Many years ago. Shortly after I got out of the Air Force I was trying to make a place in this world for myself.

There was a recession going on and I was having trouble finding work. I did land a job with a convenience store.

but after about 6 months I quit. 60 hours a week, getting robbed and a supervisor that couldn’t care less about me took their toll so I quit.. One of my sisters had started selling at swap meets and she got me started. One day a man walked up to me and started talking to me. Asking about me and what my hopes for the future was. So I told him I always wanted to have my own company and be my own boss.

He started talking about a company they had where the photographer went to the peoples house and took pictures

then someone came back later with the proofs and sold the pictures. He said their company wanted to open a

branch office and Long Beach the city I lived in would be great for it. I swallowed it hook,line and sinker. He knew he had me hooked. He invited me to their office in Anaheim to see how it worked. If I liked it he would help me open a branch office.

So a few days later I visited their office. There was another young man and a young women working there.

He introduced me to them. That evening I went with the lady as she took young teenagers out to canvas

neighborhoods to get potential customers. After we got back the two of us were alone in the office. He asked me if I liked it. I said it look good. He then pulled out a checkbook and wrote a check for about $150 and asked me to cash it for him and bring him the cash the next day because he was low on cash. I looked at the checkbook and saw a lot of blank checks with signatures already on it. I remember thinking that is not a very good way to do business I would never do that. I wanted to please him. So I took the check and brought him the cash the next day.

After that he told me to hire some young teens and start canvassing Long Beach. When I got enough

potential customs he would come over with a camera man and take the pictures. So I did.