Stacey Sobczak Joins Compass Realty
Writer / Christy Heitger-Ewing
Photographer / Justin Sicking
If you’re a realtor, it helps to be friendly, personable and gregarious, and that certainly describes Stacey Sobczak, who recently joined Compass, the country’s largest real estate brokerage made up of an elite group of agents.
“I moved every single year of my entire life because my dad loved to move,” Sobczak says. “As a result, I don’t know a stranger.”
After graduating from high school in Georgia, Sobczak attended Indiana University, and later got married and had two little boys. Her husband passed away when her sons were young so Sobczak became a single mom who had to hustle to make ends meet. She waited tables but also began baking pies and selling them to restaurants.
Ultimately, her entrepreneurial skills led her to open Broad Ripple Pie Company. She was so successful that for five years running, teachers at Westfield High School asked her to be a guest speaker for their entrepreneurial class where she shared her knowledge and expertise regarding how to build a flourishing business. She was even honored with Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year runner-up honors.
In 1991 Sobczak’s world got brighter when she met Dave Sobczak, owner of Sobczak Construction Services. She had decided to open a store at the Indianapolis City Market and hired him to build it. He not only built her store, but also stole her heart. The two married and blended their families, including their children, Brittany, Ryan, Scott, Sam and Katy. Life was beautiful but hectic during the child-rearing years.
“We lived on 161st Street, and the minute Doc O’Neal opened the golf training facility, our little boys were in golf camp as many days as possible,” Sobczak says. “Dave and I loved raising our kids in Westfield. It was the biggest joy. We loved everything about it.”
She and her husband have been residents of Hamilton County for nearly 30 years. Dave became heavily involved in the Lions Club in Westfield, and they are both involved at the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Sobczak is a past president of the board at the Heart and Soul Free Clinic in Westfield. The clinic provides quality health care to uninsured and underinsured people in central Indiana regardless of their social, cultural and economic status. They have a mobile unit and even a free dental clinic.
“Dave built their offices and I help with fundraising,” Sobczak says. “That’s where our heart is.”
After closing the pie company in 1994, Sobczak went to work for her husband. Then in 2009 she began working in Westfield at the F.C. Tucker office.
“I got busy from the get-go and never slowed down,” Sobczak says. “People kept telling me, ‘You’re going too fast!’ But I only knew one speed.’”
That speed and tenacity came from working tirelessly for years with middle school and high school parent-teacher organizations. As a result she got to know all of the teachers, staff and parents in the Westfield school system. On top of that, her children were involved in countless sports so her social network was vast. Therefore, when anyone in the area had real estate needs, they made a beeline to Sobczak.
“People trusted me because they knew me,” says Sobczak, who sold her 500th house last May.
Sobczak, who has always sold luxury, high-end homes, was thrilled when Compass leaders invited her to join their team in July of 2021. Compass, the biggest luxury brand in the country, only recruits top agents in the field as they pride themselves on building a group of select individuals that will help the company grow. They pair the industry’s top talent with cutting-edge technology to make searching and selling experiences seamless.
Compass consists of a national network of local experts who are tasked with helping both first-time and seasoned buyers make well-informed decisions. They also provide their clients with the most stellar marketing in the country.
“The tools they give us are like nothing I’ve ever seen,” Sobczak says. “This has been one of the most exciting things I’ve done in my career. I’m networking with people from the west coast whose average sales are $30 million.”
Sobczak is continually voted an Indianapolis Monthly Five-Star Real Estate Agent, is relocation certified and trained, and is also a licensed stager.
She’s happy to help the people of Westfield find their dream homes, especially since she and her husband are so dialed in to the Westfield community. They sponsor a lot of activities happening at Grand Junction Plaza such as Lantern Days, the Cool Creek Concert Series, and fall movies in the park. Dave is also on the downtown Grand Junction task force. The pair is currently developing a new neighborhood in Westfield in the downtown Grand Junction area on South Street called The Reserve on South. They have an office right by the new Grand Junction Plaza on Jersey Street, down the street from Rivet Coffee Bar and Roastery.
“It’s the cutest office building,” Sobczak says. “That’s where I have my real estate offices. It’s dark green with dark brown cedar posts.”
Since Dave is a builder and she’s a realtor, Sobczak likes to say, “He builds them, I sell them.”
She is also relishing a new role in life – that of grandmother. Their youngest daughter recently had a baby, and Sobczak loves to spend time with her granddaughter Ella.
“I’m having the most fun I’ve ever had in my life,” she says. “My heart melts when I see her. She’s the light of my life.”
Who knows? Maybe when she’s a bit older, Sobczak will teach Ella how to bake pies.
“I still like to bake,” she says. “But I don’t like to get my kitchen dirty!”
To contact Stacey Sobczak email her at stacey.sobczak@compass.com or give her a call at 317-650-6736.
