10817 Northridge Sq.

Sonia is not your typical realtor. She's been helping us with our home search recently. She educated me on the process and how to find homes with great potential. Her working style and ethic reminds me of Amazon's work principle -- ruthless and strong customer focus and working backwards from the customer . There were instances when I was attracted to some houses and willing to overpay despite the draw backs. Instead of simply saying yes to me and convincing me to buy, so that the transaction be closed and getting her commission, she explained me why its a bad deal and how it hurts me in the long term and thus saved me from over-paying. She doesn't count her success based on deal-closed and getting the commission, rather on doing the right thing, finding the best home for me, even if its hard and taking time. She helped us deal with different types of sellers, went above and beyond to educate the seller's realtor on how to deal with the seller based on the situation , brought every one on board , created a win-win situation to complete the transaction for us and also saved money for us. In another instance, we had to come out of a non-contingent home purchase contract due to an emergency. She went out of her way and convinced the seller's agent and seller to release the earnest deposit money. A lot of friends said that its impossible to get money back. But Sonia made the impossible possible and saved our hard earned money. If you are buying home in Bay Area, you will never go wrong working with Sonia. She saves money for her client and fights for the client.

In my mind, Sonia is the icon of a real estate agent’s professionalism. We bought our first house with Sonia. As the first-time buyers, we have had a pretty faint idea of what we really wanted. Sonia helped us understand our needs by showing us plenty of houses of various kinds, located in various areas of the Bay Area. Affected by the pandemic, this process took us almost a year. For every house we were interested in, Sonia would explain the pros and cons of the location, and structure of the house. In the disclosures sent to potential buyers, she would always point at major problems, that we should be aware of. Sonia has explained the home buying process to us in detail. She knew exactly how much to add to the asking price to get a particular house, and we only had to decide if we wanted to add that much. Due to Sonia’s professionalism, we got the first house we really liked, even though it had a competition of 5 offers, and ours was not even the highest. After the acceptance of our offer, Sonia continued helping us with every single detail, from loan application to a new set of keys. For every house-related service, Sonia can recommend a reliable specialist. I could not recommend Sonia higher. Attached is my painting of the new home keys with Sonia’s signature key fob (yes, she has made new keys and made a video for us, too!)

Real estate agents do not have a very good reputation! owing to the bad reviews and experiences shared by near and dear ones. But you come across people who change your perception, Sonia was one of them! Being first time house buyers we had lot of concerns and questions. Sonia made sure she talked through and addressed all of them. We never imagined getting our home with the first offer we placed, but Sonia made it happen. This goes to say a lot about her dedication to clients and thorough research she puts in. And we continue to get her time and support even post deal closure, which is an absolute delight. I highly recommend her and hope she continues with the awesome work which she is already doing!

We are so glad we found Sonia as our agent for our home search. She was recommended to us by a dear friend, and we are so thankful for all her hard work, professionalism and integrity. Sonia was patient and knowledgeable in every aspect of her job. she was a joy to work with. She completely understood what we were looking for and gave us every single detail of the house we visited. She went through the inspection report of every house we liked and made us understand if there are any major concerns. Genuinely wonderful person! She was always available and planned so well to get appointments to see open houses for us. She was attentive to detail, and proactively maintained communication. She became a really good friend to us and to our 2 year old in this short span of time and our daughter loves her, calls her as her aunt :) She made us feel like family, never just a client.We couldn't have done it without her as she instantly had our trust. Thank you so much Sonia for getting us this beautiful home:) Sonia is a great realtor, a total pro. Will gladly recommend her to others, and would use her services again if ever buying or selling. Sonia was excellent, knowledgeable, helpful and made this house selling process incredibly easy and smooth! Her guidance and help was very much appreciated. Sonia walked us through step-by-step, made sure we knew what to expect, and offered expert advice that helped us through the process. Once we gave her the house keys within 3 days she transformed the place into nice and beautiful looking house. When we saw the staging and pictures in the listing, for a second we didn’t feel like selling this beautiful house. But we had to. She kept our house on market for 7 days and we got multiple offers and she got our house under contract in less than 48 hours. She has the excellent pricing strategies and she got us a very good price which we never expected. We were very happy with the numbers she got us and she deserves a treat from us. She does an excellent job making sure the families she works with understand the process of buying or selling, important deadlines and makes sure that there are no unexpected issues with the closing. During this 30 day process of closing we didn’t have to worry about anything and she gave us timely updates about everything. We will definitely refer Sonia to our family and friends in the future. We can not say enough great things about her! She is the best! - Sindhu and Kedar

We entrusted Sonia to help us find a new home for our growing family. Her deep knowledge of the market, personalized, yet practical approach helped us find and close the deal on a beautiful home in a desirable location within the timeline we were targeting. We had the confidence that she understood our needs, financial constraints, and would guide us to take the right decision. She was always available, many times in person, to answer our questions. Highly recommend Sonia if you are looking to buy a home in the Bay Area.