I almost bought a lighthouse 25 years ago off of a GSA auction. I'm glad my bid lost because I didn't read the fine print carefully about how much the upkeep would cost.
I aggregated 28 US Government auction sites into one search
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#42The site is slow as hell. I've been waiting for 3 minutes and haven't had results.
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#43Didn’t a site like this just show up a few weeks back on here? What is the interest in government auction sites?
Prices are going up. People are looking for bargains.
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#44Clone of "GovAuctions" from 3 weeks ago? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662945
Looks like that one actually works too!
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#45Clone of "GovAuctions" from 3 weeks ago? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662945
Thanks for tagging! I got a "traffic spike" notification from Hackernews for my site ( https://govauctions.app ) and wondered what was going on :-)
Ah thank you for your site! Before your post, I didn't know the government auctioned off homes online and through following the links to the auctions I learned about the FHA $100 down payment program.
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#46I'm curious how much of this stuff is actually civil asset forfeiture? (Not to blame the site(s) for such practices, but to think about the whole ecosystem of how a government comes to have a bicycle, switch, truck etc) https://reason.com/category/criminal-justice/civil-asset-for...
From what I have seen, not too much, though vehicles might have a higher rate due to impounded cars etc.
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#47Any plans for RSS feed(s)? Would love to passively track the auctions in this manner. Per state, ending soon etc. would be fantastic.
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#48US Gov auctions are great when you want 400 of something broken or want to travel through 3 states for a $1000 mil-spec kitchen sink.
Or when you've been wanting to one up your neighbor's boat by buying a drug running speedboat with bullet holes.
One of the top reasons auction hunters hate gun control
The worst ones will try to add a few extra holes the night before the auction
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#49Clone of "GovAuctions" from 3 weeks ago? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662945
Thanks for tagging! I got a "traffic spike" notification from Hackernews for my site ( https://govauctions.app ) and wondered what was going on :-)
A lot of your "Madison, WI" listings are actually in Greenbay.
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#50Browsing is just one part, each jurisdiction and agency within each jurisdiction has its own process to even be able to join the auction
Sometimes requiring months in advance
So I want an agent that does that automatically and I don’t want to do it on my computer