The vision board below shows the journey from my arrest, through the 26 years I served in federal prison, to the career I built following my release. To learn more, click within the time frame. The link will open to a dedicated page where I offer more details and verifying links.
Early Life
Growing up and making bad decisions. Start breaking the law when I am 20. And at 23, I go to prison.
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Prison Years: 1-5
Make bad decisions during the pretrial phase, which leads to a 45-year sentence.
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Prison Years: 5-10
Pursuing a deliberate path leads to a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in my first decade.
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Prison Years: 10-15
After a warden blocks me from completing a doctoral program, I begin investing and earn $1 million from inside prison boundaries.
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Prison Years: 15-20
Marry the love of my life, Carole, inside of a federal prison visiting room on June 24, 2003.
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Prison Years: 20-25
Begin writing books that will help more people prepare for successful journey if they face challenges with court or prison system.
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Complete Prison Term
While in halfway house, start to rebuild my life with a commitment to succeed in business and in life.
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Year 1 of Liberty
Beginning my career as both an investor, an entrepreneur, and also as a professor at San Francisco State University.
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Year 2 of Liberty
Creating entrepreneurial ventures while simultaneously growing investment portfolio, adding three new rental properties.
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Year 3 of Liberty
While continue to grow my entrepreneurial ventures, I also continue growing my real estate investments, with my fifth property.
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Year 4 of Liberty
Together with my wife, Carole, we launched Pacific Vista Senior Living. We acquired a property, made renovations, and got licensing.
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Year 5 of Liberty
Launch Alternative Investment Properties, preparing new venture to show how I built $5 million in investment assets since release from prison.
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Year 6 of Liberty
Efforts to invest in a real estate development project goes terribly wrong. I launch litigation to recover $1.4 million investment. My lawsuit results in FTC retaliating by amending complaint to sue me. That lawsuit costs me $3 million in equity, $5 million in assets, and a lost year.
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Year 7 of Liberty
Return focus to Prison Professors as a resource to teach and inspire people. Set up new home studio in sunny Orange County, California, between Dana Point and Laguna Beach.
Prison Professor 4.0
Launch new website to improve outcomes for people experiencing the criminal justice system. Expand venture to include focus on government investigations, and opening income opportunities for people that experienced the injustices of mass incarceration.