Auctions are very popular in the United States.
Many people attend local auctions to buy cars, bikes, objects and even houses.

When it comes to real estate auctions, many such houses on auctions are being sold because they underwent foreclosure so the previous owners stopped paying their mortgage or taxes.
The auction takes place by raising the basic auction price with each bid. Interested parties raise the price until there is no one else willing to offer more for that particular property.
The base auction price of the property is determined by the amount of unpaid taxes plus administrative costs incurred by the county for notification and publication of the auction. The property taxes correspond to a fraction (about 2%) of the market price of the property. For this reason, the basic auction price is always much lower than the value of the property, leaving ample room for negotiation during the auction.
As in any auction, the highest bidder wins the auction, winning the deed and becoming the new owner of the property free of mortgages and debts.
Thousands of counties hold property auctions each month. Some counties even every week. This is because many people, despite the default interest that are applied to latecomers, persist or are unable to pay real estate taxes. For this reason, at real estate auctions, the offer many times exceeds the demand.
The new owner will not be responsible for having to settle the mortgage debts incurred by the previous owner and this is great news because bank debts are usually the most expensive and difficult to resolve.
It is very important to understand the condition of the property before the auction.
An accurate research of the conditions of the properties on which you will be bidding is a must in this type of auction. This will allow you to know the budget to be drafted for the renovation and determine your maximum bid before the auction. The maximum bid is the most important thing to know when you go to buy a property at auction. If you make a mistake and overestimate this value, you will have bought the property at too high a price and probably at the end of the work your profit margin will be very low or in the worst case you will end up losing money.
The maximum offer must be determined, knowing precisely the market value of the property once it has been renovated and ready for sale.


The storage units auctions are also very popular in America.
They are usually stormed by those hoping to find great deals, but also just by many onlookers.
In the presence of an official, an auctioneer and the owner or manager of the storage place facility, the participants go in front of the units being auctioned and such units are opened one at a time so that the participants may take a quick look inside and then make their offer, starting from an auction base price. Among the objects normally found after raising the shutters are televisions, work tools, mattresses, furniture, stereos and, of course, personal items of all kinds.
Most units are not so visible as the stuff is piled up high or contained in cardboard boxes so you have to buy blindly and make a bet.
The units in question were those left by the tenants whether because they left the rented spaces unattended or they stopped paying the monthly rent.
According to the contractual clause tenants must recover the objects deposited within a certain deadline, or these go to auction or to the landfill.
Treasures have been found within these walls: jewels, working high-tech devices, brand name clothes and perhaps a Harley Davidson I have heard.
Since most Americans, at a time or another in their life, rent a storing unit, it is possible that some may relocate, die or perhaps even forget to have such units.
The most common reasons why Americans rent such units is because Americans move around a lot in a lifetime (even if within the country limits for the most part) or also because they lack storage place (the more stuff the merrier here) or because they go have an experience abroad.