Prior to entering the field in 2010 he’s held such positions as managing editor of 23 newspapers in Wisconsin, been a hotel general manager in the U.S. Virgin Islands and directed tennis programs at 4 World-class tropical island resort hotels.

 

By way of education he holds an MS degree from Indiana University and a BS from Valparaiso University, also in Indiana. His earlier education occurred in his home town of Mequon, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee.

 

He and his wife, Edie, have been Palm Desert residents for the past 25 years — owning the entire time at Deep Canyon Tennis Club. They discovered this property quite by accident and were quickly enamored with the grounds and the fine tennis facility. Actually, they proved to be a real estate agent’s dream client, offering on the home they now own 23 minutes after setting foot on the property.

 

Jim is expertly familiar with Deep Canyon as a resident owner and also from holding a number of volunteer service positions at the club. Most notably, he served as the president of the Deep Canyon Tennis Club Homeowners Association in 2002-2003.

 

As a home owner and as a writer, Jim has been around the real estate business for about 40 years now. He acquired his first home in Milwaukee in 1976 and a few years later embarked on a major remodeling project on a then 100-year-old Victorian house. Now he is happy to be the owner of a condominium with a spectacular 40-mile panoramic view.

 

Through the years he has written many newspaper and magazine articles about real estate, home renovation and art. While living in the Phoenix area in the late 1980s he worked in pubic relations for several real estate developments including Desert Mountain. Since the beginning of the 2000s, he’s been working with Watson’s Realty in writing, promotions and marketing.

 

Base on all of this experience, he approached JK and Scott Watson about becoming a real estate agent with their firm with the idea of specializing in Palm Desert and surrounding desert communities. They agreed. Jim passed his state of California agent exam in the fall of 2010 and as been actively involved with Watson’s Realty ever since.

 

During his 5 years as an agent he has concentrated his expertise and his sales efforts in the Deep Canyon community, but he has become very familiar with many other outstanding homeowners associations, racquet clubs and country clubs. He has helped buyers into homes in the Silver Sands Racquet Club and most recently the Canyon Cove Homeowners Association. He has also sold in Palm Springs.

 

Jim is a year-round resident of the desert so is ready and willing to help you find or sell a home 365 days a year. Get in touch today and let him put his expertise to work for you!