Jim Abbott

James W. Abbott (“Jim”) founded Realty Advisory Group, Inc. (“RAGI”) in 1995 and serves as its Executive Director.  He is responsible for the leadership of the company’s professionals and its real estate brokerage strategy and practices. His mandate is to deliver incomparable brokerage/consulting service to its clientele.  Jim is a seasoned real estate professional with a strong 40+ year real estate background from which RAGI’s clients’ benefit.

1979 – Graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate Finance.

1979 – 1995 – An industrial/commercial real estate broker with Cushman & Wakefield of California, Inc. (C&W) in its downtown Los Angeles Office and a C&W Director / Branch Manager of C&W’ s Los Angeles North Office (LAN) in Woodland Hills.

1995 – Present – Realty Advisory Group, Inc. Executive Director. In April of 1995 Jim decided that he wanted to implement his style of real estate brokerage practices and subsequently founded Realty Advisory Group, Inc. (RAGI) (www.RAGInc.com). RAGI has grown into one of Los Angeles’ most respected boutique real estate brokerage, consulting and advisory firms.

1994 – 1998 – Jim, via RAGI, consulted overseas on a development project in China for a client.  Jim negotiated the land lease with China’s Zhejiang Provincial Government and assisted with the project’s layout in accordance with US standards. The project was in Shaoxing. The assignment required 13 trips to Hangzhou, Shanghai and/or Hong Kong.

RAGI provides pure brokerage/consulting/advisory services that are 100% free of conflict. RAGI is not conflicted by, nor does it offer, other services such as Property Management, Project Management, Valuation & Advisory Services, Asset Management, Capital Markets Services, Development Services, Investment Management, etc.  If a real estate transaction is required or a real estate situation analyzed in order to facilitate a real estate strategy, RAGI will provide that independent service. 

Jim’s 40+ years of real estate experience combined with the RAGI Team has enabled RAGI to transact not only in the USA, but also in Asia and Europe. Jim served on the Advisory Board of SEAL-NSW Family Foundation and Jonathan Club Board of Directors, including as its President, was a founding Board Member of the Rod Dedeaux Foundation and has been active in many other worthwhile organizations. RAGI has clients of all shapes and sizes, and appreciates the opportunity to represent them whether they are a startup or a Fortune 500 company; RAGI is relationship driven.