About the Crossland Team – Austin TX Realtors
Below is a summary of the professional background and experience of the Crossland Team agents – Sylvia Crossland and Steve Crossland.
Sylvia Crossland, Broker, REALTOR®, has been active in Austin real estate since 1988. She was raised in Austin TX, graduated from Travis High School, and is a Graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos – making her the 5th generation woman in her family to obtain a college degree!
Sylvia’s Great Grandmother, “Mama Penn”, built many of the vintage Austin homes that still stand today on land that was once the Penn family farm near 30th and West Ave. Austin Real Estate is in Sylvia’s blood!
Prior to entering Real Estate in Austin, Sylvia worked as an Interior Designer in San Antonio and Austin. She obtained her TX Real Estate license in 1988 and her Texas Brokers license in 1992. In 1993, along with husband Steve, Sylvia started Crossland Real Estate, a full service real estate company specializing in Property Management, Sales and Leasing. In 2005 they both joined Keller Williams Realty where they focused on residential sales and investments for 4 years before becoming independent with Crossland Real Estate again in 2009.
When Sylvia isn’t helping buyers and sellers she can be found volunteering at the Westbank Public Library.
Steve Crossland, REALTOR®, MPM®, has lived in Austin TX since 1985 and has been active in real estate in Austin since 1990. He is a Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems. Steve holds the MPM® (Master Property Manager) designation from the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) and was the 2004 President of the Austin Chapter of NARPM, and served on the Austin NARPM Chapter Board of Directors for 6 years. The MPM® designation is held by fewer than 150 Property Managers nationwide.
Steve currently serves on the Government Affairs and the Professional Standards Committees for the Austin Board of Realtors, is a current member of the Property Management Committee for the Texas Association of Realtors, and sat three years on the Board of Trustees for a private Austin K-12 school. A former computer programmer and an avid real estate blogger, Steve has an attention to detail combined with an easy going nature that makes him easy to work with.
Steve and Sylvia both formerly served on the Agent Leadership Council (ALC) of Keller William’s flagship Southwest Market Center, and, as a top producing team helped run that office for two years before returning to their independent roots in 2009. You’re in good hands with this experienced and trusted team of experts.
