Storage Auctions
The Storage Locker => New to Storage Auctions? => Topic started by: Kitsap83 on October 05, 2011, 06:16:56 PM
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What exactly in the legal notices do you find the auctions? I've looked in the Kitsap Sun under Notice of Trustees and this seems to be the closest bet. I haven't gone to my first auction yet but we're a military family and there are TONS of independent storage facilities in these military towns. Should I just call up the facilities one by one and ask them?
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What exactly in the legal notices do you find the auctions? I've looked in the Kitsap Sun under Notice of Trustees and this seems to be the closest bet. I haven't gone to my first auction yet but we're a military family and there are TONS of independent storage facilities in these military towns. Should I just call up the facilities one by one and ask them?
Gotta be creative and do everything. Call, drive to the places, check the web and check all local newspaper under legal notices or auctions.
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I see....gotta do the legwork. Thanks acman!
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I am new too. But have a nice list of auctions to attend and do the Looky Loo. : ). I google legal notices with my county and state. Found quite a few web pages and one really nice one Florida public notices... I can search county, city, and just Auction. then read the notice and it may give you the name of the Auction company if one then you can google them. Plus the auction company will tell you there rules and fees, plus any form you may need before you bid. Hope that helps happy hunting.
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Thanks :) I'm looking forward to starting this new venture. We're approaching the rainy season(s) in the Northwest so I'm ASSUMING there won't be very many people at these auctions. One storage facility actually had listings for their auction dates on their website. In this county, they hold auctions for individual items, which are cool too. Well, they're at least advertised. We're in the process of moving up to Kitsap County. Not there yet but I'd like to stand quietly and observe what goes on at the auctions, bring some cash just in case I see something I might like....for myself. HAHA!
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I also went through the phone book got a list of the storage facility. We have one that has 14 locations so I googled their name with auction... Found the local Auction company that holds them.. Have several places I check now.. Planning on going on Thursday and Friday.. Storm today (flooding and power out) no auctions on Tuesday and busy on Wednesday. Good luck We are not quite ready yet either but taking cash too... : )
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Don't count on rain to keep people away. In most places everyone has the same idea and you end up with even bigger crowds then on nice sunny days. It's those days when you have 2-3 auctions going on at the same place and time that you can get lucky with a small crowd if you pick correctly.
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I have to agree with the fact that the rain will not keep people away.
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Didn't go because only two units up for auction and Our area suffered bad storms. Roads blocked flooding and such... But do plan on going on the nasty days too. New to the search so will take a month too get which ones are better than others. Can't wait to see the auctioneers... Hope we don't have some like movieman... :)
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Weather dont stop anybody from going out to the auctions.
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Has anyone said that bad weather doesn't stop people from coming to auctions ! ::)
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LOL Movieman! :D
I was thinking the same thing after I read it a third time. I also will be moving near Seattle so it's just another [rainy] day.
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Has anyone said that bad weather doesn't stop people from coming to auctions ! ::)
I don't think so. I said it kept me away. :)
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So the fam and I have finally settled in Kitsap County. I've finally done some research and here's what I've found. I called Public Storage (and they were in Arizona) who pretty much told me that they do have auctions but to look in the newspaper for legal auctions >:( I did more online research...I found an auctioneer's website...Thomas Hayward and here's the place I plan on visiting in December:
thomashaywardauctioneers.com/Door-To-Door-Storage-Seattle-Storage-Foreclosure-a170445.php
A 40-50 wood container type auction I think is what's best for me as a starting point. I don't have a truck and figure I can start small. I even plan on just bidding on one box.
I also came across a local subscriber's list called Puget Sound Storage Auctions. It's 20 bucks a month or 200 for the whole year; however, if I can find auctions on my own, I'll hold off unless I really want to get serious and get a list.
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Try this
(Hope it works) Will help you get started.. All most a month into the searching and just now finding the better ones.
The paper is your best bet. They are not posted everyday and I think it has to be 14 days before the auction.
The best ones for us have been the little papers.. Do a search on the forum this is a heavy topic... May find some info for your area... Don't give up. : )
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Wow...I found five auctions that are an hour away. Funny thing is I knew about that site but I kept getting spam from them and thought they weren't legit. I did have to go under each and every city in Washington to find auctions, but hey! I found some. Thanks :)
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welcome. I haven't gotten any spam yet, but I do opt out of "I want to be notified" button on everything I register with, with the exception of here... LOL
I found a nice legal notice website. Works for my area but when I try to look at other counties the list is nothing or very small. but works for me. Also our local paper has a notify me in the classified section of new legals with the word Auction.
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welcome. I haven't gotten any spam yet, but I do opt out of "I want to be notified" button on everything I register with, with the exception of here... LOL
I found a nice legal notice website. Works for my area but when I try to look at other counties the list is nothing or very small. but works for me. Also our local paper has a notify me in the classified section of new legals with the word Auction.
I would also add to you notify keywords: sale and storage. Having those 3 keywords auction, sale, and storage should catch most all storage auction ads in the legals
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I would also add to you notify keywords: sale and storage. Having those 3 keywords auction, sale, and storage should catch most all storage auction ads in the legals
Thanks Drew, I get everything happening in my neck of the woods, legally... LOL
Storage works best... On the legal notice I have eliminates the cars for sale.
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Yea you will get a few listings that say lien sale instead of auction
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Yea you will get a few listings that say lien sale instead of auction
Ours does say Lien to satisfy.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the person property described below To enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Act Statutes (Section 83.801-83.809). The undersigned will sell... Bla. bla.
Guess ever where is different.. : )
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Still not much luck with those keywords. I've tried them in the past, but I think I just live in a crummy area for storage auctions. I went on craigslist and dug up two storage auctions under the "for sale/wanted" section after typing in "storage". Both were for U-Store and about an hour to an hour and a half away!
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near any bigger cities?
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That's the thing. I'm just a ferry ride away from Seattle. I did get spoiled coming from San Diego where the auctions are pretty much everywhere.
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go to auctionzip.com it's free and post where you are and that you want auctioneers to notify you on storage auctions. ALSO, there is a calendar of auctions on this site. It's all free
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Also check out sparefoot.com/auctions
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Also check out sparefoot.com/auctions
Are you associated with this site? If so, better get to improving it.
I looked at my zipcode and gave it a 100 mile range and it came up with nothing.
As there are MANY within that range even next week, I call this an UNMITIGATED FAILURE.
But, that's just my opinion.
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Three days later, Nov 27, 2011...
The sparefoot site listed above is no longer a source for auctions, but has magically turned into a site where you can locate storage facilities (that you might want to rent). This obviously has next to nothing to do with the intent of these threads.
Why waste our time mr original poster ?
I've dropped Drew a note about this.
Edit: Double-checked the website in question and I forgot to put on the /auctions last time I looked.
HOWEVER, when I did it correctly and put in zip code for San Francisco, CA no auctions came up, but two places where you could sell your merchandise came up....like thrift shops.
Never will understand why you guys don't get your sites fully functional before you start promoting them, and the intent of this website still is an affront to this discussion forum....IN MY OPINION.
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can anyone give me some info on how to find auctions that other people dont know about? specifically in okla??
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can anyone give me some info on how to find auctions that other people dont know about? specifically in okla??
I can't believe you asked this question. If you want to know why I can't believe it, some of my colleagues on this forum will be sure to answer you. I don't have the time or patience for it at the moment.
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eskimo1817,
Go ahead and ask questions that come to mind. If you don't ask, you won't find out.
Let's see, you want to know if there are auctions nobody else knows about so you are the only bidder or one of very few bidders. That would be pretty advantageous, wouldn't it? Considering, all the active members of this forum are out to make a buck, why would they tell a complete stranger their trade secrets if they had such a source?
Realistic answer: Cultivate a working relationship with storage facility owners/managers. It's a lot of work, highly time consuming, and may not even bear fruit. Remember the sales adage, "Winners do things, losers choose not to do."
Good luck on cornering the market on auctions! ;D
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To give you MovieMan's answer --- USE THE SEARCH FEATURE.
For my answer --- look at the title of this thread. Your first and best resource is your local newspapers and those papers around you. Out to how ever far you want to drive.
You will not find an auction now a days with just you and 2 other people. If you do - also play the lottery that day as you just hit the jackpot.
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eskimo1817,
Let's see, you want to know if there are auctions nobody else knows about so you are the only bidder or one of very few bidders. That would be pretty advantageous, wouldn't it? Considering, all the active members of this forum are out to make a buck, why would they tell a complete stranger their trade secrets if they had such a source?
Good luck on cornering the market on auctions! ;D
Both Craigs...and javawriter gave you the answers I would have provided.
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Are you associated with this site? If so, better get to improving it.
Nope. I've found a number of auctions on it so I thought I'd throw it out there, but it appears to have gone downhill quite a bit as of lately.
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can anyone give me some info on how to find auctions that other people dont know about? specifically in okla??
Break out the phone book/google and get to calling every storage unit in an X mile radius of your location where x is the maximum distance you're willing to travel.
Repeat the process weekly.
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The sparefoot website STILL doesn't provide ANY leads to storage auctions.
It STILL appears to me to be JUST a thinly veiled way to promote places where you can RENT storage space.
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It shows some around my area (76549). I used to get a lot of results from it just a few months ago, but not so much anymore.
I'm not plugging the site, if that's what you're getting at.
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It shows some around my area (76549). I used to get a lot of results from it just a few months ago, but not so much
I'm not plugging the site, if that's what you're getting at.
What I'm "getting at" is that the site doesn't seem to support very many zip codes. I looked yours up and it had a dozen or so, but anything else I tried didn't give anything. Maybe it just supports Texas.