should Realtors Become Auctioneers?
11 September 08 12:33 PM | realestateauctions | 45 comment(s)
I received an interesting phone call from a realtor in California. She had read some articles I had written about using an auction as a first choice method of selling a home, rather than as a last option. Her question to me was this, “Should I become...
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ESTATE SALE AND AN AUCTION
18 July 08 09:19 PM | realestateauctions | 1 comment(s)
My mother recently passed away leaving property, both real and personal, to me, my two sisters and brother. My dad died a few years earlier. He was a pack rat, never willing to throw anything away. He was always buying things that he felt was a good deal...
What If My House Doesn’t Sell at Auction?
22 May 08 09:48 PM | realestateauctions | with no comments
There are basically two type of real estate auction. An “absolute” auction is where the property is sold to the highest qualified bidder with no limiting conditions or amount. The seller may not bid personally or through an agent. Also known as an auction...