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Fort Myers, Florida Area United States

Real estate is my life. It is my day job, if you will. But it consumes my nights and weekends, too.

Real Estate/ Construction / Architecture

Dale Suslick remembers the day well, a cold, winter day in 2008. He was in the basement of his home, calculating his losses. The businesses that he created were losing money left and right. In one short year, he had burned hard through the money, to the tune of one million dollars. That's right-a one, followed by six zeroes. Before the hard downfall, Dale started out down the small business path in 1997 by opening a tanning salon, the Madison Tanning Company. He grew his business into a four-million dollar a year operation, with twelve locations and 146 employees. By 2006, business was steady, but Dale wanted to diversify and expand his income. "I went to my children and asked, 'What ki...