Jim West | Marysville, Ohio REALTOR® and Divorce Specialist

FOUNDER, THE JIM WEST TEAM AT REVOLUTION REALTY

Jim West is a licensed REALTOR® and the only real estate agent in Ohio holding all three divorce real estate designations — CDRE, RCS-D, and CDS. He has sold homes in Marysville and Union County since 2004: 223 career transactions, more than $89 million in volume, and a ranking in the top 2% of agents in the local MLS.

Divorce Real Estate: A Specialized Practice

Selling a home during divorce is not a standard transaction. It involves two clients who may not be speaking, decisions requiring both signatures, legal authorization that must exist before a single showing, and a price that may need to hold up under scrutiny from two attorneys, a mediator, and a judge.

Jim serves as a neutral fiduciary for both spouses rather than an advocate for one side. His pricing methodology mirrors an appraiser's: square footage, bedroom and bathroom count, finished basement, garage, lot size, and condition adjustments — producing a defensible valuation rather than a number either party can dismiss as favoring the other.

That work makes him a resource for family law attorneys, mediators, and financial professionals across Union County. Learn more about the divorce real estate practice, or read what a CDRE designation actually requires.

Engineering, Farming, and Real Estate

Jim was raised on a dairy farm in Union County, earned a B.S. in Agricultural Business from The Ohio State University, and spent more than 20 years as an engineer at Honda's Marysville plant before moving into real estate full time.

That background shows up in how the work gets done. Engineers do not guess — they measure, model, and check the result against the data. Applied to a listing, that means pricing built from actual comparable sales rather than optimism, marketing decisions tied to measurable outcomes, and negotiation that stays calm because it is anchored to numbers rather than pressure.

The farm background matters too. Jim still lives in Marysville, in the Scott Farms subdivision. The people buying and selling here are neighbors, and the standard is a neighbor-first one: honest advice even when it costs a commission, and a straight answer about whether now is the right time to sell.

Where Jim Works

Marysville, Union County, Plain City, and the surrounding Central Ohio market, with particular depth in the neighborhoods where most local moves happen — Mill Valley, Scott Farms, Green Pastures, Hickory Run, Skybrook, and Adena Pointe.

Professional Profile

"Honest, thorough, and committed to helping you make the best possible decisions."

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