After living in Gisbourne for 30 years David, Jill and their two boys moved to a 20 acre farm let in the Waikato in 1984, and David started in real estate in 1987 selling Lifestyles and Farm lets. David continued to do this until 2003 when he and Jill left New Zealand for Jill to take up an Educational Appointment in Hong Kong.
They stayed in Hong Kong for 2 and a half years and then moved back to New Zealand where David resumed his real estate business in the rural Division of Harcourts City Office.