Company Details
AUCTION.COM IS THE SHORT SALE EXPERT
Founded in 1989, Auction.com is the world’s largest auctioneer of real estate. We’ve sold hundreds of thousands of properties totaling tens of billions of dollars. In the past 4 years alone, we’ve sold more than $12 billion of residential and commercial real estate on behalf of the nation’s largest lenders and most prestigious developers. Our relationships with these leading financial institutions is one of the many reasons we are such an effective short sale solution.
Because of our proven track record of disposing of assets for our financial clients in such a timely manner, we’re able to negotiate attractive opening bids. We then attract buyers through a combination of best-in-class technology and marketing. Our state-of-the-art online auction platform is the result of more than $5 million and 250,000 man-hours’ worth of fine-tuning and perfecting, and with 1 million visitors a month and a database of more than 4 million potential buyers, we are by far the most visited real estate auction website in the industry.
Leaving nothing to chance, however, we ensure every property listed on our website receives maximum exposure by spending in excess of $35 million a year in marketing support, both at the local and the national levels. As our clients have learned, this generates the highest possible price.
Key Personnel
Jeffrey Frieden
Jeff serves as the CEO of the company, and is responsible for changing the conceptualized business vision into a successful reality. With his strong entrepreneurial spirit and a remarkable talent for driving sales and marketing, Jeff has guided the company to becoming a dominant player in this specialized real estate market.
Rob Friedman
Rob is the Chairman and a founding principal of Auction.com, LLC. Truly the visionary of this dynamic company, Rob’s exceptional business instincts and experience have created a path to success amidst some of the nation’s most difficult economic times. Intimately involved in the real estate industry for over 20 years. Rob is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the company and surveying the business landscape for growth opportunities. Rob is a qualified Auctioneer and author of the book ‚“The Auction Revolution.”
Jim Corum
Jim, a 20-year retired Marine, joined Auction.com in 2003. Mr. Corum’s strategic vision and organizational executive skill set has helped position Auction.com at the forefront of the global auction market. Under his tenure, Auction.com has grown from a handful of local Southern California auctions to a global market place leader for auction-related sales.
Walter Skrzynski
Walter has served as Auction.com’s Executive Vice President since 2004. Walter has taken the operations of Auction.com to a level of organization, discipline and mission accomplishment unprecedented since his appointment as the Executive in charge of all operations for Auction.com’s REO Division. Prior to Auction.com, he served in the US Marine Corps for 20 years, retiring as Major.
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