Carlos Diaz:  

Probably like the rest of you, it's been pretty interesting and for the most part a fun journey, well at least it's been that way with me. High school was a blur, I couldn't wait to get out and start my life in the work force, music industry, college, which I started, stopped and then restarted again. Not to get into detail, I did become a professional musician and did it for several years. Went back to school to finish up a degree which frankly, didn't help in the least but I did love college and it did offer me some contacts I wouldn't have had. If someone could pay me a few hundred thousand a year to go to college, I would take it in a second! After going back and getting away from the music industry, I became involved in real estate. First as a Realtor and now as a developer (buy parcels of land, have my contractors build houses and make money, woo hoo!) along with owning a couple of real estate companies, a mortgage and escrow company. This business has afforded me a lot of great things; owning property in OC, LA, San Bernardino and San Diego counties among other places is pretty cool and profitable and I like toys but who doesn't? Now I'm looking for something else to entertain myself with. Any ideas? Lol! Life is pretty cool and frankly, though I expected to be succesfull (some of you who knew me in high school probably are thinking, is this the same guy! :)) I guess I didn't anticipate that it would be to this degree. I have definitely taken what many would call "Risks" but being "Comfortable" in a job never suited me and I had to be my own boss. Personally I have 2 great kids going to college right now, a boy and a girl if you are the nosy type. They are going to be fine and have choices on following their passion (which I eventually did but it was a tough road) wi...Expand for more