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Finding Cash in Your Closets and Living Room

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 We are living in crazy times. If you watch the news you see heart-wrenching stories about families who have previously had two or more incomes and now have one or none. To make it through these times, my advice is to see what you have in your closets and living room that can be converted to cash.  You can't eat the pretty glassware or designer handbags, dresses, coats or shoes, but you can live better if you turn these items into cash you can spend. Let's take a look at some of the items we've received to auction recently.  This pretty blue glass was made by Fenton.  A pretty Swarovski Swan Pendant will make someone smile and bring cash to your shopping cart.  From the garage we received a consignment of a challenging type of skate board and a Boogie Board to take to the beach.  This oversized My Little Pony" Unicorn has its tags on and is ready for a new home.  Auctioneer Woman, Lori Wilk is a Florida Licensed Auctioneer and the owner of CashNowAuctions. She believe

Adventures of Auctioneer Woman

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 People ask me, "What made you decide to be an Auctioneer Woman and Lady Liquidator? I tell them that I wanted to have more unique business credentials and a more diversified collection of licenses and experiences than many of my competitors. When I thought about people, businesses, and estates having growing needs and wanting to turn things into cash, I knew that I wanted to participate in being able to help them. As a Birthday present to myself two years ago I said, Why not do this right now and become and Auctioneer and I did."  The sad truth is that for the Auction Industry, the number of women who are licensed as Auctioneers and Licensed as Auction Business Owners is very low. How would you feel knowing that only about 10 percent of the Auctioneers in the United States are women? What stops more woman from taking on this role and getting this license is something I don't understand. There's no roadblocks here but apparently not enough support and encouragement fo