Real Estate: In 2010 James paid $16 million to buy X-Files creator Chris Carter’s Malibu mansion. In March 2019 James listed the house for $40 million. He sold this home in July 2020 for $34 million. The buyer was Gateway Computer billionaire Ted Waitt. He owns another Malibu house that he tried to sell in 2016 for $12 million but ended up taking off the market. He and his wife own an $11 million property in Thousand Oaks, California that they bought from Ellen Degeneres in 2013. They operate an animal rescue and keep their horses on this property.