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As a kid
I grew up in a military household. Constantly
on the move, gave me an early appreciation for different
people and places. You learn to adjust to a changing
environment, to appreciate family values friends and
the meaning of a home.
After
bouncing around to different schools,
my parents
decided that I should stay in one place for
further schooling.
I was accepted to a top military academy and graduated
as an officer and a gentleman.
In the
summer of 1969, I packed my worldly possessions
and drove
North. The road ended in Alaska. I spent the
summer building a log cabin and living off the land.
Living
in the wilderness taught me self-reliance. When it started
to snow in October, I was ready to go to work.
I stayed
in Alaska for twenty years. I worked in
different management
positions: the hotel business,
the grocery business,
construction, insurance. Then
I found my niche, real estate. By 1986 I had built
the largest real estate
and financial services company
in the state and one
of the largest firms in the nation.
By the time I was 40,
I had discovered that luck and
timing have a lot to
do with success.
In 1989 my
wife Vicki and I sold or gave away everything
that we had collected in Alaska and moved south. I accepted
a senior management position with
Great Western Bank and
life was wonderful. We spent
time enjoying all that Southern
California has to offer:
beaches, entertainment and the security
of working for
a large corporation. WRONG!
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Lord, save us from the bureaucracy
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Working
for a large corporation was far different than
owning one. I quickly became disillusioned with the
corporate mentality
that existed in many large corporations.
Policies and
procedures were designed to stifle growth
and creativity.
Office politics and negative attitudes toward
the
customer was evident. I hated it and left after two
years to start again my own real estate firm. Working
for
Great Western Bank taught me that money, influence
and size does not make everything right. Washington
Mutual acquired Great Western Bank two years later.
After
five years, Vicki and I had again built a
large real
estate, escrow, and mortgage company. We
owned three
Coldwell Banker real estate offices and several mortgage
offices. We were again on the fast track to building
another real estate empire.
But we were missing something...like having a life!
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There is gold in those hills
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In 1997 we sold our real
estate and mortgage companies
and moved to the Sierra Foothills. My executive
suite is
now my home office. I have traded my
suit for Dockers,
and my Porsche for a Chevy truck.
My unique
understanding of the loan process saves my
clients
thousands of dollars in loan fees. My knowledge
of
real estate law and negotiating skills insures that they
have the best representation. When we are not working
with clients or at our office, Vicki and I enjoy
hiking
along the American River and wine tasting
with our
friends at some of the local wineries. We
entertain
regularly at our ranch in Pilot Hill and enjoy spending
individual quality time with our clients.
We invite you to consider us
“your friends in the foothills.”
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