PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

ABR, CNHS, GREEN, E-PRO, RSPS, CRS-PRO, SRES, AHWD, C2EX Certified Mediator

AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

TOP AGENT ~ ERA PRIME PROPERTIES 1996-2019

PEAK PRODUCER ~ BUFFINI & COMPANY 2005-2022

PRESIDENT TRI-COUNTIES ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® - 2011

C.A.R. DIRECTOR ~ 2010-2024, VICE-CHAIR OF REGIONAL CHAIRS 2013, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS VICE-CHAIR 2014, PUBLIC POLICY FORUM VICE-CHAIR 2017, IMPAC TRUSTEE 2019-2022, VICE-CHAIR 2020, CHAIR 2021, CREPAC TRUSTEE 2024-2025

NAR DIRECTOR ~2012, 2014, 2016, 2018-2023, RESORT & SECOND HOMES COMMITTEE 2014-2016 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE 2017-20121, VICE CHAIR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FORUM 2020, CHAIR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FORUM 2021, C2EX COMMITTEE 2022-2023

Marion specializes in marketing residential properties and assisting with private and corporate relocations.  Recognized by admiring colleagues and satisfied clients alike as a consummate veteran dedicated to top quality professional standards, she has built her reputation on a belief that integrity, trustworthiness, and honesty are the foundation behind your successful Real Estate experience.  Her business is built upon referrals from past and current clients; her goal is to provide exceptional service with consistent communication, strong negotiating towards win-win results, and to help her clients reach their personal Real Estate goals.  She is strongly committed to giving back to the Real Estate Community and has served on the Grievance, Nominating, Budget and Finance, and Professional Standards Committees for Tri-Counties Association of REALTORS®. She completed  Mediator Training through Pepperdine University and more recently through NAR and has also served as an expert witness on behalf of the California Association of REALTORS® at a Congressional Subcommittee hearing.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

A native Californian, Marion attended both the University of California at Berkeley and UCLA and previously worked for Security Pacific Bank as a Commercial and Real Estate Loan Officer.  When not selling Real Estate, she enjoys travel with family and friends, theater, swimming, skiing, sewing, bowling and golf and is involved with numerous civic and community organizations.  Marion has been active with the Girl Scouts, Gifted and Talented Education, Chino Valley Aquatics, Aptos United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity, and the Chino Hills Literacy Program as a tutor. She has been a Small Group Leader and Peak Producer Ambassador for Buffini and Company, a Real Estate training and Coaching Company.  She has been married to her husband Mike for forty three years, has two daughters, Corinna and Michelle, a granddaughter Lily and a grandson Wyatt. After living in Southern California for 39 years, she is thrilled to be back in Northern California, closer to family and is enjoying living the dream in Aptos.