James, a Southern California native, is a well-seasoned Architect and an award-winning* Real Estate Broker-Officer / CEO and Founder of Costera Luxury Properties. In Spanish, COSTERA translated into English means COASTAL. Costera Luxury Properties (Costera Realty) is a full-service real estate brokerage and, as the name implies, James and his agents specialize in the coastal Southern California (SoCal) luxury real estate market. While his brokerage provides top-notch professional real estate services to the sales and marketing of high-end coastal luxury residential properties, their services also extend well into the broader geographical region, covering the SoCal counties of Orange; San Diego; Los Angeles; Riverside; and San Bernardino - a combined area that is home to more than half of California's entire population. James graduated from Woodbury University and holds a Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) professional 5-year degree. James also has an Executive MBA post-graduate degree from the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). James is certified by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) as a Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource (SFR®) agent and as an Internet Marketing Professional (e-PRO®). He was also trained and certified as a Corporate Relocation and Luxury Property Specialist, where distinctive advertising and marketing strategies are required to sell high-end luxury properties and architect-designed estates. * James is a 15-time Five Star Real Estate Agent award winner (2010-15, 2017-25) who has been honored for his exceptional service and overall customer satisfaction by Five Star Professional. Only 17 out of 37,000 Orange County real estate agents have been awarded for 15 or more years. Subsequently, James was inducted into the prestigious Marquis Who’s Who® 2023-24 biographical registry as a top real estate professional, recognized for his professional integrity, outstanding achievements and expert leadership in the real estate industry.