Government Auction Web Sites

Government auction web sites auction off literally thousands of homes, trailers, cars, trucks, property, tax sales, and seized & surplus merchandise. These auctions offer incredible opportunities to purchase up to 90% off market prices. Some of the auctions require bidding in-person, while some are conducted online. All of them require you to register, either with the particular agency, or for the specific auction. 

Tax lien and tax deed properties sales are also great investments. Tax liens certificates are virtually risk free investments and tax deeds are another type of foreclosure found in the listings of the sites below.

What's important here? The most important criteria in selecting one of these sites are 1) Legitimacy; are the sites providing these links legitimate? 2) Listings; do they have plenty of listings? and 3) Contact Information; do these sites give you the information you need to register at the auction, contact the seller, etc. Our top recommendation in this category is Government Auctions.

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Reviewed: Government Auctions      Rating: 10 of 10

Legitimacy - Just looking at their home page we see they've been featured on CNBC, CBS News, Barrons, and others. There was even a video posted of their CNBC feature. We watched the video - it was NOT a commercial. The company CEO was interviewed on a business show as an expert on buying real estate at auction.

Listings - More listings = good; fewer listings = bad. We counted over 2000 agencies and more than 150,000 foreclosure listings, plus FEMA, GSA, and many federal government land sales. Afterall, you're trying to make or save money, you want the largest number of choices. These guys have it.

Pre-foreclosures - A hidden gem; many pre-foreclosure home listings! This is where you can really do well buying houses, before the foreclosures are listed by every real estate agent on the planet.

Contact info - Too many of the auction sites don't provide contact info; again, these guys get it right. Almost every listing has direct contact info: name address, phone number, etc.

Bonus - When we last reviewed the site, they were offering a hotel voucher worth more $300. We grabbed ours and used it. This alone paid for our membership many times over. (Guess which one of us got to use it? One of the benefits of heading the team...!)

Price: $39 Annual Membership. Click here for a Government Auctions 50% discount (regularly $78, advanced real time data upgrade coming with new monthly payment plan. Join now for a full 1 year access and avoid the monthly fee)

Government Auctions did not engage in any of the shady or questionable practices we've seen on many of the sites. No automatic re-billing, and no "hidden" charges.