Meet Our Team
- 30 years auction experience in appraisal and marketing
- Graduate of Mendenhall School of Auctioneering
- Graduate of the Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) - University of Indiana
- Holds the AARE designation (Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate)
- Member, Virginia and National Auctioneers Association Associate
- Associate Member of the International Society of Appraisers
- Past President, Virginia Auctioneers Association, 2006
- Served as Director and Chairman of the Board, Virginia Auctioneers Association
- Recipient of the 2000 Gavel Award presented by the Virginia Auctioneers Association
CAI AARE
Office: 540 491-9292
Fax: 540 491-9222
Email: Forrest@AtlanticCoastAuctions.com
- 25+ years of experience in sales and marketing within the hospitality, tradeshow & convention industry
- Graduate of Mendenhall School of Auctioneering
- Graduate of the Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) - University of Indiana
- Holds the AARE designation (Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate)
- Member, Virginia and National Auctioneers Association
- Licensed Virginia Real Estate Broker
Office: 540 874-2200
Associate Broker, ABR, GRI
Fax: 540 301-0665
Email: Info@heidishomes.net
- Professional Affiliations:
- National Association of Realtors ®
- Virginia Association of Realtors ®
- Roanoke Valley Association of Realtors ®
- Lynchburg Association of Realtors ®
- Bedford County Chamber of Commerce
- Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce/Partnership
- Professional Designations:
- Associate Broker
- GRI (Graduate Realtor® Institute)
- ABR (Accredited Buyer Representative)
- Membership Affiliations:
- Bedford County Hunt, Secretary
- Bedford Citizens for Land Preservation
- Bedford Equine Association
About Us
United Country Atlantic Coast Auction & Realty Group is partners with United Country Auction Services (UCAS), the largest and only organization of auctioneers and real estate professionals in the nation. Our relationship with UCAS provides us with access to more than 4,000 professionals and nearly 700 offices across the United States. UCAS offers a marketing program that advertises local auctions and listings on a nationwide level using publications, newspaper and magazine ads, special direct marketing and more. The program has been recognized The Wall Street Journal as one of the top 1% of performers in its field.
What UC Auction Services Does For You
United Country offers you access to a continually updated national buyer database of over 300,000 profiled names. This database is unmatched in both size and quality. The Untied Country marketing program reaches more than 90 million homes every week thanks to print and other owned media.
The exceptional United Country web site boasts 1,050,000 visitors, 28 million page views and 115 million hits per month. Among our network of professionals, you will find past and current Presidents, Chairmen, Directors, and Committee Members of the National Auctioneer Association and State Associations, as well as Auctioneer Hall of Fame members.
Our Business Philosophy
We are committed to delivering excellence in all that we do by serving one valued client at a time. We intend to maintain the highest ethical & cultural standards as we lead the United States auction industry into the new century. We will demonstrate a consistently timely performance when managing all client transactions, maintain a leadership position in the industry in regards to both marketing solutions and technology, and give back to the communities we serve as we do so.

