Dheeresh Patel

The Local DMV Market

Dhee has lived in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia (DMV) area for 18+ years and has intimate knowledge of property trends, development, and neighborhood dynamics across the metropolitan area.  He has followed local economic drivers, policy changes, and redevelopment zones that shape real estate values and opportunities in several submarkets. He has represented clients with their real estate transactions in DC, MD, and VA.

Residential Property

Dhee enjoys learning each client’s personal preferences and financial goals for property ownership or sale. He takes a patient, personalized approach to guide and support each client throughout the real estate transaction process end-to-end. He understands the complexity and challenges of real estate transactions, each with unique elements including property type, location, purpose, and other essential factors. Buying or selling real estate is serious business and can be stressful, but he believes you can have fun doing it.

Dhee strives to inform and educate clients about market trends and property characteristics to help each client evaluate options and make informed decisions based upon their criteria. He encourages clients to consider both their subjective and objective factors with clarity. Having owned and invested in property himself in multiple states, he understands firsthand that buying and/or selling a home is one of the most significant personal and financial decisions one makes. Dhee helps with the heavy lifting and strives to make the home buying and selling process more convenient, manageable, and an overall enjoyable experience.

Commercial Real Estate

As a commercial agent, Dhee guides property owners, buyers, and tenants through the complete leasing or sales lifecycle—from search, valuation, and due diligence to negotiating and closing a deal.  He dedicates the time to gain a thorough understanding of each client’s needs and develops a comprehensive customized profile. He combines market intelligence, financial acumen, and strategic business objectives to help clients maximize value and achieve their investment goals. Dhee translate complex information into clear insights, decision factors, and actionable options to enable clients to best align their financial goals and long-term growth strategy with their real estate decisions. Whether an investor, developer, business owner, financial institution, or other organization, Dhee works diligently to provide customized guidance throughout all steps of a property transaction and strives to deliver an excellent client experience.

Outside of client deals, Dhee also has personal experience with property investments. He has bought and sold investment property in multiple states. He has evaluated and invested in a property development of a 400+ unit community. Dhee has first-hand experience with successfully completing 1031 exchange transactions. Dhee can help clients with the challenges of analyzing property investments, identifying value, identifying risk factors, and negotiating deals.

Related Professional Experience

Dhee leverages over 15 years of experience in business and technology consulting to bring a strategic, analytical, and data-driven approach to help clients evaluate, acquire, lease, or sell commercial real estate with precision and confidence. He leverages experiences such as an IBM Plant Location International (PLI) project to bring a strategic, data-driven approach to identifying ideal locations that align with long-term business investment goals. He also brings experience in business operations, processes, and budget planning, and takes a methodical approach to assess market trends, property performance, and investment potential of real estate through a client’s business lens.

Dhee brings additional knowledge to commercial real estate clients from his architectural studies. He knows the importance of property space, utility, and features and can thoughtfully guide clients across a range of business types and contexts through their commercial property selection process. Whether a simple tenant improvement (TI) or an extensive buildout, Dhee can help guide clients through the design process with contractors to converge on the desired design, flow, and functionality of a space.

Summary

Dhee brings strong analytical capabilities and a robust background of knowledge and perspective from a range of career experiences including Management Consulting, IT, business startup, teaching, and molecular biology research. He also co-founded a non-profit center of excellence in Nairobi, Kenya to train professionals on business process improvement methods to increase operational efficiency. Dhee enjoys learning and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from top-tier universities. Beyond careers, Dhee has traveled extensively to over 20 countries and enjoys exploring communities and cultures including food, museums, art, architecture, sports, live music, theater, and standup comedy. His hobbies include playing tennis, basketball, ultimate frisbee, cycling, swimming, and chess.