I ran a construction business with a business partner named Roger Opp of Opp's Painting in San Francisco, CA. We started the business in 1982. I did a lot of the estimating, closing the jobs. I did all the advertising and promotion of the company as well as some of the hiring of the crew.

I became an extremely good color consult with my background as an artist and interior design schooling under my belt. I created many a beautiful home in San Francisco.

We ran the construction company through all the problems contractors run into.

Roger unexpectedly had a heart attack on December 5th 1995. It was a point in my life that seemed bleak with an unpredictable future. I was left with existing accounts/clients jobs that I completed, and then I was to end the company as it was, as I could not run the company solo with two small children.
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I was lucky enough to get a position working for another contractor Ian Keay of "The Experts." I found myself in a world of computers and administrative work. Roger and I had done everything manually and didn't even have a fax machine. Little did I know that this would be one of the biggest turning points in my life.

I learned QuickBooks software along with Microsoft Word & Excel. As I worked with the QuickBooks software I saw how it could really benefit contractors and how it could have benefited Roger & I, had we known about this world of computers and QuickBooks Software. I was lucky enough to have the training I needed, compliments of Ian Keay, by a very qualified accountant whom worked with a company called "Accounting System Solutions." Jerry was marvelous. I also was lucky enough to work briefly with "Judith Miller" whom has written articles for Construction Magazine and wrote the original manual "QuickBooks Pro 5.0v for Remodeling Construction Companies." I worked for Ian Keay from September 96 - I believe it was June of 99. The last year I worked for him I was also working with other clients I had decided I could really help with my background of running a construction company and my understanding of QuickBooks software.

Needless to say I ended up running my own business again, but this time I was on the other end of the construction spectrum. Now I could help contractors with their businesses as I knew what they needed and what mistakes they were making as I had been there too. So there you have it!

Since then, I have been successfully helping contractors get what they need to run a productive and successful business.