Designations:
e-PRO, ABR, GRI e-PRO - Certified Internet Real Estate Professional
- is the official technology certification program of the National
Association of REALTORS®, recognizing quality Web services.
e-PROs take the Connected Consumer seriously and have the
Internet savvy to meet their online needs. Using the information
resources of the World Wide Web, an e-PRO provides their clients
with high quality, timely information. Choose a real estate professional
with today's technology skills, committed to using the Internet
with skill and integrity. Choose an e-PRO!
ABR - Accredited Buyer Representative
- the (ABR®) designation is the benchmark of excellence
in buyer representation. This coveted designation is awarded
to real estate practitioners by the Real Estate Buyer's Agent
Council ("REBAC") of the National Association of REALTORS®
who meet the specified educational and practical experience
criteria.
GRI - The Graduate REALTOR® Institute
symbol is the mark of a real estate professional who has made
a commitment to providing a superior level of professional services
by earning the GRI designation. REALTORS® with the GRI designation
are highly trained in many area of real estate to better serve
and protect their clients.
Associations
- the company I keep
National Association of Realtors
Colorado Association of Realtors
Pagosa Springs Association of Realtors
Pagosa Springs MLS
Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce
The Rotary Club of Pagosa Springs
Bio - how I ended up in
Pagosa In 1994 my husband, Dick Babillis, and I came
home to a place we'd never lived before, Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
We discovered Pagosa in March of 1991, at the
front-end of a proposed 3-year national search for the perfect
place to "retire". Well, the first leg of that search
brought us to Pagosa, via a Timeshare exchange in Fairfield.
We fell madly in love at first sight and spent our vacation
week studying subdivision maps and tramping around lots in T-shirts
and rented snowshoes. That sunny week in the snow and the fresh
mountain air was glorious, and sunshine was one of our main
criteria for relocating. The Cincinnati area has about 80 days
of sunshine a year; Pagosa Springs has 300+. Before we left
town that week we had purchased a 10-acre parcel in the Alpha
subdivision, and our 3-year search just disappeared ... we had
found our perfect retirement spot.
Back
in Cincinnati, I was a veterinarian. I graduated from Purdue
University in 1971, and practiced small animal medicine for
23 years. I raised and showed dogs for several years, as a primary
hobby. Then I switched from dogs to cats, and spent my last
seven years in Ohio specializing in feline medicine, establishing
the first cats-only practice in the Greater Cincinnati area.
In May of 1994 I bid the cats farewell, left Cat Care in the
able hands of its new doctor/owner, and Dick and I headed west
to our new life in Pagosa Springs.
Totally awestruck with my new home in the San
Juan Mountains - I went back to school and got a real estate
license. Being a REALTOR® allows me to spend time on the
land, with a purpose. That purpose includes sharing what
I have learned about this area, and about buying real estate
here, assisting newcomers and residents in finding and purchasing
their special home or parcel of land.
From a non-salesperson's point of view, what's
great about being a REALTOR® in Pagosa is that the area
sells itself. Pagosa Country is a year-round recreational paradise,
with blue skies and sunshine prevailing, majestic mountains,
abundant wildlife, friendly small town charm - and rivers run
through it. The Creator did an especially fine job here!
Back
in Cincinnati, I was a veterinarian. I graduated from Purdue
University in 1971, and practiced small animal medicine for
23 years. I raised and showed dogs for several years, as a primary
hobby. Then I switched from dogs to cats, and spent my last
seven years in Ohio specializing in feline medicine, establishing
the first cats-only practice in the Greater Cincinnati area.
In May of 1994 I bid the cats farewell, left Cat Care in the
able hands of its new doctor/owner, and Dick and I headed west
to our new life in Pagosa Springs. 