Portrait of a Real Estate Professional

John McEnearney graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1949 and served on active duty as a Navy officer for twenty seven years. During his time in the Navy, his tours of duty included such diverse and interesting places as Korea, Antarctica, Vietnam, Hawaii and Washington, D.C.

John first moved to the DC area in 1965 to take a job at the Pentagon. He wasn’t here long before volunteering for a tour of duty in Vietnam. After successfully serving 14 months in DaNang, he returned to duty in Crystal City. Two separate tours of duty took him to New York and Hawaii. In between tours, he made his home in Springfield, Virginia. He returned to Northern Virginia for good in 1976. He retired as a Captain that same year.

The day following retirement, John joined a general brokerage firm in Alexandria, Virginia. His performance during his three years as an agent qualified him as one of the top real estate professionals in Northern Virginia.

In 1980, John opened the first office of McEnearney Associates, Inc. Initially, his firm specialized in marketing fine residential properties in Old Town Alexandria. Over the years, McEnearney Associates, Inc. has expanded to four residential offices, a commercial office, a relocation department (Leading Real Estate Companies of The World®) and two locations for property management (Alexandria and Arlington). The firm now serves all of Northern Virginia, the District of Columbia and Maryland with a team of over 200 highly professional, full-time agents, supported by a superb staff. On average, each agent has been active in the real estate market for more than seventeen years and approximately one-third have achieved the professional level of Associate Broker. Our Associates qualifications place McEnearney Associates, Inc. in a unique position within the real estate industry.

In November of 1991, the Mayor and City Council of Alexandria officially recognized that John’s high professional standards and personal integrity, together with his generous support of the community, directly improved the quality of life in Alexandria. Those same standards and community support also hold true for the way business is conducted in his McLean and Arlington offices. Since opening in 1986 and 1995 respectively, the McLean and Arlington offices have been strong supporters of numerous community, school, and athletic organizations throughout their service areas. John has always believed that being involved in the activities important to the community – and giving back to the community he serves – is essential to the success of any business.

For more than 25 years, McEnearney Associates, Inc., has set professional standards for service in the Northern Virginia real estate industry. John was one of the first brokers to recognize real estate agents for the professionals they are – encouraging continuing education and higher professional standards, providing a professional work environment and developing marketing programs that support our associates’ efforts to provide exceptional service to our clients.

The quality of John McEnearney’s work has always been of prime importance to him. Recognizing this, customers, clients and agents have joined with him and have been the major contributors to his success and that of the firm.