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The Best Clearwater Florida Realtor – Hands Down!

October 27, 2021 By Deborah Ward

Buy or sell, a person needing help with Clearwater real estate should find the best Florida Realtor. So who is that? Well that agent is Deb Ward, the Irish Realtor!

Smart buyers and sellers use a Realtor

Regardless of whether you are buying or selling property, smart buyers and sellers use a Realtor to help them navigate the process. A Realtor is trained and educated to know exactly how to get through the complicated world of buying and selling real estate. Not only that, but they are experts in the locality. In the Clearwater, Florida area, there is a plethora of waterfront or waterview properties that take a special knowledge to buy and sell. So who is the best Florida Realtor? Deb-the Irish Realtor!

Deb is the lead listing Realtor

Deb is the lead listing Realtor at The Deb Ward Team, which is affiliated with Keller Williams Realty a nationally recognized firm. Branding is important and Keller Williams has the name recognition and resources smart buyers look for. Deb is a great choice because she specializes in the great water front homes and communities in the area. She has 21+ years of experience helping people to buy and sell, get their dream waterfront home or sell it to move up or on. No matter what type of property you have or need, single family home or condo, or any in between, Deb is an expert who can help you. She’s also an expert in helping people from out of the area buy or sell from a distance.

Buying and selling real estate takes know how and experience

It also takes a little bit of luck as well. Knowing you have hired the one person who has all three should mean you’ll be selling your home and moving into your dream home in no time!

To see best Florida Realtor’s tips, tours and properties, visit Deb’s youtube channel: youtube.com/crazyirishrealtor

House Hunting In Ireland- The Irish Realtor

October 27, 2021 By Deborah Ward

Have you ever watched the show “House Hunters International” on HGTV and thought about what it would be like to buy a house someplace overseas? The world is a huge place and why not? What fun would it be to call a realtor and say I want to look at homes in Ireland, and go find your own little piece of the Emerald Isle? You wouldn’t be alone! The Irish Realtor, Deb Ward could give you some great insights.

Please note…Deb is a Realtor in Florida USA! She specializes in working with house hunters coming across the pond to check out Florida Property for sale!

The real estate market in Ireland took a hit in the worldwide recession that we all seem to be arduously climbing out of. Prices there have dropped 60% from their 2006 peak, a painful price correction that a lot of the world felt as well. While some places really don’t have a lot of inventory available, the market is starting to pick up. Why? In part because of foreign buyers and Irish expatriates returning home.

Homes in County Cork that used to go for over 5 million euros (approximately $6,651,500 USD). Now they’re worth about 1.5 to 2.5 million (approximately $3,325,750 to $1,995,450 USD). Nothing to sneeze at, but a rather large price drop for those who can afford it.

So who is it that can buy in Ireland? According to real estate agents in Ireland, about 25% of their buyers are from somewhere outside of Ireland, often the US and Britain, as well as Russia. Many are Irish expatriates who left when the economy made it impossible for them to afford to live there. Now, they can come home. So why is this percentage of overseas buyers so high? There are a few reasons. One is the tax incentives that the Irish government put in place to encourage home ownership. That, along with the huge drop in prices, is encouraging buyers to buy again.

So, let’s say you have the money to do it, what would stop you from buying in Ireland? Not much. There are some immigration laws that restrict the amount of time you could spend in Ireland, and it would be worth looking into how to become a permanent resident. Some Americans of Irish descent are finding that they can qualify for Irish citizenship. So why not make a dream come true and live in the land of faeries and Celts, timeless beauty and wild Irish seas. For more information check out House Hunting in Ireland by the New York Times!

Does Your Realtor Speak Your Language? Hire The Irish Realtor

October 27, 2021 By Deborah Ward

Language. It’s more than just the English, Spanish or French you speak. It’s the ability to have effective communication with those around you. Does your Realtor speak your “language?” Deb, the Irish Realtor does. She has effective communication.

Have you seen the commercial with the dad in the backyard talking about something, and asks his daughter via text something and she answers “idk” and he says “what does IDK mean?” and the neighbor behind him says “I don’t know” explaining that IDK is an acronym for I don’t know. The main character totally missed the point and says something along the lines of “well I’m not so stupid after all.” Communication is about language. Have you missed the point of another person’s answer or conversation because you IDK? Now picture yourself trying to talk with a Realtor about your most important purchase… your home. Not having good communication here would be detrimental to your whole life. Does your Realtor speak your language?

If you are a twenty or thirty something hip to the newest internet slang, constantly tweet, facebook, tumble and pin things, wouldn’t you want to do business with someone hip to that as well? Now turn it around. Your Realtor has years of experience dealing with everything real estate: title issues, the newest home updates, appraisal acronyms and the like. What happens if he or she can’t make you understand those terms? Getting to a place where all understand is paramount. Your Realtor must be someone who can communicate the real estate language to you and make sure you each understand it so you will have all the knowledge you need to buy or sell a home.

Part of that is also being able to actually reach the other. How do you communicate the best? Email? Text? Do you even check your voicemail? Does your Realtor? Make sure that each of you know and respect the communication preference of the other.

Deb, the Irish Realtor, strives to be a great communicator. She really understands the ins and outs of communication. Her lilting Irish brogue has softened over the years, but she knows that even accents as lovely as an Irish brogue can make communication misunderstandings possible. So start out on the right foot by saying to Deb, or your Realtor “you can best reach me by_” and then ask LOTS of clarifying questions as you go!