Bruce has been in the commercial and residential real estate business since 1972. He is a 1972 University of Southern California graduate with a BS in accounting and spent nine years as a CPA with Touche Ross & Co. serving real estate clients. He earned an MBA in real estate finance, also from USC, and became a licensed real estate broker. For the next twenty years, Bruce served as a senior executive for several large real estate development companies and pension fund realty advisors.