Howdy Ho From San Diego

[John Mireles]

I've been a BP member for a few months now but have just recently started posting and reading some of the great posts here. I've bought and sold various properties going back nearly 20 years now. I own a couple of commercial properties along with some residential. I really enjoy the process of transforming a ho-hum property into something that people will love.

I'm a photographer by trade - I've shot for ad agencies around the country, traveled from Japan to Jamaica for weddings and have billionaires among my portrait clients. You can see some of my work at http://www.johnmireles.com. (Popular Photography magazine is running a little interview with me in their next issue if you care to pick it up at the newsstand.) As someone who's finely attuned to visual impact, I try hard to create an aspirational experience either for the renter or buyer. I want to create a space that the client dreams about living in. Not necessarily over the top, but something that just feels right. In any event, I won't settle for boring.

At this point, I'm looking to become more involved with REI. I'm young enough where it's still fun doing the work but old enough where I need to be thinking about what I'll be doing when I don't feel like doing my day job anymore.