Barbara O'Reilly

Originally from Germany, Barbara holds a law degree from the University of Heidelberg. On a visit to Newport, she met her husband, and in 1980 they settled here, and Barbara began working as a paralegal doing title abstracts and debt collections for a local law firm.

Her work led her to obtain a real estate license, and she has been working as a full-time realtor since 2001 while raising her four children and working on her family's organic farm in Middletown. Barbara is professional, responsive to her clients’ needs and works diligently to meet her clients’ expectations regardless of the size of the transaction. Because of her legal background, her solid knowledge of Aquidneck Island, her conscientiousness and diverse skills, finding a home with Barbara is a pleasant process.

Barbara is fluent in German and French, and in her spare time she likes to ski and cook with her family.

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Office Location: 129 Bellevue Ave., Newport

G. MacDonald, Newport

When I recently found myself in the market to purchase my first home, I walked into the agency where Barbara was working. It was my good fortune that she happened to be the agent on duty at the time. I had relatively little time to find a home and move out of my apartment, and she worked closely with me to find a very nice place in my price range. I was very happy with the work Barbara did for me, and I would seek her out if ever in the market again.

Carole Hogan Newport RI

Over 18 years owning and leasing 3 investment properties in Newport, I’ve worked with 40+ local brokers. Barbara O’Reilly is heads above the rest in experience, understanding the market, listening to client needs, communication, performance and integrity. She’s a pleasure to deal with and I wouldn’t use anyone else.

K. Lazer Newport, RI

Barbara is an excellent resource and makes sure you look at the buying or selling of a house in a variety of ways. She is always willing to go the extra mile to get whatever you need done and looks out for your best interest.

Valerie Wood, Georgia

Barbara O'Reilly is genuine and extremely knowledgeable in the Newport Real Estate. We hired her to at first rent out our condo, then decided to hired her to sell it. I highly recommend her. She cares about her clients. I, myself am a Realtor in Georgia, so I have an idea of what is a great realtor vs someone just wanting the sale!

Karen & Barry Sherman, former Middletown property owners.

Barbra O'Reilly was always in tune with our needs for this sale. She is professional and trustworthy. We put the house on the market for a month, because we had renters moving in the following week, and didn't want them disrupted by showings. Barbara did everything we needed in a small amount of time; photos, listing, open house, marketing...She was respectful to our wishes and to our renters at all times. Within days, we had multiple offers over asking price, and went under contract within a week of listing. Barbra O'Reilly is the best realtor we have ever worked with and we highly recommend her to all! Karen & Barry Sherman

Carsen, Jamestown

Barbara went above and beyond. As first time home buyers we had many questions and a tight timeline for seeing potential homes. She was extremely knowledgeable, flexible, detail oriented and helpful throughout our buying process. I would definitely recommend working with her!

Donna & Mark Miller, Arlington, VA

Barbara is simply the best real estate professional you can have as a partner. She is persistent, reasonable, thoughtful, intelligent, creative, and a joy to engage with! She has assisted us with our properties over the past 20 years and has always been consistent. She is honest, straight forward, completely trustworthy, energetic, and an absolute delight to do business with. Lucky are the persons who are represented by Barbara O'Reilly in their real estate transactions. It simply does not get any better.

J & K, Portsmouth

Barbara is a great buyers' agent for buying property on Aquidneck Island because she knows the island and properties very well, and the nuances of the 3 towns and most of the neighborhoods. She has lived on the island most of her life and is well-connected with the other realtors and tradespeople. These connections are very useful, especially if you are moving from off the island to the island. What we enjoyed the most about working with Barbara, however, was how honest and candid she was. She is the first realtor we've worked with who has given her honest opinion of the appropriateness of the price that homes were listed for. Especially when one is coming from another place, to understand whether a home is overpriced or a good value is critical, and where an agent's experience with the market is key. It is so rare, however, for an agent to speak truthfully about that. Also, she was so patient with us even though we looked at so many houses and took a lot of her time. She always made us feel that she genuinely didn't mind waiting until we found just the right house. This was my 6th time buying a home and Barbara was the best agent I have ever worked with.

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