At the 2009 Auctioneer's Association of British Columbia’s Annual Conference & Meeting, I said I'd look into clarifying what an auctioneer is permitted to do when it comes to selling real estate.

The Real Estate Act is a series of laws created by government in order to protect members of the general public when it comes to trading the interest in real property.  An auctioneer has a limited exemption from this act.  In order to explain what an auctioneer can and cannot do when...