Jim Remley left high school at 17 to join the Army and then got into real estate. His career started off well, and after serving in the Army he quickly became one of the most successful agents in his area. At 24, Jim opened his own firm and grew it to 17 offices—making it the largest independent real estate firm in Oregon. After selling the business, Jim went on to become an instructor for the National Association of REALTORS® as well as co-founder of the Luxury Home Council. He has appeared on numerous television shows and been interviewed on CNN's Open House . Today Jim leads one of the largest real estate firms in Oregon, closing 2600 transactions a year and over a 1.4 Billion dollars in sales volume with just over 220 active Brokers. As a current Real Trends 500 Broker leading one of the real estate firms in America, Jim has one mission: to help agents grow their businesses through teaching them how to recruit top producing agents!