Gene had taken several business classes at Virginia Tech and thought he would try out his new skills selling residential properties. He quickly realized that with enough energy and effort he could support his family very well in this new line of work. But, it was 1966 and the Army had other plans for him. He served two years as a supervisor for the Army's Environmental Hygiene Agency. He was in charge of the independent contractors who were building water filtration and sewage treatment plants at military bases all over the country.

In 1968, Gene returned to South Carolina and the real estate business. His military experience convinced him that he did not want to be a chemical engineer and that real estate offered the greatest entrepreneurial opportunity for him. So, he expanded his business to include contracting and developing commercial as well as residential properties.

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After relocating to Dallas Gene founded Prime Income Asset Management, a real estate and energy management company with over $3.54 billion in managed assets.

He has been in commercial real estate for more than 40 years and has managed, purchased and sold billions of dollars worth of real estate during this time. His philosophy is simple: identify and acquire undervalued or under-performing properties, then add capital improvements, aggressive leasing, development and management programs in order to achieve long-term, above-market returns.