Meet the Team

The people in your corner.

Advokars is not a call center. It is a small group of people who came out of this industry, know how the room works, and decided they would rather sit on your side of the desk. We do it in English, Spanish and Arabic.

2States covered, Virginia and Maryland
3 languagesEnglish, Spanish and Arabic representation
$0Taken from any dealership, by anyone here

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Founder

The one who started it.

Elijah Camacho, Founder and CEO of ADVOKARS
Elijah Camacho Founder & CEO
U.S. Army Veteran

I am from New Jersey originally, though Alexandria is home now and it is where Advokars got built.

Before any of this I served in the Army. That is where I learned what it actually means to show up for people, to have someone's back, and to do the right thing when nobody is checking. I carried that into the car business and it never quite fit the job description.

I love sales, which sounds like a strange thing to admit in a company built to protect people from salespeople. But the part I love is the conversation, the reading of a room, the puzzle of getting to a number that works. Pointed at a dealership's profit margin, that skill made me good at a job I did not feel good about. Pointed at the buyer, it turned into this.

Outside of work I am a movie guy, unreasonably so, and I will happily talk your ear off about one long after you have stopped asking.

Everyone on this page was picked the same way. Not for a resume, but because I would trust them to sit across from a finance manager on behalf of someone in my own family.

You should never have to walk into that room alone.

The Team

Who you will actually be working with.

Every person here came from inside the industry or spends their life around cars. That is the point. You cannot spot what is padded in a deal unless you have watched it get added.

Jared Mammano, Director of Maryland Operations at ADVOKARS

Jared Mammano

Director of Maryland Operations

Waldorf born and raised, which is exactly why he runs that side of the map. Jared played baseball in college and has never stopped being a fan of the game, and the instincts that made him good on the field are the same ones that make him good at this. He is patient, he reads the play early, and he does not swing at junk. He is also Italian, so if you ever end up at his mother's table you will understand why he talks about food the way he does.

Waldorf, Maryland
David Lin, Director of Vehicle Sourcing at ADVOKARS

David Lin

Director of Vehicle Sourcing

Born in Manhattan, brought to Northern Virginia as a kid, and it has been home ever since. Cars are the whole thing for David. Most of his free time happens inside his G82, which he will tell you without hesitation is the best car ever built, and he is not taking questions on it. He also day trades, which means he is wired to hunt for a number and refuse the first one he is shown. That is exactly what you want in the person sourcing your vehicle.

Manhattan to Northern Virginia
Jordy Mendoza, Spanish-Market Relations Manager at ADVOKARS

Jordy Mendoza

Spanish-Market Relations Manager

From New Jersey originally, though Northern Virginia is what raised him. Jordy is Dominican and brings that energy into every room he walks into, which is half of why clients like him so much. The other half is that he once moved over 35 cars in a single month. That is the kind of number that tells you he knows precisely what a good deal looks like from the inside, and precisely what a bad one is dressed up as.

Jersey born, NoVA raised
Victor Serrano, Spanish-Market Relations Manager at ADVOKARS

Victor Serrano

Spanish-Market Relations Manager

Mexican, Northern Virginian, and if you ask what he does outside of work the answer is soccer. Victor coaches high school soccer at Lake Braddock when he is not working deals, and the rest of his time belongs to his 5.0 Mustang. Bring up that Mexico game and he will tell you with total conviction and no room for discussion that no era penal. He brings the same refusal to accept a bad call to the negotiating table.

Coaches at Lake Braddock
Rani Elsaiyed, Brand Ambassador at ADVOKARS

Rani Elsaiyed

Brand Ambassador

Egyptian, a BMW guy to his core, and the person most likely to already know about a deal before the rest of us hear a word. Rani speaks Arabic and handles our Arabic-speaking clients start to finish, which matters more than people realize in a room built on fast talk and fine print. He also spends his nights out and his conversations everywhere, which turns out to be a real skill rather than just a good time. He has a knack for spotting the opportunity from the jump, usually before it is even listed.

Arabic-speaking representation

Between us we cover Virginia and Maryland, negotiate in English, Spanish and Arabic, and take zero dollars from any dealership. Every fee we earn comes from the person buying the car.

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