I grew up in Southern New Jersey and began my investing in real estate career there. I went to college in New York State and to graduate school in Boston. I also invested in Texas. I am a Vietnam vet. I have now lived in the San Francisco, California area for most of my life. My wife and I got married in 1975 and have three grown sons. They are graduates of Columbia, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and Arizona. The oldest and youngest work in the same marketing software company in Northern California; the other works for a worldwide for-profit education company in Manhattan. One is married. They have a daughter and a son.
I began my writing career in 1976 and have been doing it ever since. I have had this website since December 1996.