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The Most Comprehensive & Complete Guide to Selling Real Estate at Auction is Now Available

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Services for Real Estate Pros with The Auctionarium

I would like to ask you a favor, if you can take a few minutes to check out my new website designed to teach realtors & auctioneers the 'The Secrets of an AARE Auctioneer' or:
 
How to make money offering auctions to your clients whether the property sells or not.
 
http://www.aareauctioneer.com/
 
The program was originally developed to be used only by auction listing agents who work exclusively for my company.
 
The problem with the exclusivity was, auctioneers wanted to get my processes, forms, contracts, techniques etc. but did not want to be tied into channeling 100% of their real estate auctions through me. That is an objection that I totally understand but I did not want to 'give my playbook' to the competition, which is something that you all understand too.
 
Realtors have been knocking at my door wanting me to teach them about real estate auctions but like auctioneers they think they can do it all themselves and don't want to share the deals or commissions with us. Kind of the same mentality as with the auctioneers and being one who earns about 10% from every real estate transaction without any splits, exclusivity to be trained is something I would not want to do either.
 
I am a student of the industry and have purchased every book, training program that I could find and have attended more real estate and auction seminars and workshops than I care to remember. My research has shown that outside of the National Auctioneers Association's Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE) certification program there is nothing on the market today designed to teach the real estate professional the A to Z of real estate auctions.
 
That has now changed with my workshop which includes a manual or kit that is over 350 pages and growing titled:
 
The Secrets of an AARE Auctioneer

The Most Complete Guide to Selling Real Estate at Auction Available
 
This training program is not only beneficial to realtors and the general real estate public but a number of auctioneers whom I have worked with, blog with and asked for feedback on the program are ready to fly to Maryland for the first session!

WOW all I asked for was a little feedback from a few industry professionals I know, some who think the right to use my Uniform Standard Real Estate Auction Listing agreement is worth ten times what we are charging for the workshop.

The listing agreement cost me about $100,000.00 in legal fees to develop and another $10 million in trial and error field use while we have been 'vetting' it over the past five-years and its simply 'The Industry Standard' for listing real estate auctions but until now was only available to our agents
 
The initial workshop / seminar style training program is designed to be taught in a conference room setting to large groups of 100 to 250 people at a time as an all day event. Here is an outline of the course schedule: http://www.aareauctioneer.com/workshop-schedule.php
 
The cost is $395.00 per person which is cheaper than any other real estate auction training program in the marketplace and its the only one (again outside AARE) that was developed by a certified auctioneer with 'in the field experience' who has had to eat what he kills so to speak.

The only other ways to get this type of real estate auction training are:

1) Trial and error and as stated above you can learn from the $10 million in mistakes I have made.

2) Purchase a franchise in California or Colorado for $25,000 to $100,000

3) Attend AARE for a week at a cost of about $2,500.00 (worth every penny by the way)

4) Attend the NAR auction workshop prepared by realtors without any real input from auctioneers and taught by realtors with zero marketing experience. The course was given really *BAD* reviews by people who have attended both the courses and the 'Train the Trainer' sessions but since they are realtors don't want to be named.

5) Sign up for any number of "Learn how to sell your home in 5-days" programs on the Internet, again prepared by realtors and people with little to no auction experience for $500 to $1,500 or pay www.auctionmentoring.com $10,000.00 to be a listing agent.

6) Get a job with an established auction company that offers real estate auction services and mentor at a low wage or split commission while you are learning, maybe even sign a non-compete as part of your employment agreement.

7) Attend the Secrets of an AARE Auctioneer workshop seminar and receive 'The Most Comprehensive & Complete Guide to Selling Real Estate at Auction Available' which is 350 pages and growing along with several CD's jam packed with useful information, developed by a practicing auctioneer.
 
Please take a look at the website http://www.aareauctioneer.com/ and download my e-book which is a 'myth buster' about what top realtors think auctioneers really do and get back to me with your feedback.

Glenn Watson, Jr.
Remax Twin Counties - Milford, DE

Billy,

I have read your ebook and find it very interesting. I am planning on registering for the class in Ocean City. Our company is both in the auction business and we are also conventional realtors. I do see things moving more to selling real estate at auction today more than ever before. Keep up the great posts.

Glenn

Feb 02, 2009 03:38 AM
Billy Burke
The Auctionarium - Altadena, CA
CAI - AARE

Glen:

We are looking forwward to having you at our workshop.

Its better to have that auction arrow in your quiver and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

In this market everyone needs every tool they can get to be used at the right time to make the deal.

Another benefit of our training is, even if you don't want to ever list or hold an auction, the understanding of the process will help any buyers agent to represent buyers at auction.

I don't know of a single auctioneer around the country that will not pay a realtor a buyers agent commission.

Please feel free to call or e-mail if you have any questions or comments.

Thanks,

Billy Burke

Feb 05, 2009 12:21 PM