Not yet ready for college, upon graduation from Davis high school in 1978, Dave started a trucking company which he ran until early 1980 when he sold the business to join the Army.

The day after the failed US hostage rescue attempt in Iran in 1980, Dave and a former wrestling team buddy enlisted in the Army Paratroopers and served with the elite 82d Airborne Division.

 Ready to Jump into Panama, 1982

He voted for Ronald Regan for President the day he made his second parachute jump at Fort Benning Georgia's jump school. The next day he cheated death on his first night jump from a jet when his parachute failed to deploy properly and sustained injuries to both legs. The hostages were home for Christmas but Dave had 2 1/2 years to go.

(View spectacular Paratrooper Jump Footage )

Dave quickly rose to the position of Platoon Sergeant, was highly decorated, and honorably discharged in 1983 after his 3-year hitch. After 2 years of truck driving and 3 years in the Airborne-Infantry, he was happy to take his dad's earlier advice and eagerly went to college at Chico State University.

 1983

Highly motivated to make up for a late start, Dave graduated college in 3 1/2 years with a Major in Finance and Minors in Accounting and Economics in 1986.

 Newly licensed real estate agent, 1987

Earning his real estate license right after college, Dave began his career in real estate in 1987. With the financial reserves of a typical new college grad, and after the stock market crash of '87 chilled the market, Dave landed a much-needed salaried job as a Senate staffer and indulged a lifelong interest in politics.

On the campaign trail with then-Governor George Deukmejian

Celebrating Freedom with Oliver North, 1990

Over the next 10 years, Dave worked in the Senate and Assembly serving as Chief Legislative Consultant, Director of Information Technology, and Assembly Budget Director, managing the Assembly's $87 million budget and 170 cost centers. As Budget Director, Dave was also on the team that got the first look at the Assembly's books after the departure of Speaker Emeritus Willie Brown.

After receiving an offer he couldn't refuse, Dave became a top-producing sales executive with a high-tech Fortune 500 company. With a life-long entrepreneurial spirit, in 2002 he left after 4 years to start his own Real Estate brokerage. He took that sales training and experience and applied it to real estate, developing a thriving regional real estate and mortgage brokerage from scratch.

Keeping order on the Assembly floor

with Speaker Curt Pringle, 1996

With the discipline of a paratrooper, college degrees in business, certification as a computer systems engineer, Fortune 500 sales experience, and working with legal language over 10 years in the Legislature, Dave is well prepared to lead his company in the 21st Century.

In addition to traditional real estate training, all agents at 5 Talents Realty receive instruction in Negotiation Science and the Psychology of Deal Making. You'll be in good hands.

5 Talents Realty & Mortgage, Inc. serves most counties in Northern California.