What do we do with this real estate and all this personal property?

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 can be seated in the privacy of their home and use their personal handheld device, cell phone or computer, and bid their price. We've actually had people on airlines at 32,000 feet use the plane's Wi-Fi and bid while flying.  And auction day weather is not a problem! Rain, sleet, snow or 102 degrees, our bidders find their comfortable place and enter their bids.

What have we sold?
Million dollar estates
Acreage farms & houses
Collector Cars
Guns, Gold, Silver
Household furniture
Tractors, equipment
Cattle
Lake houses
The list could go on and on!

If you need a free consultation on how to turn your assets in cash, give us a call! We are members of the National Auctioneers Association,  National Realtors Association and various state organizations. We have a long list of satisfied customers and clients.

Swicegood elected at State Association

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 annual conventions and has members across the state of North Carolina as well as members from neighboring states. You can learn more about the AANC by visiting their website at Northcarolinaauctioneers.org.

Swicegood is the president of The Swicegood Group, Inc., a minority-owned company that specializes in Real Estate Marketing and Auctions. They are headquartered in Mocksville, NC and hold licenses in South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina. Their team consists of 5 licensed auctioneers and four licensed real estate brokers. They are a premier real estate auction team conducting both live and online solutions. They have a proprietary bidding platform that boasts over 200,000 visitors annually. Their digital home is TheSwicegoodGroup.com.

Jerry Swicegood & A Yellow Ribbon

"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 count the likes on social media for prayer request, I can't count the calls, text or IMs all of us received. We all truly felt enveloped by our faith communities. It was truly an ecumenical experience as churches and people from all denominations surrounded us in prayer. As dad said, "it was truly humbling". 2.) The medical community. Doctors, nurses, and medical workers have a very difficult job. I believe more so than most people realize. They exercise their roles in rooms with human emotion seeing people at their lowest. Despite their hectic patient rosters, I have seen how they care for the patients and their families. If you're in that role, thank you!

It hasn't been "two long years" as the song lyrics say, but I promise you, dad feels like it has been.  Home has never been a more beautiful word!

Addiction, Movies and Goose's wingman

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 methamphetamines, 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 type of illegal substance. However, I have seen the destruction that it can have on the person and their family. There is nothing good, and I mean nothing, that comes from a "little" high. Its like opening the door to pandora's box. Small choices can generate many complicated problems.

If you're a parent, consider watching the movie. It will leave you with the urgency of understanding the fallen nature of the world we live in. Speak to your kids. Be an example to them. As the movie demonstrated, a child has an empty space in their heart, help them fill it with God! 

Unlike putting myself in the cockpit of Tom Cruises' fighter jet, where I ended up this glorious naval pilot hero, this movie placed me in the shoes of a helpless, hopeless parent. It provided for me the compassion each of us should feel for a parent that is doing everything they can do for a situation that makes them feel hopeless.  Today, I spent a few minutes in prayer thanking God for the kids I know who are recovering addicts and I prayed for the parents who woke up this morning asking "why?" Join me in that prayer.