Mark Pirolo:  

Life AFTER GRADUATING EARLY IN JANUARY OF 1975, I ATTENDED LAKE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LAKE CITY FLORIDA. I THEN GRADUATED WITH A 2 YEAR DEGREE IN FOREST TECHNOLOGY. I WAS HIRED OUT OF COLLEGE AND WENT TO WORK WITH OSMOSE WOOD PRESERVING COMPANY. I WORKED 62 MONTHS, IN WHICH TIME,MOVED 25 TIMES. I WAS CREW FOREMAN IN CHARGE OF TREATING AND INSPECTING STANDING UTILITY POLES. ALL THIS TRAVELING GOT TO BE OLD. HAVING SAVED A GOOD SUM OF MONEY, I CAME BACK TO CLEARWATER TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTS. MY FIRST ENDEAVOR IN 1982 WAS THE BUYING AND RENOVATING OF OLD BUILDINGS. AT THE SAME TIME I DID MANY ASSORTED SIDE JOBS FOR CENTURY-21. IN 1986 I BOUGHT A HOUSE IN CLEARWATER AND FOUND MY SOUL MATE. WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR 17TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. THAT SAME YEAR I BECAME A PAINTING CONTRACTOR AND PAINTED BUILDINGS FOR THE NEXT 13 YEARS. THIS GOT TO BE OLD. WITH THE MONEY WE SAVED, WE STARTED BUYING UP RENTAL PROPERTY IN 1996 AND COMBINED IT WITH THE PROPERTY I BOUGHT IN 1983,1984 FOR A TOTAL OF 7 DUPLEXES AND 1 HOUSE, MOST OF WHICH WE STILL HAVE TODAY. IN 2005 WE PLAN TO LIQUIDATE EVERYTHING WE OWN IN CLEARWATER AND BUY 150 ACRES IN EASTERN TENNESSEE, BUILD A HUGE HOUSE OF OUR DREAMS AND RETIRE. IT IS 7-21-2005, 2 1/2 YEARS SINCE MY FIRST BIO. EVERYTHING HAS WORKED OUT PERFECTLY AND WE HAVE SOLD MOST OF OUR PROPERTY AND ALREADY BOUGHT A HOUSE AND 135 BEAUTIFUL ACRES IN CENTRAL TENN. WE PLAN TO BUILD A LARGER HOUSE AFTER WE FINISH RENOVATING THE 100 YEAR OLD HOUSE THAT EXISTS THERE NOW. COMPARED TO CLEAR...Expand for more