I have been a real estate broker in San Francisco since 1976. During that time I have specialized in residential property with an emphasis on apartment building brokerage and management. I founded and operated a real estate company named TCO for over 25 years before selling that firm and joining Coldwell Banker. I have been very active in the professional and civic roles of the housing industry in San Francisco. I served as a Rent Board commissioner for 8 years and have been on many of government related boards and panel, in recent years particularly related to lead paint regulation and the seismic retrofitting of San Francisco's older housing stock. I am also a past president of the San Francisco Apartment Association and the Professional Property Management Association of San Francisco and a former member of the Board of Directors of the SF Association of Realtors and the Coalition for Better Housing. In addition to brokerage, I also do consulting, project management (fire reconstruction and seismic retrofitting, and real estate related expert witness work.