Patent ID: 8880429

Claim:
A system for auctioning a property, the system comprising: a computer station connected to a communications network, the computer station comprising at least a processor and a non-transient machine readable medium which stores instructions which when executed by the computer causes the computer to identify property owners remotely connected to the communications network that are willing to sell their properties by way of an online auction; a database in communication with the computer station, the database comprising at least a non-transient machine readable medium and a processor configured to compile information on the properties and the property owners, including each property's price and secured promissory note; the database being further configured to provide contractual information to the property owners and bidders, whereby the property owners and bidders may enter into contracts, and the terms by which the property owners are obligated to complete sales of their respective properties; the contractual information comprising at least a pre-arranged minimum auction price for each property that accounts for the property owner's interest, and attendant costs and fees; the computer station and the database being configured to provide an authentication process so as to limit the online auction to bidders which have sufficient resources to complete the transaction; and a remote server in communication with the database and the computer station, the remote server being configured to host the online auction to a plurality of bidders for each property's secured promissory note, whereby at the auction's conclusion there is a winning bidder having sufficient resources to complete the transaction; where the system is configured to arrange for a delivery of the property's secured promissory note, its security instrument (trust deed or mortgage), documentation supporting the value of the security of the secured promissory note (appraisal), and evidence of ownership to a licensed escrow holder associated with the transaction, where at the conclusion of the online auction the licensed escrow holder delivers the evidence of ownership of the property's secured promissory note, the security instrument (trust deed or mortgage), and the documentation supporting the value of the security of the secured promissory note (appraisal) to the winning bidder, and where the licensed escrow holder transfers funds in an amount of at least a winning bid from the winning bidder to the property owner; and where the system is configured to ensure transfer of funds from the winning bidder to the property owner.