Growing up in a military family, I have lived in many parts of this great country.  From Texas to New Hampshire to Michigan to Alaska - I've seen a lot of wonderful places.   Central Texas is one of the best and most unique places I have seen.  I settled down in the Austin area over 20 years ago, spending most of that time in the Lake Travis area.  

My education includes a B.S. from Trinity University in San Antonio in 1982, many Kinko's advanced trainings including several Owner/Business Management Programs at USC and several University of California at Santa Barbara Business Management Programs. 

Prior to going into real estate full-time, I was a substitute teacher.  I subbed in all of the Lake Travis ISD schools for four years, working in every grade from K through 12.  My main focus was middle school and I worked most often in band and special education classes. 

Prior to substitute teaching and real estate I was a Branch Manager, Regional Operations Manager and Founding Shareholder with Kinko's.  Branches and regions I was responsible for won numerous awards for customer service, sales growth, mystery shops and quality control.  Just before I left Kinko's I was recognized for exemplary sales and profit growth and outstanding customer service in the branch I owned and managed.  This earned my team a place in the Kinko's Chairperson's Club, ranking in the top 20 of all Kinko's branches in 1998.

I used to jump out of airplanes (for fun) and skied a lot as a kid.  I still love to ski and have skiing in Alaska, California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Hampshire and Switzerland.  I still have a sense of adventure, but don't us it as much as when I was younger.  I devote more time to family, friends and the community these days.

Helping people is what I do.  It is what I do as a REALTOR^® and it is why I volunteer.  I don't approach being a REALTOR^® as selling anything to anyone.  What I like to do is listen to my clients.  I want to know your needs, your desires and your dreams for your next home.  The next step is helping find the home that fits as many of your criteria as possible.  This may sound a bit simplistic, but that is what helping you is all about.  To see what previous clients have said about me, take a look at some testimonials .

Affiliations & Community Involvement:

I am an Eagle Scout.

I slept overnight in a winter shelter that our Scout troop made when the temperature dropped to minus 44 degrees F.

My older brother and I drove 10,000 miles the summer of 1974 going from Alaska to Washington state, to Idaho, to California, to Oklahoma, to Ohio and a few other places and then to our final destination in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

In 1976 I was the second seat, third chair in the All New England Band French horn section.

In the hall of my high school in Portsmouth, NH, I shook hands with Ronald Regan.

I jumped out of a hot air balloon from 10,200 feet (with a parachute...) at around 2:00AM near Fairbanks, Alaska one June morning in 1977.

I am a former business partner of Paul Orfalea, the founder of Kinko's.

Skydiving was one of my passions some time ago.  I earned my SCR in Coolidge, Arizona in 1980.

While in Alaska I completed two marathons.

My dad, my older brother and I climbed Longs Peak in Colorado.

By the age of 12 I had been in every state in the U.S. except for Hawaii.

I was the Lake Travis Keller Williams Eagle Award winner in 2006.

In 2002, I helped a group raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  Through my connections from a past business relationship, I managed to get two billboards donated to promote the event's special guest, Major Applewhite.  Below is a photo showing Major, my daughter and me.

When I was 16, there was something I could do a lot better than I can now...

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