Real Estate & Property Management

My career in real estate began in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where I spent five years working from one of Long & Foster’s top-performing offices alongside one of the company’s leading agents. Supporting residential marketing and home tours gave me a broad understanding of the DC, Maryland and Virginia housing market, including the ability to evaluate renting versus purchasing and understand how pricing, neighborhoods and market conditions influence where people choose to live.

I brought that foundation into multifamily property management, eventually managing leasing for a six-property, approximately 300-unit portfolio across Adams Morgan, Kalorama and Columbia Heights. When availability reached roughly 30 units, I helped reduce it to just four through market analysis, team leadership, consistent follow-up and hands-on leasing. I later served as the sole on-site manager of a 289-unit community near The Wharf, managing leasing and concierge teams, resident relations, contractor and vendor coordination, property needs, and relationships with ownership.

My effectiveness in property management also draws from a career beyond real estate. Mental health work strengthened my ability to remain calm and communicate with people from different backgrounds; working with the Executive Office of the Mayor in Seat Pleasant taught me to understand community stakeholders; and The World Bank further developed my communications and professional skills in a global environment. Together, those experiences shaped how I approach property management: understanding the property, the market, the stakeholders and, most importantly, the people who call a community home.