Reflections

One of the constant questions we get from people is what can we do with our  real estate and all  this "stuff"? It's a great question, and one that has a real answer. For many years, we have been a reliable resource for families who want to find solutions for both personal property and real estate. As a practitioner of  real estate for thirty years and an auctioneer, we  have seen our economy change. In fact we have been through multiple cycles. But more importantly,  we have witnessed the revolutionary way the marketplace has changed. Following that change, we have created a buyer and bidder experience an marketplace where consumers can look, scroll, visit, and bid online. In fact, our firm transacts more real estate with a cell phone that most conventional brokers do. Yes , we transact real estate with a digital platform, and its easy! Back to the personal property; we create online catalogs, displaying assets and asset groupings where the buyers/bidders...

The Swicegood Group, Inc announced today that Kyle Swicegood, CAI, CCIM, BAS, GPPA was elected by the membership of the Auctioneers Association of North Carolina as a Director. This position is a 3 year term.  The Auctioneers Association of North Carolina's mission is to provide education and communication for the auctioneer and the public in order to promote the auction method of marketing. Swicegood w/ IAC Champion Dustin Rogers  & Eli Detweiler jr and most likely future IAC Champion Hudson Rogers Swicegood has been a member of the AANC since 2009. He is a member of the National Auctioneers Association where he serves on the NAA Education Institute as a Trustee. Swicegood teaches continuing education in various states and has been an adjunct instructor for the Nashville Auction School. Swicegood said he is “excited to participate on the board. Education and networking are the paramount pillars of the association”. The Auctioneers Association conducts two annu...

"I'm comin' home, I've done my time" is the first line of the old song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon".  A small yellow ribbon was waiting for my dad yesterday as he arrived home. If I'm correct, Dad spent his first night back home since November 26, 2018. That's 55 days away from home. Since that afternoon the EMS came by, he has had more sticks with a needle, more visits from doctors and nurses, and three procedures.  While dad is not back to his normal self, he is now in the comfort of his own home. Mom has made more trips to the parking garage at Novant, awakened early every day to spend the day by his side, and demonstrated the lifestyle of a soul mate. We are all so happy that now, she will be able to rest and maybe see the clock say 8:30 am a couple of mornings. While the memory and images of the last two months will not be considered happy, I have taken away some positive things from the experience. 1.) A community that cares. I can't c...

Movie going, for me, has always been a 2 hour escape to an experiential place I'd like to go or a character I'd like to be. All of us who watched Top-Gun pictured ourselves in the cockpit with Goose.  Last night, while surfing Amazon Prime Movies, I happened on a movie called "Beautiful Boy". Bored, I honestly had no idea what the movie was about. The next two hours took me into the world of m ethamphetamines, a father and son and their journey. It was the sad story of a young son who began smoking pot at a young age to fill a void in his heart, and ended up injecting his veins with meth,  heroine  and other narcotics. This was not a feel-good movie. In fact, the movie left me feeling hopeless for the young son.  Drugs have the ingredients to make a person hopeless; they have the power to break up families and ruin marriages. The trajectory of small decisions can spiral a life into a meaningless world and even death.  I have never used any...