Katie Wethman, CPA, MBA, REALTOR® - Northern Virginia & DC Real Estate

Putting Experience to Work for Metro Washington, DC, Homebuyers

Katie grew up in Southern New Jersey, just outside of Philadelphia, but has called Washington, DC, home since 1994. Katie graduated as valedictorian of her class at West Deptford HS, and graduated summa cum laude from James Madison University with a double major in Accounting and Finance. After a few years in public accounting, where she earned her CPA, she returned to earn an MBA from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Prior to becoming a real estate agent, she worked for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), Corporate Executive Board, and Deloitte Consulting. Katie is licensed in VA, DC, and MD.

Helping Washington, DC, and N. Virginia First Time Home Buyers

Katie focuses her practice on assisting clients with residential and investment transactions, with a particular specialty in working with "first time" buyers and sellers. With her background in finance and executive education, she is adept at walking her clients through the process from "soup to nuts" so that they understand the risks and rewards of home ownership. It's important that buyers be educated on the pros and cons of each decision because there's rarely just one "right" way to proceed. Katie teaches educational seminars designed for first time buyers in Arlington County, where she resides in Ballston (in the orange line corridor.) Her consultative approach has been invaluable to many clients, and she works to make every client a lifelong relationship by providing advice and resources to clients before, during, and after the transaction. Maintaining a relationship is what keeps her happy clients sending their friends and family members who expect a similar high quality of service.

Happy Washington, DC, and N. Virginia First Time Homebuyers

Here are just a few of the Washington, DC, area first time home buyer clients who shared their thoughts on working with Katie.

"Working with Katie was a true pleasure. She takes a sincere interest in her clients and leverages her intelligence and market knowledge to ensure their satisfaction. Katie is friendly and professional. I simply cannot imagine anyone better! I strongly recommend Katie." -- Danny G.

"Highly highly highly recommend Katie; she knows what she is doing, knows what she is talking about and is completely flexible." -- Ellen K.

"I would give Katie the very highest recommendation. As first-time home-buyers, my wife Tina and I were pretty ignorant about the entire process. Katie made absolutely everything easy for us. She skillfully anticipated where we would need help and information, providing both detailed written materials and live coaching, and she answered every one of our questions thoroughly and helpfully. Katie listened carefully to us, quickly learning our needs and preferences in searching for a home, and fine-tuned our search process expertly. She was extremely flexible, cheerfully working with our schedules and our changing priorities, and she went well above and beyond an expected level of service in many instances. Katie recommended other professionals (mortgage broker, home inspectors, etc.) whose work - and ability to deal with first-time home buyers - was similarly superlative. Through all of this, Katie was a complete joy to work with - the sort of person with whom you almost look forward to filling out stacks of paperwork. And in the end, you can't argue with results. We now own a house we love living in more every day, and we still feel like we got a great deal on it. Thanks, Katie!”

90% of Katie's business is referrals from happy clients like these!