Sold!: The Professional's Guide to Real Estate Auctions

by Stephen J. Martin, Thomas E. Battle III (Contributor)

The auction method of marketing real estate is an increasingly popular and effective way to sell a wide variety of properties. Auction marketing provides many advantages such as fast turnover, carrying-cost savings and the opportunity for action-oriented target marketing. Often, an auction can be the best way to expose a property to the market place and obtain the highest net profit. SOLD! is a comprehensive overview of selling real estate using the auction method. It will help real estate professionals understand how real estate auctions work-both in general and for land and residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial properties. The book offers practical guidelines to: .determine if an auction is appropriate for a particular property, .choose an auctioneer, .plan for and promote the auction event, and. track the success of the auction event to closing. The authors examine important elements in the auction process such as real estate valuation, environmental concerns and legal issues involved in the transfer of real estate. Sample contracts, survey tracts, financial tables and checklists are also included. SOLD! will help make the auction process more accessible for all real estate professionals, bankers, lawyers and others who want to become involved in this growing real estate trend.

336 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 2005

About the author

Stephen J Martin is an Irish writer of contemporary comic fiction.

Martin grew up in Raheny, Dublin. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Dublin City University. Having spent several years working in IT in the Far East, he became a full-time writer in 2002.

Having graduated from college with a degree in Electronic Engineering, Stephen J Martin worked in Japan for eight years [1]. During this time he became involved in a local amateur theatre group, The Hiberian Players. He directed plays by Joseph O'Connor and Sean O'Casey and acted in Roddy Doyle's Brownbread and Dermot Bolger's one-man play, In High Germany. Also during this time, he was the singer in a local Tokyo-based rock band, Yer Mot's a Dog, touring extensively throughout Asia with the band.

Martin cites these literary and musical influences when asked about his decision to take up writing despite having had no formal background in the Arts. The Superchick trilogy largely draws on his experiences as the singer in a band and is a comic look at the behind-the-scenes challenges of touring and performing [2].

He is a fluent Irish-speaker and regularly appears on Irish-language radio and TV programs.

Stephen J Martin is married and currently lives with his wife in Hong Kong.