I served in the U.S. Marines from 1964 and retired in 1984. I have lived in Oceanside since 1976. I started doing lawn maintenance and sprinkler repairs in l977 and my business grew to complete Landscape Installations. I was also a landscape designer and consultant. In 1983 my wife and I opened up a plant nursery and an two irrigation supply companies. I obtained my landscape contractors license in 1988 and have been a Landscape Contractor for the last 12 years. I continued to perform landscaping on a smaller scale also assisting my son, Mark, on many landscaping jobs and projects. I also obtained my Real Estate License in 1998 and my Real Estate Brokers License in 2006. I reaquired my landscape contractors license again in 2009 and became the RMO for Tip Top Landscaping Services.