Ricky Smith's nephew, Bubba is every bit the Texas gentleman of his uncle. He didn't grow up around the auction industry, but decided to pursue the lifestyle after spending a few unsatisfying years behind a desk. He's been in the auction...
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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Ricky Smith is a born-and-raised Texan with an easy-going manner and “good ol' boy” attitude. He's been a professional auction hunter for a long time, dipping his toes into the auction world at just 12 years old at his parent's auction...
A Long Island native, Victor Rjesnjansky moved to Texas five years ago in search of cheaper living and a new adventure. He's a member of the Storage Wars: Texas cast, and his celebrity net worth is about $1 million thanks to his involvement on...
Although you can make a living from selling items on Craigslist, eBay or through your own yard sales, venturing to a flea market can help you sell your wares to a wider group of buyers. Becoming a vendor at a flea market is a good first step...
Many people hold garage sales as a way to empty their homes of unwanted items, but there's no reason you can't sell things more professionally through a garage sale. In fact, some people like to hold large, regularly scheduled sales that draw...
Texas Car Wars premiered on September 6th on Discovery Channel. Following the successful formula of similar shows before it, this program delves into the car flipping industry. Four body shops compete in car auctions in Austin, Texas to find...
Treasure-hunting programs are popular on television right now, and A&E's new series Barter Kings combines that successful formula with the popular interest in frugality for a new twist. Antonio Palazzola and Steve McHugh are two California...
Although it's not an effortless money-making scheme by any means, buying items at storage auctions and reselling them online or through a store front can be one great way to make a home business. As you buy more items, you can expand your...
Professional auction hunters are prepared to find all sorts of strange things in the units they buy at auction. Tax documents, personal mementos and various bits of trash are all very common to find. Bottles full of human organs, however, are...
Whether you're going to a storage auction, estate auction or even a livestock auction, you'll quickly discover that individual auctioneers have very different styles and personalities. The auctioneer guides how the auction goes, and a talented...