Management

Steve Barnes, Co-Founder

Throughout his career, Mr. Barnes has been involved in hundreds of real estate transactions, from all angles—brokerage, mortgage and settlement. In 2003, Mr. Barnes founded Flex Funding, a Washington, DC-based mortgage company operating throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Mr. Barnes was the co-founder of ClosingQuotes.com, the first online marketplace for real estate closings in the United States. He served as Managing Director for Veris Consulting, overseeing the company’s commercial real estate operations. Early in his career, Mr. Barnes served as a settlement attorney in Washington, DC.

He received both his law degree and undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC and is a member of the Maryland Bar.

Guy Wolcott, Co-Founder

Mr. Wolcott has an extensive background in Internet technology. Since 2004, he has been intimately involved in residential real estate as co-owner of mortgage company Flex Funding and an active real estate investor around Washington, DC.

In 1991, Mr. Wolcott co-founded consumer software company AbleSoft, selling to Microleague Multimedia in 1995. As a Senior Producer at Magnet Interactive, he produced Web sites for the largest FTD reseller, PC Flowers (www.pcflowers.com), Automatic Data Processing (www.adp.com) and American Greetings (www.americangreetings.com). In 1996, Mr. Wolcott founded Internet developer Rocketworks, who created consumer-oriented sites and technology for clients like Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, Capital One and Black Entertainment Television, plus several well-received startups from the original “dot com” era. In 2001 Rocketworks was acquired by Veris Consulting, where Mr. Wolcott went on to serve as Managing Director.