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• Meet our Agents – Agent Spotlight Interviews – Claudia Williams

Kurt has been successfully selling real estate in the great Durango area for over 10 years and joins us from the Realty Executives office. Blue Ribbon Properties is proud to welcome Kurt Gerlach to our professional team. Kurt was raised in the Adirondack Mountains of NY and has been in Durango for 30 years, enjoying the great outdoors, the fresh air and beautiful scenery of the San Juan Mountains. He has a wonderful wife and 2 kids and 1 grandson. Kurt has owned and operated upholstery businesses in Durango for most of the last 30 years. In 2002 he became a professional Realtor and has had many happy clients over the past 10 years. Kurt is a Certified Negotiation Expert, a buyer’s agent and boasts broad and specific knowledge of the area. You can reach Kurt at Blue Ribbon Properties 970 247 8388 or stop by the downtown Durango Main Mall Suite 214, 835 Main Ave.Kurt joins Terry Sadler and Don Ferris to add up to three new agents at Blue Ribbon over the past year! Terry Sadler has been the owner of Durango’s Remax franchise for the past 20 years. After selling the office two years ago he has decided to come hang his hat at Blue Ribbon – a locally owned boutique real estate company and work on his favorite thing to do – making the deal! Don Ferris has years of commercial real estate experience in California and has held the CDPE designation for two years. A Certified Distressed Property Expert® (CDPE) has a thorough understanding of complex issues in today’s turbulent real estate industry and knowledge of foreclosure avoidance options available to homeowners. CDPEs can provide solutions, specifically short sales, for homeowners facing market hardships.

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Claudia Williams, Owner/Broker of Blue Ribbon Properties is Durango’s first certified EcoBroker, having successfully completed a training program on the energy and environmental issues that affect real-estate transactions, including energy-efficiency, sustainability and healthier design/features in homes and buildings. Green features, sustainability, certified build-green homes, solar homes and healthy homes are popular and interesting topics. Claudia is licensed to sell real estate in both Colorado and New Mexico. Search the Colorado and Durango MLS by clicking the ‘Search MLS’ button at the top right of this page. EcoBroker International’s education and designation program is designed exclusively for real-estate professionals who care about the environment and want to help their clients benefit from the energy-efficiency, “green,” and healthier feature of homes and buildings. For more information visit EcoBroker.com.Claudia Williams, EcoBroker, was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, Property Report in the Market Place Section, “How some agents tout ‘green’ in seeking an Edge. Our listing on Rosalie Drive was featured with its solar technology and an on-demand water heater. This home sold full price and went under contract within 1 week of Blue Ribbon listing it for sale.

Durango, Colorado is one of the best places to live on Earth. Great weather, sunny days, breath taking scenery, and artistic flair are just a few of Durango’s hallmarks attracting second home buyer’s and locals alike. If you are looking to move to Colorado you will definitely want to check out Durango. Durango has beautiful homes and land. Come visit and see what Durango can offer you.Durango is a historic Colorado Mountain town founded in 1880. The city is the county seat of La Plata County and sits at 6512 feet above sea level. Durango is surrounded by the San Juan Mountains and lies in the Animas River Valley, close to the Four Corners area in the southwest corner of the state of Colorado. Given the mountainous high desert geography and perfect climate (not too hot in the summer and not too cold in the winter), there are numerous activities for you year round. Durango, CO is best known for the Historic Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, its proximity to Mesa Verde National Park, and being home of Fort Lewis College. You will see snow-caps on mountains in winter, go rafting in the summer, and have lots of cultural festivals throughout the year. If you are more laid back and like the quiet country life surrounded by nature, you have found your home here in Durango. You can start your own ranch with a gorgeous view of the mountains; Wake up every morning sipping coffee on the front porch and watch nature all around you.

Durango’s homes are unique in nature. The old are mixed in with the new. There will be unique archways, Log cabin styles, Southwest style ranches, or unique woods gently blended with natural stones for accents. In Durango, it is rare to see houses built out of standard brick or cookie cutter style down the block. In Durango houses are unique. More beautiful rocks and stones will be used, all gently blending in with nature.

If it is land you are interested in, Durango CO has some of most amazing land you can imagine. If you want to farm you will learn Southwest style as the soil is just a little different here. There are trees mixed in with brush land and wildflowers that are only native to the area. You could build a modern style log ranch decorated with stone chimneys and fireplaces with a panoramic living room view of the ranch or the mountains.

Blue Ribbon Properties of Durango has been offering premier real estate services to the greater Durango area for over ten years. If you are thinking about moving, talk to us first. Browse our website and real estate blog (lots of interesting articles, new content every week), search the Durango MLS Real Estate Database, find out about open houses, request our free reports and comparative market analysis for your home. We offer properties in the town of Durango or out, golf villas, ranches, horse property, luxury properties, mountain homes and vacation homes, acreage, lots, condos, commercial, business opportunities, vacation rentals; you name it, we can help.

Ask us anything. We’d love to hear from you. Click here to send us an email, click hereto comment to comment on our blog, or call (970) 247-8388. Blue Ribbon Properties is located in downtown Durango, in the Main Mall, which is on Main Avenue between 8th and 9th Street. 835 Main Avenue Suite 214. Durango, CO 81301. Fax (970) 247 8360.