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Los Angeles Times Feature Aritcle

"Bids on the Block"

Courtesy of The Los Angeles Times (LA, CA)
Published July 9th, 2006

Fanned by EBay flames, it was bound to happen. As buyers have regained an upper hand and sellers have started to sweat, real estate auctions — live and online — have caught on.

The changing market has nervous owners trying to sell quickly rather than letting their homes languish while their fears of declining values mount. Buyers, sensing the realty winds shifting their way, see bargains, something they've only dreamed of in the last few years. And then, of course, there is human nature and the thrill of bidding competitions.

 

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The Boston Globe Feature Article

"Online bidding offers new market for housing"

Courtesy of The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
Published July 3rd, 2006

Ada Focer and her late husband, John Marlier, we urban pioneers when they purchased their home on Ashmont Hill in Dorchester in 1977. At the time, the racial strife of Boston's busing crisis had yet to loosen.

Only one bank would give the couple a mortgage for the house's $30,000 purchase price. "They were almost giving properties away," Focer said.

She is again a pioneer, as part of a small but growing cadre of Americans who are spurning real estate agents to sell their homes themselves, in online auctions. Bids on her 1886 house were due at 9 p.m. last Tuesday.

 

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News and Observer Feature Article

"More selling homes on their own"

Courtesy of The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Published July 2nd, 2006

Last Sunday, Genny McDermott's Durham home was bustling with activity. Dozens of shoppers walked through the five-bedroom home that would be auctioned to the highest bidder that night.

McDermott greeted each visitor with her hand outstretched: "Hi, I'm Genny McDermott. I am the owner. Welcome."

She quickly explained that she was following the plan outlined in "How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days," a book with a growing number of fans.

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Boston Globe Feature Article

"In slumping house market, creative thinking required"

Courtesy of The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
Published June 29th, 2006

After having her home on the market for nearly a year — with about 30 showings, multiple price drops, and only one not-so-tempting offer — Phyllis Troia decided to try something different. Very different.

She and her husband put her Dutch colonial in Plymouth up for auction, to be sold to the highest bidder.

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CBS WCCO Channel 4 Feature Article

"Selling Homes to Highest Bidder"

Courtesy of CBS WCCO Channel 4 (Minneapolis, MN)
Published June 26th, 2006

It's a new phenomenon to Minnesota — selling your home in an auction.

This weekend alone, at least three people auctioned off their homes in the Tiwn Cities. J.B. Olson says it's a faster way to sell a house.

"I've talked with people who've been paying double mortgages for 6 months," said Olson. "This is a change to move a house quick.

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ABC WBAY Channel 2 Feature Aritcle

"Couple Sells Home in 5 Days"

Courtesy of ABC WBAY Channel 2 (Green Bay, WI)
Published June 19th, 2006

An east-side De Pere couple proved this weekend that even with record number of homes on the market you can sell your house fast.

Really fast.

They used a unique approach that's catching on around the country. The signs that led to a flurry of activity at their home over the weekend promoted their house was up for auction.

It was an idea Carrie Wright came across in January on a trip to the library.

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Daily News Tribune Feature

"Milford men hope to have home sold in 5 days"

Courtesy of Daily News Tribune (Boston, MA)
Published June 2nd, 2006

After two days of open houses this weekend, David Marburger and Chris Krakow anticipate their home at 322 Purchase St. in Milford will be under agreement Sunday night.

In a real estate market where homes are sitting for months, even youears, before an offer is made, no less a pruchse and sale agreement signed, just what are these guys thinking?

They're thinking outside the traditional real estate marketing buying and selling box.

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CNN Money Feature

"A 5 Day plan to sell your house: More Americans are using auctions to sell property. Is this strategy for you?"

Courtesy of CNN Money
Published February 27th, 2006

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - How would you like to sell your home in just five days, at full price or near it, and pay no broker's commission?

Such is the attraction for an auction-type method (users call it a "round-robin" bidding process) of selling homes explained by the book, "How to Sell your Home in 5 Days," by Bill Effros.

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Enquirer Feature Article

"Owner Looks to Sell Home via Round-Robin Bidding"

Courtesy of The Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
Published August 26th, 2005

Michael Blythe hopes the spirit of competition spurs interest in a Hyde Park house he is selling in an unusual way this weekend.

Blythe, of West Chester, will use a round-robin, opening-bidding process Saturday and Sunday to sell the home at…

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New York Times Feature

"How to Sell in a Flash: Hold an Auction"

Courtesy of The New York Times
Published June 19th, 2005

LARRY KAGAN'S two-bedroom condominium in Plainview was bustling with activity last Sunday, a week after he sold it in a telephone auction to Chad and Michele Barnattan for $366,000.

The Barnattans had brought their parents along for a tour. They...

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Auctioned House Sells in One Week

"Auctioned house sells in one week"

Courtesy of Asheville Citizen-Times
Published in 3 Installments
December 3rd, 9th, & 13th, 2004

Rusty Denman auctioned his house, and he did it in one week.

Denman, who put his house up for auction beginning Dec. 3, accepted the winning bid Saturday. Denman and his wife received 40 bids...

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MedZilla House Sale Article

MedZilla Relocation News

Courtesy of MedZilla.com
Published November 19th, 2002

Relocation Fear and Loathing? Sell your home in 5 days and laugh all the way to your next job!

You just got a new job and have to relocate. If you have to sell your home and you don't have the patience for the traditional…

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Independent House Sale Review

"Going Once, Going Twice…"

Courtesy of Independent Weekly
Published May 8th, 2002

The true-life story of a woman who sold her house in five days, and lived to write about it.

"A four bedroom house on a cul-de-sac in Cary for less than $90,000? Are you kidding me?"

"No."

With a starting price of $89,500, the author's Cary home began a bidding war.

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Sell a Home in Five Days Article

"Author tells how to sell a home in five days"

Courtesy of Las Vegas Review-Journal
Published July 12th, 1998

When I read the first edition of this unique "how to sell a home" book five years ago, I was skeptical. I'm still skeptical. The new edition is far better than the first and, while I can't vouch for the sales technique, the book is easier to read and perhaps more helpful.

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Sell Your House in Five Days Article

"The fine points of selling your house in five days"

Courtesy of Abilene Reporter News
Published June 11th, 1998

Bill Effros is not a real estate agent. Nor does he want to be.

The computer consultant probably wouldn't have written a book about real estate, either, had he not bumped into the shortstop on his college intramural baseball team at a reunion seven years ago.

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Government Review

"Life Advice About…Selling A Home

Courtesy of Federal Citizen Information Center
Published 1997

Even the U.S. Government recommends the 5 Day Home Selling Method!

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Sell Your Home Fast Article

"How to sell your home fast"

Courtesy of Bottom Line Personal

If you need or want to sell your home on your own quickly, you can get a great price in just five days. Steps to take…

  • Lower your asking price. To attract a large number — between 20 and 40 — of serious buyers and show that you are flexible, price your home 10% below the price of similar homes in your area. The goal is to price your home as attractively as possible when your ad first appears in the local paper. Free enterprise having potential buyers bid against one another will take care of the rest.

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