Jake served for many years on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Manufactured Housing Association and as its President and was one of the founders of the Arizona Image campaign. He grew his business to become Arizona's #1 housing retailer, and at one time, the largest in the country with over $60 million in annual sales. He established an early customer service program. He developed a popular market research program for housing retailers, and developed 11 sales centers with annual sales of $52 million. He originated Arizona's first formal training program for manufactured housing sales professionals. He developed the country's first Hispanic marketing campaign targeting Arizona's Hispanic population. He was twice elected MHIs national retailer of the year.