# at the court house auction, how do i know start bit at

**URL:** <https://community.propertyradar.com/t/at-the-court-house-auction-how-do-i-know-start-bit-at/1061>\
**Category:** Foreclosure Investing\
**Created:** [August 25, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://community.propertyradar.com/t/at-the-court-house-auction-how-do-i-know-start-bit-at/1061 "2008-08-25T05:27:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ngatc2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@ngatc2002](https://community.propertyradar.com/u/ngatc2002)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://community.propertyradar.com/t/at-the-court-house-auction-how-do-i-know-start-bit-at/1061/1 "2008-08-25T05:27:28Z")

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at the court house auction, how do i know start bit at

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**Author:** ![Sean\_OToole](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.propertyradar.com/sean_otoole/32/4_2.png) [@Sean\_OToole](https://community.propertyradar.com/u/Sean_OToole)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://community.propertyradar.com/t/at-the-court-house-auction-how-do-i-know-start-bit-at/1061/2 "2008-08-27T07:11:11Z")

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The starting or “Opening” bid, is sometimes announced before the sale and shown in ForeclosureRadar. The only sure way to know the opening bid is to attend the sale as many aren’t announced until the sale starts.