hello hello hello hello Peeps and happy happy New Year’s to you 2024 baby we here at the pickle team Randall and I would like to wish you the happiest and warmest wishes for the upcoming year here’s to good stuff happening for all of us it’s supposed to be a good year 2024 is a lucky number if you add up in numerology it adds up to eight which is infinity good for love good for good luck so that’s what I’m betting on how about you leap year leap year plus leap year always an auspicious event correct keep the uh the Mercury retrograde thing yeah I don’t know I don’t know I’m not that well versed and all of that but we wanted to wish you the happiest of New Year’s you’re probably getting this a few weeks into the month of January yeah but we’re recording it near the front you know that’s right got to edit and all that takes a little time so all of this is uh you get it a few weeks after we actually film so here we are we want to talk about 20124 we’re super excited everyone was gloom and doom about 2023 it wasn’t bad folks not so much it was not bad at all yeah prices were very stable y uh we’re back to a buyer Market uh inventory was low but you we managed to find some good homes for our guys yep uh so brought in some new blood in the city lots of really nice people great year and no regrets they were glad they were scared of the interest rate but they made the jump anyway yeah they know that they can refinance so they didn’t let it hold them back and now they’re living the dream and our beautiful town of Prescot yep so it’s uh pretty exciting times yeah a lot of Gloom at the front of 2023 as every we recall we predicted that none of that would come to pass and it has not yep uh more gloom and doom for 2024 or what are people saying I don’t even know well they’re a little more encouraging because interest rates are dropping which is good yeah so we’re super excited about that so if you’re contemplating you know Now’s the Time our folks who did it in 2023 no regrets yeah don’t put your life on hold yeah grab that gold ring go for it yeah in terms of interest rates so um the expectation is that interest rates will go lower uh for 2024 what is low what is not low is two and a half okay yeah yeah I think that’s over those days are over and all indications are that uh us of a certain age tends to be people interested in presc it uh we’re not going to see that again U and the reason why we saw it is that we had lots of baby boomers who were not retired yet uh they were making lots of money and they were investing lots of money well that created a supply a very large supply of investment money and that drives down interest rates uh now most of the Baby Boomers are retired uh when they retire they stop investing so aggressively they get very conservative uh they start consuming money uh so those funds will no longer be there and that means Supply goes down that means your interest rates go up so I I would say you know you know a healthy economy is five or six uh with a few points of inflation and it looks like that’s exactly where we’re heading so that that’s actually really broad picture here that’s very healthy very healthy so uh if you’re waiting for two and a half then you’re gonna you’re not gonna make it don’t yeah don’t give up on life waiting for two and a half yeah move forward get out there make your move here our cost of living is amazing in presc your money will go much farther than you know some of the other places uh people are moving from California Washington Oregon you’ll be pleasantly surprised yes how far your dollar goes yes here in Arizona so we’ll have some other areas of the country that might suffer um so you’ll hear bad news about real estate Phoenix may be one of those areas um I don’t a few other other areas that got built up really fast uh with markets that are much more sensitive to interest rates um that won’t be presc uh presc is a relatively small town we are a very viable alternative to all of the uh retirement destinations that people talk about um so I I I just don’t see anything happening in presc for the foreseeable future we we’re just totally leveling off and holding strong holding strong holding strong plus we’ve got amazing weather Four Seasons uh you don’t have to worry about hurricanes you don’t have to worry about fires you don’t have to yeah well we can get a little baby little had a baby earthquake we had a baby earthquake supposed to have one every 50 years and it’s in Chino Valley which about 20 miles north of here yeah and I think it was a three or two and a half or something so I mean this is the time you want to try something new come to our town interest rates are starting to drop everything else is great here you might enjoy a new chapter right yeah don’t you think yeah I think so so we would love to help you with uh your search take you on a tour of our lovely town and uh show you what it’s all about for 2024 so we hope you give us a call 71332 11964 or you can go to our free information site that’s pickle 411.com whether you are a buyer seller or somewhere in between there will be something there waiting for you that will amaze down and informed that is so true all of the above chck Chuck Chuck and it’s all free so we’d love to see you we wish you the very best for the start of your New Year we’re off to a good start we’re very excited our daughter’s getting married in a week got a lot of things going man can’t wait uh so we’re looking forward to a lot of beautiful things happening for 2024 and we wish the same for you give us a call let’s get together talk to you soon bye bye
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Prescott Lakes (Pinnacle Views) Home Sold for $700,000
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Zen Decoded
Call it zen, call it hygge, call it whatever you like; some houses just have that “it factor” that gives buyers a warm fuzzy feeling. Today we talk about the simplest ways to take your house from zero to zen before putting it on the market.
Video Transcripthello hello hello hello peeps Diane and Randall bro here I’m Randall she’s the Presa picin that is correct uh we are your local uh mom and pop Realtors pop Realtors sure yeah I gu yeah she’s a mom I’m a pop I guess yeah we’re parents yeah we’re parents we can identify as that yeah absolutely um but anyway we are we live here in Prescot we love it we came here 7 years ago have not looked back um we’ve gotten into real estate and we absolutely love it we’ve met so many wonderful people we’ve been in so many beautiful homes and one thing that we always mention when we go in with our buyers there are certain houses that just hit you right in the heart as soon as you walk in and it’s the zenfield zenfi and we have been in multi-million doll homes does not feel z y and we’ve been in little tiny Cottages that are very you know low priced homes that has the perfect as the Zen feel here’s the thing if a buyer describes your home as Zen they’re halfway to buying that’s right if they use the zword they like it the zword it’s an emotional feeling when people walk into a home it’s the emotion and the feelings that it evokes in them either it’s a connection from a child childhood home in the past it’s a smell from a home in the past a happy time in their life and it connects with them and the key to Zen is it doesn’t have to have Buddha statues it doesn’t have to be although those are my favorite as you know I got a Buddha we got Buddhas I got a big I got a big fat wooden Buddha yeah yeah which I got from I don’t know how Zen he is but he makes me feel good I rub his tummy every time I leave for good luck um but anyway um it’s really not just you know whatever Buddhist chanting in the background it’s just a good feeling what’s the Danish word remember there’s something hug Huga Huga is too I don’t know if I’m saying that right it’s like a cozy so we like Huga we like Zen and the key to all of those things declutter declutter declutter honestly it’s not about the palet it’s not about the Buddhas it’s about Simplicity yes and people see a home that is simple but but functional you have everything you need and not a bit more yep uh and there’s space and and it’s a peaceful feeling and people want to have that life now they will buy your Zen home and they will fill it with all our trash and it won’t be very Zen which is what we do which is what we do yeah but in terms of selling you’re going for the Zen Zen is uh get rid of the brick of bre yeah the Zen is a good place to be yeah get rid of the Bricker Breck get rid of anything extra and I mean I’m just as guilty as everybody else I I I somehow I have things from my parents house from my in-law’s house from every person that has died somehow grav it lands in my house well also I have two malan NOS I would not describe them as Zen they’re not Zen yeah but when we’re buying we like Zen but yeah when I go in a house that is properly you know just decluttered it just just feels so refreshing yeah it feels like it doesn’t you know what it is it doesn’t feel chaotic yes it’s like this home is calm this home is cool and collected another key to Zen is a a pallet that coordinates throughout the home now if you have kids you know I want a purple room I you know you have some of that but a home where all of the rooms may not necessarily be the same color but it’s on the same palette all the pictures go together it gives a a coordinated sort of Harmony to the home that is Z yeah yeah and it’s a very calming thing I love going in a house like that especially when I’m showing 10 houses and I go in one it’s like I mean you cannot you really feel it it’s a it’s a it’s a real feeling it’s a visceral thing I mean you get in there and you’re like you know what I mean um you you just feel it in your shoulders so try hard to be Zen and Zen can be beautiful flowers and plants and you know nature a lot of nature not too much of anything not too yes simp not too much of anything not too much of just enough of everything that’s it yeah and it could be a complete lie you Mayan not live that life that might not be you but we’re telling you as Buyer Agents if our clients say Zen they’re probably going to buy you they’re like oh I love it I love how I feel I love how I feel in this house and that’s how everyone should feel you know so I’m working out of my own house it’s it’s a work in progress work in progress but I do appreciate a good Zen yes what’s the other word hooi h Huga Huga H yeah either one of those it makes me feel good cozy I dig it I dig that cozy is another good word yeah yeah okay my friends so I hope that you’re planning a visit soon I’d love to take you into some beautiful Zen Hogie houses I like saying that Hogie houses houses and uh show you what it’s all about so give us a call are you going to fill in here what am I filling in 411.com oh the pickle 411.com I forgot what’s wrong with you are you losing it I’m lost my Cube yeah yeah if you want tips the place to go is our free information site pickle 411.com doesn’t matter if you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something waiting for you that will Astound Amaze in warm and delight and it’s all absolutely free so go there right now go there right now anyway give us a call hope to hear from you soon take care and have a wonderful day bye bye
Winey Cats
In case you’re wondering, no; that’s not a typo, or a misspelling. Winey Cats is a winery in nearby Chino Valley that also supports cat rescue activities. We had a grape time at one of their events, and today we’re bringing you the lowdown on why you should wine down there as well!
Video Transcripthello and good midafternoon well it is mid afternoon mid afternoon mid afternoon so I want to say hello hello hello that’s right uh I am Diane bro this is my sidekick Randall bro that’s me uh we are a a I think a lovely real estate team here in Prescot lovely in the sense that we’re good at what we do maybe not always the most attractive but well we try to have fun we try to make this as stressfree and easy as possible for you we trying to be attractive it’s I’m not I don’t really care about that I’m trying to move away from that did you not pick up on that by the way she’s the pickle lady she’s prescy pickle lady and as she mentioned I am her psychic I’m trying to steer him away and he brings me right back no you got to follow my lead okay Follow My Lead follow your I’m steering you away from that what are we talking about I don’t know if you’re going to leave you need to know where we’re going we’re going me lose my my we are here to talk about whiny cats whiny cats and you’re not going to believe what this is about yeah it’s not about whiny cats it’s actually a lovely lovely Winery out in Chino valleyin Valley yes and it’s actually called whiny cat cat w i NE y you get the play on that cats and don’t they also like rescue cats too yeah they do they rescue cats and I think some of the they they uh uh some of their funds go to the care of of cats so we’ve had several friends I’m going to give a shout out to Lori and John and uh Jim and Laura yeah they uh have rolled Us in rolled Us in R Us in that’s the word I word they have roped Us in us in a couple times a couple times and they said you got to go try this place whining CS I’m like never heard of it um these of course folks are are luckily retired so they have a much better life than us yeah so they discover these great things and they tell us all about it they cut us in and then they cut us in and they’re kind enough to invite us and we go out and have a great time so whiny cats recently had a big event and you could uh buy some tickets and they had a battle of the bands and you sit under these gorgeous giant trees were they cotton Woods I don’t know what kind trees beautiful shady and they set up tables and you can have a reserve table and this time you could have they they provided lunch but most of the time if you go out there just to listen to the live music they have wine and ciders and beers and you can bring your own food yeah bring your own food so you can bring your own food your own Sherie boards and just sit out there under the beautiful trees and enjoy the weather and great music yeah and dancing some really great bands yeah so we were tickled uh to be invited with the cool kids yeah John and Laura Lorie or the the cool kids Cool Kids yeah they’re always out there partying and teaching us new things so um this was a good one without your shair absolutely right down the road at Chino you don’t have to drive far not a far drive I don’t know maybe a 30 minute drive yeah but it’s just a a delightful time just to while away the afternoon especially now that fall is here it’s just beautiful you need a little break get away from it all be outside in nature whiny cats whiny cats yeah great little I mean who would think that you’d have this great Winery out in the middle of Chino but there it is try the cider try oh I love The Cider with lavender yeah good stuff so we have a good time and of course we love hanging with those folks they’re good friends and um they paid us you know they said would you mention our names I said okay what do you want from us so no they didn’t do that no they didn’t what are you talking about he’s like are you serious no you shouldn’t know no no I no but we appreciate a good invite cuz we need a break every now and then and it’s great this was a good one yeah it was good very relaxing just very just hanging out and all Outdoors yeah was a beautiful day under in the shade yeah some really good music so we just want to give a shout out to whiny catsy cats plus they they they do a lot of good for the homeless kitty cats homel kitty cats so we’re happy to be uh part of that too yeah absolutely so we want to just uh mention it to you so if you’re new here and you’re living here and you want to go have some wine some good wine check out whiny cat check out whiny cat I get some other some other Vineyards around too there are several yeah there’s a lot we’ll do some more Vineyards in the it’s a lot of fun it’s good times at different times yeah kind of thing absolutely absolutely that’s our tip of the day if you like tips place to go pickle 411.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buy or seller somewhere in between there’s something waiting for you that will amaz Astound entertain and inform and it’s absolutely free he keep mentioning that I like things that are free I think other people like things that are free okay you can send me money if you want you don’t have to swipe swipe that card swipe it right swipe it right okay my friends hope to see you one day out at whiny cats and we’ll share a glass of wine together okay have a great rest of your day bye bye
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Lockboxes 101
Lockboxes aren’t sexy, but if you’re selling a house they’re a necessary evil. If you’re getting ready to sell, tune in today learn the importance of having the right lockbox, in the right place, at the right time (and why call-before-showing, or CBS, boxes are a terrible idea).
We’ve all heard the adage “location, location, location!” when it comes to real estate. But did you know the location of your lockbox can be almost as important as the location of your house? Tune in today to learn the best location, and a host of other tips to help you avoid losing a potential sale due to a bad lockbox.
Video Transcriptno we’re very French to lot of guttural sounds trying to sound French I’m Randall this is Diane our last name is bro we’re sort of French mostly cajan mostly K she’s the pickle lady we’re here in Prescot Arizona we’re both real estate agents and we’re here bringing you Vital Information very vital yes VV very vital very vital VV yeah VV today we’re going to talk about lot lock boxes which doesn’t sound like an exciting thing and it isn’t and it isn’t I hate lock boxes I’m going to be honest I they are the bane of my existence um but as an agent and and so this is really directed towards our clients who are getting ready to sell yeah um we’re going to give you some advice because they always say I don’t want a lock box on my front door I don’t want my neighbors to see it I don’t want this I don’t want that and I get that but as an agent showing many buyers many homes in one day there’s nothing worse than arriving at a home and you cannot find the lock box yes where is it where have they put it I found it in a tree I found it uh on the gas meter which can be dangerous if you do that sometimes you can pop something off on that I found it I’ve had one agent who put it between the security door and the main door and when you closed the security door it got trapped and then you couldn’t open the door yes so uh it gets rather dicey and especially when it’s uh snowing or it’s broiling and you’re like where is the lock box unlike a lot of the unlike a lot of the listing agents in the preset area we do a lot of buyers too yes we do do both so we know the buying process really really well and we’re here to tell you that lock boxes and the way you do your lock boxes is very very important it’s kind of part of the selling process it is if you have an agent like me and I’m standing there and some people have much older lock boxes and I’ve actually had one agent you know because I see you had trouble with the lock box again well you know what at some point I’m just going to give up and not even show your house so it’s important um have your lock boxes you know working and functioning and it really sets a bad example or a bad Vibe when you show up with a buyer and it takes you 15 minutes to get in the house they lose it they’re like okay I don’t even want to see it now yes cuz your home might be like number seven that day you know yeah so uh for our future sellers if we say hey let’s put the lock box someplace convenient my other favorite thing is when they put it on the on the um railing of a porch and then you have to get on your hands and knees and bend over that’s great that’s a lot of fun too so try to make it easy convenient tell when we tell you we have a nice little cushion thing that we put on the back of the door so it doesn’t bang on your door and Mark it um you know just try to put it someplace convenient and uh so people can get to it easily do not do combo boxes H nobody wants to have to call the agent oh my God I’m standing out here what’s the code what’s the code always it’s l so the basic the basic process is you you you know you make the appointment you you the appointment’s confirmed you go up to the door you punch in the the the you know the connect to the door it opens you’re in the house that’s what you want don’t do a combo box because most agents that you know they don’t notice that there’s a combo box they lose the combination or they don’t know to ask for the combination now they’re calling the selling agent trying to get the combination box listen lock boxes are cheap you think they’re like $300 a piece they’re not they’re like 50 bucks or something you don’t have to secure them nobody’s going around stealing lock boxes you know sometimes you said they chain them to things I’m like oh my God you know so this is really uh dedicated and directed to our future sellers so if you’re calling us to help you sell um we’re going to advise you where to put your lock box and how to do it and just follow our lead um and let’s not do anything special now wor comes the wor just put it on the ground beside the front door but that’s silly too no nobody’s going to walk up what that’s better than the railing the railing I gotta bend over you know just if it’s on the ground I can pick it up I can deal with and put it right back down and so I think for a lot of our potential sellers out there too there’s a lot of fear like people will be able to get the key and get in my house they really can’t um it’s all designed through your phone uh they have special codes that they have to enter it communicates to the lock box and you have to punch it in and it’s a whole process and then you can release the but the key um and it’s all logged yes so you know which agent is doing it at what time what day and and how long were they in there looking at your house which is another thing we do have some clients who do not want to lock box at all it’s important to have it we want to be able to see who’s in your house and how long so if you’ve got a buyer who goes in there and they’re in there 45 minutes that’s a good buying signal so we know they’re interested if you got somebody who goes in and and they’re out in five minutes then we know that didn’t go well so it’s kind of also a psychological thing and kind of see how your home is being received by other buyers so and don’t do a CVS code oh my God defeats the purpose of the lock box don’t put a CBS code well you need a CBS code for contractors for contractors not for the Don’t Force the agents to do agents don’t want to have to like a combo box it defeats the purpose of the lock box that’s a lot of work it is a lot of work when you’re out there showing 7 to 10 homes it’s tiring so you want to be able to get up there and knock it out and and the vast majority of sellers do not require CVS code so you’re not looking for CVS code again your house number seven and yours has a CVS code yeah not a good idea yes so anyway for our future sellers give us a call we love to sell your home we’ve got a lot of different little um plans to help you sell and uh some of our advice about lock boxes and stuff like that and we want to make it as simple and painless as possible if you’re interviewing selling agents listing agents ask about the lock boxes they’re more important than you think absolutely and just you’re asking about the lock box will uh signal to the uh the listing agent you know what you’re talking about that’s right you’re Sav it’s important you’ve been schooled yeah okay friends um if you’re thinking about selling give us a call we you we got plenty of lock boxes we got plenty of lock boxes we know how to use them that’s right and we do it the right way all right nice to uh well I guess I haven’t seen you but anyway nice to have this little hear my voice maybe not but nice to visit with you and we hope to hear from you soon take care bye bye
Prescott (Estancia De Prescott) Home Sold for $925,000
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Event Calendar – January 2024
Is the First Offer the Best Offer?
It's exciting when you put your house on the market and get an offer right away. But if it's not quite your asking price, should you take it...or wait for something better to come along? Join us to learn the best strategies for both buyers and sellers.Video Transcript
good morning morning peeps good morning good morning good morning good you musical theater there we go she’s pickle lady her sidekick skunk Pig we uh realtor here in Prescot Arizona and we’re coming at you live that’s right well that’s recording but we’re recorded it live yeah yeah alive now we’re not dead so not yet I would not make a good video yeah that could be interesting could be on one of those crime shows the case of the Miss Missing realtor so this is this is they get rid of you right away there you go they’d take me but they’d leave him yeah I think they would this is uh this is a video primarily for sellers primarily for sellers so uh you put your home on the market you price it kind of where you think it should be maybe a little higher than what you think it ought to be uh give you a wiggle room I’ve heard the the wiggle room a lot wiggle wiggle and then you get your first offer and the offer is not what you think it ought to be right most people think um we’re back in covid times when things were booming and then you’d get 10 offers and you were coming in way over price that’s over okay so you have to adjust your expectation yes we’re kind of back to the old-fashioned days again where maybe you might get one or two offers um but people are really not coming in over uh and some aren’t even coming ask if the house is brand new on the market uh they might come in and ask because they know you’ve barely been on the market and they want to wrap it up if it’s been on the market much longer than that um they might want to nip a little bit and then you as the seller will say well I don’t want a nip I want I want what happened in Co Let It Go yes let it go let it go that’s a song any I know that I know that so one of the uh one of the old adages of real estate and maybe you’ve heard this is that usually your first offer is your best offer yep which sounds counterintuitive uh and people have heard it but most people don’t believe it so we thought we’d talk about why that is yeah why first is probably going to be your best especially if your first offer is Cash yeah honestly Take the Money and Run yes do not quibble and go back and forth um you irritate you know the especially if you’re the buyer if you keep trying to go back and forth and renegotiate after a while the seller shuts down and says never mind so go in with your best and final the best that you can and if you want to nip them a little bit that’s fine but if it’s cash and you’re the seller you really should grab that yes seller I mean if you get an offer that’s all cash and maybe it isn’t coming in at 500,000 that you wanted but it’s coming in at 480 you’re quibbling at that point grab it um particularly now that now that our price points are getting higher and higher you know it’s it’s if you’re selling a home for $250,000 $20,000 is a lot if you’re selling a home for one and a half million $20,000 in the scheme of things is not so much let that go let that go and just especially cash is King as we all know you’ll have a faster close it’s not subject to appraisal um it it it just is a much simpler faster process so if you pass on that and say no you know uh I wanted 20,000 more you may sit in the market another four or five weeks of Hell of showing your house and keeping it clean till that next buyer comes along so if it’s within reason I would never say if they come in 100,000 less oh yeah no absolutely not I mean what’s fair is fair yes but you know yeah well the thing is too you think okay well if I turn this offer down they’re going to think about it a few days and they’re going to come back to me no they’re going to go look at other homes they will because they’ll be irritated and they’re like I gave you a great offer and it was all cash really or you know we have a good loan and we’re just we’re putting down a huge down payment this is a good offer um it kind of turns people off very rarely will they come back and circle back so our deal is if we think it’s a really fair and decent price and within reason and reasonable yes just take it and and I I mean I’ve sold many houses of my own it’s torture you know that it’s torture when you’re out there trying to sell a house and keep it clean and leave and and people know that yeah and people know that and so if you get a really reasonable good offer I I you know we always say think about this hard don’t just shoot it down and and here’s the other thing this is the reason why your first offer is usually your best first first of all particularly in presc first of all in Prescot now that CO’s over it is very rare for us to have a bidding war buyers for the most part are coming in from out of town they’re not they’re not here if you’re in a place like Phoenix and all the buyers are already in Phoenix they’re there they can fight with one another generally you know you deal with one buyer at a time as they come in town so the the bidding war thing has gotten very over so you know swallow that and digest that that’s an important piece of information the other is uh there are people out there they refuse to pay list price they’re going to nip you either a little bit or a lot they’re not going to be this just against their religion okay so think about these people for a minute if you have been on the market for one day how much are they going to nip you not much CU you just went on the market it’s a new home it’s still got a lot of showings and you’re not tired of selling yet you’ve been on the home you’ve been on the market for 90 days now they’re going to nip you harder they are that’s why the because they know you’re tired they know you’re tired they know you’re worn out that’s why y That’s why because the the chances are the buyers are not looking at the home as a seller they’re looking at as a buyer they don’t want to pay list they want to pay something less and the longer you’ve been on the market the more they’re going to nip you yeah so look long and hard at that first offer because there’s a lot of information there that is somebody who’s nipping you but the people in the future are probably going to nip you more even more even more because they know you’re you’re desperate not that you’re desperate but you might be I’ve got to move my I’m trying to buy this other house this one has to sell yes and it just creates so much more anxiety and uh fear and Desperation you don’t need all that you don’t need all that so now we’re not talking about lowball offers absolutely not that’s a different animal don’t even do that we don’t deal a lot with investors but typically when we do they they have a tendency the lowball which is really frustrating for everyone um we’re not really talking about that we’re talking about people who are making what they think is a a fair offer for home pretty close to Market yeah that might be coming in 10 or 15,000 and less it’s a respectable off respectable off um I think lowball people who deliberately lowball it’s a lack of respect and and I kind of steer away from that because it’s you know let’s not insult people I mean unless the home’s been on for a year oh yeah you know and it’s obviously there’s some issues okay that’s a different story but uh yeah the investors are you want to create goodwi and Good Karma with this future business transaction and if you come in rude and you lowball and you this and you that and you keep going back and forth and Dickering it shuts people down yeah so for buyers uh I’ll share with you my my U my um negotiating secret as buyer you want to look for the O screw it price okay that’s that’s going to be the best price you can get a home is the O screw it price yes so here’s here’s the way that works so um if you price a home respectively but kind of on the low side chances are the seller is going to counter if they counter they’re going to count counter pretty close to list price okay the best first offer you can make is what I call the O screw it price you give the seller the price not really happy with the price but it’s close enough is it really worth countering I don’t know I screw it I’ll just take it I’ll just take it that’s the the best possible price you can get we love that that little psychological we find try to find that sweet spot that people are like go a little lower than that they’re going to counter you end up paying more yeah so the best possible first offer is the O grw price that’s right so yeah that’s our yeah that’s a good tip whole bunch of tips buch we gave a whole bunch yeah if you like tips the place to go is pickle 411.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there something waiting for you that will Amaze Astound inform entertain and just overwhelm you with our generosity because it’s all free well and sometimes anger you yeah I love those angry emails angry emails angry emails yeah we get some of those it really starts my day off great people we tell it like it is if you’re not happy with that don’t shoot the messenger don’t shoot the messenger we’re just telling it as best we are truthsayers yeah truthsayers soothsayers yeah although I can say sooth soothsayers sooth I can say it but I’m not a soothsayer I’m a truthsayer or truthsayers truth truth soothsayers TR all right I give up okay hope to see you soon come visit us uh give us a call we’ll take you around we’ll have a grand old time have a great rest of your day bye bye
Dial In Your Light
How do you like your light? Bright white, or more of a warm, glowy feeling? This video will clue you in on how the latest innovations in lighting can help your home suit your needs now, and appeal to buyers later.Video Transcript
hello hello hello hello peeps it’s your little local preset pickle lady team that’s us I’m part of the team he’s the other part of the team she’s pickle lady I’m part of the team that’s right yes randn Dian bro here and our little local Hamlet yes that’s a cute word Hamlet I like Hamlet it’s like a small ham I like that I know yeah today we’re going to talk about I love ham ham is good today we want to talk about a little tip for well buyers and sell I guess and that’s to do with lighting first of all if you are selling your home and you are a fan of blue hogen lights bright white you need to change that it’s too much too much well you know and people go in and it kind of feels a little sterile and it kind of feels industrial industrial and and you know I guess it’s all personal preference so hey we’re not here to tell you what to do but for us for instance our whole house had like 40 um canned lights throughout the entire house and we had the oldfashioned kind where you screw in the um flood lights so we had some that were bright white and we had some that were warm and some and it looked terrible none of it looked uniform yeah the thing about the the lights they don’t all burn out at the same time so you go to the store and you replace one and over time you end up with just a random combination of different kinds of and it looks terrible ter I was so excited this is my tip of the day if you’re in Costco they sell packs of four all inclusive one unit with the lens over it no light bulb anymore it’s really cool it’s all LED lights four in a pack for $20 and then we had our electrician come and he replaced all the old ones but here’s the cool thing that we were so excited about is I was like I just can’t have that bright blue I just I hate it he goes no no no no no look and in the lights you can now pick the the varying degrees of light you want do you want the Warm Glow do you want the bright white do you want in between so you can adjust all of this people yeah that’s right yeah in the future You’ be able to turn on your blue H hallogen light and then when you want to sell your house you can make it warmer yeah so if you like the bright white hey go for it for it have that bright white the whole time you live there when you go to sell put it on uh the warmer glow um people want to look in the mirror and say damn I look good yeah you know but if if it’s that bright white sometimes you look a little washed out so it just makes the house warmer and the paint looks nicer and this that and the other but it it’s nice now that you have an option so it’s a very cheap and reasonable thing to do to kind of update your house from those old yucky can lights and flood lights get these yeah and it looks so good and even in the front of your home we had a neighbor in our old neighbor neighborhood she had that hallogen thing oh my God it looked like she had she was running some kind of utility uh it was just horrible a beautiful home nice and quaint and then she puts this H blue H hallogen light in oh God I mean the whole neighborhood was lit up yeah so they I’ll tell you a secret they sold their home and they moved so the the movers moved they left and the uh the new owners weren’t in yet and I may have gone across the street and traded out the the light honestly it lit up our whole living area from across the street thank you new owners by the way no no charge no charge yeah yeah it’s that bad some people just are not sensitive to that but most people are that’s a big deal well especially people like this one people like me yeah yeah he’s I hate I hate that stuff yeah it’s a it’s fun it’s fun to live with him yeah I’m always right always right right about the light but you know if you do the LED thing you know you don’t have to make a choice you can have your cake and then eat it too that’s right so if you know you’re kind of looking to do something just a simple little reasonable cheap thing to kind of update your home that’s one thing to do replace those canned lights with these all-in-one units it’s amazing yes and well worth it at the very least use warm lights on the front porch and in the entryway the very least yes so you don’t have to good first impression that’s right as you pull up to a house with a hall it looks it looks industrial it does not look oh my gosh yeah okay there it is someone’s got a little It’s My Thing a little thing I’m in there about lights lights and pens that’s our tip of the day if you like tips the place to go is pickle 411.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there for you that will Amaze Astound delight and inform and largely entertained and The Price is Right is absolutely free absolutely free like we don’t ask you for anything like nothing that might not encourage them that might be like why is it free I don’t want free yeah where’s the value there’s plenty of value why are these people doing this for free our contribution to society we don’t know why we do this for in these in these dark times when our society is declining we’re there providing free entertaining information to help prop up all of our all of our society all of the society that’s a lot wow one of the pillars of society really is pickle 411.com do tell yeah I did not know that yeah MH we’re keeping the Huns [Laughter] away okay my friends we hope to see jeez we hope to hear and see from you soon um we’d love to take you around show you our lovely town and look at some great houses and and invite you to move here and become an official prescon prescan with the rest of us all right friends good to see you have a great rest of your day bye bye