It was 2008, I had just left a big box company after 18 years to start an auction company. It was a bright idea.
I had seen sellers give their homes over to auction, paid for advertising up front, gotten no results and were back on the market with that same company "stigmatized" with a property that did not sell.
I had recently sold a very unusual property with an auction company. I negotiated to remain the listing agent, was part of the advertising, open house, hand holding the seller and it was a huge success!
So I had this idea to go further. Have an auction company (51 comments)