I grew up in a middle-class, divorced family in the suburbs of Atlanta, GA. My parents and grandparents worked very hard, I maintain the business values that my grandfather had, simply to treat and do people right. My life’s darkest moments through adversity had a profound effect on my life’s purpose which is “to positively impact 10,000,000 or more lives” (the goal is now 3 Billion Lives) and resilience that has been built through those toughest times.

It’s through my story that I hope to impact others. My greatest vehicle to do so is through the mentoring Entrepreneurs. My brother barely escaped death from meningitis at birth, my father had a nervous breakdown and my parents divorced at 8 years old. I moved around several times in my youth, was skinny as a rail, was constantly bullied and had few friends.

My stepfather told me “The day you graduate high school, is the day your ass is out of here!” The former state trooper and Army Green Beret with 3 Vietnam Tours didn’t go back on his promise, several months later, I was homeless and lived in my car.

One of my most defining moments in life was putting the last 32 cents to my name in gas into the car I lived in. He later pulled a gun on my mother, she thankfully left the relationship and became a single mother, doing all that she could to get by. I resented him for many years & have recently shifted my perspective & being thankful for my intentional or unintentional lessons lerned from a Green Beret, the Hard Way.

I fought depression for many years; the death of family/friends, failed jobs, and relationships, my close call with death due to health issues. My latest business ventures Positive Entertainment Productions & Super influencer Marketing Agency spawned a higher purpose to become a World Renowned Advocate for Mental Health combating all forms of Mental Illness. I did manual labor jobs for several years, attempting to figure out a career for a high school graduate.

My life changed in September of 1999 when I started my career in 100% sales. There were some tough times early on, being a member of elite sales forces as a youngster. After gaining experience through the years, I quickly rose in the ranks becoming a Sales Manager and then General Manager in the Remodeling Industry. I was young, successful, and “living the life” until the day that everything came crashing down. 

It was Q4 of 2008, the stock market fell tremendously,  many of Americans’ homes were upside-down. Not a good thing when your income is attached to equity loans selling expensive remodeling projects. Through the Great Recession, I lost everything! The house, the BMW, the boat, the girlfriend…Everything!

In 2009, I met my soon-to-be life and business partner, Tracy. Those first few years were really tough financially, she lost everything too. In November 2011, we were “sick and tired of being sick and tired”, we partnered in business. She had a background in real estate, I had my background in sales and marketing. 

We started off broke, only $700 between us both, that money supported our family also. We rapidly and exponentially grew Real Estate Expert Advisors on cash with no lines of credit. Several years later, Inc Magazine recognized our company as the 354th fastest growing privately held company in America, #904 the following year and #1,345 the year afterwards. Rapid, explosive & exponential growth, year after year. My greatest passion and business skill has been to take sales and business professionals from where they are to beyond what they thought was possible.

After years of contemplation, a close call with death, a breakup with my former life partner; I decided to chase my dreams.

I locked myself inside my “Concept Factory”, a beachfront condo in South Beach then created & developed Elite Agent Realty, Positive Entertainment Productions, Super Influencer Marketing Agency & Platinum Consulting for a 2023 full launch campaign.

Started filming as the Mentor & Host of “Beyond The Closing” TV Show, an inspiring contestant-style reality show. I wrote three books, “The Ultimate Real Estate Machine” with legendary Business & Marketing Strategist, Jay Abraham & I released November 2021. Also, developed multiple differentiated informational products and services.

 My story is not one to brag, it is one that I hope inspires and impacts people to keep fighting, no matter how tough things get for you. As the pendulum can swing far one way towards failures, adversity, and heartaches it swings back the opposite way in the same distance towards victories, resilience, and triumph. My greatest pride is my daughter, Callie Olivia. I enjoy spending time with her, my family and dogs. I’m proud to be an American and love this country that I was blessed to be born in. My hobbies include fitness, martial arts, travel, boating, sports, beach and pool days, watersports and thrilling adventures. I could quite possibly be called “an adrenaline junky”.