Albana made our transaction possible. She used an out-of-the-box approach to find a solution where every other lender could not help us.
We faced a challenging situation. We owned a house and came across another property, which we wanted to buy. Given the competitive market in DC/Bethesda we had to put offer on the new house as soon as possible. Since all of our equity was tied to the original house we could not find any lender who could give us the new mortgage. The standard advice from the lenders was to sell our house and then buy the new one.
After having a friend refer us to Albana, we were able to come up with a solution. Albana used a very creative approach that allowed us to take some equity from our existing house and use it as down payment for the new house.
Albana is pragmatic and solution oriented. She is very knowledgeable about lending but also about ownership interest issues and real estate in general. Albana has a warm and friendly personality and has great people's skills.
We were fortunate to find her and will be working with her in the future.