Many thanks to Kristine Zimmerman of Compass Realty for her excellent support of my wife and me during our search for a house in Northern Virginia stitching almost a year from fall 2024 to fall 2025. During that time Kristie provided numerous listings to help us sort through multiple houses and visit potential homes as we gradually narrowed our search, found a home that met our criteria and navigate the offer, inspection, contract and closing process. Kristine was joined by her Compass colleague Lisa Anders who was invaluable in helping with working with the builder, Brookfield Realty, and the detailed dealings with the Title Company leading to a successful closure process on December 12, 2025. My wife and I really appreciate their excellent efforts to guide and assist us in the house buying process from beginning to end.

-Rick & Nan

Working with Kristie has been an absolute pleasure—from start to finish, she made the entire process smooth and stress-free, just as she did back in 2016 when she helped me purchase my first property.

Her deep knowledge, professionalism, and steady guidance meant so much to me throughout the sale. Kristie was solution-oriented with my listing and brought a resourceful approach to marketing. I’m truly grateful to have had her by my side for both my first home purchase and my first sale.

She brings valuable experience working with Veterans like myself, and she’s incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to relocating in or out of the area. I couldn’t recommend her more highly.

-Aimee

Kristie was the perfect agent for us in finding our new home. Not only did she take us to countless showings, but her referrals for home inspector, chimney inspector, handy man, financing company and others were invaluable. We highly recommend Kristie for your home buying or selling needs.

-Adrienne

Kristie was amazing to work with. She is very knowledgeable about the DMV area and helped teach us about the home buying process in Maryland. I cannot recommend her enough and would not even consider using anyone else in any for my future realty needs.

-Levi

Kristie made our home buying experience a memorable and enjoyable process, despite the natural stress of it all. She was a huge resource for us as first time home buyers and clearly an expert in the DC/MD/VA market. Even though we seemed to have endless questions, Kristie was consistently transparent, honest, and patient with us throughout the entire process. In the very beginning she told us she would work hard until she found us the right home, and she did exactly that, and then some. We ran into the typical hurdles and frustrations of buying a home in a very competitive market, but Kristie was a stable and encouraging voice for us every step of the way. Her passion for her work comes through in her reliability and her relentless diligence. We are so thankful and still in awe of all that she and her team accomplished for us. We’re lucky to have her in our corner and look forward to working with her again in the future.

-Junie

My wife and I have known Kristie for over 8 years. We have had several realtors over the years and no one tops Kristie! She is patient, very experienced, and goes above and beyond for her clients. I am an active duty Airmen and if I ever were to be stationed in the DMV area again she would be the first person I go to for my real estate needs!

-Marcus

Kristie is professional, knowledgeable, kind, and very easy to work with—she goes above and beyond to get the best result for her client!

– Heather

We started our home journey with Kristie from California. She talked to us many times of the neighborhoods of the DMV area and patiently answered all of our questions. We then flew out to the northern Virginia area as she toured homes with us for two days in not only Virginia, but DC and Maryland as well. She was very professional and it felt as though we had a home inspector with us. Unfortunately, we couldn’t buy at the time because we were still waiting on the final word from my employer, so we had to wait. When we got word that we could move, we hit the homes again. Although, this time virtually with Kristies help. We ended up buying in Alexandria while we were in California. Kristie had took a tour in Alexandria with us on zoom. We were excited and terrified, NEVER would I imagine we’d close on a house without seeing it in person. But, we trusted Kristie. It’s been 9 months since we’ve moved and we’ve never once regretted our decision, we love our home and owe her a huge thank you. If you need an honest realtor, she’s the one.

-Mitchell

I bought my first property with Kristie. She was very professional. Very attentive and also very knowledgeable. Swift when handling anything to do with paperwork. If I could give another five stars I would. I highly recommended her, overall a great person to be around. Nothing but good energy.

-Cris

Despite this posting being one year late, it highlights the journey to our first year of homeownership.

Kristie was instrumental in helping us buy our forever home and we couldn’t have asked for a better realtor. Since we were nervous first-time homebuyers and out of our depth, Kristie became our lifeline and guided us through a challenging real estate market as buyers, and with her guidance and expertise, we were able to purchase a home destined to be ours. She was always proactive in getting leads, cold calling, always attentive and kept us updated on every relevant transaction. Above all, her encouragement and persistence were key in getting us to the finish line and we can’t thank her enough.

Even after closing, Kristie continued to reach out and provide assistance, cementing her role as a life-long friend/resource. Because of the exceptional service we received throughout the process, we recommended her to our friends and family, and will continue to do so.

In summation, we are grateful for Kristie, and we hope this posting will help you in your search for an exemplary realtor in the DMV area whether you are listing or buying.

-Kim

Truly the best. We’ve had five realtors over the years and combined they didn’t work as hard for us as Kristie. She represented us as buyers this year as we made a move from Texas to NOVA, and if we ever move back, we wouldn’t go to anyone else to list our house. In other markets we’ve lived in, we used the “best;” the realtors that have teams, sell high-end, advertise in the socialite magazines, and have strong name recognition. Those realtors simply did okay by us at best. Kristie got to know our family and was invested in our best interest. In the 2021-2022 housing market, when inventory was exceptionally low, our map was huge. We were all over the DMV area. She was patient with us, really beyond belief. For the first time working with a realtor, I lost count of the number of homes we looked at — I would guess 30. We made 9 offers in five cities before we succeeded. Never once did she pressure us to buy something. She was always looking out for us, and even on offer 8, said – I wouldn’t go above X. So many others would have tried to move us along, convince us to buy something and be on to the next client. We never felt this way. And this is nothing to say of her professionalism, competency, or knowledge of the market. I truly could not recommend someone else. We have told all our friends about her.

-Jay