Married his high school sweetheart. Involved in manual labor, didnt really have any skills. Hated manual labor, hated having a boss. Bill knapp loves being his own boss and really didnt like being told what to do. Tried a restaurant. He thought if i owned a restaurant, i could be my own boss, and it was true. He bought a building with a restaurant in allerton, but he soon realized a restaurant was too much work. So bill and irene, his wife, put the building up on the market. A Real Estate Agent listed it and had a client to see the building, but the Real Estate Agent couldnt show the building, so he asked bill if he could show his own building, and so bill said, okay. Bill took the client down to allerton, sold the building and then was mad the Real Estate Agent demanded his commission. Bill said, hell, i sold the building. Knapp said, im going into real estate, i can do this. He fell into real estate, joined a small firm here in des moines coulded hollis realty. Quickly became the big