Team

Every client has unique needs. MARS, Inc. is made up of a team of highly experienced senior associates with a wide range of skills. They are available to handle specific duties as they relate to each individual circumstance and together can work out even the most complex business and real estate transactions.

Leon J. Owens

Mr. Owens founded MARS, Inc. in 1978, which focused on real estate development and finance. He developed over 750 residential units as well as commercial and industrial properties in Southern California and Arizona. Specific responsibilities included land acquisition, development entitlement, market identification and product development, construction budgets and bid selection, financing, marketing, sales and lease-up. Visit our about page to learn more about Leon J. Owens.

Administration
Gwen C. Quinton

Gwen has a background in Real Estate sales, has worked as a Chief Operating Officer for Real Estate Holdings and Restaurants, a Real Estate Paralegal, Accounting Manager and Audit Liason.

She offers back office support services including extremely proficient computer work in Excel, Microsoft Publications, Quickbooks Pro and associated software. She has experience in the preparation of spreadsheets, pleadings, general accounting and bookkeeping. Gwen has acted as a senior real estate loan officer for residential home loans.

Gwen is tenacious, a quick study, and has the ability to write and communicate effectively as well as motivate others. With her Real Estate, Legal and Business background, she is an important member of the MARS team.

Operations
Bernie Bishop

For thirty-five years, Bernie Bishop has been involved with commercial auctions, appraisals and business liquidation with a unique specialty in machinery, equipment and tooling auctions.

He has contracted and associated with major auction companies internationally and across the United States. Auctions have been conducted on-site in Canada, Brazil, England, Wales and across the USA.

Bernie is our top choice when business liquidation is inevitable.

Here is what some of his commercial clients are saying:

Considering the depressed market for machinery, plus the financial pressure our company was under, we feel that the revenues secured from said auction were the maximum possible under the circumstances. Your conduct during the auction was the difference between success and failure. We also appreciate the orderly manner in which the equipment was delivered after the auction..."
— Hunt's Cutting Tools, Buena Park

We recently concluded a 4 day auction in which several million dollars in machinery, equipment and supplies were sold. The auction generated a significant amount of dollars more than our estimates. Bernie Bishop handled himself in a completely professional manner, moving the auction crowd through the facility in a timely fashion and developing the bids to maximize returns to our corporation..."
— Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Los Angeles