This tops feeding the squirrels....H/T daytrip! They're selling up and moving 800km up the coast but one Lane Cove family is so attached to the bright pink bathroom in their current home they’re offering the buyer $25,000 to preserve it. The Miller family’s unusual...
I went on the auction mobile app shortly after the auction should have started today, and there wasn't a trace of any action. On the MLS listing there is no mention of any auction, and it is an active listing, priced at $11,500,000 just like it has been since...
The no-reserve auction of Matt Kemp's house in Poway today was postponed until April 25th. Why would you postpone for 5 days? There has to be buyers. This company has been very successful in selling seven and $8-figure homes throughout the world, and they have grown...
The auction of Matt Kemp's house in Poway is Thursday! You can watch the auction live at 4:00pm Pacific Time on the Concierge Auctions mobile app, where you can also find their rules list. They will add a 10% buyer's premium to the winning bid to determine the final...
An online auction to sell real estate? Maybe it will catch on! Gone are the days of the quick talking auctioneer, paddles and shouted bids. Today, San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dan McAllister announced he is moving the annual property tax sale auction...
We are in the business of selling thousands of homes every year (last year in San Diego County we sold 23,962 homes worth $17,168,811,888). Wouldn't you think that there would be a set of rules to guide us? There isn't, and what's worse is that you don't know what to...
Let's have a contest for Padres tickets! Guess the sales price of Matt Kemp's house being auctioned April 20th with no reserve! He paid $9,075,000 in 2013, and it has been listed for $11,500,000. The person with the closest guess will receive 4 tickets to a Padres...
Perception is more important than the reality....if buyers read this stuff and decide to wait-and-see, then we could have a problem. But every day we are inundated with breaking news - this story will be forgotten by tomorrow. Hat tip daytrip! LINK to WSJ article...
David from Louisiana sent this in: Jim, I just watched your first attempt at the auction and must say that you did a fine job as the auctioneer. I have been a real estate auctioneer/realtor for 30+ years and have often recommended an auction to fellow realtors in high...
For those who wonder how an auction might look, here was my first attempt:
