Michael Halpert is a Realtor with RE/MAX Realty Group in Gaithersburg with more than 35 years of experience with licenses to practice in DC and Maryland. Michael is a native Washingtonian growing up in Silver Spring and then moving to Gaithersburg in his teens. While moving many times since then, he never strayed from Gaithersburg and remains there today. Michael had an affinity for real estate at a very early age; he purchased his first house while 18 years old and in college where he [...]

Michael Halpert is a Realtor with RE/MAX Realty Group in Gaithersburg with more than 35 years of experience with licenses to practice in DC and Maryland. Michael is a native Washingtonian growing up in Silver Spring and then moving to Gaithersburg in his teens. While moving many times since then, he never strayed from Gaithersburg and remains there today. Michael had an affinity for real estate at a very early age; he purchased his first house while 18 years old and in college where he rented rooms to pay the mortgage. His love for real estate never dimed.   

Michael takes great pride working with clients especially helping first-timers purchase their first home and assisting those with complex financial or legal challenges. One of his most complex transactions involved two sisters who thought their deceased parents lost the home to foreclosure years earlier. Michael represented the sisters to sell the home, successfully negotiated settlements with two mortgage lenders (prior to Realtor prohibitions in doing so) with one lender reducing their balance to zero. He also helped navigate DC Superior Court to allow the Estate to continue pending the sale and secured a $30,000+ refund from the DC government who incorrectly changed the property zoning status to “blighted” causing the property tax rate to triple.

Michael is a licensed (but non-practicing) CPA and spent 35 years with the Treasury Department where he spent a career as a financial investigator and then a senior supervisor of investigators. He led some of the largest and most complex tax investigations that often times ended in large civil assessments and criminal indictments. Michael took great pride during his government career teaching complex topics such as abusive transactions, like-kind exchanges, reverse exchanges, partnership taxation issues and tax and financial planning for small businesses.

Michael also has an in-depth knowledge of estates from his experience serving as personal representative in several estates. He managed all financial aspects of the decedent’s estate including financial reporting with the Montgomery County Register of Wills, managing estate assets, selling estate property, preparing tax returns and distributing assets to beneficiaries pursuant to the decedent’s wishes. In other several instances, Michael represented estates as the listing agent and worked with the personal representative to ensure compliance with all Register of Wills rules and timelines.   

Michael’s extensive tax experience and managing and leading large and complex investigations gives him unique perspective in representing both home buyers and sellers as well as investors. Attention to detail is often overlooked yet so crucial. Michael prides himself with hands-on representation where he communicates extensively with clients, customers and other Realtors often with hundreds of entries on his activity record.

Besides representing clients, Michael is real investor and property manager where he manages more than 10 properties in DC and MD. He is married to a now-retired CPA and has two children, both in the medical field. In his non-work life, Michael enjoys playing softball, going on leisurely motorcycle rides and spending time with his wife and friends.