The Mike "McGavel" Jones Show

In the auction business, relationships run deep. Folks get to know each other from some deal or another and before you know it it's been 15 years and you're still good friends. Fact is, auctions have always been about relationships - the way we communicate with one another, and how that communication leads to a deeper understanding of the people around us. Just ask Brenda Cole. She's a broker associate with United Real Estate and she's known Mike Jones for 30 years. And today on The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike sits down with Brenda to talk about their small beginnings at North Texas State, their separate journeys through the auction and real estate worlds in DFW, and ultimately, what exactly brought them together on a podcast today.

On the day before one of the biggest Holidays of the year, in the spirit of giving, it's important to remember those who have given so much to all of us. And in the spirit of giving, today on the Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike sits down with Dana Bowman, former member of the U.S. Army’s elite parachute team The Golden Knights and motivational speaker onto the show to talk about the upcoming 7th Annual Weekend to Remember in March 2019. Organized by the Halo for Freedom Warrior Foundation, the Weekend to Remember is an incredible 4-day event featuring over 50 warriors from all five military branches, where members of our armed services are honored in the only way they know how. But what does that mean exactly? How'd Dana get into the speaking business? And what else is this whole "Weekend To Remember" thing about? Tune in to find out! Happy Holidays and thanks for watching The Mike McGavel Jones Show!

For more on Dana or to learn more about the 7th Annual Warrior Weekend to Remember, visit www.haloforfreedom.org.

Online Auctions are a convenient reality for the aspiring buyer who can't always make it on the big day. And for the people in the auction business, online auctions have moved the business into a contemporary space that keeps auctions alive in the age of the almighty internet. That's why Anthony Azizi got into it, at least. He's a graduate of America's Auction Academy; a man trained on doing auctions the old school way, and today on The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Anthony sits down with Mike to talk about why he moved out of the auction house and into the internet.

To learn more about Anthony or Assets2Cash, visit his website at www.assets2cash.net.

At United, we're always working on amazing properties, but this is one you've gotta see to believe. In just a few days (December 13th) we'll be auctioning off the Autumn Antlers Trophy Whitetail Lodge located near Brainerd, Minnesota in an ONLINE ONLY auction, and today on Episode 16 of The Mike McGavel Jones Show we'll be going over everything this beautiful lodge has to offer! It's a turnkey 5-star hunting lodge with 10 bedrooms, complete year-round hunting accommodations, no trophy limits, a full staff, and fully stocked foodstuffs and bar. It's a perfect example of just what United can do for any aspiring auction!

This week on The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike sits down with Zach to talk about the unique case of New Mexico's "Tinnie Steakhouse," and how United managed to turn a small restaurant off the beaten path into one of the state's most lucrative sales. They'll also dig into another recent question about United - commercial assets - as Mike talks oil fields, construction equipment, and the secret to selling some of the biggest items ever sold.

Today on The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike returns from Thanksgiving break to talk about one of the things he's most asked about nowadays- America's Auction Academy! Tune in to hear how Mike got into auctioning in the first place, how he turned his education into educating others at his own Auction Academy, and how his startup in the lone-star state turned into America's Auction Academy!

Richard Haase has worked in the real estate industry for over 30 years. He's held senior leadership positions in market-leading companies in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Connecticut. His new coworkers call him the COO and President of United Real Estate. His friends call him Rick. And on this week's episode of The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike sits down with the man himself to find out just what made him get into Real Estate in the first place. How has he managed to hold down senior leadership positions at an award-winning capacity at a number of nationwide organizations for over 15 years? And what exactly is United doing that's got him so fired up?

In an organization as big and storied as United, who makes all the deals come together? How do auctioneers stay connected across the country? What keeps everything connected? This week on The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike sits down with Judie Curry, office manager extroardinaire and ordained ringleader of the United SCS office to find out how things are working out back in Dallas while Mike and the other auctioneers are selling properties or scoping out their next big United sale.

On this week's episode of The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike recaps the phenomenal success of last weekend's Utah Land Rush auction (and their sale of over 120 premiere properties in Duchesne) and explains how it's a perfect showcase for United's services before revealing their next big sale of an incredible hunting lodge in Minnesota.

Today on The Mike McGavel Jones Show, Mike sits down with Cookie Lockhart of Lockhart Auction and Realty to talk about Cookie's storied history in auctioning, her unique position as the first ever woman inducted into the Auctioneering Hall of Fame, and where exactly she earned the title "Queen of Auctioneers."