D. Sidney Potter, author of THE FLIP

D. Sidney Potter has worked in the real estate and mortgage industry since 1992 and is a licensed member of the National Association of Home Builders, and the National Association of Realtors.

Sidney began his real estate career as a mortgage operations consultant for Synergy Consultancy Group, and proceeded to work for Marcus & Millichap and Sperry Van Ness as a commercial real estate broker selling shopping centers and storefront retail.

Sidney has a BA in Political Science, and 2 MBAs and part of a doctorate degree from Pepperdine.

He has extensive experience in both commercial and residential real estate in California, Nevada, and Arizona and has consulted investors and the media throughout the United States. Sidney is a contributing writer to iReport (CNN), DigitalJournal and Newsvine.com (a part of MSNBC).