Jay is a graduate of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a BA in history with additional studies of Architecture at Oxford University. Jay has been in real estate as a real estate agent and then as a broker for the past 25 years owning his own firm
 

 Jay has been a regular and generous contributor to the following institutions: MOMA, California Pacific Medical Group, Project Open Hand, the San Francisco SPCA, the Marin Mammal Center as well as many additional charities too numerous to mention here. Listed below are just a few of the over 300 million dollars in sales transactions Jay has been involved in personally.

3277 Pacific Avenue, San Francisco - 10,000 square feet, Willis Polk designed property- Undisclosed Price

3673 Jackson Street, San Francisco - 9,000 square feet, a San Francisco Decorator Showcase home -Undisclosed Price

2106 Washington Street, San Francisco - 8,000 square feet, - Undisclosed Price

2960 Broadway, San Francisco - 12,000 square feet, Willis Polk designed mansion - Undisclosed Price

2233 Lyon Street, San Francisco - 10,000 square feet, Willis Polk designed mansion to - Undisclosed Price

1033 Green Street, San Francisco - 8,000 square feet, Julia Morgan designed, Beaux Arts mansion - Undisclosed Price

2525 Vallejo Street, San Francisco - 9,000 square feet, Edwardian mansion -Undisclosed Price

 Many of the properties that Jay has sold are houses designed by renowned Bay Area Architects including Willis Polk, Arthur Brown Jr., William Wurster, Henry Gutterson, Gardner Dailey, Warren Perry, Ernest Coxhead & Julia Morgan. Jay's continuing interest in architecture & design keeps him abreast of new trends in Bay Area architecture.