Bid4Assets

Bid4Assets, established in 1999, was the first online real estate auction website to operate in the United States.[1][2] The company auctions distressed real estate and personal property for private investors and federal and local government.[3] It has served the United States Marshals,[4] the U.S. Department of Treasury and over 75 counties [5] throughout the United States. To date, Bid4Assets has sold over 100,000 properties nationwide. The company is based in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Bid4Assets
Private
Founded1999 (1999)
Headquarters
Silver Spring, Maryland
,
United States
Key people
Norman Understein (Chairman and Co-founder)

Rick Zitelman (Co-founder)
Jay French (Co-founder)

Jesse Loomis (CEO)
Websitebid4assets.com

Notable auctions

Notable auctions conducted by Bid4Assets include:

  • In June 2000, the presidential yacht, USS Sequoia, sold for $2 million to Gary Silversmith.[6]
  • In September 2000, Bid4Assets conducted the first-ever internet-based tax sale for Kern County, California. Bid4Assets has conducted tax sales via online auction for 50 of the 58 counties in California.
  • The original Watergate lock[7]
  • The Beastie Boys Grand Royal record label,[8]
  • In July 2002, Bid4Assets conducted an internet-based tax sale for Washtenaw County, Michigan. This was Michigan's first-ever online tax-foreclosed property auction.[9]
  • In 2005, Bid4Assets sold the Sandshaker Lounger, Package Store and Sandwich Shop, a popular Pensacola, Florida hangout. The property was forfeited to the United States Marshals Service as a result of Operation Sandshaker.
  • In 2006, Bid4Assets auctioned a 1990 Mercedes-Benz C-11 race car driven by Michael Schumacher.
  • In October, 2010, Bid4Assets hosted one of the largest online real estate auctions in the history of the United States in which over 13,000 properties located in Wayne County, Michigan, were auctioned due to unpaid real estate taxes.[10] In 2011, the Wayne County Treasurer's Office netted a record $32 Million from the Bid4Assets online auction of 14,000 tax-foreclosed properties, double the amount collected the previous year.[11]
  • In September 2011, the Golden Eye Diamond, a flawless 43.51-carat Fancy Intense Yellow diamond sold for $2,843,623 to Jerre Hentosh. The auction was a federal forfeiture conducted on behalf of the United States Marshals Service.[12]
  • In February 2014, Bid4Assets conducted Clark County, Washington's first internet-based tax sale. Bid4Assets has conducted tax sales via online auction for at least a dozen counties in Washington.
  • Bid4Assets has also pioneered internet-based tax defaulted property sales in Idaho, Nevada, Virginia and Missouri.
  • In 2015, as part of a San Francisco tax sale, Bid4Assets auctioned a private cul-de-sac in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of San Francisco. Tina Lam and Michael Cheng purchased the property for $90,000. The story received national attention and the city ultimately reversed the sale.[13]

References
  1. DS News http://www.dsnews.com/articles/bid4assets-sees-increased-buying-activity-2009-05-28 Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Bid4Assets.com Review". My Auction Facts. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  3. Bloomberg Business Week http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=234824
  4. Washington Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2006/11/13/daily16.html?jst=b_ln_hl
  5. San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Riverside-County-California-Treasurer-Announces-4179124.php
  6. "Bankrupt firms auction off assets on line Page 1". WashingtonTimes.com. 2000-07-17. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  7. "Original Watergate Lock for Sale on Auction Site Bid4Assets Page 1". PRNewsWire.com. 2005-07-06. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  8. "Bid4Assets Spins Record Label in Online Auction Page 1". AuctionBytes.com. 2004-01-14. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
  9. "Bid4Assets Conducts Michigan's First Ever Online Auction of Tax-Foreclosed Property". Ecommercebytes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  10. WDIV, Detroit http://www.clickondetroit.com/money/25040132/detail.html Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Pitch Engine http://www.pitchengine.com/bid4assets/office-of-wayne-county-treasurer-collects-a--record-32m-from-online-tax-foreclosure-sale Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Guess who bought the Golden Eye diamond?". CantonRep.com. 2011-09-08. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
  13. "The Saga of a Private Cul-de-Sac in the Bay Area". The Atlantic. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2018-01-14.


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