With video cameras in every direction, nothing is private any more… including your preview of many of the homes for sale. In this episode, the Pickle Lady reveals the real estate implications of in-home surveillance and how best to protect yourself as a potential home buyer.
Video Transcript hello what’s happening a lot here at the gazebo they still have the christmas decorations up so the nice little spot for us exactly this is diane and randall bro your local realtors here happy to be here today and it’s a good spot to be here at the gazebo because you know what they have here randall bro what are they at surveillance yeah that’s right we’re uh we’re being yeah well of course i’m videoing you are videoing but do you think there’s someone else who’s videoing i don’t know i think that they probably have some cameras in it i’m sure in the square as everywhere in the world nowadays they are very careful now there’s cameras everywhere yeah absolutely so that’s something we kind of wanted to talk about today absolutely um especially as we have new clients coming in as the new year starts and we’re going to look at houses and and you would be surprised how many houses have hidden videos hidden videos recording devices yes yes and what we wanted to address was why it’s very important when we go in to look not only not to make derogatory comments which sometimes it’s kind of hard not hard not to but we want to kind of coach everybody when you’re coming in and we go to look at these houses keep your opinions to yourself um uh sellers are very very sensitive yeah and a lot of them are emotionally attached to their homes yes so they don’t want to hear anything and they’re watching everybody and everything that’s going on it just has to be just to be uh clear here if you are a buyer and you go into a house and you say something derogatory they can’t do anything about that they can capture you on film and you can say oh you know the that looks cheap or you could say whatever you want as realtors we kind of have to be careful because you know we’re not supposed to say derogatory tournament exactly and there’s a code of ethics there’s a code of methods we are very respectful of that you know but that being said if you are looking at a house and we feel there’s something like if there’s a crack in the ceiling for example uh we might point that out to you because we’re trying to look after your best interest but it’s important to be so you know be respectful we may discuss some things privately when we get back in the car but the other thing you want to be super aware of is not only like lets everybody be respectful of uh of the their home and and you know let’s kind of keep it a little low key on your opinions yeah the most important thing is if they are recording and watching everything um don’t discuss i absolutely love this house i’ll pay any price pay any price i’ll do whatever i can’t believe yeah i have to have this yeah well you’ve just blown it yeah you will have to you want to pay a lot of money exactly that’s the biggest thing so that’s the biggest thing is not only let’s not be negative because that’s also my new year’s resolution i want to be positive let’s be positive yeah we may see some some homes we’re not so crazy about we may see some we love but let’s all be respectful nice about it yeah and most importantly don’t tip your hands no no don’t tip your hand if you find the right one we don’t want those sellers to be like oh yeah we got this in the bag we’re not going to give them anything they want so keep that in mind too yeah we can get all excited when we get back in the car yeah which we do a lot yes you get back in the car we’re like yes we found it you found the one this is it let’s go write the counter you know let’s go write the opera yeah so anyway keep those two things in mind yeah let’s just be kind and gentler yeah in this new now officially they are supposed to divulge if you are being filmed oh yes uh and some some people are very clear about it they you know they’ll have a sign posted but some people like if they put it in mls in the mls listing they have divulged it yeah uh so there are ways of getting around that so you just got to be very very careful yeah you are supposed to be up front if you’re filming they are supposed to they don’t necessarily have to be yeah so uh you know you need to be really careful just something you know it’s uh my cautionary tale question everything pretty much assume that you are being filmed pretty much at all times pretty much at all times pretty much just run with that yeah just run with that person into your life that way correct i mean as we know it’s everywhere yeah every street corner every street light every restaurant every i mean i know i watch enough law in order to know yeah we know these things they’ll track you down you don’t get the footage anyway i guess it’s a cautionary tale in life in general just behave yourself wherever you are yeah somebody’s watching you you can’t end up on an iphone somewhere yeah all right so that’s all for today but i wanted to give you that little tip so that when we uh find your dream home here in prescott you don’t screw up the deal by acting over over enthusiastic keep your cards close to your chest close to your chest all right give us a call if you’re heading out to prescott soon we’d love to show you some great homes you can reach me at 713-302-1964 or where else mr bro mr bros says you can find us at prescottpicklelady.com that’s our online presence lots of great information there about prescott and the kind of homes that are available and life here in general uh if you are if you’re a property owner if you own a home here in prescott and would like to have us help you sell it you can check us out at we sellpresskit.com lots of good information there too so that is all for today anything else you’d like to add i just said that you you’re going to get kind of close i’m chasing you with the camera yeah she keeps leaving me i don’t want to be in the shot all the time it’s okay if you leave me i just don’t want it on camera there’s another example there’s another cautionary tale a breakup a breakup caught on on on video on video not today though we’re too tired we’re too tired to break up all right everybody that’s it have a wonderful day on that bit of nonsense yeah have a wonderful day and we hope to hear from you soon absolutely take care bye