Cynthia Brown describes herself as “a fixer by heart.”
“I have great success with hard-to-sell properties and complicated transactions,” says the Realtor, who is with Coldwell Banker Realty - Tempe/Ahwatukee Branch. “I believe in having clients for life and I advise them for long-term gains.”
It was more than 17 years ago when Brown, who also retired from the City of Phoenix as a deputy parks and recreation director, first began in the real estate industry.
“I was a newly divorced single mom and needed to find myself again,” she explains. “I earned my license by taking night classes. I worked full-time and sold real estate on weekends and evenings. The market had crashed, so I had to take what I was given. Short sales and foreclosure were my bread and butter.”
She quickly realized that she loved the industry because she loved the people she worked with, as well as the opportunity to problem-solve.
Her career flourished.
“The real estate process is not just transactional,” she explains. “It is a relationship-focused business. A quality agent will build rapport and represent their client's needs effectively. Getting under contract is easy—staying under contract and closing the deal—takes skill.”
When she’s not working, Brown, who has two children, ages 24 and 27, who she describes as “go-getters, thoughtful, and hilarious,” can often be found playing pickleball, watching football at Zipps Sports Grill, and hanging out with her dog, Belle.
“She's the world's only non-barking chihuahua (shocking, I know),” says the die-hard Sun Devils fan, who graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.