Jim DeRentis

Jim DeRentis is Residential Properties' Top Producing Sales Agent and has ranked #1 in Providence sales volume for nine consecutive years.

In 2024, Jim marked his 11th consecutive appearance on the RealTrends Verified list of the country’s best real estate professionals. For his work in 2024, he again ranked as the #1 individual agent in Rhode Island for both sales volume and transaction sides, with $106,390,000 and 87 sides. Jim was featured on the 2023 America's Best list for [...]

Jim DeRentis is Residential Properties' Top Producing Sales Agent and has ranked #1 in Providence sales volume for nine consecutive years.

In 2024, Jim marked his 11th consecutive appearance on the RealTrends Verified list of the country’s best real estate professionals. For his work in 2024, he again ranked as the #1 individual agent in Rhode Island for both sales volume and transaction sides, with $106,390,000 and 87 sides. Jim was featured on the 2023 America's Best list for exemplary sales production in 2022, achieving over $109 million in transaction volume, and was named the #1 agent in the state of Rhode Island for both volume and transaction sides for three consecutive years. That same year, he was named to "The 1000" Club by RealTrends, who ranks the top 1.5% of agents in the country. Since 2011, when Jim was named Rookie of the Year, he has been the recipient each year of the Circle of Sales Excellence Platinum Plus Award, recognizing his outstanding sales performance. To learn more about Jim and to view his listings, please visit ThePVDRealEstateGuy.com .

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

2025 – #1 agent in sales volume for all of Providence. RPL’s top agent, earning $120,551,677 in sales volume with 98 total transactions

2024 – RealTrends #1 individual agent in Rhode Island for both sales volume and transaction sides, with $106,390,000 and 87 sides

2023 – RealTrends #1 individual agent in Rhode Island for transaction sides with 87 and #3 for sales volume during the year with $88,870,707

2022 – #1 individual agent throughout all of Providence for total sales volume and top agent on the East Side for both sales volume and transactions

2021 – #1 individual agent in Rhode Island for transaction sides with 128 and #2 for sales volume with $109,095,193 in sales

2020 – RealTrends List of 1,000 Most Successful Real Estate Agents; #154 in the nation for sales volume.

2011 - present – Platinum Plus Award for over $20 million in sales; Rookie of the Year (2011)

2010 – Platinum Plus Award for over $13 million in sales

COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

Providence Redevelopment Authority, Chair
Rhode Island Housing and Mortgage Corporation, Chair
AIDS Care Ocean State
Arts and Business Council of RI
Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
Mayor's Arts Advisory Board, Board Member
Perishable Theater, Advisory Board
Providence Preservation Society
Stop Wasting Abandoned Property Inc. (SWAP)
Trinity Repertory Company, Board Member
West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA)

EDUCATION

Providence College, MBA
Bryant University, Bachelor of Science