Joel Nelson Group

When we were buying our house initially we noticed Joel Nelson’s name plastered across Capitol Hill. Most of the homes we liked were his listings, and we did end up buying from him. Recently we decided to move to Maine and things happened faster than seemed physically possible. We had put a contract on a house without even having a letter of approval from a bank. However Joel and his team went to work immediately. They staged the house, hired a handy man to fix a few patches, and did all the advertising necessary is just a couple of days. The house sold the first weekend and the settlement went through without a hitch, all in good time for the settlement on our new home. Joel and his team are so very professional and the entire process was totally anxiety free. Can’t thank them enough.

I am not new to the task of buying and selling homes – including a FSBO – and have interviewed and worked with many realtors along the way. I can say without reservation that Joel and his team are a credit to their profession. Do not select a realtor, especially on Capitol Hill, without meeting Joel first.
He is a great listener and identifies all the desires and pain points of his client, then consistently incorporates those preferences throughout the process. No reminders necessary. Also, he knows all the players on Capitol Hill and DC — other realtors, inspectors, lenders, settlement — and is a strategic and skilled communicator.
We were on the seller side. He identified several inexpensive upgrades, arranged and oversaw the work, staged the house beautifully with his interior design team, shrewdly scheduled the showings and open house, spurred multiple bids, and then carefully walked us through the pros and cons of each to help us make a decision. Our house quickly sold well above asking.
If you’re a seller in this market, it’s tempting to go the FSBO route to avoid paying commission to your seller’s agent. Sometimes that works fine. But if it doesn’t work and you do need to call on the services of a realtor, call Joel. We tried FSBO, and did go under contract, which fell through due to some questionable tactics on the buyer’s side. After that frustrating experience, we called Joel. Joel’s team netted us a price that MORE THAN COVERED their commisson. We walked with more proceeds. Call him.

I highly recommend Joel for buying and/​or selling in the capitol hill area. My husband and I had a very short timeline for selling our home and inconveniently around the holidays (Nov/​Dec). Furthermore, our open house ended up occurring during a snow storm. Despite all of these challenges Joel had our home sold in less than a week for list price. Joel took care of everything: coordinating work to be done prior to listing, staging, marketing materials, and closing. He made the whole process as smooth and stress free as possible.
We interviewed several capitol hill realtors before deciding to go with Joel and it was clearly the best decision. Joel recommended a higher list price than others and he delivered on that. He has a great knowledge of the market as well as an understanding of people and what drives their decisions to buy. Lastly, he showed the most excitement about the historic aspects of our home, which I think went a long way when selling it to the new owners.
We could not have been happier with our outcome and our experience with Joel!

I couldn’t recommend Joel and his team more highly. They meticulously cleaned my property that was trashed by renters, staged it beautifully, sold it quickly, managed the contract impeccably, and closed the transaction on time. I have bought and sold dozens of homes and I rate this team at the very top. Joel is intelligent about the market, trustworthy, accountable, and responsive. Brilliant work from a brilliant team!

Unimpressed. Tried to work with them but they were unresponsive.

Stop looking.
Seriously.
You think you need a realtor — what you really need is Joel Nelson.
We interviewed several capable realtors as we made plans to sell our home on Capitol Hill — but Joel more than impressed us – he blew us away.
He’s renovated a number of home on Capitol Hill himself — — and he was able to quickly point out some simple, budget minded and cost effective upgrades to make our home stand up and out for a quick sale. I know what you’re thinking: «Yeah yeah yeah… what realtor doesn’t want you to fix the place up?» Fair enough. But what realtor personally manages the whole process for you?
Joel arranged for all the pre-​sale painting & renovations, purchased (and by the way personally financed) all of the paint, hardware & materials. And Joel and his team worked quickly — we had 3 weeks in December (read — around the holidays) to prep the house for a January open house and he came in on time and on budget. He then brought in furniture and beautifully staged the home — at no cost to us. Check it out:
That the house sold in less than a week (in January mind you) might have been a surprise to some — but it wasn’t to us.
Joel researched the market and helped us price the house properly and he aggressively marketed the house online & off. He even measured the metrics for how many folks had seen the online tour and walked through the house and diligently and thoroughly followed up with any and all potential buyers.
Once we had a contract in hand, Joel kept at it. He worked the appraiser, kept in touch with the buyer’s agent, kept tabs on the buyer’s bank all to ensure that the closing went smoothly.
His efforts made it EFFORTLESS and easy for us.
Add to all of this that Joel is a supremely nice, decent & thoughtful guy who is engaged & invested in the community and there’s no question who you should be calling.
202.243.7707 (office)
202.315.3569 (fax)
202.270.8239 (mobile)