How Do I Find Storage Unit Auctions In My Hometown?

One thing you should always keep in mind when searching for a storage unit auction is that storage facilities are legally bound to make a justifiable attempt to contact the renter of the unit so they can pay the amount due before the contents are auctioned off.

Since it is possible that the renter could have moved since they rented the storage unit, simply sending a letter to the renter's last known address is not usually considered to be a justifiable effort by the courts.

To meet the legal requirements, and increase the turnout at the event, storage facilities post a notice of the auction in the classified section of local publications such as newspapers, broadsheets and magazines. Before you dash out and subscribe to every publication in your area, I suggest you visit your public library and browse through back issues of your local newspapers and magazines first. If there are no auctions for storage units listed in the classified sections, then stop by a convenience store on your way home and pick up copies of your local broadsheets. In case you are unfamiliar with the term, a broadsheet for our purposes is a newspaper devoted strictly to classified ad listings. Most of the time, you can get the publication for free since the publisher's advertising rates are based on how many people receive the broadsheet.

Once you have determined which publications offer the most advertisements for storage unit auctions in your area, you may want to subscribe to them to make sure you receive the most up to date listings. You should be aware that just because an auction is scheduled to be held on a certain day and time, it does not necessarily mean that it will take place at all. In most states, the law requires the auction to be canceled if the renter shows up before the auction takes place and pays the amount due on the unit. Even if the renter shows up just minutes before the auction starts, the storage facility manager will have to cancel it. To save yourself time and gas, be sure to call the storage facility just before you leave to go to the auction to make sure it is still scheduled to take place.

As I said before, there are several ways to find storage unit auctions in your area. Searching the classified section of local publications is one of the quickest and easiest methods you can use to accomplish your goal.

Roger Justus is an enthusiastic auction hunter and the co-author of "Insider's Secrets to Storage Unit Auctions". Roger also wrote a free Storage Unit Auction e-course. To sign up for the course, visit Find Storage Unit Auctions While you are there be sure to check out Roger's partner Joe D. Morgan's article: Overcoming Storage Unit Auction Roadblocks

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