Our home for over 30 years
The Southport Financial Building
Southport Financial has invested in real estate to take advantage of the benefits that the asset class offers. Investors have the opportunity to share these same benefits and invest in multifamily assets that have historically outperformed all others.
Leadership
James R. Willis, Managing Member
Mr. Willis has 35 years of experience as a real estate and financial services professional with experience in acquisition, asset management and disposition, project redesign and enhancement, capital recovery programs, construction management, loan restructuring, and sales and marketing. He is in charge of deal sourcing, market research,
Mr. Willis has 35 years of experience as a real estate and financial services professional with experience in acquisition, asset management and disposition, project redesign and enhancement, capital recovery programs, construction management, loan restructuring, and sales and marketing. He is in charge of deal sourcing, market research, underwriting, due diligence and asset disposition.
He was the lead partner in WC & F Realty Advisors, Inc., consulting with leading financial institutions in the restructuring and disposition of REO assets. Clients included Peoples United Bank of Connecticut, Dime Bank, Florida Federal and CitiBank. Prior to WC & F, he was Director of Acquisitions for E. P. Wilbur & Co., Inc. and a Senior Vice President. While in this position, he was directly involved in the purchase and sale of more than fifty properties ranging in size from $1,000,000 to $50,000,000. He began his career in real estate as a developer buying residential apartment properties in Florida and converting them to condominium use.
Mr. Willis is a Scottish Rite Freemason, 32nd Degree, a Unit Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America, and a Senior Member of the National Association of Review Appraisers & Mortgage Underwriters. He is a former Director of the Sun Coast Homebuilders Association and the Pinellas County Homebuilders Association.
Mr. Willis is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a graduate of the Tuck Executive Program (TEP) of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. He served in tne US Army.
