In our PRELIMINARY PLANNING, it is essential to hold a meeting with Senior Management to discuss the complete auction process and to set the sale date. We recommend a period of 45 days to market most properties.

Next we locate and inspect the subject properties, taking pictures and noting detailed information of each. All properties will be inspected no less than thirty days prior to the sale date. As part of the inspection process, we will make suggestions as to cosmetic grooming and repairs which would enhance the value of your property at auction.

Another possibility we might recommend would be subdividing the property into tracts. Our recommendations would be based upon existing road frontage and would give due consideration to topography and fences. We would ensure that any subdividing be done within the rules and regulations of local governing authorities.

Our next step is to organize and implement a complete advertising campaign, including newspaper, TV, radio, brochure, internet advertising and auction signs to mark the property.

The signs are placed on the property and on all major roads leading to the property prior to the sale. Colorful brochures are printed and our staff handles the direct mail, using our investor, realtor, professional and personal mailing lists. Our goal for each auction is to attract the highest degree of interest from potential buyers. Therefore, we contact owners of adjoining property as well as investors, developers and other interested parties.

Before the sale date, our representatives will be in the vicinity of your property, personally contacting prospective buyers. We will be holding public and/or private viewings of your real estate, passing out brochures, plats and answering questions of potential purchasers. This inspection period is mandatory for those properties with highly improved buildings or dwellings. We have found that the bidding is considerably more enthusiastic when the potential buyers are confident, having already viewed the interior of the buildings.

SALE DATE - When practical, sales are held on the property under a big tent. However, when several properties in different areas are liquidated, we conduct the sale from the conference center of a nearby hotel. Videos and slides are used to properly identify each item. Complimentary refreshments are available to all attending the sale.

Auctions United personnel attending each sale include professional auctioneers and sales staff with clerks and bookkeepers. Auctions United will prepare and secure all sales contracts, collecting the deposits from each buyer at the sale, with the balance due upon delivery of deed.