Hello my name is Darrell Thomas Smith and better known by my nick name "Smitty".  I was born here in the South Bay of Souther California and lived here my entire life with the exception of the time I spent in the Navy as a Radioman and veteran of Viet Nam.  After doing my duty my better half (Gentil) and I bought our first house and got married.  Seems like yesterday we didn't know how the whold process worked.  We tooks some classes at our community college and the next thing you know we past or sales license test and we were in the business selling homes.  By 1979 I decided to step up and passed the Brokers test and soon thereafter Gentil did too.  We haven't looked back and through sound conservative stratagies we have helped many people acheive their goals and surpass them. At Smith Properties we handle first time buyers all the way to seasoned investors utilizing 1031 exchanges.  To complete our full service operation we also manage commercial and residential properties for our clients.  Alex our oldest son graduated in 2007 from UC Berkeley passed his sales test and now heads up the management division.  If we can be any help call or email me.  Love to help!