Jason and Brett Oppenheim both started out as lawyers

According to Jason’s profile on The Oppenheim Group website, he earned both his undergraduate and law degrees at UC Berkeley. After university, he worked as a lawyer at the law firm O’Melveny & Myers and, in the process, represented the former CEO of Enron during the Enron scandal. His salary as a lawyer was US$250,000 a year, Swagger Magazine reported.

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According to Brett’s profile on the Oppenheim Real Estate website, he also earned his bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley and then earned a law degree at the University of California, Los Angeles. He went on to work at Skadden, Arps LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP as a securities litigation lawyer.

Brett was the first brother to move into real estate

According to Brett’s website, when he left law, he decided to travel the world. In 2010, he returned to Los Angeles and decided to pivot into a career in property. As Brett told Tudum, he quit his law career and got his real-estate license before his brother Jason did.

Per Brett’s website, he’s sold over US$1 billion in property over the course of his career. Currently, he’s the owner, president and broker of record of Oppenheim Real Estate. But as shown on Selling Sunset, Brett still apparently works with his brother at The Oppenheim Group.

But Jason has closed US$2 billion more in sales than his brother

Jason’s Oppenheim Group profile, which lists him as the brokerage’s president and founder, says that he has closed over US$3 billion in sales, and currently has over US$300 million in active property listings. Those listings include “the largest home in the Hollywood Hills and one of the largest listings in Los Angeles at US$100 million”.

It was reported in 2022 that Jason closed US$429 million in sales the previous year. As the owner of The Oppenheim Group, Jason also collects a portion of other agents’ sales at the brokerage.

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Jason used to be tens of thousands of dollars in debt

Swagger Magazine reported that when Jason (who, like his brother, travelled the world before switching careers) returned to Los Angeles in 2010, he had US$40,000 in credit card debt. When he joined Coldwell Banker, he made less than US$50,000 a year, according to the report.

Jason’s Oppenheim Group profile notes that he worked at Coldwell Banker for three years before founding The Oppenheim Group, where he is currently the president.

Jason has also worked as a teacher

According to his Oppenheim Group profile, Jason was hired at UCLA to teach property practice. He’s also provided expert testimony in property cases.

Jason and Brett appear on Selling Sunset and its Selling the OC spin-off

The terms of their overall deal with Netflix haven’t been made public, so it’s unclear exactly what they’ve made from the shows.

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Jason has been involved in charity

According to Swagger Magazine, Jason has contributed both time and money to Food on Foot, an LA-based non-profit geared towards helping unhoused and low-income Angelenos.

“Before I was successful in real estate, I had more of my time to give to Food on Foot,” Jason told Swagger. “Now that I have less time in my schedule, I am able to monetarily donate more generously, but I still encourage everyone on my team to be active members and give back to our community.”

The pair buy, renovate and sell several properties for themselves too

But as People magazine reported in September 2021, Jason listed the house for US$7.9 million after a “seven-figure” renovation of the property. According to Realtor.com, he had decided not to live in the home after all, and had been renting it out for US$49,000 a month before the decision to list it instead.

Jason also spoke with The Los Angeles Times in 2019 about a US$5 million renovation that he did on one of his other homes in the Hollywood Hills. He originally bought that home for US$3.5 million.

According to his profile on the Los Angeles Oppenheim Group website, Brett also currently lives in the Hollywood Hills “where he renovates and develops properties for his personal real-estate profile”.

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Jason spends some of his fortune on cars, and both brothers collect vintage sports cards

In a September 2023 Instagram post including a video of Jason receiving a FF 91 2.0 Futurist Alliance electric car, the mogul said “if you know me, you know how much I love cars”.

Hotcars reported in August 2022 that California’s famous Gotham Garage had created a “six-figure” car for Jason based on a Chevy Corvette Mako Shark 2. Jason told us in 2022 that he owns a 1966 Ford Bronco and a Bentley as well.

Jason has another expensive hobby. In the same interview, he said that he and his brother both collect vintage sports cards, which is something they did as kids. Jason paid US$250,000 for Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton’s 1976 rookie card.