Since its founding, the Pacific Auction Exchange, Inc. has conducted hundreds of successful real estate auctions. Our staff has decades of combined real estate auction experience, and our company is one of the most active real estate auction firms in the Western United States. Pacific Auction Exchange of San Diego is the franchise office committed to providing private sellers, lenders, and government agencies with the highest quality accelerated real estate marketing services, REO and loan workout services (short sale services) in the marketplace.

Pacific Auction Exchange of San Diego was founded by Ron Blake after a 15 year career in finance at Morgan Stanley, Franklin Funds, and J.P. Morgan which included the purchase and sale by auction and negotiation of various types of mortgage backed securities and other types of loans. Ron was instrumental in buying/selling, negotiating, structuring, and restructuring the terms of hundreds of lower grade and sub-performing loans. Let Ron and the rest of the team at PAX put their experience to work for you!

Pacific Auction Exchange of San Diego is committed to providing the highest levels of service and professionalism to sellers of real estate. Our experience, creativity, and hard work get our sellers where they want to be, out of their property!

Examples of auction properties include:

• Single family homes and estates
• Condominiums and townhomes
• Apartment buildings
• Commercial properties
• Ranches, farms, and vacant land
• Building lots and multi-parcels
• Residential developments

Sellers who list with the Pacific Auction Exchange of San Diego are able to receive the following:

• A focused, creative and aggressive pre-auction marketing campaign designed specifically for your property.  This campaign typically lasts about a month.
• One or two open houses during the pre-auction marketing campaign.
• All registered bidders will be prequalified.
• A professional real estate auction conducted by the highly experienced Pacific Auction Exchange team.
• The facilitation of the PAX copyrighted auction purchase agreement, conforming to California real estate law.
• A 10% non-refundable down payment made by the winning bidder on the day of the auction, a 30 day close is customary. Other options are available to suit your situation.

Ron Blake, Owner, Pacific Auction Exchange of San Diego


Chuck McAtee, CEO, Pacific Auction Exchange, Inc.


Jim Pennington, Consultant, Pacific Auction Exchange, Inc.