How Estate Auctions Work — Step-by-Step Guide

Estate Inventory Services
2 min readMay 18, 2023

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You have heard about auctions and might have purchased things from an auction. So, is it all the same when it comes to estate auctions? Mostly, it is the same. Estates auctions work in a few steps.

So, if someone wants to put their property for auction, the entire process will take a few days, depending on the audience’s reach. The best way to do this is to get it done by professionals.

That being said, let’s see how property gets sold at auction.

The Marketing

An Estate sale or auction company advertises the property offline and online to attract potential buyers.

Survey

Before the auction day, the property becomes open for visitors. They can visit the house and the objects if they are on sale. Standard pricing is given to the objects which change while bidding.

The Auction Day

Now comes the auction day. The bidders need to be physically present. The buyer who pays the highest price at the time will ultimately get the property.

There are some conditions too. If some buyers cannot come to the auction, they can deposit a cheque to the organization organizing it. The cheque will have the amount the buyer is willing to pay.

If someone at the auction pays higher, the cheque gets canceled. Apart from that, some objects might be left after the auction ends. In such scenarios, those are sold in different ways or sent for donation.

Footnotes — https://www.estateinventoryservices.com/

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Estate Inventory Services is a Northern Colorado-based transition company working on aspects like auctions, donations, trash-hauling, etc. making changes easier