Joseph Himali a partner and the principal broker of Best Address® Real Estate, LLC, an independent locally owned full-service real estate brokerage licensed in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

Joseph plays an active and important role on behalf of the entire real estate industry, not just his own firm. For three years he has served on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (MRIS®), which is often referred to as the Multiple Listing Service, or MLS. MRIS® is the largest multiple listing service in the world. As a member of the Board of Directors, he helps craft the rules and regulations that all members of the MLS must abide by.

He was the 2009 President of the Greater Capital Area Association of REALTORS® (GCAAR), the association representing approximately 9,500 REALTORS® in Washington, DC, and Montgomery County, MD. He has testified in front of the Washington, DC City Council and the Montgomery County, MD Council on behalf of the real estate industry to promote home ownership in the DC-metro area.

He served for five years on the Board of Directors of the Washington, DC, Association of REALTORS® (better known as WDCAR), helping to shape policy matters affecting real estate in the nation's capital.

He served as a member of GCAAR's Grievance Committee, helping to review consumer & industry complaints about REALTORS and forward those meriting further action on to the association's Professional Standards Committee.

He also serves on MRIS®'s Compliance Committee enforcing the rules and regulations of the MLS for the regional real estate industry.

Additionally, he has served as a Director of the National Association of Realtors® and been an active member at the national level on NAR's Housing Opportunity Committee and Membership Policy and Board Jurisdiction Committee.

Joseph uses his expertise gained from this extensive industry participation to help guide the company through these turbulent times in the real estate industry.

Joseph is licensed as a REALTOR® and Principal Broker in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, and specializes in luxury, historic and architecturally significant -- otherwise known as "Best Address" -- properties in Northwest Washington, Capitol Hill and the inner suburbs of the city.

Joseph received special training in historic real estate through the National Trust for Historic Preservation, having been recognized by the Trust as a member of the Historic Real Estate Program.

In the eleven years Joseph has been a licensed REALTOR®, he has personally sold over 400 properties worth more than $175 million.

In 1999, the first full year Joseph was licensed as a REALTOR® he received GCAAR's sought-after "Rookie of the Year" award for having sold more residential properties that year than any other newly licensed agent.

In 2004, Joseph earned the "CRS" (Certified Residential Specialist) designation, a mark of distinction that less than 4 percent of all licensed REALTOR® in the world have achieved. Created by the National Association of Realtors'® Council of Residential Specialists, the CRS designation is considered to be the "CPA" of residential real estate, providing home buyers and sellers an easy way to identify agents who have significant experience and demonstrate higher volume of real estate transactions or gross sales, as well as complete rigorous, advanced educational requirements. The CRS Designation is the highest professional designation awarded to REALTORS® in the residential sales field.

In 2002, Joseph was awarded the Graduate REALTOR® Institute (GRI) designation from the National Association of REALTORS® after completing a comprehensive education program in residential real estate that covers everything from contract law to professional standards and ethics, as well as finance and risk reduction.

In 2008, Joseph earned his "CRB" (Certified Residential Broker) designation. This shows his commitment to building the careers of the agents in his firm.

In addition to selling single-family homes, Joseph is well versed in the nuances of condominium and cooperative sales, having expert knowledge of the intricacies involved in purchasing condos & co-ops.

Joseph has been invited to speak at several industry conferences/trade shows, including being a panelist at the Rising Stars forum, the Young Agents panel and a "Secrets of the Superstars" panel.

A born and raised Washingtonian, Joseph attended school here -- Edmund Burke (High) School & Green Acres (Elementary and Junior High) School -- and has lived in Northwest DC since completing his college education at Boston University.

As a native Washingtonian, Joseph has in-depth knowledge of DC neighborhoods, particularly Cleveland Park, Kalorama, Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Woodley Park, Chevy Chase, and Capitol Hill.

Cleveland Park, in particular, is very near and dear to Joseph. He resides in the Cleveland Park Historic District with his wife of 16 years and his daughter. He is a member of the Cleveland Park Historical Society, the Rosedale Conservancy, the Cleveland Park Citizens Association, the Cleveland Park Club and the Tregaron Conservancy.

Due to Joseph's interest in historical architecture, he is also a member of the Historical Society of Washington, DC, the DC Preservation League, and the National Building Museum.

Before becoming a REALTOR®, Joseph was an entrepreneur who owned a chain of board game stores (which sold chess, backgammon, go, historical games, etc.) in Washington and suburban Maryland. After five years in the games business, Joseph became a REALTOR®.

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