My husband and I were interested in moving to Petaluma and luckily were referred to Summer - and I am so incredibly grateful for that recommendation! We were looking for someone kind, honest, easy to chat with, knowledgable of the area, family-oriented, and Summer is ALL of those things and more. On top of that, I always tell her she could move mountains because she's so on top of it and just gets stuff done! She lives in town and is well-respected and throughout the whole process she was always available understanding, and open to any and all questions we had. Petaluma can be notoriously competitive and she navigated us through offering on our DREAM home and getting our offer accepted immediately without contingencies. We're right in downtown Petaluma now, on the west side, and everyone who comes to our house says, 'How did you pull this off?! And I always tell them that the secret ingredient is Summer. She's awesome and funny and shart, and most importantly is just a good honest person. You will be in the best hands!! read more

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I hesitate to give this review because it means admitting that my constant contact with Summer has come to an end. Summer was one of three agents referred to us by my realtor-brother in San Francisco. My husband and I were looking for the "Just Right" property in Petaluma. Her introductory email sealed the deal; she admitted she didn't have loads of experience in raw land purchase, but also proved she had *lots* of area contacts and a 'go get 'em' attitude. Summer quickly learned that her role with us would be atypical and she totally rolled with it. There weren't a lot of options, but each parcel required in-depth research. Nothing was standard. Summer is a quick study, and was always there with the best expert to help us analyze the property; Conversations with The Well Guru, the Septic Guru, trips to the county records department, Legal Experts, and Environmental Experts made up our last few months together. We finally found a great place, though not in Petaluma, and not what we had originally had in mind. Summer made the whole process easier and more importantly she made it FUN! She is smart, engaged, thoughtful and organized and I couldn't have asked for a better guide through this process. (thanks Summer!) read more

Working with Summer was absolutely wonderful. As first time home buyers very nervous about the process, she answered all our questions and calmed our nerves. Summer is extremely responsive, showing us a number of places prior to our dream home. She was always early and had great insights. Her deep roots in the community also meant we got a head's up on a hot new Peoperty. My wife and I absolutely would work with Summer again, and have been recommending her to anyone in Sonoma/Marin County looking to buy or sell a home. Thank you, Summer!! read more

The literal QUEEN of Petaluma real estate. I had such an amazing experience with Summer looking at many of the Petaluma homes for sale. She is so knowledgeable, very accommodating and in the end a total rockstar!! She helped me find my dream house, and then worked her magic to ensure it would be mine in the end! I trust Summer like family. She is the best and I recommend her to absolutely anyone and everyone. Without question, you are in the best hands with Summer Olson Stubblefield for all of your real estate wants and needs! read more

Summer has all of the qualities that my husband and I were looking for in a real estate agent. She's a professional who knows her market well. Summer's got a "I will get it done" approach. Throughout the process, she listened to our questions and concerns, made sure they were all answered and addressed, and provided us with the advice and feedback we were seeking. And she made herself available whenever we needed to reach her. Summer is a straight-shooter who's easy to work with and she's got a great sense of humor, which are all characteristic that we really appreciated. Most importantly, we were very pleased with the deal that she negotiated on our behalf and felt that our interests and position were excellently represented. Summer made sure that the transaction went smoothly and closed on time. We strongly recommend Summer and will gladly work with her again. read more

I contacted a high school friend to help me find a realtor, as we had just had a bad experience. My friend recommended Summer, and working with her completely changed our home buying experience. We bought our first home with Summer's help. Summer was helpful, knowledgeable about the area, insightful about what we should look out for and always available. We bought our first home at a great price and Summer made every step of the process easy and clear. I strongly recommend working with Summer, she is an excellent realtor. read more

Summer made the impossible, possible, a fantastic agent and wonderful person. Summer delivered our dream home at a dream price. Supremely nice, incredibly smart, Summer understands the market and has access to it all. She was always available, on time and patient. She understood our needs from the street and always had a house that was right in line with what we were looking to find. During closing she negotiated a great price, and fought for our interests to make sure it was a good investment. Count yourself lucky if you have Summer in your corner when buying a new home. read more

If you need a Realtor that will make things happen and work hard for you from day 1, call Summer! Summer was there for me every step of the way! She answered my questions directly and is very knowledgeable about the area, the market, and the buying process. She helped with recommendations and advice. Even when I had to pause searching, and then start looking again later, she was readily available and quickly launched into action to find us the perfect home. THANK YOU SUMMER! read more

Summer made my first time buying experience every so simple. I say it was as easy as buying a pair of socks! I had been previously working with another agent and I felt obligated to stay with them, but after several failed communications and a lack of enthusiasm to consider me seriously, I called Summer whom I had met several mi this before. She answered every question, provided all the necessary documents, jumped right in without delay to book showinag and literally from the day I called her to the day I closed was about 25 days! Summer to the rescue! I love my new home and am so glad I followed my intuition about her. read more

Summer was an absolute dream to work with. She was honest and straightforward about all the homes we saw, knew the market, and provided valuable advice when asked. In the midst of the crazy market, we were able to find a wonderful home within our price range in a relatively quick timeframe. I whole-heartedly believe this was accomplished because of Summer's expertise. To top it all off, she gives great local recommendations for everything from pizza to contractors. My husband and I feel extremely grateful that we were able to work with Summer. Truly a gem of a person! read more

I am considering selling my home in Ross and downsizing. To support the analysis to make that decision I needed to do three things: 1. Choose a town in the Bay Area to relocate to 2. Identify the features I'm looking for in a house there and what it will cost. 3. Identify the features that my bride is looking for in a house there and what it will cost. 1. Choose a town in the Bay Area to relocate to I reached out to Heidi Rickerd-Rizzo who helped me buy our home in Ross. Heidi is the co-founder and co-owner of Terra Firma Global partners. She showed me what was available in Napa County, and connected me with her colleague, Summer Stubblefield, for Sonoma County, and to a friend for Contra Costa County. I chose Sonoma because of its proximity to sons and grandchildren. Summer introduced me to her town, Petaluma. She got me excited about her butcher, Thistle Meats; one of her organic vegetable sources, Green String, her artisan bread baker, Della Fattoria, her gym, Synergy Health Club; her favorite restaurants, and researched some horse boarding alternatives; and and and.... OK she SOLD me on Petaluma. 2. Identify the features I'm looking for in a house there and what it will cost. I used Terrafirma's website to set starting point parameters for #Bedrooms, # Baths and Listing Price and asked Summer to take me out to see the properties. As we went through each one I was able to identify what things were important to me by complaining what was missing. I learned that what I really liked was a single level, with a great kitchen, 4 bedrooms, a master with an en suite bathroom, and really like a "bonus room" that I could use for an office, and a sunny backyard, and having an interior that had "soul" which often translated to flow. I learned about East Petaluma and West Petaluma and city vs. country in the West. Most realtors want to know up front what I want so they can show it me. Summer was willing to invest the time to do it my way and discover what I liked and didn;t like. Now I'm a customer for life. 3. Identify the features that my bride is looking for in a house there and what it will cost. We learned that she wanted a living room and a dining room and tons of storage. Wood, not carpet on the floors, a classic exterior, and a certain size of rooms. And no bump leading to the garage and to hang her period overhead lamps. And thanks to Summer she discovered new places to lunch, and new places to shop. Summer sold me on Petaluma and has exceeded my expectations for a realtor. Now I know have a clear idea of what we do and don't want, Summer is able to line us up with places we'd like. I can't recommend her highly enough! Kudos to Heidi for establishing the right partnership for me. Most agents focus just on moving houses (and maybe some cookies). Summer focuses on moving a family to a place they love and creating a customer for life. I prefer the latter. read more

If you are looking for a hard working, honest and knowledgeable realtor Summer is the one. She has a deep understanding of the real estate market and of the buying and selling process. It was fun and instructive looking at houses with her. She quickly came to understand what we were looking for in a house. There were a couple issues along the way and Summer was right on it with a solution each time. And Summer won't abandon you once the deal is closed. I am thrilled with our new home in Petaluma. I have already recommended Summer to a friend. Whether you are buying or selling get in touch with Summer and let her help you make the best possible deal. read more

We just recently closed on a house with Summer's help.  Summer was our realtor for a year while we were looking for a home.  Our experience with her was top-notch, and if we had to do it all over again, we wouldn't hesitate to call her! Summer is on top of everything and is so easy to reach if there were any questions/concerns.  She was also patient with us since we weren't looking for any singular type of home or locale (we were going back and forth between Petaluma/Penngrove/Cotati), so it was hard for her to narrow in on the style/type/location.  Even so, not once did we feel as though she was pushing us towards any particular listing out of the many that we saw.  She has so much experience and is very well-connected in the area, so she was also very helpful and knowledgeable, and a great source for advice when the need arose! She is also very personable and genuine, and we felt she really cared and was rooting for us on our house hunting journey. However, what really resonated with us was when we finally did find "our" home.  Our closing date was around the same time as our baby's expected due date.  She helped us with setting up inspections and appraisals in a timely manner that worked around our delivery schedule, and even used her connections to pull some strings and got an electrician to come out to get some "must-have" electrical work done before we were able to move in, even though he was booked out months in advance!  Even better was that she was at the electrician's consultation appointment on our behalf as we were in labor! Don't know if we could've gotten through this chaotic, stressful period without her help!  Thanks again, Summer! =) read more

Summer is the best! Thoroughly enjoyed working with her and her team. She sold our condo quickly, over list and with the best terms possible. The process went smoothly due her vast experience, attention to detail and responding quickly. Highly recommend her! read more

Summer is very competent and it was a pleasure working with her. She was supportive and professional throughout the process of purchasing a loft in downtown Petaluma, and the sale of my townhouse "as is". Her positive attitude and "can-do" demeanor made what can be a rather stressful process go very smoothly. She kept me on track throughout the process, and her years of experience are invaluable as decisions were made. I highly recommend Summer. read more

We just bought and sold (at the same time!) with Summer and were super happy with her service. She was very responsive and attentive and listened well to all of our needs and concerns. She gave great guidance and feedback and was proactive in our sale, which resulted in us getting our dream price. Her style is a comfortable blend of professional and easygoing which makes it easy to talk to her - which is great because you spend a lot of time with your agent and it's important to like them! Overall, Summer is great at what she does and is very easy to work with. Highly recommend! read more

We had a great experience with Summer and her team! We are thrilled to be living in our dream home! We appreciate all the hard work! We would highly recommend them. read more

If you need a real estate agent who is honest, and REAL, then Summer is the person for you. I just finished closing on my first home, and without Summer I don't think that would have been possible. She changed my and my family's life for the better. She showed us several homes, never got tired of my constant questions, no matter how annoying they were!, and knew exactly what I wanted. She is patient, kind, professional, and straight forward. An AMAZING real estate agent, and an AMAZING person. There are not enough words to say thank you to her :) read more

Consummate professional! Always a step ahead of the process: anticipating and addressing needs; paperwork prepped in advance; super responsive. She sold our house in record time with minimal impact on our family. One open house, 7 offers, sold for $50K over asking. AND she pulled off a simultaneous contingent purchase. Rock star! read more

Summer was Superb ! After experiencing a few other realtors in our home search my wife and I met her at an open house she was showing - we connected immediately - she is quite Personable, Patient and Professional (everything a realtor needs to be) - however we still did not make it easy for her since we kept looking at many houses in various areas - when we finally found the house of our liking she went into action - she mediated at very acceptable offer for us and followed through on the the myriad of details involved in real estate transactions - she dotted the i's and crossed the t's to every ones satisfaction - as I told her she is a "Tigress" - the type you want in your Corner while in the Circus of house buying ! We highly recommend Summer of Compass Realty ! read more

Thank you for finding me the house of my dreams and being so thorough . Not only did Summer find me the house but she also got me 18k in considerations . She's the best ! read more

Summer was impressive. Her quick thinking and responses got us a home that exceeds our expectation. She guided us every step and was willing to show us many homes. Very highly recommended !!! read more

Summer helped my wife and I buy our first home, and she was amazing each step of the way. Beyond her expertise, she was always available to us, quickly responded to every question, and treated us like true friends! We would and already have recommend her to anyone looking to buy or sell a home. read more

We were in such good hands with Summer. She took on the sale of my grandparents' home and did so with attentive care and confidence. She tactfully managed questions and opinions from a variety of family members and knowledgeably guided us to a successful transaction under uniquely emotional circumstances and in a tricky market. She made a hard and stressful process easier on us, and I'll always be grateful to her for that. read more

Summer is a dream to work with. She helped us both buy and sell a home in less than a month's time! She is skilled, responsive, honest and caring. She understood our unique needs and helped us find the right home for our growing family. She is a genuine pleasure to work with and actually made the process fun! I highly recommend her! read more

Having worked with Summer in the hospitality industry for years, it's exciting to see her new venture. To see her take her attention to detail and dedication to a new form of client hospitality. There's no doubt in my mind that Summer will go to great lengths to make sure you find exactly what you're looking for and are beyond pleased with your forever home! read more