Month: January 2025

hello hello hello hello peeps this is Rand and diam bro we are your friendly happy realtor couple that we work together as a team and we are happy to share uh everything there is about real estate as well as life here in presca she is the presca pickle lady we the pickle lady team that’s us that’s right that’s right today we’re going to talk about why homes go stale oh there’s so many reasons yeah and I know every one loves their home and everyone thinks their home is the best of the best you need to look at it in different eyes as (00:37) to what a buyer we’ll see okay and so a lot of homes go stale because um maybe uh some clients don’t want to listen to the expertise of the agents and we try to price it accordingly but there I think I can get more well ultimately it is your decision it is your home but if we price it too high and and you kind of go against what we advising you you risk a a lot of you know going stale pretty quick yes and so people will come in and look at the house and they’ll say I love it but gosh it’s so high yes and agents (01:13) or or they’ll say it needs to be repainted it needs to be this it needs to be that or maybe we’ll Circle back in a month and see if it’s still available yes and usually by that time they found another house and they moved on right uh yeah that they think about this think if you could be told the the price that your home is going to sell for Price your home there the best time to sell is as fast as possible because your home is new everyone’s excited about the new home on the Block it’s just people are buzzing about it people have been (01:48) waiting there’s a lot of excitement and there’s also the feeling that other people might take it yes you know it’s new it’s exciting to create a pressure like creates that pressure this house is amazing the longer you are on the market the harder it is to tell that story and to get people re excited yes especially I’m a big buyer agent as a buyer’s agent there’s a couple of houses I think are fine but after showing them to six or seven different clients and nobody nibbles I kind of have to move on because I can’t you tried it a few times (02:26) yeah and and that’s what Buyer Agents will do here’s the thing presc it you are absolutely dependent on Buyer Agents because most of the buyers in this town do not come from preset no they need a buyer agent to bring them in and show them around the vast majority are coming from out of town that’s right so if the Buyer Agents get it’s not like somebody somebody new shows up and it’s new to them right that’s not the way it works it’s got to be new to the buyer agent and after about a month buyer agents will get bored with your listing they (03:03) say I can’t waste my time because time I have another home that I know they will connect with yes so if I have a home and there’s several that I’ve shown a lot of real estate agents have add that I think are great and I’m like oh God but every time I show it I get nothing yeah and it’s h kind of a waste of you know 30 minutes of viewing so after a while I kind of have to move on and give up because I have to connect them to a home that they will uh be in interested in yeah and so it’s just kind of sad um so (03:34) always try to price accordingly don’t go too high don’t go too low even if you go low we’re not in bidding wars anymore um you could leave some money stand firm at a fair price yeah we recently uh we we had a a listing uh appointment with a lady in in our neighborhood and uh we P we we estimated the value of the home yep we thought the home was in the low eights like maybe 8:15 we were probably going to list it for maybe 820 825 something like that well she insisted that the home was worth 950 she knew better she knew better she (04:14) did not uh it took yeah that’s we we did another another recent windown was about value in home people think they know how to do it so she was insisting oh it’s 950 and there’s just no way it was worth 950 it wasn’t it was very small square footage it had nice views but it was also a little bit dated everything was yellow the appliances were dated it wasn’t going to Comm in 9 no you know M I don’t even think if it were all done with bells and whistles yeah it was in the eights type home and it wasn’t wasn’t very big either so we told her (04:49) that we said look if that’s where you want to price it we are we will do that for you but you need to be willing to reduce the price quickly before it goes stale you know we can check and see if we can get that for you but if we don’t get any bites you’re going to want to reduce that pretty well she didn’t want to hear that because she knew better she went with a different agent the house sat on the market how long did it take for that house to sell seven or eight months seven or eight months if I think more than that and it’s sold for like (05:19) 790 790 yeah so uh a lot of price reductions price reduction price reduction then you just can’t get the interest of the Buyer Agents anymore and at that point get people like investors yes you know Bottom Feeders they really want to low ball you and they know that you’ve been sitting there a long time and they just low ball you and and that is how that is the definition of a homegoing sale that’s how it happens so always just try to keep an open mind and respect the professional’s opinion we know yeah we do this hundreds of homes a (05:52) year yeah we know you know just because you looked on Zillow doesn’t mean you have the price that’s not yeah that’s not science ien ific at all believe me yeah so uh we don’t want to see your home go stale right so try to listen to Our advice if we tell you to landscape if we tell you to paint if we tell you I think you’re going in a little high try to pause take a breath um make this a business decision not an emotional decision and then you know we can wrap it up for you faster it’s not just about what your home is worth it’s what it’s (06:29) compe in with yes in the market you have to compare it to other homes and what they’re offering and what those prices are right if you you could take any home in preset and move it to someplace else and get more money for it but you got to sell it here it cost a lot of money to move a house yeah so anyway that’s just some tips from us to help you and uh decide when you’re getting ready to list how to uh price it accordingly so we can wrap it up for you so you can move on to your next chapter and not have to worry (07:02) about all this so uh try to listen to what we have to offer and um take it with a grain of salt and just say hey you know what I’m going to sleep on this you’re right let’s do it and then we can get that house sold for you that’s right for the best possible price get the most money we possibly can in your pocket ABS absolutely all right my friends thanks for listening and we hope you’re having a great afternoon bye 

hello hello hello hello peeps good morning to you this is r and Dian bro coming to you from presca Arizona she’s presca picol I am and we are some friendly helpful realtor team here in town that are happy to help you and pass on all kinds of advice and words of wisdom that’s right so the wisdom today is about window film window film now this is something we just did um our home is pretty close to another home and when I stand at the kitchen sink I’m so tired of looking at my neighbor’s roof and the side of his house it’s just not (00:43) a great view um same thing in the dining area so we’ve talked about it we’ve talked about it what can we do I’ve hung huge pieces of window um stain glass and that’s fine but it’s still not quite blocking that boring view so then we thought well let’s just replace the windows and then I got the price because I thought I’ll replace the windows with privacy glass and then I was like no that’s a lot of money so then how much was that that was like $2,000 to replace two windows yeah so then somebody said why don’t you get window film now I’m (01:20) not a fan of tinting windows some people are it’s not for me because it makes the house too dark in my opinion um yes it does protect your carpeting your rugs your furniture from getting Su damage but I don’t care about that I just don’t like my house to be dark I like bright sunshine in there well these two windows in particular don’t have direct sun shine right through either so so but the other solution is besides tinting is to do window film window film and film this film comes in all kinds of styles and (01:51) and um just design frosting oh yeah I mean rain glass and it it provides great great privacy but still allows a lot of sunshine to come through um but then it also blocks any gross views so I don’t see the roof anymore I just see kind of the cool pattern on my window I think I did rain I think I did rain and um it’s just enough it’s real popular and it was much cheaper I think it was $500 to do two giant Windows window so 1/4 the price and really you can’t tell you cannot tell at all can’t tell if it’s glass or it’s film but it’s really nice (02:33) so when people come in they don’t say oh my God your neighbor’s right there I see his roof it’s nice so um we just wanted to pass this tip on because I think it’s very helpful if you’re kind of close to other neighbors and you want some privacy but still want sunshine and uh investigate window film window film there’s all kinds of companies out there they don’t just do cars they’ll come and do your home yes and uh so instead of replacing glass or replacing windows which is way more expensive you can just get the film yeah and if you decide you (03:05) know later on you don’t like the rain glass anymore that’s right and you want to do frost or whatever you can remove the film and have new film put up there you go yeah so we love it and we were so excited and we just had it done and we can’t say enough good things about it that’s right so that we share with you yeah if you’re looking for some privacy don’t want to see your neighbors but don’t want to cover up your windows that’s the thing to do investigate window fil window film all kinds of designs that you can put up y (03:34) absolutely so highly recommend it it’s a very uh inexpensive way uh so really gives it a very upscale upscale feeling so if I ever go to sell my home in somebody comes in there chances are they will not notice that roof line right away yes um they’ll just say it’s good at blocking and if you look at the if you look at how much you have to invest versus the perceived value of a buyer one of the best investments you can make absolutely cheers to that there you go so we’re enjoying our window film our window film that is our tip of the day (04:09) if you like tips you go to pickle 411.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound educate and inform entertain and inform entertain there you go all those things Dem kicking lots and lots of good things can’t remember my four words there you go and it’s it’s only $20 no it’s not it’s free it’s free it’s from our heart to yours our heart to yours happy to share happy to share okay bye have a good day”

hello hello hello H peeps this is Diane and  Randle bro your friendly realtor team H with   the pick lady team she’s presca pick lady that’s  right I’m here in Prescot Arizona coming to you   live and today we’re going to talk about  estimating value estimating value of the   home yep estimating the value of a home is one of  those things that everyone thinks they know how   to do right it seems really simple and they just  jump into it it’s a lot more complicated get it   than you would think mhm you can’t just go by oh  well my neighbor sold their house for a million (00:35) so I’m going to get a million not necessarily so  necessarily uh depending on is your neighbor on   your side of the street does your neighbor have  the same view you have yes does your neighbor   have a house that’s been recently updated it does  your neighbor have a nice flat yard there’s a lot   of you can’t compare two houses next door to  each other it might be apples to oranges so   it’s very important when you comper property to  do apples to apples that’s right M and one of the   big things people forget square footage yes huge  oh yeah that that one sold for a million and a (01:11) half yeah it’s twice the size of your house yes  so you your house is 2,000 square feet you can’t   command a million and a half when the other one  was 4,000 square feet now some of the automated   estimating tools like Zillow there there are  a whole bunch of them there’s one that we use   that is um uh only only Realtors are allowed to  use it um they can do a pretty good job of at   least giving you a range make sure you’re in the  right ballpark uh but particularly in Prescot it   is really hard to comp houses that you could have  one house and right next door it is a house that’s (01:49) got a much better view because it’s a little  higher uh it it’s you really have to know the   neighborhoods you really have to know the homes  you really have to be very clever about picking   comps M and you certainly have to adjust for  the square footage you have to adjust for how   how recently the home has been uh remodeled or  updated um there’s there’s a lot to it and uh   just understand that um and understand that  real estate agents do this all the time it’s   it’s it’s really a science it’s not as easy as it  appears even the automated system gives you just a (02:30) R they’ll give you a range the good ones will  give you a range if it doesn’t give you a range   it’s not a good system that’s right so you know  the standard realtor gives you a range uh we take   the range but then we hone it in yes so you need  to have a really good Agent who’s very familiar   with all of the neighborhoods and the areas and  who can even project out like they may use a comp   that’s five years old but you need an agent who  can take that comp and price it out as to what   it would go in today’s today’s terms and so as  a lay person this can get a little overwhelming (03:07) and confusing and uh some people will use uh a  a a a comp from a totally different neighborhood   or different subdivision or even we had we had a  professional appraiser come up from Phoenix yes   this is the bane of our existence right true  so particularly during covid it was hard to   get estimates done or appraisals done and uh  so they would call a appraisers from Phoenix   and these guys do not know these neighborhoods  they do not know these subdivisions so he used   comps from a subdivision which is really an entry  level subdivision to price luxury homes that were (03:47) in the subdivision next to it and he was off  by $200,000 $100,000 I’m like yeah I mean no   sir in his defense it was within a quarter mile  yes but you have to know the neighborhoods it’s   not just math it’s not just arithmetic it’s it’s  science yeah it is it’s not just oh the price per   square and you multiply it’s it’s more more to  it than that there’s a lot more to it you have   to look at views uh some homes on one side of the  street have no views the homes across the street   may have amazing views guess what the ones across  the street are going to have a higher price yes if (04:22) you’re on the other side and you’re like well they  got a million and a half why can’t I because you   don’t have a million dollar view so so you can’t  use that as an accurate comp yes and it could also   be that house has been completely redone from  just from the studs all the way up to the roof   yeah and the H your house has is severely dated  and needs to be you know uh updated and stuff yeah   you can’t compare those two it’s not a good comp  so you really need to make sure you get a good   professional who understands the neighborhoods  the homes the prices of the homes and and and (05:00) can adjust accordingly not just based on one  of those easy programs that gives you a range   and a lot of times people lie with Statistics I  think there are books how to lie with Statistics   so sellers will pick you know comps that show  really high price per square foot well like a   home that’s small you know like let’s say 1,600  square fet that home is going to be very high per   square foot the more the higher the square foot  footage the less it’s going to be per square foot   and it’s just because you’re amortizing the the  lot over the size of the home uh so smaller homes (05:40) will always have higher price per square foot  so you have to adjust for that so all of that   it’s a science my friend and people PE sellers  will will pick comps to make their homes uh seem   worth more than they are agent some agents will do  that uh buyers will do the same thing making the   house seem really really cheap when we estimate  the value of a home we do it unbiased we do it   as unbiased as we can be these this is what the  numbers are saying with our sellers we’ll say if   you want more than that there are things we can do  to try to get more than it’s worth but the comps (06:18) are telling me this you know numbers don’t lie  friends and we’ve had we’ve had sellers we had a   a very good friend of ours we sold their house and  uh we asked him how much do you do you think your   home is worth He said I’d be happy to get $850,000  we said we’re going to sell you home for a million   because it’s worth more it’s worth so after we did  the comp so don’t don’t try to do this on on your   own yeah we don’t try to get sellers to to lower  their price uh by using statistics against them (06:49) and we don’t we don’t try to get buyers to pay  more than it’s worth by using statistics we we   try to price it we do it unbiased unbiased right  where it should be we don’t overprice we don’t   price sell it fair and chances are it’ll conclude  fairly quickly for you so anyway keep that in mind   uh for some of you who were thinking um I think  I’ll just do this myself or I’ll figure this out   there’s a lot to this a lot more than you would  ever imagine and the stakes are high yes you know   the the medium price uh of a home in the city of  Prescot at this point is $650,000 you know you (07:27) want that priced well you want it pric right this  is very important uh this is a big part of your   assets and so you want to make sure you don’t  undersell and you want to make sure you don’t   overprice it and it gets stale and you just lose  time on Market yeah so it’s very important uh to   have a professional help you and guide you every  step of the way and give you the right price yeah   so that is it for estimating value uh if you  would like us to come and estimate your value   glad to do it for you feel free to give us a call  have any number of things on our website you can (08:01) request it or just give us a call yes happy  to help you yeah absolutely take care bye bye”