Meet Sonya Riva

REALTOR® | Sonya Riva Realty
Keller Williams Preferred Properties

For me, real estate is about more than selling or investing in a home. It’s about helping people make confident decisions that can shape their future, build wealth, and create a lasting legacy.

As the founder of Sonya Riva Realty, LLC, I serve sellers, buyers, homeowners, and investors throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C. My approach is built around something simple: listen first, understand your goals, and then develop a strategy that makes sense for you.

I know that no two real estate journeys are exactly alike. You may be preparing to sell a home you’ve owned for decades, searching for more space for your family, purchasing your first home, exploring an investment opportunity, or simply trying to understand how much equity you’ve built and what you can do with it.

Wherever you are in that journey, I believe you deserve more than someone who simply handles the transaction.

You Deserve an Advisor.

Someone who communicates with you. Someone who explains what’s happening and what comes next. Someone who understands that the decisions we make today can affect where you are years from now.

That’s the kind of REALTOR® I strive to be.

For my sellers, that means developing a thoughtful strategy for positioning, presenting, and marketing their property—not simply putting a sign in the yard and waiting for a buyer.

For my buyers, it means looking beyond bedrooms, bathrooms, and beautiful finishes. I want you to understand the opportunity, the numbers, the neighborhood, and how the purchase fits into your bigger picture.

And for homeowners who aren’t ready to move at all, I still believe there is value in understanding what you own. Knowing your equity, understanding your local market, and thinking intentionally about your real estate can be an important part of building long-term wealth.

Having spent my life in the Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia region, the DMV isn’t simply the market I serve—it’s home. I care deeply about the people and communities here, which is why my work extends beyond individual transactions into homeowner education, community outreach, and conversations about homeownership, equity, wealth-building, and legacy.

At the heart of everything I do is a belief that has become central to my work:

**Your dream matters. And so does the legacy you’re building.**

Whether your next step is selling, buying, investing, understanding your equity, or simply figuring out where to begin, I’d be honored to have the conversation.

**Your Dream. Your Legacy. Claim It. Build It. Own It.™*