AI has changed property auctions. Legal packs that once took days to read are now sifted in minutes for pennies. Pre-bid enquiries, comparable sales, refurbishment costings, yield modelling, all sorted at machine speed. The private investor now sits at the same table as the institutional buyer. But know what AI is. It is a filter. A first read. The bidding decision is never made on its word alone. Your solicitor's report is what you bid on. Here is how to use AI for property

A few weeks ago I wrote about an auction where a significant number of lots failed to sell. At the time I was careful not to overstate it. One weak auction can be explained away, a thin "room", poor lot selection, a blip in the calendar. I said we needed to watch for a trend rather than call it a one-off. The data since then has sharpened considerably, and I think it is time to say clearly what it appears to be showing.

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One of the most important skills you can develop as a distressed assets investor at property auctions is knowing when to walk away. Arguably, this is one of the defining traits of consistently successful operators in this space. This comes down to mindset, not the high-energy, hype-driven excitement often associated with auctions, but a disciplined, methodical, and analytical approach to property investment. That is the real key.