Testimonials

Melissa and I cannot recommend Soraya highly enough! Her unique combination of experience, accessibility, patience, warmth, and candor set her apart and helped us achieve what every buyer wants, getting the house of your dreams with your first bid, without overpaying. We went into our house-hunting process about a year before we had any intention of buying, with little sense of what we wanted, other than a bigger house, bigger yard, great schools, and close to public transit but on a budget. We wanted everything and didn’t want to pay for it. While many agents would have gotten frustrated with us, Soraya was always not only willing but happy to take us around, helping us get to know the walnut creek area so that we could better refine our search parameters. With her help, by the time we got serious about buying, we knew exactly what we were looking for. Once she knew what we were looking…

Melissa and I cannot recommend Soraya highly enough! Her unique combination of experience, accessibility, patience, warmth, and candor set her apart and helped us achieve what every buyer wants, getting the house of your dreams with your first bid, without overpaying. We went into our house-hunting process about a year before we had any intention of buying, with little sense of what we wanted, other than a bigger house, bigger yard, great schools, and close to public transit but on a budget. We wanted everything and didn’t want to pay for it. While many agents would have gotten frustrated with us, Soraya was always not only willing but happy to take us around, helping us get to know the walnut creek area so that we could better refine our search parameters. With her help, by the time we got serious about buying, we knew exactly what we were looking for. Once she knew what we were looking for, Soraya quickly found it for us. It checked every box on our list and was still a relative value. In preparing our bid, Soraya gave us the space we needed to make our own decisions, but also the push we needed to be honest about what it would take to get the place in a market that is seeing homes start to go comfortably over the asking price. Soraya helped us to frame our offer to be most appealing to the sellers, including sharing a bit about ourselves. That night, she called and told us that the sellers had accepted our offer over an identical financial offer largely based on the personal touches that Soraya had recommended. During escrow, Soraya helped to iron out the handful of minor issues that arose, achieving fair resolutions for us, while not turning any of them into major issues that threatened the overall transaction. Any time we reached out, she responded almost instantly, even late at night, always as happy to talk as the first time we met her. We closed on time, without a hitch. As our kids ran around their new yard for the first time, Melissa and I looked up from unpacking our boxes and agreed that we had to make a point to thank Soraya for making it all possible. We didn’t have to wait long. Soraya visited that afternoon to make sure all was well and bring a delicious dinner for everyone. If we had any intention of ever moving again, we would absolutely use Soraya on both ends of the transaction. If you are buying or selling in the Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, or Lamorinda areas, you should too!

We were incredibly lucky to find Soraya. When we met Soraya, my husband and I had been house hunting in San Francisco and we thought we had a pretty good idea of what we were looking for when we decided to move our search to the East Bay. Soraya thoroughly educated us on the LaMorinda area and spent a significant amount of time and energy helping us find our home. We had had negative experiences with past Realtors®, so we initially paid close attention to her suggestions and predictions. To our pleasant surprise, she was always spot on with her estimates and advice, and she earned our trust/respect. After spending the majority of our weekends with her for nearly a year, making multiple offers, and successfully purchasing our first home, we have witnessed Soraya’s talent firsthand. She has a keen eye for value, knows the market well, is a skilled negotiator, and has great relationships wi…

We were incredibly lucky to find Soraya. When we met Soraya, my husband and I had been house hunting in San Francisco and we thought we had a pretty good idea of what we were looking for when we decided to move our search to the East Bay. Soraya thoroughly educated us on the LaMorinda area and spent a significant amount of time and energy helping us find our home. We had had negative experiences with past Realtors®, so we initially paid close attention to her suggestions and predictions. To our pleasant surprise, she was always spot on with her estimates and advice, and she earned our trust/respect. After spending the majority of our weekends with her for nearly a year, making multiple offers, and successfully purchasing our first home, we have witnessed Soraya’s talent firsthand. She has a keen eye for value, knows the market well, is a skilled negotiator, and has great relationships with other Realtors®, mortgage brokers, insurance brokers, and inspectors. She walked us through the entire home buying process: listening, advising, consoling, and helping us to navigate an extremely competitive market. It is also notable that our budget was in the lower range for the area and she still spent an enormous amount of time ensuring that we never missed a house with potential. We ended up with our perfect home and it was nothing like the home that we initially thought we wanted, which speaks to her true genius! After working with Soraya, we now know what it is like to be in the hands of a truly excellent Realtor®. I must also add that Soraya is a lovely person and her clients often become her good friends. This is the person you want by your side when you are buying a home.