| Does the government really provide auctions for things | | | | properties under foreclosure, bankruptcy, pre |
| such as cars, trucks, computers, real estate? | | | | foreclosure without having to pay for their service. I |
| I decided to do some online checking to see what is | | | | found that they had all of the government listings from |
| available as far as government auctions online. I first | | | | OCWEN and HUD on their website along with a lot of |
| found USA.gov. This website is a product of the US | | | | others. This can be a time saver just using the free |
| Government 's Department of Housing and Urban | | | | search on their site. |
| Development (HUD) and the Department of Vetrans | | | | I also found the USA.gov provided General |
| Affairs (VA). | | | | Merchandise Online Auctions. Some of the computers |
| There was a lot of information worth reading on the | | | | and jewelry on the sites looked pretty interesting. I am |
| site regarding real estate bargains through HUD and | | | | going to bid on a few to see if I can really get some |
| VA. The website led off to other websites such as | | | | good items for pennies on the dollar. The websites |
| OCWEN which handled the property auctions of Real | | | | clearly states that you should make an appointment to |
| Estate Owned (REO) listings. REO listings are basically | | | | see the property before bidding. This cannot be the |
| foreclosures in bank terminology. For one reason or | | | | case for me since most of the items I was viewing |
| another they believe that the word 'foreclosure' has a | | | | was from Dallas, TX. I live nowhere near Dallas and I |
| negative connotation and it would be best to use the | | | | am not planning on visiting Dallas for a $25 computer |
| words Real Estate Owned Listing even though most | | | | bid. |
| people know these properties as Foreclosures. | | | | Good luck searching through these Government Online |
| Another source for real estate government homes | | | | listings. There are some apparent good deals out there. |
| are websites such as They aggregate government | | | | I am going to start trying this for jewelry instead of |
| listings and also purchase local list foreclosure lists from | | | | using Ebay for now. Wish me luck. |
| counties throughout the US. They let you search for | | | | |