Williams and Williams

I was in a difficult position selling a house with a non-cooperative squatter, but Williams and Williams set up an auction with clear terms, did good advertising and directed a pre-bidder to me. I accepted and we closed on the sale within 30 days with no issues. W&W was communicative, helpful and someone I would do business with again

Winning auction bid! Customer satisfied!

2 thumbs up! Never settle! Never look back! Williams and Williams homes have good bones!

Great foundations! Successful living!

Horrible in auctioning. I got offers that were not according to our agreement.

Paid a high reserve of 2% and they tried to sell it for $150,000 less. So they basically took my $10,500 and I ended up with nothing.

Do not use them. Buyer beware!

I tried to auction my Victorian home this fall. It had been on the market for a little over a year.

It’s a “high-end” home in a down-scale town. Since conventional real estate had not sold my house, I was open to trying an auction. Williams and Williams seemed to stand out and dealt in more than distressed, foreclosure, and bank-owned properties. So I interviewed a couple of people at the firm, including head of sales, Fontana Fitzwilson, I saw some great videos on high-end properties that the firm sold well.

So, I let Williams and Williams set my reserve and plunked down $6,000 for my auction’s marketing expenses, relying on their representations that 80% of the time “we are close to the reserve, with 20% of the time getting more and 20% getting less.” I could live with that.

In the end, in spite of dealing with some nice people, I never got a single bid on my house. Sometimes, it just doens’t work.

I sold my Richland Hills, TX house with Williams Auction. I didn't want to hassle with negotiations, inspections and having to stage my house.

I just wanted to take advantage of the hot market and close quickly. The auction was a great solution and great deal for me. I was nervous when it first listed, but just like ebay, the bids on my house really started rolling in on the last day up to the last minute. It was exciting and fun!

I ended up with more than what I sought. There was no hassle or negotiating. The sale and closing was quick.

It was an easy process and the staff at Williams Auction were down to earth, fun to work with and professional. I highly recommend Williams Auction.

They push for 1000's to do marketing. Run open houses without you being there.

Then set a nominal opening bid so low that there is no chance to meet reserve. Then when auction fails they get defensive about nominal bid and just dissappear.

I am not new to online auctions for foreclosed houses. This experience started throwing up red flags from the beginning.

The house I bid on was a HUD second chance auction with no buyers premium. The first thing Williams did was ask for a credit card number and the security code. Why did they need my credit card if there was no charge? Next I was the high bidder on the auction and I bid above the minimum.

The email I received said Williams needed a bank statement with proof of funds. The statement needed to have the account number along with current balance and they wanted a copy of my drivers license. That information would have given them all the information needed to steal my ID. Reputable companies ask for a bank letter for proof of funds.

My letter from Aron, said no my bid did not make the reserve. This was not a reserve auction or at least it did not say it was a reserve auction. Then I was ask to raise my bid by at least 10k. I agreed to raising my bid.

Then I was told that was not enough, I needed to raise it more. That was enough for me. I no long have an interest in dealing with Williams auction.

After reading the other reviews I am also going to freeze my credit card and ask for a new one. You have been warned, do not use this auction company!

I can assure you we work very hard to try and get sellers to avoid using "reserves" or private negotiations. Unfortunately, many still choose to manage their sales this way and we're limited in what we can do about it - other than to resign from the business.

We're working at changing this real estate industry practice - which I think requires we at least stay in the game. The bidder requirements (credit card, ID, proof of funds) are also either seller required (same issues as above); or to try and keep the playing field level as between bonafide bidders. Again, we're working hard to try and balance seller requirements with increasing the respect for bidders, much less their time and money. The real estate sales industry is plagued with waste (the time, money, effort it takes to buy and sell) and mistrust (lack of standards, transparency, definite public sales).

I think we have a lot of work to do to make it, as well as our own auctions, better. Dean Williams, Chairman

I WAS THE HIGH BIDDER ON A WILLIAMS AND WILLIAMS PROPERTY IN THE POCONOS IN PENN., THEY TOOK MY 2500 DOLLAR DEPOSIT AND EVERY FEW DAYS WOULD CALL AND ASK ME IF I WANTED TO PAY MORE THEN MY BID PRICE !! I KEEP TELLING THEM NO AND TO SEND BACK MY DEPOSIT IMMEADIATLY .

IT TOOK THESE SCAMMERS ABOUT 2 MONTHS TO SEND BACK MY DEPOST ON A PROPERTY THAT I NEVER HAD A CHANCE OF BUYING !! WHAT A BUNCH OF TIME WASTING JOKERS THESE CLOWNS ARE !!!

AND THEIR CONSTANLY CHANGING WEBSITE THAT GETS MORE AND NORE UNUSABLE WITH EVER PASSING DAY ! WILLIAMS MOTO IS ARE WEBSITE IS FIXED BUT DONT YOU WORRY WE WILL BRAKE IT FOR YOU AND KEEP BRAKING IT JUST TO MAKE AS DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO USE !

The beginning bid was $50,000, the process was both online & at site. I observed what happened on the live video online.

The video stated that the bid price went up to $75,000 and the next bid should be $100,000. A few minutes of auction voicing and the screen shows showed current at $70,000 and next bid expected at $75,000. A few more minutes later the screen said current bid at $65,000 and next bid to be $70,000. The final closing bid was at $65,000 at site.

WTF?! One big scam, this tells me I must never bid online for any of these auctions, no one knows if there is any truth in their auctions.

I bought a bank REO about 5 years ago, sifgt unseen. The purchase was $6900 for a 100+ yo victorian in Georgia.

It was advertised as in "Atlanta". It was in Rockmart, the anus of the Earth, no money, no jobs, lotsa *** and thievery. County taxing agencies raised my taxes over 1200 percent the second year and another 1000+ years 2-3. Unfricken believable !!

They told me "thats just the way it is ".

Southern hospitality is a myth, Georgia peaches have all turned into p[runes. We are trying to sell our POS, and will kiss the buyer and takem to dionner.