Dustin Bess

I went to UVSC my senior year of high school. That is why no one saw me around. I married Aleesa Allred in August of 1999. We were married for almost 9 years but got divorced last June.

I did not really care much for college so I dropped out and started investing in real estate when Aleesa and I bought a duplex in 2001. I kept learning more about real estate and did some more investing, but things were slow so I decided to go back to a private nursing school.

Apparently I had forgotten how much I didn't like school, so I dropped out of that to. ;-) I started back into real estate investing and had a few jobs along the way to help support us while times were slow. Once again, I forgot how much I didn't like school and headed back to UVSC to study AVIATION. I did well in aviation and even made Deans List my first semester back. I got through a lot of my aviation classes and then hit my generals. (In aviation you take your generals AFTER your degree specific classes.) Once again, I remembered WHY I don't like school and I figured out that I like learning, I just don't like being told what I should be learning.

I headed back to the investing world and started raising capital for private placement investments and investing in Pre IPO stock. With the down turn in the economy things have slowed down a lot so once again I am considering heading back to school. Maybe the 4th time will be the charm.

Other than that I am just taking life as it comes and trying to make the best of it, I am sure just like everyone else. Photography is a passion of mine and my photos can be seen at http://www.dustinbess.com/ and I have been traveling recently and keep a blog of my travels at http://www.thatguyfromutah.com/