10817 Northridge Sq.

We have worked with Sonia on two houses now and she has become like family for us. She helped us get our first home - a condo. She also helped us get our current home and sell the condo. She is extremely professional, very responsive and gives great advice on homes. When we got our first condo, we were complete newbies and did not know what we were doing. She helped us through the process at every step of the way. When we were buying our second house, she made such a wonderful impression on the sellers that they picked us even though we were not the best offer.

I've watched this humble, hardworking, caring, graceful mom, wife, friend and professional real estate broker evolve and grow over the last 10 years into the rockstar real estate pro that she now is. She cares, she's compassionate about protecting her clients, she goes the extra mile and her clients both recognize and love her for this core value. I've referred clients to her and they call me back with rave reviews. If you seek an educated, caring guide who can shepherd you safely through the crazy mine field that is our real estate market Sonia should be your first call.

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!