With so much focus on hunting for treasures, it's easy to forget about a storage unit's original tenant. Many auction hunters rent storage units themselves, though, either to store items they win or for personal reasons. Whether you're working...
Should Children Be Allowed To Attend Storage Auctions?
As storage auctions gain in popularity, they begin to draw a wider audience than its usual clientele. Auctions are more crowded...
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Online Storage Auctions Spark a Technological Revolution
For years, the storage auction business operated in much the same way: A storage unit would go into default, the property manager...
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Using Storage Auctions to Furnish Your Home For Next to Nothing
When most people consider the storage auction industry, they're approaching it as a way to make money by reselling the items...
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Are Storage Facilities Resisting the Status Quo?
Across the country, storage auctions are finally starting to settle down after the Storage Wars craze. Most of the newcomers...
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Storage Wars: Canada
Despite the controversy surrounding Storage Wars and Dave Hester's allegations against it, the show continues to be the most...
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There's usually a lot of waiting to do before an auction. You'll need to show up early enough to get good parking, and the auctioneer could be delayed coming from the last auction of the day. You don't have to consider all of this waiting to be...
Operating a business without the required license or permit can get you into trouble with the local government, but determining whether you need a license can get tricky. Different states handle laws differently, and some counties or cities may...
Back in August, you probably heard about the Pensacola storage unit that its former owner, a medical examiner, had left filled with body parts. Although the headline made national news, no one had stopped to get the buyer's side of the story...
Each year, around 2 million storage units go into default and are auctioned by storage facilities. The average price of a storage unit bought at auction tends to hover around $200, but an influx of novice bidders has caused prices to jump all...
Before you start bidding on a storage unit, it's important to realize that the amount you bid may not be the final amount that you pay. You need to account for extra fees, otherwise you could end up in trouble. You don't want to bid your last...
One passion that unifies many auction-hunters is an interest in history. Antiques provide a gateway to the past, and the value they hold is rooted in the richness of their history. Although sentimental value may seem like an odd thing to place...
One half of a husband-and-wife team, Dan Dotson is the featured auctioneer on A&E's Storage Wars. A native of Riverside, California, Dan and his wife are co-owners of American Auctioneers and run a number of storage auctions and provide...
It wasn't so long ago that cell phones were big, bulky things that were only good for making calls. Thanks to improvements in technology over the past few years, though, smart phones have become one of the most valuable and useful items that...
A few years ago, storage auctions were a relatively quiet and unknown way of making a living. Now, they've become a popular phenomenon thanks to shows like Storage Wars and auction Hunters. Many authors are eager to jump on this trend and...