“I grew up in a real estate family and always knew that one day some aspect of real estate would be my career. While securing my degree in Real Estate Finance, I jump started my career by selling mid-priced homes for my father’s brokerage. My father and I played a great game of backgammon together but working together was a whole different dynamic (and now that I’ve grown up and have my adult children working with me, I realize I was the difficult one).  

“California Equity & Loan has been my passion for the past 21 years. Some of those first Clients are now sending their children to us for help financing their first home. I love it! In fact, the greatest satisfaction for me is watching young families who have worked hard to save for their first home and then the excitement that comes with buying it and finally getting to move in.  

“My wife of 27 years, Gail, teaches second grade, we have lived in the same home for 24 years, and I still get together with friends from school. But life is in no way boring – plus, occasionally, I can slip away to the  beach or local foothills for outdoor activities.”  

“My favorite quote is from Henry Ford: ‘You can’t make a reputation of what you are going to do.’ “