Pete was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. After high school he entered the Marine Corps where he was attached to a Marine helicopter squadron with the responsibility of astronaut recovery as part of “Project Mercury”, our first man is space program. Upon discharge, he joined Buick Motor Division General Motors Corporation as a district sales manager. He spent 10 years with Buick eventually buying into a Buick dealership located in Fargo, ND. The dealership evolved to become a Honda, Nissan dealership which was sold in 2001. Pete and his wife Marcia moved to California in the spring of 2002. He immediately went to work as executive manager of an Infiniti dealership in Monrovia, CA. In 2005 He and his wife moved to Palm Desert and Pete became active in real estate. He continues to dedicate himself to full-time real estate in the Coachella Valley. He has been with Keller Williams Realty for the past 8 years and enjoys going to work each day knowing that he will interact with buyers, sellers and investors. As in the auto business, Pete’s number on objective is total client satisfaction. He states that the best compliment he can receive is a referral for a job well done. Pete and Marcia have been married 57 years. They have 3 sons and 6 grandchildren.