Amy is fantastic. She's honest, straight-forward and very knowledgeable about the DC real estate…read moremarket. She saved me from making countless terrible decisions and made sure the house we bought was the right one for us. She was patient and persistent when the DC market was hyper competitive and we kept losing bids. She has continued to provide advice two years after we closed on our house. I go to her for everything from contractor recommendations to appraisals. She always comes through with good people who do good work. I recommend Amy to everyone I know who is looking to buy a home in DC. She is absolutely amazing and I can't speak highly enough of her.

I just recently purchased a home and Amy represented the seller. They did not bring the keys to the…read morehouse to the closing! I gave them a week to provide the keys and they promised that they would but then did not return them. When I followed up to ask about the keys Amy replied with one of the more unprofessional emails I've received. She was condescending and rude and told me that they would not be handing over the keys. Here is a direct quote from her: "Whose magic wand are you going to use to get the keys delivered to you?" Unbelievable. Clearly, once Amy has been paid then she no longer cares about providing appropriate service and doesn't even care about common courtesy in her communications. There are plenty of talented agents in the DC area. If you're looking for an agent you can do better.

Had a wonderful experience with Dave Wagner while searching for a new home in Maryland! He was able…read moreto recommend several great choices based on what we were looking for, he helped us look at quite a few options in person, and when it came down to the house we wanted he helped us create a competitive bid which beat out at least two others. Every step from initial contact to closing was super easy. He is an excellent communicator, very knowledgeable about Maryland real estate, and I never once had to follow up and ask if something was being done...he was on top of everything. This was a huge relief because we were looking for houses during a time that we had started new jobs, had killer commutes, and literally had almost no brain power or energy to be worrying about if our deal was on track. If you like someone who is easy to work with, friendly, flexible, super knowledgeable, and very organized and detail oriented, Dave is your man.

Working with Lise to sell my home was a pleasure! A process that could easily be a nightmare was a…read moredream. She knows what she's doing and does it with skill and grace.

One of our friends referred us to Diane Mallare to help assist us with house hunting. We weren't…read moreavailable to do a face-to-face meet up with her but she took the time (in different time zones) to talk to us over the phone with what type of house we were looking for. She helped eliminate a lot of houses that didn't make our criteria and also pointed out potential issues that may be a major problem later. We found our home but it would be a few weeks before we can move in. She came and checked on our home a few times before we finally moved in. She was great with communicating with us and answered all of our questions. I highly recommend her!

Broker is always on Travel. Office manager information and Brokerage information is selectively…read moreommitted from written contracts and agreements by Shane. Shane provides unauthorized access and permission to access properties without sellers approval, fore knowledge, or consent. Shannee Sibblies acts outside of real estate laws, practice guidelines, and standards imposed by Md. Real Estate Commission. No wonder Shannee Sibb"lies" is her name because she couldn't tell truth because "lies" is apart of her last name. No Broker or proper managers oversight or review of her work at all. In fact, notice how she only provides partial buyers information or incorrect information in contracts as she has done with mine. Also, how she allowed unauthorized access to people in protective buyers to your home Sellers like she did mine. Not only has she acted wrongly in real estate transactions but she preys on those in financial hardship and especially if you are physically disabled as she did with my home sale. It's been 10+ months and she has disrupted sale process and sent Seller into bankruptcy for buyer (In my case T. Ademuyiwl) who has changed lenders 3 separate times with $120k of liquid monies in bank trying to financially extort and exploit a Seller who's covered by ADA Laws. How do you spell Housing Discrimination!!!! This agent is not to be used and you need to run otherwise you will be exposed to financial harm, criminal activity and justice matters, as well as find yourself in litigation and wrongful party in bad real estate transactions. Oh thank heavens for the Md. Real Estate Guarantee fund. But if your damages exceed there max. Your life will never be the same.

I worked with Mary Saltzman from Real Living | At Home in Friendship Heights. She has been the BEST…read morerealtor I have EVER worked with (previously worked with agents when buying and selling 2 other properties). I have absolutely no complaints! She is a great listener, very responsive, a good communicator, and always made time for me. I felt like I was house hunting with a friend that I could trust. Due to her invaluable advice, I was able to find and put in a competitive offer in a bidding war on a home in NW DC and close in less than 1 month of moving to the area from across the country. She really went above and beyond with helping me each step of the way. I will not hesitate to ask her for help again when the time comes to buy or sell. Mary gives 100 % to make sure her clients are comfortable and happy during the entire home-buying process. You will be lucky to have her on your side!

I was referred Jeffrey Reese to buy my new home 7 years ago. So now that I'm in the middle of…read moredivorce and need to sell my house so I hired him back cause he was the only realtor that we knew at that time. So everything went well as long I listen to his advice witch I did plenty of times but one day I had something to share about what bothers me about the way he wants to start selling the house below the market price, so I share my concerns that it was not a good idea. He got completely offended by it and started to create his own scenario and started raising his voice at me and accusing me of abusing him and calling me in all different names that I was a monster, bully, mean, and more... I got super scared and he even went personal and criticized me as how bad has a mom I was. Who does that??? So unprofessional. His temper rises very quickly. I would never recommend this guy cause I don't want anyone to go thru of what I went. It was traumatizing and scary. I even gave him a chance to apologize and talked thru it few days later but still continue to attack me. He started to threaten me to sue me from his company has I speak right now. But did complain to his company they did talked to him but he his still harassing me and my family. This guy is crazy!

I have both purchased and sold with Rachel, and there is no one else I'd prefer to work with…read more Strategic - Rachel is an expert. She has great strategies for each step of the real estate process - from staging to timing to choosing the right fit for you, and she's great about explaining her thought processes at every move. She lays out all your options and offers you strategic choices. She's been doing this a long time, and she knows her stuff! Friendly and Real - She's not afraid to be honest, building trust, and she's not afraid to share her life with you. She'll be real with you because she wants you to make the best choice for your living situation. She's never made me feel like an obligation or an inconvenience, even when I've called her years later just for some advice as I bought a house in California!

Valentino was great until we reached the final walk-through and settlement; hence the "Meh. I've…read moreexperienced better" 2 star rating. It was really hard for us to decide on moving forward with this home because there was a really gross cat closet in the home that just turned us off. Eventually, we moved forward and after the inspector came in, Maria negotiated 3 items to be fixed before we would purchase the home. One of these items, naturally, was for the sellers to deep clean the 'cat pee closet' so it wouldn't stink anymore. We were told the final walk-through would be done up to 5 days prior to settlement to make sure the items in question are fixed. Settlement was May 9th. On April 22nd we emailed Maria, "How are the inspection items progressing?" Maria wrote "I plan to check in with the listing agent next week regarding the receipts as the sellers have until the final walk through to have the repair items completed. I'll be sure to keep you posted." We were confident that Maria was taking the necessary steps to make sure the items were completed. The morning of May 9th, settlement day, I emailed Maria to ask her for the sqft of the carpet in the home or the dimensions of the rooms so I could schedule carpet cleaners. She wrote back with, "Unfortunately I don't know the carpet square footage or have specific floor plans with the dimensions for the home. On the positive side, the seller had the carpets professionally cleaned prior to leaving, so you may want to check it out this afternoon before making any specific plans." At the same time, Ben sent an email with the invoice, "Please see below for some final notes from the listing agent and attached for the home inspection receipts......." *final notes from seller: "Hey Ben -See attached invoices for the home inspection items..... my client got the property professionally cleaned as well..... " In response to Maria's email (that she didn't have dimensions of the bedrooms/livingroom), I wrote: "No problem! I'll just measure it when we get there.....I did see the invoice and all the carpets weren't cleaned.....I actually thought it was kind of funny that their agent said the property was professionally cleaned, when the invoice says it was only half the carpets and inside the oven ;) lol ..... the hallway closet was not in the invoice - which was the only thing we asked to be deep cleaned. It had better be cleaned and not just febreezed!! :) " Maria Responded with: "Understood, Jocelyn. I expect that the whole property was professionally cleaned (included the hallways, staircases, kitchen living area, etc) and that the standard form just didn't have a place to state those areas. With that said, you'll have a chance to check it out shortly. ;) Keep me posted!" Soooo... since she didn't care to take my concern into serious consideration, I did it myself and called the cleaning company to confirm what EXACTLY was cleaned. The cleaning invoice said: Bathrooms: Bedrooms, Living Room; Cleaning Carpets Dining Room and Basement: Kitchen Inside Oven Total Bill: $60.00 After calling the cleaning company, I wrote Maria: "I just got off the phone with [company name].,,,,,,It was JUST the Master Bedroom carpet and inside the oven. Nothing else in the home was cleaned.... She said she was told they only wanted the Master bedroom carpets cleaned so that's all she did..." (I specifically asked about the hallway closet and the cleaning company said "No, just the Master Bedrooms carpet was requested to be cleaned, so that's all we did.") Maria wrote back with ",I just left a VM for the listing agent to get clarification on the hallway closet.I'll let you know if I hear anything prior to the final walk through." We didn't hear from Maria. Ben met us for the walk-through and the cat closet REEKED of pee... STILL! He 'texted' our concern to Maria. We left to eat and 1hr later met Ben for settlement. He didn't revisit our concerns nor did we hear from Maria or anyone at Valentino about enforcing the contracted items. We were just told to sign. We got home and I emailed Maria directly. She responded with, "I'm so sorry, Jocelyn. The listing agent had written back (much later) the carpet in the hallway closet had been cleaned. Unfortunately once going to settlement, we really don't have a leg to stand on if we were to go back to the sellers regarding this item. With that said, let me know if I can assist in anyway. I hope everything else went smooth and successful today & your happy with your new home" I was shocked. It was like a slap in the face. Basically... "Meh, tough love, Jocelyn! Have fun with the cat closet!!" Maria did send me a link to ahome remedy to get DOG pee out? First, that's 'dog', and second, if I wanted to clean that closet myself (I'm pregnant) then we wouldn't have negotiated the sellers to do it!!!! So now, I'm 8.5mo pregnant using CHEMICALS to clean that closet myself. Thanks!

We just sold our first condo with Stansfield Signature. Joan and Dana were a whirlwind. They came…read moreand staged our condo and had it ready to go within a week of our reaching out to sell it, including finding us a painter and getting pictures. We were ready to sell about a week after we reached out. Dana handled much of the sale making sure we were well informed and taken care of every step of the way. She was in constant contact with us, with reassurance all the time. Joan and her team are great!!

Joan and team helped us buy our forever home this past December. She came highly recommended by a…read morefriend and we bow highly recommend her as well. We literally got the first house we bid on despite six other offers. We know it was all Joan and team. Do yourself a favor and meet with her. She does a lot of community events and supports charities with every purchase. Those are the icing on the cake!

Cheryl Kincaid and the team at Estridge are very professional, effeicient, and resourceful. As…read morefirst time home buyers, my wife and I did not know where to start. Cheryl really took her time to understand our needs, concerns, and preferences, and taught us a lot on what to look for in a house. Her personality was great to work with, and we maintained great communication throughout our house-searching journey. She was very organized and detail-oriented, and everything went smoothly from first meeting to final closing. Cheryl's expertise, patience, and empathy reassured us every step of the way. If not for her, we wouldn't find our dream house so quickly. Thank you Cheryl!

Caroline Aslan made finding and buying a new home fun and stress-free in a sellers' market. She…read morehelped us narrow down our real needs and wants, and took us to diverse housing and neighborhoods all over DC, Maryland, and Virginia till we were sure we were choosing right and stayed very patient and cheerful as we tried to make up our minds. Her guidance and suggestions were on the mark, and we are now happy in a much better home than we had hoped for, and could not be more pleased! If you want to find and buy a great house, go to Caroline Aslan.

I was disappointed in DC Living Real Estate, even though I would say that the price we ultimately…read morereceived for the sale of our house was satisfactory, as were the number of days the house was on the market. In addition, the DC Living brokers worked hard. There were aspects, too, of our sale that would have tried the patience of any broker, and they remained cheerful and positive throughout. Some, and perhaps most, buyers would find the two principal brokers to be a good fit. Despite all of this, I found my relationship with one of the brokers to be among the most problematic I've had with a professional. I would urge anyone considering these brokers to make sure that they are equally comfortable with both, as their styles are quite different. My clear preference for dealing with the one with whom I felt I still had a good relationship was overridden at every turn. I particularly regret having agreed to dual agency. In effect, as soon as I had done so, I no longer felt I could receive reliable advice on the price negotiations, and later on the negotiations over the list of repairs. I'm pretty sure in retrospect that the buyers would have gone through with the purchase without the split-it-down-the-middle approach that dual agency invites. I don't know this for sure, and it is quite possible we would have made the same concessions had we been advised by a broker with no stake in serving the buyer, but with dual agency I couldn't be sure. I don't blame DC Living for having agreed to dual agency, although it wasn't clear until afterwards when I asked that they did not have a prior relationship to the buyers before meeting them at one of our open houses. Later, when the broker with whom I had a problematic relationship described a portion of the commission that they were kicking back to the buyer as having been granted to help make the deal work, it seemed curious. When I inquired, I was advised that the buyers had asked for it during the negotiations to bridge the gap between us, but it was not disclosed at the time it was asked for or granted, but rather later as a heads up in connection with a form that we would see at settlement. It didn't make any difference to the amount of commission we paid, but it dovetailed with the narrative I was developing in which I felt managed and not listened to or treated with genuine respect.

We have used DC Living - specifically Deb and Skip - for three purchases and two sales of houses…read moreacross the last decade. On the sell side, they got us record setting high prices for the block both times. On the sell side, they were incredibly patient with us, introducing us to various neighborhoods, faring stops and starts to our thinking about our readiness to move. In addition, they are real home experts - the best at recommending handymen/painters/floor guys and have excellent ideas on home improvement in general. They are pretty much our go-to house consultants. Couldn't recommend more highly.