While our forays into landscaping, tree growing, and general contracting were educational and largely fun, we are no longer involved in those activities. For instance, despite all the advantages of our own group of companies having an in-house landscaping company, the forward planning and logistics required to keep 18
men and a fleet of machinery efficiently deployed on a wide range of projects is enormous. Randy would be on-site at 5 A.M. and not get home until late. His focus on keeping that team usefully deployed prevented him from doing more interesting—and ultimately more lucrative—things elsewhere.

In a wise move, like so many people from all walks of life before us, we decided to divest ourselves of all noncore activities, and focus again on what we know best: smart real estate deals where we have identified a twist that we can capitalize on to vastly increase value. Best Choice Properties continues to work with equity partners from all over the world to create value with real estate transactions that are, in general, a lot of fun.