Balaram Owens

10/17/23Barbara Robinson-Cole

Google Review

Balaram is a premier agent who I worked with on both a purchase and a sale of a home. His industry knowledge and ability to solve complex issues that came up was exceptional! He listened carefully and acted in alignment with our wishes. Balaram ensured we had an excellent buying and selling experience. Would absolutely recommend him!

9/12/23Ngwet Um

Google Review

Balaram is an outstanding realtor, with great knowledge of the market and how to work through contracts. Very communicative and present.
He has a wide range of experience and was able to help me close of a NACA mortgage process and a very seemingly easy manner.
I would definitely work with him in the future as well as recommending him to all of my friends and family.
Thanks again very much Balaram for this birthday gift.

3/11/23Oscar Montes

Google Review

Balaram has been my real estate agent three times. I keep going back to him because he is extremely helpful - and successful - in navigating the market. He has offered to handle tons of sale and buy-related logistics, offering referrals and quotes for repairs and maintenance, and help with loans, appraisals, etc. Most importantly, Balaram has proven time and time again that he has my interests in mind. That trust goes a long way. Cheers - OM

2/14/23Jerome Cole

Google Review

Balaram was outstanding!

He was professional, personable, and excellently covered every aspect of the home buying pricess. He helped us purchase our dream home!!

This was my fourth home purchase and he made it the easiest and best experience to date. We were so impressed that we have asked him to sell another home for us. He is an amazing communicator and subject matter expert.

Our family is indebted to Balaram and strongly recommend him to every prospective buyer and seller.

He's simply the Best!!!

2/8/23James Bevans

Google Review

Thanks for the great job you did assisting me with the renovations and sale of my home. My ideas were old fashioned and out of date. You provided new and current building concepts that were instrumental in my home being under contract in 5 days after listing in a down real estate market. All your other positive assistance and timely advice were greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.

8/23/22Scott Hobbs

Google Review

We listed our house with Balaram, and it couldn't have gone better. He's a true professional, and so very helpful. Our house sold in less than a week and we received more than the asking price. The experience was quick and easy. Thanks Balaram!

Becky & Scott

7/27/22Julie Harlow

Google Review

Balaram did an amazing job as our Real Estate agent, helping us to successfully sell our House and purchase our new Condo. He was so attentive to all of our needs, and provided amazing Contractor contacts for all of our Home updates. Balaram is extremely professional and responsive, and I would 100% recommend him to anyone looking to buy or sell their home.

11/15/21Sadina Montani

Google Review

Our neighbors had a successful sale with Balaram, and we knew after our first meeting he was the right agent to sell our home in Mount Rainier. In addition to knowing the neighborhood super well, he is practical, transparent, thoughtful, and responsive. He coordinated a great team of quality contractors (who all were great guys, to boot!) and helped us get everything in order quickly after making the decision to sell. And we had a great outcome! Definitely recommend!

9/26/21Mien Patterson

Google Review

We needed an experienced realtor who would have a team of renovators and would be able to coordinate everything we needed. Balaram was just the realty advisor we needed. He took care of everything to prepare the house for sale and the sale. He was very responsive and very professional. The whole process was seamless.

8/28/21LisaAndRay Custis

Google Review

We are incredibly grateful for the outstanding experience we had with selling our home with Balaram, making a winning offer on a lot to build our next home, and guiding us throughout each of the processes at every stage. We couldn't have asked for a better expert, and client-focused professional than him when handling a major transaction such as real estate. His attention to detail, and ability to think critically, while managing expectations made us feel confident that he always had our best interest in mind and heart. Additionally, he connected us with competent resources like subcontractors and a photographer to show our home well and compete with other sellers - this helped make our experience more pleasant and stress-free. We are beyond grateful for the excellent level of competence and service that we were so fortunate to experience with Balaram. There is no better person and professional to represent you in any real estate transaction than him.

2/8/21Brittany Cascanet

Google Review

We recently became first time home sellers after Balaram helped us find our dream starter home 4 years ago in Falls Church. He is resourceful, well connected, extremely responsive, and a genuinely great person. We had direct conversations, prepped our house to show best, and sold quickly (under contract in a week!).

Balaram’s expertise for both our buying & selling experiences was invaluable. He is a skilled negotiator with a calm and charming demeanor. He comes through on everything, keeps his word, and has a back up plan (just in case).

If you are searching for a real estate professional in DC, Maryland, or Virginia, message him right now.

2/7/21Jason Hedges

Google Review

Balaram has helped us both as a buyers agent and most recently as a sellers agent. In both instances he has far surpassed our expectations. As our buyers agent, he was super patient as we were house hunting for 3 years trying to find our perfect home. When we did finally settle on one, he was with us every step of the way. As our sellers agent, he gave us solid honest advise about the renovations process and helped us with selecting the right contractors. Then he listed our property which had a signed contract only days later and for much more than the list price. He's a straight shooter, and highly professional. Balaram has our highest recommendation.

12/18/20Lauren Stamm

Google Review

Your real estate agent search stops here! As first time home buyers, we didn't understand the process at all - and after our first call with Balaram, we knew we were in the right hands. He helped us get connected with a lender right away and made sure we knew what we were getting into with the craziness of the pandemic housing market. Balaram was responsive and always got us into a house within 24 hours of us seeing it on the market - a necessity in this market.

We ended up putting in offers on two houses, both of which had tight turnarounds (about 4 days from on-market to offers due). Balaram was not only to get all of the complicated paper work done, but also made sure we were able to get pre-inspections before we submitted our offers. (He was also there for both inspections and able to get us quotes from his contractors on big ticket items, so we could get a realistic sense of how much we needed to put into the house.) This is what ended up ultimately getting us our dream home as we were the only offer that was able to complete a pre-inspection over a holiday weekend!

And Balaram's help and guidance doesn't end when you purchase your home. Once we finally got the keys and had a sense of the work we wanted to do, Balaram set us up with fantastic and affordable contractors (painter, electrician and fire place inspector), who were able to truly transform our home in our tight turnaround from first-walkthrough to move in. Highly, highly recommend - and will be recommending him to all of my family members, friends and coworkers. Hire Balaram! You won't regret it.

9/13/20Maria Vasquez

Google Review

4/30/20Rebeca Salmeron

Google Review

I am a very happy first-time homeowner. I was lucky to have Balaram as my agent; he was an advocate for me throughout the entire process. You will be pleasantly surprised with his resourcefulness, honesty, and customer care. I never had a problem reaching him (by phone, text, and/or email), which will prove to be a huge help.
We made 9 offers before landing on the perfect home. The DMV area is extremely competitive and unforgiving to a young, single first-time buyer. Yet never fear, Balaram is able to teach you so much with his abundant knowledge. That is why I learned to be a realistic, savvy home buyer and hope to utilize this valuable information on my next purchase.

3/14/20A. G.

Google Review

We strongly recommend Balaram. We interviewed many realtors before making our choice and chose Balaram because he seemed the most down to earth and easy to work with-- and Balaram is definitely both. And, even when external circumstances made the sale of our home more complicated, he always dealt with things professionally, got back to us very quickly on any question, worked hard behind the scenes to ensure that we had good options, and clearly and patiently explained all those options. We were very happy with the whole process.

3/8/19Yaniv Snir

Google Review

Balaram is wonderful to work with. We live in California and needed to sell our condo in DC. We like to be very involved in the process and were concerned about not being in town to handle everything. Balaram took all that anxiety away: he is incredibly knowledgeable, gave us terrific advice about timing, pricing, etc., and, of critical importance to us, he was so responsive to our texts and calls throughout the process. He picked up every cold call, and if not he would text right away to set a time to chat. When the condo needed a few items fixed/repaired, he provided quotes for the jobs and handled the project. I highly recommend him for his knowledge, his connections, and his impeccable customer service.

2/21/19Howell W

Google Review

Balaram was great. We needed to sell our home in Columbia Heights remotely. Balaram was referred to us by DC Home Buzz and he was very helpful and attentive to our needs during the process. He provided us his thoughts and input regarding our house, but not at the expense of our own concerns and priorities for the sale of the home. He was flexible throughout, represented us fairly, and even when it looked as if we may pivot from sale to rental, he stayed involved and started working us toward that goal. Ultimately, we did sell our place thanks to some last minute hustle by Balaram and the whole thing went through without us ever visiting Washington. We would definitely recommend him to anyone considering buying or selling a home in DC.

12/20/18Leslie Albrecht

Google Review

Balaram was amazing to work with. He put us in the right home and the perfect neighborhood. He was so patient with us and was always available and communicative. We had a really great experience working with him.

11/19/18TJ YOLO

Google Review

Working with Balaram was one of the best things we’ve done in this entire home buying process. He was referred to us by a friend of ours who also used him. We were going through a few realtors due to a special home loan program (NACA), which was taking longer than expected. Most realtors have no idea what NACA is and how to work with it. The great thing about Balaram in the beginning was the fact that he had worked with a few NACA clients already. Once we were pre-approved by NACA and he started showing us homes.

Here are a few of many reasons why we loved working with him and recommend him wholeheartedly.

1. Balaram is experienced, efficient and great at helping us figuring out what we really wanted. We showed him one house we wanted to check out and he came up with seven on the list at our first official meeting, most of which we liked. With our special loan program, we weren’t fully aware what kind of houses we were supposed to be looking at. Thanks to Balaram, he not only helped us find a house that we love so much but also made everything go much smoother with NACA.

2. Balaram is professional, works tirelessly and always makes himself or his colleague available when we needed him. He was very responsive both via text, email or phone calls. Anytime we had a question, we were able to get an answer right away even on weekends and after work hours. We never had to wait more than a couple hours to get answers to our questions and we had a lot of questions.

3.Balaram is on our side and works for our best interests. Our house was originally out of our price range. We saw this listing but never thought to pursue it. Balaram saw how long the house had been on the market and knew we had a shot. He helped us negotiate a great deal and soon after the house was under contract. The sellers agent was extremely sloppy and not able to get things done due to personal reasons which Balaram identified immediately. Balaram had to bypass the seller’s agent during critical moments so that we could move things along. Without his experience in this area we would not have closed on time.

4.Balarm provides great resources even beyond his area of expertise. Balaram has earned our trust and respect. We always asked about his recommendations and almost every single time we went with his advice. We also went with his personal insurance agent and we got great quotes. Furthermore he also had experience working with the NACA home inspector and personally showed up for the home inspection and the closing making sure nothing important was missed. We felt comfortable with him and his expertise throughout the home buying process.

We couldn’t be more happier with Balaram and our new home.