For some time now, I have felt compelled to write this letter of reference for Ms. Trudi Watkins-Johnson and her firm Happy Real Estate. Trudi handled the listing on our ranch property near Basalt over the months of 2013 and 2014. I have personally been a real estate attorney and broker for over 35 years in Durango, Co, and that said, can say I do not recall any broker I’ve known or worked with who put as much effort into a listing as Trudi did for our owner group. Ours was a very difficult sale property, laden with neighborhood and association conflicts, difficult access and utility easement issues and management of occasionally unruly tenants and repair problems, which Trudi handled for us through her property management division. Most impressive to me was the way Trudi anticipated problems and took the initiative to solve them for our group. This was enormously helpful to me as “supervisor” of the owners’ group. I live some 5 hours from this property and have had some surgical issues this year so Trudi’s help was a true “Godsend”. I’ve also appreciated Trudi’s sensitive, yet straight forward and very honest approach with me and with all involved. She did an excellent job negotiating with county officials and our ultimate buyers to help us resolve access issues. I cannot recommend Trudi more highly. Feel free to contact me with any other questions you might have about her or her company.