Basically, other than those buying and selling for a profit or business, some sort of change (and not always a pleasant change) is the...

She is also enrolled in night classes working towards her masters degree in finance. Her mother’s birthday is coming up and Ashley is...

He decides to have an online-only auction, utilizing a well-known online auction software provider. In the following days, he photographs...

His father and grandfather were both auctioneers for over 40 years; Shane has been managing the company for the last few. Shane had been...

In fact, in over 30 years in the auction business spanning across the United States, not one person has ever asked me:“Why enter an...

Dan Slater has written about the online dating environment — suggesting that online dating leads us to value our relationships less and...

Sometimes the subject involves some auctioneer doing something either unethical and/or illegal. For example, at an auctioneer convention...

Most recently, I’ve asked a particular question during these classes and sense virtually no consensus as to the answer. The issue regards...

Sometimes a particular writing really gets my attention; thanks to my friend Yvette VanDerBrink for saying it. Indeed, shouldn’t an...

Lots of questions about real property values. Here’s some common ways real property is analyzed from the standpoint of investors,...

In the landmark United States Supreme Court case Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), the Court held that the “liberty of contract”...

Russ asked, essentially, if an auction could start without the auctioneer making it clear if that particular lot (property) is selling...

Our previous article noted that Bib could offer property absolute, and if no bid was made within a reasonable time, Bib could withdraw...

Apparently, before 1950 women were not allowed … to be auctioneers? Emma Bailey is regarded as the first woman auctioneer in the United...

More recently, we again were asked about how seller commissions are calculated in relation to buyer’s premiums. Here’s that previous...

In the United States, the Federal agency known as the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) within the United States...

Many auctioneers are now charging a “buyer’s premium” to increase auctioneer profits and sometimes offset seller costs. Up until more...

He or she would say that it is illegal in the United States to discriminate based on race, color or ancestry in regard to real property...

As Carl begins his “First-Saturday” monthly auction, he notices that the crowd of bidders is just sitting there. They aren’t really...

Typically, non-FFL’s are concerned that something they do will trigger the requirement to either become an FFL, or utilize an FFL. ...