Jim is the co-founder with John Wolfe of Scovell/Wolfe & Associates, Inc. and serves as the company’s president. In 1989 the two partners began buying homes in the greater Kansas City area that they considered to be in bad shape and in need of some real tender loving care.

After completing nine or ten speculative rehabs they could no longer resist the constant pressure from friends and clients alike to restore their personal kitchens or build them a new room. Thus began the formalization of the company as it exists today and they have never looked back.

Jim’s primary responsibility is to oversee the sales and production departments of the company and is likely the first person you will meet with after setting up an appointment. He will help determine what the most appropriate next step in the remodeling process might be for your particular needs.

Given his experience in the industry and the fact that he is also a real estate broker in Missouri and Kansas with Prudential Kansas City Realty, it is not uncommon for him to bring to the prospective client’s attention some “after-market” considerations with respect to their potential plans. In other words, he will tell you what you need to hear and not what he thinks you want to hear.

In some cases the remodel you had hoped to construct simply won’t work, as either it can’t be done or is so expensive that you will have more invested in your home than your neighborhood will support. In situations like this Jim can assist you in finding a new home as well as the marketing of your current home. Jim has an extraordinary ability to “picture” a house with the improvements in place and can help make it easier for you to visualize a room and what it would look like if it were to be expanded, rearranged or even removed.

Jim is a 1978 graduate of Rockhurst University with a degree in marketing and economics. His first job out of college was as a commercial loan analyst for Commerce Bancshares, traveling from small town to small town with the task of reviewing the loan portfolio at each bank to determine the strength of the loan and the credit worthiness of the borrower.

During this period and with the experience gained in analyzing businesses he helped co-found a successful video production company still in business today.

In the mid-eighties Jim left the banking industry to pursue a career in real estate primarily consisting of buying and renovating rental properties in and around the Rockhurst and UMKC area of Kansas City. Jim’s family owns a shopping center in Springfield, Missouri where he grew up and consequently has been exposed to real estate nearly all his life.

When Jim and John met and decided to join talents, they began buying larger more expensive potential speculative rehab homes. Also, during this period Jim earned his real estate license in both Missouri and Kansas and was named “Rookie of the Year” in 1993 for the Eugene D. Brown Real Estate Company, now a part of the Reece & Nichols Real Estate Company.

In 1998 he advanced his license status to Associate Broker in both states. As all of this was taking place Jim and John were in the process of creating one of the most premier remodeling companies in the Kansas City area.

In 2008, Jim earned the designation of “Certified Remodeler” (CR) sponsored by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). Jim is a Spring 2009 candidate for the NARI sponsored designation of Certified Kitchen and Bath Remodeler (CKBR).

In 1999 Jim was appointed by the mayor of Mission Hills, Kansas to serve on that city’s Architectural Review Board (ARB) and in 2005 was named chairman of that board. The ARB is the governing body charged with the task of approving all new homes and additions proposed by residents of that city and is composed of individuals with advanced knowledge and understanding of two dimensional architectural plans.

Jim is a long time resident of Mission Hills and will celebrate 31 years of marriage to his wife Mindy in July of 2009. They have three incredible children of which one lives in Colorado, one in Springfield, Missouri and his youngest here in Kansas City attending UMKC. Jim enjoys watching and participating in sports and is an avid reader.

So for whatever your residential needs may be from wanting to buy, sell, remodel or build new, Jim is the person you will want to contact.