We cannot say enough wonderful things about Joe and his entire team at WashingtonFirst. From the very beginning when we met him at a RedFin Homebuying Class, Joe always helped these two first-time homebuyers through the complex process of securing a mortgage and buying a home. He sat down with us for over an hour during our first meeting, not only explaining what we could expect to afford with our budget, but what we should be thinking about throughout the entire homebuying process. He was always quick to turn around a cost estimate for a place we were considering (sometimes with 4 or 5 different buying scenarios for each of many, many places) and give his advice on what we would want to consider when making an offer. We went through two realtors through our process, and in many ways, Joe and his team were more on top of and better communicative about our deal than either of our realtors. At one point during our final offer when our realtor did not execute what we agreed to, it was Joe that spotted the problem (because he was having more communication with the sellers’ team than our own realtor) and immediately reached out to us to get it resolved. In the end, Joe and his magnificent team are what made our first home possible. We will forever be grateful for the extraordinary hard work, professionalism, and good humor of Joe and WashingtonFirst brought to our homebuying process, and we would recommend that anybody looking for a lender go with them.