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Facebook groups for posting auctions?
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/internet-auction-calendars/. It’s now 2018 and about seven years later from this...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 4, 20182 min read
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Auction marketing — do we get what we pay for?
John Schultz via a Facebook post. Yes, this is a newspaper cartoon placed in the Spring Valley Tribune — suggesting for marketing (or...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Sep 27, 20173 min read
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Real estate agents … auctioneers … and real estate auctioneers.
“They say that [Zillow,] a company they empowered and trusted, is taking advantage of them.” Yep — auctioneers heard how many times...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 29, 20172 min read
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Does the “buyer’s premium” show to the seller?
Following the auction, of course, the auctioneer would have to settle the auction with his seller. In doing so, that settlement...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 20, 20173 min read
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Lot 0 (Auction Information) confusion
What’s the problem? People are actually bidding on this Lot 0 — trying to buy the auctioneer’s terms and conditions, I suppose … but is...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 15, 20172 min read
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Simulcast auctions and the timing of bids
I answered with the obvious observation, that the software would show which bids were placed by a person and which bids were placed...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jun 5, 20173 min read
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Online-only auction platform goes down …
We have previously written about online auction bidding becoming unavailable: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/onl...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 28, 20172 min read
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Can auctioneers trust any online platform?
And, so far almost every online platform (once with enough data and/or enough money on the table) has decided to do one of two things:...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 10, 20172 min read
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Auctioneers & Blogging
I have told 1,000’s of prospective auctioneers and real estate licensees that blogging is a key part of building an Internet presence...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 27, 20173 min read
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Are all auctioneers … still Republican?
Based upon primarily Facebook — and other encounters with auctioneers around the country, it would appear to me nearly all auctioneers...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 13, 20173 min read
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Online bidding goes down
There are likely four parties involved in such situations: (1) the seller, (2) the bidder(s,) (3) the auctioneer & (4) the online...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 6, 20173 min read
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Auction after [no] sale
If I understand it, “If it doesn’t sell at auction, then we’ll try to sell it at auction?” I think that’s how I read it … A certain...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Aug 15, 20162 min read
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Most reputable comrade in the auction business
This news release was widely publicized and it’s an easy read — this comradeship benefits both parties and helps all buyers and sellers —...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Apr 27, 20162 min read
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Auctioneers vs. Auction Portals
I’ve been involved in 100’s of divorce appraisals. Some marriages as short as a few months, and some as long as 40 years. Nobody gets...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 21, 20162 min read
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Online auction platform dictates commission structure
And yes, they dictate that the auctioneers who place property on their site cannot charge a buyer’s premium. Their exact phrasing is...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jan 1, 20162 min read
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13 things the UCC 2-328 doesn’t [quite] answer
It remains today the most misunderstood 254 words in the auction world — by far. The UCC 2-328 says lots of things: There are only two...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 18, 20153 min read
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Look! We’re not open yet.
“Great,” I replied. I’ll take a look at it online and get registered. As I searched online, I found the auction, only to note that...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 16, 20152 min read
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Sothebay’s?
It’s July 14, 2014, and Sotheby’s announces they plan to offer their auction inventory on eBay. What changed from December 31, 2008 and...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Jul 29, 20142 min read
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Can anyone auction their own property?
In other words, without the use of an auctioneer, real estate licensee, appraiser, surveyor, attorney … an owner can “do it himself.”...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Mar 6, 20143 min read
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Expected annual earnings are $360,000-$800,000
Yet, even these highly profitable auctioneers’ incomes pale in comparison to expected annual earnings of $360,000-$800,000. How does one...

Mike Brandly, Auctioneer
Feb 18, 20142 min read
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