In my own words...

I have been involved in real estate since I can remember. My family has been in construction for over 35 years and we have always invested. We learned our greatest lesson in the early 90's. At that time, my family didn't understand the concept of leverage and we went belly up. After college, I left for Chicago to work in the finanical markets on the CBOT, CME, clearing operations, and for a short time at UBS. During that time, I obtained my series 3, 7, and 66 which are now expired. Made several good contacts and amazing friends. That was the best experience a young man could ever ask for. Returned to California, went back into construction, and obtained my general contractors license. Closed on some foreclosures, completed rehab projects, and became addicted to figuring out the commercial market. I understand enough but know that it's impossible to know it all. When I'm out of my element, I turn to people that specialize in that field. Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful day!!!

Real Estate Experience

Residential development and rehab. Pre-foreclosures. Working on small portfolios of REO's and notes. Talking to banking institutions and building long term relationships. Realized quickly that Bank relationships take months to build. Analysis of commercial real estate using Argus and excel spreadsheets.

Real Estate Goals

Understand distressed assets: performing and non-performing notes. Need to understand the process, pricing, title work involved, legal issues, title insurance, etc...