Buddy has over 20 years of experience in the auction and real estate industries with sells of over $500 million in real estate for the FDIC, financial institutions, private equity funds, bankruptcy trustees and premier landowners across the country. Buddy is a member of the National Auctioneers Association, Georgia Auctioneers Association, Florida Auctioneers Association and the Florida Bankers Association. He holds an Associate in Business Administration from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Real Estate from Georgia State University. Buddy is also a graduate of the Certified Auctioneers Institute from the National Auctioneers Education Institute at Indiana University and from Mendenhall School of Auctioneering.