With more than $600 million in personal and team sales, Malena Boetel is a top SERHANT San Diego Realtor. She is a Founding Partner of SERHANT. California and Team Leader of Exclusive Group, specializing in the sales of luxury homes, new developments, and complex contingent buy-and-sell transactions throughout La Jolla, Point Loma, Del Mar, Coronado, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Rancho Santa Fe, greater San Diego, Malibu, and Southern California.

As one of only 16 founding partners selected by Ryan Serhant to launch SERHANT. in the Golden State, Malena is helping expand one of the world's fastest-growing luxury real estate brands in today’s market. She has been recognized as a Top 1% of Realtors® by the Pacific Southwest Association of Realtors® (P.S.A.R.) and set her former brokerage's highest San Diego sale in 2025 at $10.7 million.

Originally from Iowa, Malena has rooted herself in the San Diego community for the last 15+ years. Clients trust her for her Midwest integrity, discretion, strategic guidance, skilled negotiation, tech-forward marketing, and relentless advocacy to protect equity and deliver exceptional results.

Prior to real estate, Malena led corporate marketing and public relations initiatives that accelerated growth and contributed to multimillion-dollar acquisitions. Today, she leverages that experience alongside SERHANT.'s industry-leading media platform to deliver cinematic marketing, targeted digital campaigns, and global exposure that connect her seller’s properties with qualified buyers worldwide.