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“Best Ride Home first time buyer and investor’s tour concept”, this group became one of the few premier real estate professional groups in the Las Vegas market. With Don acting as the hands on operating principal, they more than doubled in size and volume each year and continually achieved Office Leader & 1st Place Sales awards. However, the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007–08 brought the industry to its knees as the housing bubble burst, foreclosures were on the rise and realtors abandoned the industry. This did not deter Don and he began reinventing his business vision. This was easy for Don, as earlier on, his mother had instilled the importance of service, which he did by providing support to his peers and eventually developed into his advocacy today, “Improving the Lifestyles of Others.” Making a commitment to retain all associates through the crash, he introduced his perspective for what is now called the Platinum Elite Life. Don’s Platinum Elite Approach has developed into a broad base of training systems focusing on educational and developmental programs for the team, c ƖV