James Thomas Broker-Owner james@thomasrealty.net

BUS:   942-5478 FAX:   223-2084 RES:   949-6667 MOB:   277-5478

I.    CERTIFICATIONS:

ABR-      ACCREDITED BUYER REPRESENTATIVE
ABRM-  ACCREDITED BUYER REPRESENTATIVE MANAGER
CRB-      CERTIFIED REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE MANAGER  
CRS-      CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL SPECIALIST  
CRRS-    CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL REFERRAL SPECIALIST  
CRMS-   CERTIFIED RESIDENTIAL MARKETING SPECIALIST  
CCPS-    CERTIFIED CORPORATE PROPERTY SPECIALIST  
CPPS-    CERTIFIED PREVIEWS PROPERTY SPECIALIST  
CMRS-   CERTIFIED MILITARY RELOCATION SPECIALIST  
GRI-       GRADUATE REALTORS INSTITUTE
GRADUATE-COLDWELL BANKER UNIVERSITY
LICENSED TEXAS BROKER

II.    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

        MEMBER OF SAN ANGELO ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS, BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, AND THE SAN ANGELO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

III.    PRODUCTIVITY:

        JAMES, DURING HIS FIRST 5 YEARS AS A REALTOR, AVERAGED 65 CLOSINGS PER YEAR WHILE ALSO AVERAGING OVER $5,000,000 IN ANNUAL CLOSED REAL ESTATE SALES FOR THAT TIME PERIOD.

IV.    AWARDS:

        #1 IN NUMBER OF CLOSED SALES FOR THE LOCAL COLDWELL BANKER OFFICE   DURING HIS FIRST YEARS AS A LICENSED REALTOR.  #1 MLS LISTING AGENT FOR COLDWELL BANKER AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SAN ANGELO AREA IN 1992 AND 1993. LISTINGS SINCE 1993 HAVE BEEN TOO NUMEROUS AND DIFFICULT TO TRACK.

        THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT FOR HIS EFFORTS WAS THE INDUCTION INTO THE COLDWELL BANKER INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT'S ELITE, AN HONOR RECEIVED BY LESS THAN 600 COLDWELL BANKER'S MORE THAN 54,000 SALES REPRESENTATIVES IN OVER 2,412 RESIDENTIAL SALES OFFICES WORLD WIDE.

        JAMES BECAME THE FIRST LOCAL COLDWELL BANKER TO HAVE EVER RECEIVED THE AWARD DURING HIS FIRST YEAR AS A REALTOR.  PRIOR TO 1992, HIS FIRST YEAR IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS, THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A LOCAL RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.  JAMES RECEIVED THE AWARD FOR 5 CONSECUTIVE YEARS UNTIL HIS PURCHASING AN INTEREST IN THE LOCAL BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS REAL ESTATE FRANCHISE.

V.     PERSONAL BACKGROUND, EDUCATION, AND JOB HISTORY:

        JAMES AND HIS WIFE, JANIE BIGGS THOMAS, ARE NATIVES OF SAN ANGELO.  HE GRADUATED FROM ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1969 WITH A PRE-MED DEGREE MAJORING IN BIOLOGY AND MINORING IN CHEMISTRY.

        PRIOR TO ENTERING THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSION, JAMES WAS A SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT AT A LOCAL BANK.  HIS 23 YEARS THERE RESULTED IN MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE IN ALL ASPECTS OF LENDING, SUCH AS BANK CREDIT CARD OPERATION, INSTALLMENT LENDING, MORTGAGE, AND COMMERCIAL LENDING.

        HE CONTINUED HIS BANKING EDUCATION BY ATTENDING THE AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION'S  (ABA) NATIONAL COMMERCIAL LENDING GRADUATE SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, NATIONAL INSTALLMENT CREDIT SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, AS WELL AS THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF RETAIL BANK   MANAGEMENT HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND CO-SPONSORED BY THE RENOWNED MCINTIRE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.  ADDITIONALLY, ALL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING (AIB) CERTIFICATES WERE OBTAINED.

        PROFESSIONALLY, HE HAS SERVED ON THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE TEXAS BANKERS ASSOCIATION'S (TBA) INSTALLMENT LOAN DIVISION, SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL CREDIT BUREAU AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANKING'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

VI.    PUBLICLY KNOWN:

        FOR 33 YEARS JAMES HAS MANAGED AND PERFORMED WITH A MUSIC GROUP, THE CAVALIERS, WHOSE GOLD RECORD, "LAST KISS", WAS A NATION WIDE #1 HIT SONG IN THE MID 60'S.  AT ONE TIME TV STATION, KLST, USED THE GROUP FOR PRODUCTION OF A WEEKLY TELEVISION PROGRAM.  KIDY-TV HAS USED JAMES AS A CELEBRITY TO CO- HOST THEIR LIVE BROADCAST OF THE FIESTA DEL CONCHO RIVER PARADE.  BESIDES PERFORMING AND RECORDING WITH THE CAVALIERS, JAMES HAS ALSO PERFORMED AND RECORDED WITH THE KINGSMEN 4, A GOSPEL QUARTET THAT TOURED ENGLAND          AND NORTHERN IRELAND.  HE HAS SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SAN ANGELO SYMPHONY CHORALE AND HAS BEEN HONORED WITH SOLO PERFORMANCES ON   VARIOUS OCCASIONS.  HE HAS ALSO PERFORMED IN THE ANGELO CIVIC THEATER'S PRODUCTION OF "MAN FROM LA MANCHA".

VII.  CIVIC, FRATERNAL, SOCIAL, AND CHURCH INVOLVEMENT:

        HE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME MASON AND SHRINER HAVING RECEIVED BOTH HIS YORK RITE AND THE SCOTTISH RITE DEGREES.  HE WAS A "FOUNDING FATHER" OF THE   LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE LAMBDA CHI ALPHA FRATERNITY AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.  HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ELKS LODGE AND HAS ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN OPTIMIST CLUB.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CONCHO CADRE AND HAS WORKED ON MANY CHARITABLE FUND RAISERS SUCH AS UNITED WAY AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS WHERE HE SERVED AS THE COMMUNITY CHAIRMAN.  HE HAS ALSO SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE DOWNTOWN SAN ANGELO ASSOCIATION AND THE ANGELO CIVIC THEATER, AND FROM TIME TO TIME, SERVED AS A HOST TO JEWISH CONSULATE DIPLOMATS WHO HAVE VISITED SAN ANGELO.  HE AND HIS WIFE ARE MEMBERS OF PARK HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE HAS SERVED AS TREASURER.  HE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

VIII. BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS AND OTHER INTERESTS:

        FURTHER HONORS INCLUDE BIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS IN PUBLICATIONS FOR THE "OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA" AND "PERSONALITIES OF THE SOUTH". 

        OTHER INTERESTS INCLUDE SPORTS, WRITING MUSIC, ASTRONOMY, COLLECTING AND RESTORING CLASSIC CARS, DANCING, AND TRAVEL.