I have been a licensed California Realtor since 1984, and during that time have worked in various areas of the real estate profession, such as mortgage lender for 7 years, long-term and vacation rental property management for many years, residential construction, and of course real estate sales. I have also been Nevada licensed since 2003. Sales has been my favorite, as it lets me meet and work with many people to help them attain their real estate goals, either in buying or selling. The challenges and situations are endless, and the fun of dealing with the people and the situations is very exciting.

Helen and I work together. She has been a custom home developer and has built and sold 17 spec homes in the Tahoe Basin, Incline Village, Montreux and Arrowcreek in Reno. Helen has also been in the real estate business all of her life, starting out working with her father, Earl Tanner of Tanner Construction and Investment Co in San Jose, and has been licensed since 1967. She helped him build and develop several apartment complexes and did the property management for him. She and I work together in showing properties and working with buyers and sellers. We own or have owned vacation and long term rental properties so understand the aspects of renting your vacation property to enjoy the home yourself and to have others help cover the expenses of your investment. We can bring a lot of personal experience and knowledge to these transactions. Helen did mortgage banking for over fifteen years while she first started her spec building business, she worked for four very large nationwide companies and was a top producing loan officer.

I have continued my real estate education since first becoming licensed, taking classes in appraisal, ethics, trust fund management, and other classes, and have attained my Certified Residential Specialist designation, a designation held by only about 4% of Realtors nationwide. I have been working as a Realtor in the North Tahoe and Truckee areas since 1997, and have had many satisfied clients with many being kind enough to write letters of recommendation for me. Many of those testimonials are posted on my web site.

It's the challenge that brings us into real estate sales. Helping a buyer or seller accomplish their sale or purchase is not only personally gratifying to us, but it's also very rewarding to know that we have helped the client put the transaction together in the right way, so that all parties walk away with good feelings. It takes special people to be able to do this, and this is the talent that we bring to the table.