House Sitter in Newport Beach, California

Hello!! My name is Kevin and I am a retired college president, father of 3 and grandfather of 3. I have been housesitting and care taking U.S. family residences/estates in coastal Southern California, Miami Beach, New Hampshire and Massachusetts since my early retirement several years ago. My international care taking locations have included family residences in Switzerland, Singapore, Costa Rica and St. Croix, USVI. In my professional and private life I have built homes, remodeled/rehabilitated retail, residential and commercial properties, restored historic buildings, owned restaurants, done landscape and farm gardening, raised and trained Rhodesian Ridgebacks, worked as an international hotel resort executive, coached youth sports, taught high school and college courses, retired as president/CEO of an international culinary college and raised happy successful children. Always having a great interest in foreign cultures, food, music and the arts, animals, the ocean and sailing, I have become an avid world traveler and have visited over 50 countries. You will find me to be trustworthy, honest, responsible, highly capable in decision making, an all around handyman, physically fit, well mannered, responsible, respectful, funny, sincere, a really nice guy and lover of animals. My goal is to keep your home safe, secure, well tended and properly prepared for your return. ☀☀. I am looking for multi-week/month long term house sitting duties. ☀☀ Remuneration is dependent on complexity of duties and/or size of residence. ?