Veteran real estate, business, financial reporter for major publications, now semi-retired, looking for challenges. Two books published by Bloomberg Press, "The Pied Pipers of Wall Street," and "The New Investor Relations." You can find them on Amazon.com. Worked on-staff at Investor's Business Daily, U.S. News & World Report, The Los Angeles Herald Examiner and The Los Angeles Business Journal. Contract stringer for Kiplinger’s, The Los Angeles Times, Real Estate Southern California, others. Presently a contract stringer for The Institutional Real Estate Letter and MT Newswires. I never tire of writing about investing and the economy, in a manner that the intelligent layperson can grasp. Give me a try, I will fill bill. Born, raised and near lifelong resident of Los Angeles, native English speaker. Or, as they say in Los Angeles, “I, like, speak English.” Live in Thailand now with family, so I am cheap!