Meet

Cynthia Traina

Cynthia is passionate about real estate. As a real estate investor, landlord, and homeowner, she has purchased, remodeled, and built over a dozen properties, mostly in the Bay Area. With decades of experience and now as a licensed agent, she is dedicated to helping others achieve their property dreams. Her expertise in understanding how people live and work in space allows her to assist buyers in envisioning how to customize a property to make it feel like home.

For sellers, her extensive remodeling experience enables her to suggest and oversee improvements to make a property more attractive to potential buyers. Cynthia believes that real estate should work for you, whether supporting how you enjoy living in space or having your home help pay the bills. She has helped many people earn extra income from their primary homes or vacation properties through her role as an Airbnb Ambassador.

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Finding the right property can be challenging and exhausting, but Cynthia is committed to using her enthusiasm, development experience, and market knowledge to make the process smooth and enjoyable. She has yet to find a neighborhood she doesn't love and has lived in Cow Hollow, Noe Valley, the Inner Richmond, Pacific Heights, and Russian Hill since arriving in San Francisco in 1980. 

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During her real estate investing, Cynthia has navigated a lot split with the city to build a single-family home, converted a small, single-family home into two luxury condos, gutted kitchens and baths, and spruced up properties to make them move-in ready, working with a talented group of architects and designers, city planners, contractors and handymen, lawyers, 1031 exchange agents, and loan brokers. She loves supporting others who take on these projects and shares her resources and know-how with her clients. 

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Before becoming a real estate agent, Cynthia was a public relations consultant for early-stage lifestyle and high-tech companies. After settling in San Francisco as an advance person for a presidential campaign, she transitioned to a career in public relations, working at Ten Speed Press and then building a publicity consultancy. She also spent time living abroad as an account director for Hill and Knowlton in Singapore and as a freelance publicist in Italy.

Cynthia serves on the board of the San Francisco Home Sharer's Democratic Club and the Small Property Owners of San Francisco. When not working in real estate, Cynthia can be found hiking the trails of the Bay Area, sailing in warm climates, or improving her Italian language skills. She's a big fan of San Francisco treasures, including SF Jazz, the Marsh Theater, the San Francisco Jewish Community Center, and her local Jane Bakery.

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• Vice President: Small Property Owners of San Francisco Institute

• Board Member: Home Sharers Democratic Club

• Street Talk Columnist: NewFillmore.com

• Real Estate Columnist: NewFillmore.com

• Co-lead: Modern Edler Academy SF Bay Area Chapter

• Volunteer: Friends of Alta Plaza Park

• Lead: ​Refuse to Refuse Compton’s Coffee

Lic: 02162958​​