The “National Real Estate Trade Association” has a link to provide their members and the public with information regarding real estate...

You are an auctioneer and you don’t charge a buyer’s premium. Why not? I continue to hear that charging such is a disservice,...

Buyer’s premiums continue to rise. In fact, I’ve heard for years that “nobody pays any attention to them” so why not raise them? ...

We as auctioneers shouldn’t let bidders retract a bid once made? In other words, the highest bid (and bidder) as all other bids don’t...

Do bidders who bid and win at auction … and then cease any further communication with the auctioneer/seller deserve our further attention?...

Could an auctioneer (and/or seller) be guilty or liable for restraint of trade for restricting an auction to only certain — qualified —...

The so-called “hammer” falls at an auction, and the property (car, firearm, airplane, truck, tractor, artwork …) is sold to … who? ...

These two women want to register for your auction. What should they have to provide you as an auctioneer in order to do so? Driver’s...

I viewed an auction where in the terms and conditions regarding a firearm noted: “Failure to pass the background check will result in...

So, auctioneers are no-doubt being advised to put in their terms that if the online bidding platform is not accessible, the auction can...

UCC 2-328 as adopted by states around the United States. Then too, there is general contract law and a select number of court cases which...

First of all — auctioneers are advised that in order to do that, you better have your client’s knowledge and consent — memorialized in...

First, let me clarify that this term “auction” here is just one lot, rather than the term “auction event” consisting of all the lots as...

Amazon.com (or countless other online retailers.) Let’s see, what’s involved in such a transaction? Click? Yep, pretty much. No...

Our discussion today regards what can — or should — auctioneers do in such instances. Is there anything they can do? If you’re not...

It is not unusual for an auctioneer association executive director, officer and/or director to receive a communication from a consumer...

That analysis is here: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/if-the-seller-bids/ As we have stated in countless...

A bidder becomes the buyer and he refuses to pay for his purchase. A seller refuses to convey the property after a bidder becomes the...

Terms such as this often include that “buyer’s must register,” “everything is being sold ‘as-is,'” and “payment is due at a certain...

In contrast, we work in an environment of “customary practice” more than anything else. What we do — how we operate — our procedures —...