He is also a real estate investor. He draws the bulk of his experience from two sources: First, he is a CPA who was also an Internal Revenue Service Tax Examiner and served in the Criminal Investigation Division where he leaned the IRS tax code, and second, he is a real estate investor himself, owning residential and commercial properties in and out of New Jersey. Jim is also on the SJREIA Board, chairs the Finance Committee there, has published articles for trade journals and college textbooks on tax and accounting, and has appeared on television and radio as a real estate expert.