Brett West

Brett West is the founder and team lead for the #UrbanCastle Team at McEnearney Associates Realtors, Inc. Their professional expertise has spanned a vast array of market conditions – some of the best of times and some of the most challenging since the Great Depression. It is working through the unknown in each real estate transaction where they are at their best. They combine expert real estate knowledge, client care and contract management with experience from prior careers, including training and working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). They are proven in identifying and proposing several routes around challenge, so their clients are empowered to choose the solutions that make best sense for them. Their #1 commitment is to attentiveness to their clients’ needs, and they know your unique personal circumstances are central to the decisions you make about real estate.

Since 2017, they have invested in video technology to serve the best interests of their clients. For their sellers, their #VideoOpenHouses tell a story beyond the capabilities of their professionally-shot photos and slideshows. These polished videos provide a virtual tour of the property, offering a sense of layout inside and outside of the home, as well as proportions of each property. For their buyers and tenants, for whom it is sometimes impossible to tour properties in person, their exclusive #HomePreviewVideo is accompanied by candid commentary that neither photos nor video alone can provide - specifically: smells and sounds. This practice proved successful for clients living outside the DC Metro Area, who made their decision to purchase their #UrbanCastle based on the video and commentary. Their purchase process was negotiated, protected, and shepherded from Offer-to-Settlement buy their capable team. Each video component enables their clients to make critical decisions about how their homes are presented to consumers of real estate, and where they choose to live.

Brett is the neighborhood expert of choice in DC’s 16th Street Heights, where he has lived since 2009, and has been instrumental in forging strong relationships between Uptown Farmers Market and the community. He has also formerly served as co-chair for the Community Alliance for Upper Fourteenth Street (CAUFS), on the Board of Directors for Uptown Main Street, and is a loyal sponsor of Uptown Farmers Market as well as the performing arts program at West Education Campus. He also takes immense pride in heightening favorable exposure for neighborhood businesses.

Brett's expertise spans the DC Metro Area - from Ashburn, Virginia to Bowie, Maryland and Frederick, Maryland to Stafford, Virginia. And in strategic partnership with Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, the #UrbanCastle Team is able to pinpoint real estate professionals at the top of their game in every corner of the globe.

Having grown up in San Diego, Los Angeles, Tehran and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, he is an alum of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa where hear earned a B.A. in Communications. Prior to joining McEnearney Associates, he spent a quarter century providing strategic communications counsel to a variety of Fortune 500 companies, elected officials and start-ups.