About

Jim Rea is a residential broker associate at Sotheby's International Realty Pacific Palisades having joined the company in 2014.? Prior to joining Sotheby's, Jim was a broker associate for four years with Keller Williams in Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades. Prior to his career in residential real estate he was a business broker with Sunbelt Business Brokers of West Los Angeles and prior to that he was a principal in Healthcare Developers, LLC a developer of specialized medical facilities. Jim relocated to California in the late 1980's to pursue his interest in the entertainment industry. There he went to work at Fox, Inc. where had responsibility for the company's worldwide systems and telecommunications operations. He also worked on the senior management teams of two high-flying Internet companies: GeoCities (at that time one of the top five destinations on the web), and iBeam Broadcasting where he was part of the founding management team. Jim also briefly served as the CEO of MixMe Networks, an internet startup focused on the development of dynamic audio presentation technology.? Jim's education includes a BBA in Accounting and an MBA, both from the University of Texas at Austin.? In addition to Jim's real estate experience, he has an extensive history of experience working with a wide range of transactions including venture capital and private placement transactions as well as business purchase and sale transactions. Jim and his wife Jodie have lived in Pacific Palisades since 1994 in the upper Marquez area and where he served for four years on the Pacific Palisades Community Council. Jim focuses on properties on the west side of Los Angeles in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey and Brentwood communities.