About PJ Braun
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- Buyer's Agent
- Listing Agent
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2026
TOP AGENT
Alexandria, VA
2026
Alexandria, VA
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ill absolutely be going with another agent in the future due to the repeated unresponsiveness and the clear lack of genuine concern for the clients best interest. Its important for others to know that just because someone holds the broker title under the name "Long & Foster" does not mean they reflect the professionalism or standards of the entire brokerage. My past experiences with other Long & Foster representatives and independent agents have been excellentaEUR"thorough, attentive, and truly client-focused. Unfortunately, that was not the case with the Poole Braun Team. I often felt like an afterthought rather than a valued client, and communication delays made the process unnecessarily stressful. It came across as transactional, not relationalaEUR"like they were more interested in closing a deal than actually helping me make the right decision. I would advise others to do their research and not assume all teams under a big name will deliver the same level of service.
Realtor PJ Braun was the seller's agent, and I was the buyer. He did not end up keeping his promise, his words are cheap. He acknowledged the seller did not deliver some of exterior door keys on a $1 million transaction and tried to get the seller to deliver the keys post closing but did not succeed. He then promised to reimburse the keys out of his own pocket but did not honor my estimate of key replacement and after 6 months of post closing he did not come up with his own estimate and finally advised me that he will not reimburse me for the keys.
Dan is the man!! It's been over 2 years since my wife and I bought our first house together with Dan's help. Professional, kind, helpful, willing to assist in ways big and small: that's just a small insight into Dan's character. He keeps communication open and consistent throughout the home buying process and even today we keep in touch with Dan providing great recommendations on local contractors and service people to use. You really want him to be your realtor if you are looking anywhere in the Mount Vernon/Alexandria area. He's been in the area for quite some time and knows a TON. And beyond Dan's skill you also get the whole Poole Braun team which is saying something because they also have a ton of experience. We will be using Dan's services again for sure!!
We had a fantastic experience working with the entire Poole Braun team. While starting to feel a little cramped in our home during the pandemic, we had NO plans to buy a new place when we happened to see the perfect larger house come on the market right down the street from us in Hollin Hills. We contacted Lee, who answered our questions about how we could potentially buy a new house before selling our own. In this market, things move at lightning speed, so we needed a lot of questions answered quickly before we could pull the trigger. Lee's experience, data and advice helped us see what was possible and gave us the confidence we needed to move forward. We used the Poole Braun team to buy and sell. They know how to sell Hollin Hills and got us a great offer for our house. Thanks to Lee, Peter, Bailey, PJ and the rest of this great team, we went from not having any plans to buy a house to closing on both the purchase of our new home and sale of our existing on in five weeks. FIVE WEEKS!! On the same day!! It was a whirlwind, but we were in fantastic hands the entire way. Can't think this crew enough for partnering with us to make it all happen.
After our initial meeting with the Poole Braun Team we knew we were in good hands. They were quite knowledgeable in all areas regarding the selling of our house. Their expertise regarding buying and lending regulations made our decision making very easy. From our first meeting with them we were treated with respect and kindness. We felt as if we were dealing with old friends. I would definitely recommend the Poole Braun Team to any seller or buyer looking for a real estate professional to represent them in buying or selling a property!
PJ was great to work with. Extremely knowledgable (particularly about Hollin Hills), helpful, responsive & available for questions, not pushy, listens to what your looking for, professional and a pleasure to work with. He found us the perfect house in a very difficult market and expertly guided us through the process. You can tell that PJ really enjoys his work and helping his clients find what they are looking for. Really excellent!
PJ was a pleasure to work with throughout the home-buying process. From the time we first indicated that we were interested in looking for a home, all the way through to closing and beyond, PJ was attentive and willing to take the time to work with us to ensure we fully understood the ins and outs of purchasing a house. He brings a plethora of industry knowledge, expertise, and business & personal connections that made the entire process seamless from start to finish. He continues to follow up and ensure that we are happy with our purchase, while offering additional advice and references whenever needed. I would absolutely recommend PJ to anyone looking to purchase a home, whether it be their first home or their fiftieth.
PJ was wonderful to work with. His professionalism, personality, knowledge of the Real Estate market, and his dedication to his clients made our search for our new home enjoyable and relatively stress free. I would highly recommend PJ and the Poole/Braun team.
Sometimes it is easy to "pencil whip" reviews such as this, but in this case if I could give Peter and Lee Braun - and their entire team - SIX stars in every category, I would! We bought and sold our home through the Poole Braun Team. They could not be more personable and professional. Equally as important, however, they are technically competent in a very complex line of work and knowledgeable in the local real estate market. I have no reservations recommending the Braun Team to others when it comes time to purchase or sell a home - all I have are accolades!
We are repeat Poole Braun Team clients, and will call them again the next time we move! They are always friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable about the entire process. We are very happy with their service!
We are repeat Poole Braun Team clients, and will call them again the next time we move! They are always friendly, helpful, and very knowledgeable about the entire process. We are very happy with their service!
PJ was so willing to show us a ton of different properties all over northern VA. He was honest and helped us find our perfect condo in Fairfax. I highly recommend working with him to find your next home!
This was my husband's 4th property purchased with the Poole Braun team, and my first. From start to finish the entire process was seamless and very personable. We were treated like family by the entire Team. Phone calls, text messages, and emails were all responded to quickly no matter what time of day it was. All of my worries as a first time purchaser where quickly alleviated due to their knowledge and ability to explain everything in a manner that was very clear. I would highly recommend that entire team.
We had a wonderful experience with Lee, Peter and the entire Poole Braun Team! We started working with the team a few months prior to listing and they truly guided us along every step - from making decisions on final updates/staging, to deciding on the right listing weekend and finalizing the pricing strategy. I really appreciated the discussions around strategies and trusted their strong experience in this specific market. We ended up with 9 offers and I was very impressed with the detailed way they walked us through the offers. I learned a lot from working with Lee and Peter! Always felt supported by their team approach - Rachael, PJ and Bailey - everyone was amazing and truly cared about our home. Thank you Poole Braun Team!
The Poole Braun Team was very helpful in selling the condo . We got A buyer in the first two weeks the unit was listed. They did most of the work and made it easy for me.
I engaged the Poole Braun Team to sell my parents house. They had purchased a home in Phoenix AZ and moved somewhat urgently and the team took care of us amazingly. They not only listed, staged and sold the home but helped us to coordinated the move and the clearing of the house of non moveable items. The entire experience was fantastic. We could not have been in better hands.
PJ was a pleasure to work with during our closing. He is friendly, knowledgeable, and very flexible. He responded to all our questions in a timely manner. We cannot recommend PJ enough!
Peter and Lee are a great team. The Poole Braun Team helped us navigate a very unique and difficult situation and ultimately found the perfect home for us! 2020 has been anything but ordinary, but they got us through and in a new home and had fun in the process!
PJ is utterly stellar and I'm a bad person for taking 2 months post-closing to write this!We had been eyeing the Hollin Hills neighborhood for as long as we can remember and once we got serious this summer, we went to an open house there. While the home was too small for us, we were fortunate enough to meet the agent there, PJ. We were sort of doing a little initial work with another agent, but were drawn to PJ and immediately worked out switching agents. Hes a bright spirit and fun to chat with and he just understood so well what we were after and recognized our style and the conditions we wanted. And he has so much rich knowledge about this area, particularly in midcentury modern homes!Within 2 days we saw and had an offer in on our dream home and managed to secure it at asking price even in this insane COVID bubble. Throughout the month of closing, PJ was so helpful in checking in with us, recommending contractors he trusted, letting me in to meet with contractors for quotes, and just being super transparent and supportive in the process.Weve now been in our home over a month and are finally somewhat settled in. We just continue to pinch ourselves over how smooth everything went. Was it meant to be, is PJ just that good? Methinks a little bit of both ??
Communication outstanding, marketing strategy and materials oustanding and negotiation tactics oustanding. We had several contracts all over list within a single weekend, the complete transaction was seamless and far exceeded our expectations. I had at one time an active real estate license with another broker but went with the best of the best, the Poole Braun team! We highly recommend the Poole Braun team for all your real estate needs!
I loved our experience with the Poole Braun Team! They came and listened to what we needed and how we needed things to go and they, without a doubt, did an amazing job helping my family sell our home. We were so pleased with how everything turned out not only for us but for the buyers as well. Thank you!
Lost 6 offers with different realtor and won our very first one with PJ. He is an Alexandria native and showed an expert level knowledge of the area. PJ is highly responsive, and very professional. If you are looking to buy a home, I highly recommend working with PJ!
Lost 6 offers with different realtor and won our very first one with PJ. He is an Alexandria native and showed an expert level knowledge of the area. PJ is highly responsive, and very professional. If you are looking to buy a home, I highly recommend working with PJ!
We worked with PJ looking for our first home in Northern VA. It was a stressful process with NOVA housing market being extremely competitive but PJ made it happen. We found the perfect home in the area we wanted and we did not have to compromise. He was responsive and easy to talk to throughout this stressful process. I truly dont think we would've found this gem without PJ and his expertise. We will be recommending PJ to our friends and family in the future. Thank you, PJ!
We had a great experience with the Poole Braun team! They helped us safely and quickly sell our Hollin Hills house during the Covid Pandemic. Peter and Lee were as hands on as we needed and gave great advice each step of the selling process. I highly recommend their team!
PJ was The Best agent we could have asked for! He was so helpful with every single thing, very responsive, familiar with the market and really listened what we wanted instead of pushing for a sale. We have met several agents that didn't have our best interest at heart, but PJ certainly did!We highly recommend him and will definitely trust him with our next purchase.
The Poole/Braun team is great!A Peter and Lee are very knowledgeable and experienced realtors.A They follow current market trends and really understand how best to prepare a home for sale.
The Poole Braun Team was amazing! I was very nervous about the whole process of selling our house: with 2 little kids, a dog and working full time, but I should not have worried. Lee and Peter gave us the advise we needed on what had to be done to get our house ready and when. Lee then came to stage the house and ensured that it looked beautiful. Lees advise on how to rearrange our furniture and the staging material that she brought in transformed the house. The photos and online material were amazing, and really showed the best features of our house. They were also spot on for the timing on when to put the house on the market: at first encouraging us to list the house at the end of winter instead of my wish to be mid spring (end of winter had less stock, but buyer looking for houses) and then suggesting to be even sooner due to COVID. We were extremely lucky that our open-house was the weekend just before stay at home orders were announced, but if Poole Braun had not be assessing the situation, we would have missed this opportunity. We got an offer at the end of the open house weekend.Poole Braun Team were super quick to respond to questions and kept us well informed of the process. A very friendly, dynamic, expert team. I really should not have worried about putting our house on the market! They made the whole experience easy and fun.
PJ worked with us purchasing a home in Old Town, Alexandria, which is a very supply limited, highly competitive market. We knew what we wanted in a home and were willing to wait until we found what we wanted and PJ helped all along the entire process. He was extremely responsive to our needs and when we found the right home we were able to go into contract in a weekend. I would highly recommend him for Old Town, Alexandria and the surrounding Northern VA / DC area.
We worked with PJ to find and buy our first home in DC in summer of 2019. He was extremely responsive and provided us with helpful listings and suggestions, and took us on tours. He was always personable, kind, and easy to reach any time of day. Once we were ready to make an offer, PJs speed, negotiations skills, extensive network, and expertise on market dynamics were essential. He drafted offers with incredible speed in the competitive summer market, while still carefully walking us through each section of the document and explaining the trade offs in offering various concessions. PJ was also able to buy us time in several instances where we really needed it to reach a decision. We were out of town when the home we currently live in went to market. It sold within 72 hours, and he was able to negotiate a longer window that gave us time to see the unit in person. Once we decided to buy, he quickly drew up an offer that ultimately got us the house. PJ's offer saved us money by making concessions that were attractive to the seller without placing undue risk on us. Finally, he was also able to recommend numerous options for other services, such as home inspection, mortgage and closing, and help us work with them promptly to complete each phase of the purchase.If they made westerns about buyers agents, PJ would be the fastest draw (offer writer) in the east. Overall, PJ was crucial to helping us navigate our first home buying experience. We would recommend him in an instant.
I loved loved loved working with the Poole/Braun team. Peter and Lee were absolutely fabulous in every way. I cant recommend a real estate team more highly. I interviewed three realtors and Peter and Lee walked in and not only said they thought they could get substantially more than the other two but we then got a very nice figure over our asking. They were enthusiastic, fun, extremely communicative-quickly responding to my calls and questions. And very knowledgeable on every front. They went above and beyond making what could have been very stressful extremely delightful. I remembered a previous neighbor had sold with them several years ago and she was so happy with the process. Now I understand why. If you want the best selling price coupled with a most delightful experience, I highly recommend Peter and Lee. I wish them much continued success!!!!!
We knew we were in good hands from the second we started working with PJ. He cares about finding you the perfect house as much as he cares about luring in the perfect large mouth bass. I promise you that's A LOT. Once we found the right house, he walked us through the offer and agreement sheets as thoroughly and detailed as a Westminster Judge evaluates the dogs. 15/10 Would highly recommend.
PJ was awesome, and I highly recommend him for all things real estate. His friendliness and knowledge immediately put us at ease... in fact, when we met PJ, we weren't even ready to list our house. But after connecting with him at an open house, I knew that I wanted him to represent us when it actually did happen. From start to finish, PJ provided excellent service and proved extremely effective in advocating on our behalf throughout the process. Definitely the best experience I've had with a realtor!
As first time home buyers, PJ was the perfect agent for us. He was knowledgeable on all of the areas/neighborhoods we were interested in. He assisted heavily with negotiating the price and details, and made sure we were comfortable with our end decision.He also made himself available whenever we had questions, or needed to discuss items related to the houses we toured, or the one we ended up purchasing. We really appreciated his responsiveness via text. It made communication much easier.I would recommend working with PJ!
The Poole Braun Team has always been our goto realtors for years (since 2001). We have worked with Lee and Peter on several transactions, both selling and buying. They bring alot of experience and passion to the table and are a joy to work with. They are especially knowledgeable about mid-century modern homes, Hollin Hills, and the Alexandria area. I can also be a demanding client at times, but they are always patient, gracious, responsive and always able to make the process a positive experience. I highly recommend hiring Lee and Peter, as well as their team, for all of your real estate needs. You'll be happy you did!
The Poole Braun Team has always been our goto realtors for years (since 2001). We have worked with Lee and Peter on several transactions, both selling and buying. They bring alot of experience and passion to the table and are a joy to work with. They are especially knowledgeable about mid-century modern homes, Hollin Hills, and the Alexandria area. I can also be a demanding client at times, but they are always patient, gracious, responsive and always able to make the process a positive experience. I highly recommend hiring Lee and Peter, as well as their team, for all of your real estate needs. You'll be happy you did!
The Poole Braun Team was very responsive and did an excellent job negotiating and resolving home inspection and HOA issues. Very knowledgeable of the market and comparable properties without losing sight of the value of the specific attributes of the target property. Professional, reliable, thorough, and detail oriented.
We had a great experience buying our first home with PJ Braun. PJ is extremely knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. Whenever we had questions about the home buying process, he was able to explain everything in an easy to understand fashion. He was prompt in our communication and coordination of home visits. We highly recommend PJ.
The home-buying process can be stressful, but PJ helped us navigate the market easily. His offer letter writing skills are impressive.. they're creative and attractive to a seller, without stripping a buyer of all their protection. It's been a great experience and we look forward to working with him for our future real estate needs!
In 2012 the Poole Braun Team expertly guided us through our first home purchase. Seven years later we confidently relied on them again to sell our home quickly and within market value. They out performed our expectations getting our home sold in four days and above our asking price. We highly recommend the Poole Braun Team.
In 2012 the Poole Braun Team expertly guided us through our first home purchase. Seven years later we confidently relied on them again to sell our home quickly and within market value. They out performed our expectations getting our home sold in four days and above our asking price. We highly recommend the Poole Braun Team.
Going into the sale of my condo, I had a lot of questions. The Poole Braun team answered my questions in a timely manner and made the entire process go smoothly. They were knowledgeable, personable and really cool to work with. I will certainly use them again when I am ready to buy or sell a property in the future!
Lee and Peter Braun were outstanding. The team has in depth knowledge of Hollin Hills, where our property was located, and gave us valuable advice on how to price our house, when to put it in the market, and how to best prepare it for sale.Even before the open house took place, the team had already lined-up several private showings which attests to their marketing skills. There was in excess of 100 people visiting our property.The team was also excellent when it came to discussing offers and always made themselves available to discuss any questions we had. Once again, their advice was priceless and we accepted an offer within 48 hours of the open house.The entire process, from first meeting to closing, was flawless and we couldn't not recommend them more, hence the 5 star ratings across the board.
PJ is very professional. He helped me buy my first home. Throughout the process I felt that he's has my best interest. He educated me during the housing search and made me feel comfortable with buying. ...
Peter & Lee were great with the sale of our home. They were responsive and helpful throughout the entire process. They provided great staging and were not afraid to get their hands dirty with final cleanup of our home.I would strongly recommend them you for real estate needs.
I contacted PJ on a Sunday afternoon after 5 for the first time and was able to get a winning offer in the very next day. Pj was always prompt to meeting me and always available via phone to answer any questions. As a forst time home buyer the process was all new to me but felt very easy from start to finish with his guidance.
The Poole Braun Team and Lee and Peter in particular were amazing to work with. Selling our home was an emotional one for us with a number of logistics involved and Lee and Peter were honest, supportive, understanding and went the extra mile a number of times. They were great advocates for us through the entire process and were always thinking one or two steps ahead. They were also very communicative - responding to our numerous emails and texts promptly - so we were always up-to-date with the latest developments. We highly recommend Lee, Peter and the whole Poole Braun Team.
The Poole Braun Team and Lee and Peter in particular were amazing to work with. Selling our home was an emotional one for us with a number of logistics involved and Lee and Peter were honest, supportive, understanding and went the extra mile a number of times. They were great advocates for us through the entire process and were always thinking one or two steps ahead. They were also very communicative - responding to our numerous emails and texts promptly - so we were always up-to-date with the latest developments. We highly recommend Lee, Peter and the whole Poole Braun Team.
PJ Braun helped my family find the perfect home. We were working together long distance and PJ was able to accommodate our family needs and crazy schedule. He scheduled multiple viewings and we even returned to view some more than once. He handled complicated negotiations which resulted in our getting everything we asked for. He is from Alexandria with so much local insight. He is a wonderful combination of professional and fun which makes the stressful process of relocating much more tolerable. Definitely give him a call!
PJ and his team was very professional, personable, and service-oriented. They truly care about your goals, your needs and wants as a seller and everything was fast, simple and easy, not to mention their teams honest and positive way of doing business. I was very pleased with the whole process of selling my home. Also they did a nice job with the staging, too!