Ronda T. Akl

I should have read other reviews before hiring this attorney to handle my real estate sale. An equal balance of polar opposite 1 and 5 ratings is a major red flag! My mistake for choosing this office to represent me. Unfortunately, I can't select a zero rating. Poor responsiveness, not able to fo...llow directions, numerous errors on the closing documents. Get this...I reviewed and made comments/corrections to the closing statement twice prior to closing and the statement used at closing was still wrong! And not just minor errors...the sale price was not correct! Akl's office blamed the buyer team for not wanting to accommodate the corrections when, in fact, Akl's office dragged their feet until the last minute and did not give the buyer team any other option but to accept the errors. The buyer did not know what amount to write the check for until 5 pm the day before closing. Unbelievable. There are better options out there for real estate attorneys...so avoid this office and you'll be glad you did.

We hired her as seller attorney. We were trying to sell from and get away from the small/low growth city and the buyer was trying to short change us. On the day of the deal, the buyer threatened to walk out of deal since they didn't find something which was not written in contract. Rather than repre...sent us, she started putting pressure on us to cave in on price. We tried to be reasonable however she put more pressure on us to cave in. We stood our ground and deal happened late in day. She was unapologetic for her behavior.

Ronda and her team, were AMAZING. What a pleasure. I couldn't have had a better experience in purchasing real estate. I purchased a HUD home, which comes with some extra hoops to jump through. Robin her assistant was an expert, doing things ahead of schedule, so that everything would come toget...her perfectly. Ronda came recommended by my real estate agent. I was new to Syracuse. I read a review before calling, the review was negative. I thought to myself, I'm going to use her anyway, because you cant believe everything, and usually people don't take the time to write about good experiences. I was so happy I went with Ronda. It has been since spring last year that I closed on the home, and I was just thinking of how great they were, and finally got around to reviewing them. Good job Ronda and Robin.