Sarah Faisal

Sarah Faisal

hōm with Compass | Northern Virginia & Maryland

Some people sell homes. Sarah Faisal understands what makes people feel at home.

A fourth generation DMV native raised in Bethesda and rooted in the Tysons and Vienna area for more than two decades, Sarah’s connection to the region runs far deeper than market knowledge. She understands Northern Virginia and Maryland through the lens of the people, cultures, neighborhoods, traditions, and everyday moments that shape life here. To her, real estate has never been just about property. It is about belonging.

Long before entering real estate, Sarah built a career spanning banking, startup operations, and consulting for emerging businesses across Washington, DC and Silicon Valley. The fast pace and complexity of those worlds sharpened her ability to think strategically under pressure, solve problems quickly, and navigate high stakes situations with calm confidence. Today, those same instincts define the way she advocates for her clients.

As the founder of hōm with Compass, Sarah has become known for a highly personalized approach that blends elevated service with fierce dedication, sharp negotiation strategy, and genuine empathy. Her clients trust her not only because she understands the market, but because she understands people. She knows that behind every move is a major life transition, a dream, a family story, or a fresh start.

But what truly defines Sarah’s work happens far beyond the transaction itself.

In the local community, Sarah is widely recognized as the founder of The Vienna Dog Pack, a thriving network built to connect dog owners and strengthen community ties throughout the area. What began organically grew into something much larger. Today, it has become a trusted resource, gathering place, and support system for thousands of local residents brought together through their love of dogs.

She is also deeply involved in lost dog search and rescue work across Northern Virginia, often dropping everything to help families during some of their most difficult moments. Her work has included overnight stakeouts, tracking efforts, public education, flyer coordination, humane trapping strategy, and hands on recovery efforts for frightened and displaced dogs. In situations where emotions run high and every decision matters, Sarah has earned a reputation for being calm, strategic, compassionate, and relentlessly committed.

That same passion inspired The Good Sit, a storytelling and advocacy project centered around rescue dogs, overlooked animals, and the extraordinary bond between people and pets. At its heart is a simple belief that every dog deserves to feel chosen, safe, and home.

None of this work is casual. It demands time, sacrifice, emotional endurance, and heart. For Sarah, real estate is not separate from that mission. It is what makes it possible.

Every client she serves directly supports the rescue work, advocacy, and community efforts she pours herself into every single day. To work with Sarah is not simply to hire a Realtor. It is to support someone deeply invested in protecting the very sense of home, connection, and community that so many people are searching for.

When she is not working with clients or out helping recover a missing dog, Sarah is happiest spending time with her family and her three dogs, Mamba, Muggsy, and Mookie, who are at the center of her world. She loves exploring the culture, food, diversity, and neighborhoods that make the DMV unlike anywhere else, and she brings that same appreciation for people and place into every relationship she builds.

For Sarah, hōm is not just a place. It is the people who fill it, the memories created inside it, the comfort of being understood, and the feeling of finally exhaling when you know you belong.

Home is found in the late night conversations around a kitchen island, the familiar streets and cultures that shape a community, the dogs waiting at the front door, and the people who would do anything for one another. It is connection. It is safety. It is loyalty. It is showing up for others when they need it most.

Because at the end of the day, home is not just where we live.

It is where we feel found.