ABOUT ME

Dawn Deegan is a highly skilled and successful award winning agent, serving the Greater Orlando area. She is a Broker-Associate who holds the designations of GRI (Graduate Realtor Institute); ABR (Accredited Buyers Representation); SFR (Short Sale Foreclosure Resource); QSC (Quality Service Certified) and the Transnational Referral Certification (TRC). She is the recipient of the Keller Williams Bronze Medallion Award, and has also received the Online Excellence Award in Marketing by Realtor.com.  Dawn has been honored with multiple Top Sales Associate and Top Listing Associate awards, and has been featured internationally on the cover story of the Keller Williams Newsletter.

Dawn remains committed to her inspired goal of bringing qualitative information to her Buyers of Real Estate, delivering “The best possible choice of homes in the best areas, the best information regarding the properties, and every resource available about the area and the market, so that the buyers can then make their choice based not only on the passion they may feel for the home, but also grounded in the facts surrounding it. I feel it is essential,” she elaborates. “It is a privilege to work with the people I do. Everyone knows that buying a piece of real estate is one of the largest investment one makes; as a result, the process in inherently stressful. But I believe that most of the stress comes from the unknown factors, and the subsequent wondering about them. So I try to fill in those blanks as much as possible. I inform the customer as much as I can about the entire process, and then I am there for them throughout it all.”

For Sellers, her philosophy is the same. “I bring full disclosure re the state of the market to my Sellers of real estate. If they’re game for the listening, they’re going to get quite an education! Only then they can fully appreciate and discern what their home may be truly worth.” Dawn then prepares them not only logistically for the process, but psychologically. “Once your home goes on the market, it’s no longer yours, for all intents and purposes; it’s a commodity, and should be respectfully treated as such. After all, a seller wants to get the highest amount possible for their property, and a certain newly found detachment can be helpful to best achieve that.  But I’m looking out for their highest good.  I want the best price for them, and the most qualified Buyer, who will bring then home to a successful closing.

Dawn believes the downturn in the market has actually been a good thing. “Look,” she says, “we all saw prices rise at astonishing rates. We have been on the down side of that for several years now, and have seen stabilization in most areas, with price increases now occurring at most price points. There have been tremendous opportunities out there for both Buyers and Sellers along the way. I don’t like to see people lose money on their investments, but home prices are now more affordable, and that makes me happy. When somebody sells, they are usually buying something else as well, and the loss they may be incurring in the sale is off-set by the value they are gaining in their purchase.” 

Dawn fell in love with Orlando after moving here from Los Angeles. Originally from Boston, she also spent many years traveling throughout the United States, which gives her a great perspective with which to weigh Orlando against. “Orlando is a unique, welcoming, and vibrant city!  It really has everything to offer: you don’t have to travel far distances to get to everything you want and need, including a top-rated airport. Our neighborhoods are fantastic. Have I mentioned the weather?” she adds with a grin.

Dawn is a person who loves quality, “I am thrilled by it when I find it – in all things, in all processes.” And, she’s a big stats person. “I love luxury but I have a strong practical side. Really, I bring that to the table in helping my customers buy or sell their home. This business of real estate draws on so many factors. I love the aesthetics involved, the finding of the perfect home for someone, the marketing of a beautiful home for sale, but I also love the contractual side, and the negotiations. Every transaction is different and much skill and care is needed in each one, which I personally oversee on my own. And with Banks involved in the process of so many homes now, more discovery is needed than ever before. You can’t take a thing for granted in this business--you simply can’t.”

When asked how Dawn would most like her customers to remember her, she replied, “I would like them to look back at the transaction at any point in time, and to feel confident that they were served with the highest of integrity, standards and skills. And that hopefully we had a little fun along the way. That, to me, is my mark of success.”

Dawn Deegan supports Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Florida as well as The Humane Society, Loyola Marymount University, and other charities and organizations.