Donna Crabtree, CCIM, is the Principal and Broker of Sophus Properties, a San Antonio-based real estate brokerage and property management company specializing in multifamily and investment real estate. With a career in real estate that began in 1998, Donna brings more than 25 years of hands-on experience in the acquisition, operation, positioning, and sale of investment properties.
Donna earned her Texas real estate license in 2003, obtained her broker’s license in 2014, and founded Sophus Properties that same year. Her CCIM designation reflects advanced training and expertise in commercial real estate investment analysis, market evaluation, and transaction strategy.
Throughout her career, Donna has developed extensive experience in multifamily sales and investment brokerage, working with apartment owners, private investors, and buyers to evaluate assets, identify opportunities, structure transactions, and navigate the sales process. Her experience extends well beyond brokerage. As both a real estate investor and an experienced property management professional, she understands multifamily assets from an owner’s and operator’s perspective - including rental income, expenses, deferred maintenance, capital improvements, tenant operations, financing considerations, and the factors that ultimately drive value.
Donna’s long history in the San Antonio multifamily market provides a depth of knowledge that cannot be gained from market reports alone. Having worked through multiple real estate and economic cycles, she understands how San Antonio neighborhoods and submarkets have evolved, how investor demand has shifted, and how changing interest rates, financing conditions, new construction, rental trends, and property operations affect pricing and buyer behavior.
Her approach to selling multifamily property is analytical, strategic, and owner-focused. She evaluates not only comparable sales and current market conditions, but also each property’s operating history, income potential, physical condition, value-add opportunities, and likely buyer profile. This allows her to develop a marketing and pricing strategy designed to present the property effectively, reach qualified investors, and maximize the seller’s position in the marketplace.
Through Sophus Properties, Donna works with local, out-of-state, and international investors. Her ability to understand a multifamily asset from the perspectives of the seller, buyer, investor, broker, and property manager gives her clients a distinct advantage throughout the transaction.
Home Types:
Multifamily, House, Condo, Lot/Land, Commercial
Education:
University of Maryland, BS, Finance, Series 7, 63, 6
