About Jackson Hole Auction Company

Our Story: We absolutely, positively fell in love with Jackson Hole many years ago, for me it was 1966 when my family stayed in a cabin and ate trout with our eggs. Fast forward to 2007 we got a job to sell 2 new homes over the hill in Teton Springs and decided to host our Auction event in Jackson. As Art lovers we seized the opportunity to become River Birch sponsors of the Jackson Hole Annual Fall Arts Festival. We personally support the Arts, meet great people and are able to tastefully promote our Auction on the Town Square as Official Corporate Sponsors.

Behind every great man there is a very surprised woman, my wife Stephanie quickly realized that there was no professional organized Real Estate Auction company servicing the Jackson Hole Market. Nationwide auction companies that charge sellers of million dollar plus "trophy homes" advance fees of $80,000 to $250,000 come into the area to do single events, yet not one calls Jackson home. Jackson feels like home in our hearts and will be home when we retire. It took about 2 minutes to determine that the market is a perfect fit for our "flat rate" auction entry fee program to participate in a multiple seller auction event.

The Jackson Hole Auction Company was born and our 2nd Auction featured 28 properties! There were over 64 bidders and the Auction delivered 100% of the present cash market value for the properties offered on the Auction Block.

Stephanie & Raleigh Burke, co-owners of the Jackson Hole Auction Company at 2008 Taste of the Tetons.

The Value Proposition is a Win/Win Situation for Everyone!

Jackson Hole Auction Company delivers cash to sellers on a specific date for any property from barren land, residential homes, mountain retreats or multimillion dollar real commercial and residential assets of any kind. Our advance fees are low enough to allow any serious seller to afford entry. Individual property sellers get to take advantage of a global marketing program tailored for this event, with a local presence on the ground.

Why Sell Real Estate at Auction:

The Jackson Hole area Real Estate Market has been in denial.
Homes that once sold in weeks are now having
2nd & 3rd Listing Anniversaries
A good Auction will deliver 100% of the present cash market value
The Fall Real Estate Auction is THE Selling Event of the year!

We will deliver more real estate marketing firepower and excitement during the two weeks prior to September 19th than the rest of the year combined. Auctions are events, they are exciting, people “win” property and are always happy with the price knowing they paid “one bid more” than someone else was willing to pay for the property.

According to both the National Association of Realtors and the National Auctioneers Association, auctions are the fastest growing segment of the real estate industry. Pax Auctions, our “parent company” is a government Certified Nationwide Real Estate Auction Company that utilizes 21st century technology combined with over 2,000 years of auctioneer traditions. We are certified to sell any property for any federal agency anywhere in the USA amongst other certifications.

Less than 350 people hold the AARE (Accredited Auctioneer Real Estate) designation. An auctioneer with the AARE designation has gone the 'extra mile' to ensure they offer the highest level of professionalism and the most up-to-date information when it comes to selling properties. Whether selling residential, agricultural, commercial or industrial properties, AARE auctioneers have enhanced knowledge in all pertinent areas, such as:

Marketing techniques
Financial/investment calculations
Evaluating cash flow
Holding-period analysis
Tax consequences of buying and selling properties
Multi-parcel real estate auctions

Our innovative service is based upon over 20 years of real estate experience combined with 14 years of e-commerce experience. William F. "Billy" Burke, founder, sold his first property on-line in 1994 and has been a full time real estate auctioneer since August 2001. Everything we do for you is based upon marketplace experience (not theory) from being involved in over 3,000 real estate transactions since 1988.

How We Do It

2,000 years of Auctioneer Traditions combined with 21st Century Technology.

Smart work and wide market exposure of your property will deliver 100% of the present cash market value for a property 100% of the time.
We show prospective buyers what as-is really means
- Certified Home Inspection reports
- Professional digital photography of property
- Professional signage (where allowed)
- Hosted property previews
- Digital Bidder Information Packages available online
Each property is marketed using our time tested and proven auction marketing methods.
The Jackson Hole Fall Real Estate Auction receives marketing unavailable anywhere else
- Hospitality tent during taste of the Tetons on the Jackson Town Square
- Custom leather wall hangers distributed by the Chamber of Commerce to each participating Art Gallery.
- Inclusion as an event of the Fall Arts Festival in all publications
- Special advertising campaigns
The properties are marketed using on-line and offline tools, to bring the widest exposure to your property, such as:
- Mountain Living Magazine Back Cover
- Local print advertising
- Classified advertising in hundreds of papers throughout the Western US
- Global e-mail blasts
- Regional e-mail blasts
- On-line pre-bidding
- Google keyword advertising
- Bandit signs (where legal)
- Cable & broadcast TV (when the budget allows)
- Realtor Co-op's
- Celebrity auctioneers
- And much, much, more
Your property will be auctioned using one of many time tested formats to deliver maximum marketplace exposure. Potential buyers are brought together for open, competitive and upward bidding to establish the market price for your property.
We produce a live auction event with internet bidding to sell your property.
We collect a significant non-refundable deposit from the winning bidder;
We deal with the signing of the contracts, disclosures, and paperwork, then coordinate closing.
We take the hassle out of a complicated process and deliver cash for property.

Who we are:

The Founder and principal owner, William F. "Billy" Burke sold his first parcel of land on the internet in 1994. He then founded the first B2B (business-to-business) Internet auction for surplus assets in 1998 and rode the dot-com bubble raising millions in venture capital. He led the team that won the largest government surplus contract in history to conduct the sale of all US Military surplus on an exclusive basis through 2008.

In addition to setting innovative standards in the B2B and Internet auction industry at large, the company is certified and has worked with partners around the world to execute transactions of all sizes and asset types.

Company websites:

William F. Burke, CAI – AARE has written “Secrets of an AARE Auctioneer” the Most Comprehensive & Complete Guide to Selling real estate at auction in the USA. In addition Mr. Burke has been a speaker for the National Auctioneers Association, The American Bankruptcy Institute and sits on many committees for professional trade groups.