PAX TESTIMONIALS

What do you do when you want to downsize or eliminate that monthly storage charge? Call Billy Burke at The Auctionarium!

Dale & Stans story about downsizing from a 3,900 sq ft home off El Paseo in Palm Desert to a studio apartment.

I thought I could sell all the big stuff on Craigslist and donate the small stuff. After two postings on Craigslist, I had enough.

After first I was sceptical about what they were offering, (to sell everything to the bare walls) but after meeting with Billy & Stephanie we decided to give it a try.

First of all, they are upfront about everything! You will not get what you think for each and every item and you will get more for something you thought was trash and not even worthy for donation.

They tell you upfront "we will turn your life upside down for a week". Then come in and photo, catalogue and stage everything. You say goodbye to what you are selling and come back to OMG, everything sold!

We even experimented with selling some landscape items, and after a few hiccups did realize it provided extra cash in our pockets. Billy & Stephanie were quick to respond to the concerns that we had. They DID NOT sell you a bill of goods, what they sold you was piece of mind that you were doing the right thing.

If I had to do it again, I would!

But I would only use Billy & Stephanie Burke and The Auctionarium since they proved they had the moxie to carry it out.

Thanks Billy and Stephanie.

Dale and Stan,

Palm Desert, CA

You did an excellent job on the auction, and I look forward to working with you in the future.

Regards,

In 1989 I sold an older 5-room house with central heat and air at absolute auction.  Five bidders were actively competing to win the bid, even though the house needed a lot of updating and work. 

It sold for $29,000. 

The buyer obtained a mortgage and made enough repairs to get the house up to code. 

He then rented it to a single parent with one 4-year-old child.  Three weeks after moving in the child, playing with matches while mom slept, set the bed on fire.   There was a lot of water and smoke damage to the house. 

Using insurance settlement, the owner spent $50,000 repairing and remodeling the house for himself and his wife to occupy. 

Just as he finished the work on the house, his wife left him so he called me to auction it. 

He now had a $25,000 mortgage against the house so we could not sell it at absolute auction. 

So 11 months after it sold for $29,000 at absolute auction and had $50,000 in improvements, I could not get an opening bid. 

I dropped all the way down to ask for $15,000. 

No bid! 

That is when I stopped accepting property to sell subject to confirmation.

The Auctionarium and the Burke family are stellar. Please give them a huge welcome to the desert. This is going to be such a good thing for art and artists and the local economy.

Not to mention FUN!

Liz Gilbert, Palm Desert.

Billy, the additional $250,000.00 your auction delivered above the realtors suggested listing price literally changed our lives.

Thank you very much, we would recommend your services to anyone.

"...Thank you so much for all the work you did in delivering cash for our Teton Springs homes..."

We were surprised that there were so many inquiries and that you had 8 bidders at the auction

Another one on the phone plus over 100 Internet bids.

The job was awesome and we would recommend your services to anyone.

"...Your company did an excellent job in recovering cash for the lender.
They should jump on this, take the money and run because property values are still going down..."

Comment after September 2007 auction of Teton Springs house for $715,000.00
The lender refused the cash, spent thousands on foreclosure and it is now listed at $599,000.00

Update October 2011: Property Value for Homes under $300,000.00

So much for waiting until "the market turns around" and prices go back up.