I was born in Jacksonville, Florida and graduated from Andrew Jackson Senior High School. I worked for Florida Publishing Company for two years in the composing room before I was drafted into the U.S. Army. I came back from Vietnam, married my wife and we moved to Texas where we served the last six months of my two year stint. I left the Army where I had achieved the rank of Sargent. We moved back to the Tampa Bay Area where we had two sons and have lived ever since. I worked at Kirkland Supply for two years in Mulberry, Florida and left there for Epperson & Company in Tampa. During this time I went to Hillsborough Community College and received my AS degree in Wholesale Distribution in 1980. I worked there as an inside salesman and office manager for 40 years and enjoyed my job very much. I decided to retire in December of 2012 and do some traveling and that is what we have done. After doing some travelling last year where our last trip was to Hawaii, my wife's father had to be put into an assisted living facility so we had to make some changes. We are his care givers and check on him quite regularly about 3-4 times weekly. I felt like I needed to do something and I didn't want to get back to the old routine of 6:30 to 5:00 job so I started looking to see what else is out there. Bonnie Fagoh, a Century 21 Beggins Realtor, told me on one of her farming days about the seminar Beggins holds on Tuesday nights. I went and listened to Jeff Beggins tell us what it is like to be an agent and liked what I heard. I decided to take the real estate course and see if I thought is was for me. I enjoyed the new challenge of working in a different environment and with many different people. I am looking forward to a new chapter in my life and helping others any way I can so they may achieve what they are looking for. CENTURY 21 Beggins Enterprises holds 11 offices with over 300 agents throughout the entire Tampa Bay area including; Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. We are the #1 CENTURY 21 in Florida and was named the #1 top workplace in Tampa Bay voted by the Tampa Bay Times. Our brokerage offers true, worldwide coverage when selling your home- www.century21global.com and we are proud to say we have the # 1 buyer's attraction system. Sellers and Buyers, you can view homes just like I do, straight from the MLS, for FREE and in Real Time at www.Listingbook.com. I would love to speak to you some more about your real estate needs and how I can help you achieve your goals and make the most of today's real estate ever changing climate.