What can you buy in the $1,000,000s?
This home sold for $1,075,000.
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Author: Pickle Lady's Assistant
Super Scams
Scammers are getting more and more clever – it’s no longer enough to ignore emails from Nigerian princes. Folks in the process of buying or selling a home are particularly susceptible to some of the latest scams. Tune in today to learn our best tips on how to avoid becoming a victim!
Video Transcriptgood morning good morning good morning to you Diana Randall bro here your I am the pickle lady we are your Prescot um realtor team that’s righty hope hopefully we’d love to be yeah love to represent you help you in your next chapter and something important we want to talk about yes we’re seeing it more and more especially for instance my uh my mother-in-law’s a little bit older and it’s really sick what goes on out there there are people who are very very wise very intelligent and they scam and they look up people of a certain age bracket and go after them and they are so so so convincing it’s scary yes um they should all be nominated for Oscars yes and how well they can convince and really real people in yeah used to be You’ get an email from was what was it the prince and what was the Haiti yeah in Haiti or no it was uh somewhere in Africa I forget anyway some people even fell for that yeah they fell for that now or you get on the yeah you get on the call and they’ll have like an Indian accent or a weird foreign accent uh scams have gotten professional they they really good they uh know how like what title company you’re working with they will learn the names of employees at the title company they will get your phone number and call you and really pretend to be those people and you and they are really good at what they do and chances are you have seen uh attempts at at scams I’ll name a couple of them you’ll probably recognize them okay so you get a text oh hey Susie are we still having lunch tomorrow yeah we’ll get I get those texts all the time that’s a scam hey that’s a scam don’t even answer don’t answer don’t answer because once you do they once you do proc they’re trying to they’re trying to uh sucker you in and get you conversing with them that’s a scam and I get this all the time I get emails from Geek Squad yeah and it looks like a real invoice a real bill I mean it is down to the color of the bill everything and uh I don’t do the technology Mr bro does yeah so I’ll be like did we do this this is like a $600 bill is this something I I didn’t know about because you do the technology and he’s like scam scam scam scam scam scam and so you have to be in this day and age so very very careful yes uh when we tell you wait till you hear from title do not accept instructions from an email uh chances are someone has even if it’s encrypted will still try to break in and misrepresent themselves yes yes and say now you need to wire the money the change there’s been changes in your wire yes there’s never changes in a wire especially to a title company yes so when in doubt this is all we can emphasize over and over and over when in doubt whether whether it’s a phone call whether it’s a text even if it’s an email whatever if you’re in doubt about anything hang up call Randall and I if we’re helping you or call your title company if they’re helping you during the sale and say I just got a phone call I’m I hung up I’m calling back just to make sure this is legit yes once you get and they will always they will try to get you not to talk to anyone else uh if they tell you not to talk to anyone else you know it’s a scam that’s a tip absolutely so um one thing you need to understand is we are all of a certain age yep and we get older every day and we become more vulnerable every day which is sad There are some evil we have some friends who are older than us yes uh very sharp and yet they have become victims of scams uh part of that is just the scammers are very good and part of it I think is that you know we get to a certain age we get more vulnerable we get more uh credulous you know I don’t know but especially a lot of them will bring in grandchildren or children and say your daughter was in an accident uh we need money and da D and occasionally you know people go to the bank to get cashier checks to they’ll go to uh Walmart to get a cashier’s check and thank goodness the employees are usually like H I don’t know and they’ll maybe flag it which is good there are still good people who try to help people who are being taken advantage of yes but every now and then it seems legit and everybody seems legit you just go through yeah they they are very good and it is rampant we are hearing it more and more I’m seeing it myself more and more uh why this is not a priority for our government just astounds me hon yeah they need to be in prison for the rest of their lives yeah yeah it’s I mean it it can really uh affect people’s retirement oh absolutely destroy lives absolutely horrible anyway please be careful and when we tell you if you’re in doubt of anything call us call your title call whoever you need to call to triple double quadruple check and don’t don’t share it with somebody share it with somebody share it with somebody call your daughter yeah it’s a lot harder to fool two people so even if you’re embarrassed and be like you know son this seems really true uh but I don’t want to look like I’m stupid and falling for it yeah always present it to another an objective second party third party and they’ll be like no yeah you know it’s okay it’s okay to run it by people and and say am I being stupid or is this legit oh and one other tip I do it all the time with rain I’m like is this us is this not us is yeah it looks that legitimate looks like a bill you know either they want you to pay it which case they have your money or they want you to call to talk about it which case they have something else going but it’s uh if you have a landline that’s now a scam line that’s that’s the landline means you’re of a certain generation they know you’re older and you’re more suceptible so get that’s another tip get rid of your land land it doesn’t help you just owning a landline informs people that you could be a mark U so get rid of your landline get rid of your landline yeah so anyway that’s our little tip of the day uh we’re hearing more about it and we’re worried about our people out there and we want you to be safe and not sorry yes so um anyway call your kids if you’re worried call your representative whatever it anybody and just say help me out is this I’m worried am I okay and uh it’s always good to run it by yeah absolutely when and doubt question question question that’s right so anyway that’s our little tip and we hope that you take it to heart uh I know randle’s my source I’m always like is this true and he’s like nope and I’m like I almost fell for it so anyway uh we want to make sure everybody’s okay yeah absolutely we want to take care of you absolutely so that is our tip for the day and don’t fall for it my friends don’t fall for it so take care have a great rest of your day and we sure hope that you call us if you come in town we’d love to take you around show you all around our lovely town and see some great houses absolutely so take care and have a wonderful rest of your day take care bye bye
Prescott (Stone Haven Townhomes) Home Sold for $385,000
What can you buy in the $300,000s?
This home sold for $385,000.
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Boudoir Photos
We’ve talked about depersonalizing your home when getting ready to sell. Today we tackle one of the most – ahem – personal types of art, and what to do with it when getting your home ready for buyers to tour.
Video Transcriptgood afternoon pza Diana Randle bro here your presca pickle lady team located in the beautiful beautiful town of Prescot Arizona we are proud residents here seven and a half years seven and a half years seven and a half years love it love it love it um love life here one of my favorite things I especially love is sometimes going into I can’t even not say it without laughing it’s hard hard to yeah we’ve been into some homes so take a deep breath yeah there was I guess this is still going on uh young couples getting married or maybe not so young couples getting married these were not so young these were uh fabulous glamour shot phot Glam shot photos budo Style budoir Style and you know what I’m talking about oh yeah so these on the wall I’m trying to show a house naked lady on the wall these are some be you know nice shots from the 80s and 90s we all remember the glamour shots if you recall well imagine those scantily clad yes and uh hanging big hair big hair yeah I I could make not we’re not going there you know where I was going to go but I’m not no I’m going to back that up back that up but use your imagination but anyway yeah anyway so needless to say if you’re trying to sell your house and you have budoir photos in your even if it’s in your master bedroom or on the ceiling over your master clet even if it’s in your bathroom we’ve seen them in bathrooms that plus beautiful um statuary yes in various yeah positions connections and nudity and these are things let’s take down and put away yes take down and put away yeah I know art is in the eye of behold Eye of the Beholder but you know I know pornography when I see it as the Supreme Court said Supreme Court I know pornographer was say so yeah always not a very good selling point you people focused on you know the chair rails and stuff like that you don’t want the husband still standing in the bathroom and it’s like no no no no move onve you see how great this closet is yeah it kind of throws their mind off on the buying process yes um so uh you know always you know anything that you so you you might want to put that on the top of your list of things to depersonalize would be to take naked pictures of yourself and that’s the first thing I did when we went on the market I took down all of my phos pictures there there are none because that wouldn’t help sell the house anyway that would just be a good comedy show for people depends on the buyer I guess yeah I know so anyway uh so just you know when in doubt when in doubt I’m not sure take it down now if we come through your house and we’re going to help you list it we’ll tell you right away yeah oh yeah Gotta Go Gotta Go Gotta Go but every now and then we take buyers through and it’s not our listing I’m like oh Lord also too while we’re on this topic uh just a just a tip you may have a stash of items for your personal pleasure chances are my God you have squirrel them away somewhere a typical place is on the top shelf of the master closet if you have it up there and you move out of your house don’t forget to take it with you my sister-in-law moved into a home and evidently it was a western theme found a whole St including the gun and Holster was uh was up there so yeah if you’ve got a little St double check everything always go back through when you’re moving out check all the top shelves check stuff you might have H way and you forgot check it all because your next buyer and especially if you’re still living in the same town yeah and you certainly don’t want you know you don’t want buyers to stumble on your stash so and then they see you in the grocery store and you’re like I know way more about you than you ever thought I did ta there Cowboy this was a good one this one makes me laugh so anyway take your naughties down take your naughties down take your naughties down just take nobody wants to see nipples nobody wants to see you know statues going at it I mean I’m just being honest I’m being frank and honest it’s distracting dist although you know it does give us a good chuckle when we’re in the house at the moment but anyway so keep that in mind anything of personal nature take it down yeah put it away and then when you move out take it with you take it with you so that is our your listing agent to find that there you go yeah so that is our tip of the day that’s our tip of the day you want more tip yeah tip of the day tip want more tips the place to find that is pickle 411.com that’s our information site there you will find information that will Amaze astound and surprise you even if you’re it doesn’t matter if you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between we could charge money for it but we don’t it’s absolutely free pick that’s correct 411 pickle 411.com okay hope to see you there but dressed and then not scantly clad you know photos or anything we hope to meet you in person fully clothed absolutely so all right my friends take care and I hope you enjoyed this public service announcement see you soon bye
Prescott (Yavapai Hills) Home Sold for $780,000
What can you buy in the $700,000s?
This home sold for $780,000.
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Real Estate Lawsuit #2
As promised last week, we’re going over what the National Association of Realtors’ lawsuit settlement means for sellers, both short-term and long-term. It’s pretty simple… but also very important to know!
Video Transcriptgood afternoon hello hello peeps this is Rand and diam brro here I am the Prescot pickle lady yes she is of Prescot Arizona happy to be here just made a whole another batch of pickles waiting for my peeps to come in I can’t wait to share uh always in production as I like to say and spring is sprun so spring is got a lot of people coming in so yes I’m really doubling up on the pickles right now because we got a lot lot of people coming in so today we addressed uh a week or so ago about the lawsuit uh with the National Association of Realtors about the buyer side this week it’s about the seller side Sellers and what this lawsuit means to you as a seller so even if you’re not a buyer you may want to check out last week’s uh video uh we’ll recap at least some of that but uh a lot of good information I think you’ll find there uh just to recap so so this lawsuit’s been going on a while out of the blue the National Association of Realtors uh made this proposed settlement uh it looks like it’s going to be approved and will be implemented in the middle of July that’s July 2024 um the stti it stipulates really two main things the first is that Buyer Agents will have to sign an employment contract with their Realtors so Buyer Agents buyers will have to sign with have to buy The Bu with the buyer agent that’s not what I say I don’t know I don’t know a lot of words blah blah BL blah blah blah blah buyers coming in will have to sign an exclusive employment agreement with their realtor taking them right with their realtor and or buyer agent and it is not negotiable you cannot open a door unless the buyer is under contract yes so that’s going to affect buyers I think more than sellers the thing that does affect the sellers is that you will no longer be able to advertise buyer agent commission also called cob broke uh in MLS you will not be allowed to do that in the past it was mandatory you had to disclose what the buyers agent would be offered yes now they’re doing away with that Al together so that would have to be a separate negotiation yes outside there’s been speculation in national news that you know commissions are going to go way down and sellers are gonna you know make so much more money and uh and agents are screwed and the world’s gonna end all that stuff none of the world is not ending my friends it continues to turn no matter how horrible and how many different crazy things happen in this world we still somehow write ourselves and the whole real estate market is going to do the same thing we’re going to write ourselves and figure out the proper ways to approach all of this yeah the fundamentals of real estate have really not changed very much now you may be in a market where if you put a for sale sign up buyers will call you and in markets like that um it could be that buyer agent commissions will drop it could be that a lot of buyers are not going to want representation uh we do not live in a market like that pres is not that kind of Market presc in Pres buyers don’t live here so they don’t see your for sale signs they’re not driving by like let’s go for a Sunday drive after lunch and go oh that’s a cute house let’s go they’re in California they’re in Oregon they’re in New Jersey they’re not driving by and seeing those for sale sites so Buyer Agents have to reach out find these people talk them into coming to preset they don’t know the city they got to find where what area of the city they want to live in and then they start looking for a home so Buyer Agents in Prescot do the heavy lifting in this market no doubt about it all agents know it they don’t always talk about it but it’s the buyer agents that are you have to we advertise heavily and outof State uh markets um to bring the buyers in and but people who are looking for a change and want to come to a small town life we uh advertise we help them uh come to that conclusion hey this could be a good a good fit for me yes so yeah so right now in Prescot uh it is a strong buyers Market Market M so if you’re a potential seller here in Prescot you need to understand that Co prices are over uh you really do need to price your home at the market rate um and you um you may wait a while buyers are scarce now taking a little bit taking a little bit longer so if you’re thinking you’re going to save the buyer agent commission and that money is going to be in your pocket probably not and I wouldn’t advise you to do it if don’t offer something to the Buyer Agents first of all the buyers have to pay the commission because now they’ll be under contract so if you’re not willing to pay that they see that as just an added cost to your home uh they were always paying the commission anyway it was built in the price of your home uh don’t think you’re going to be able to build it into the price of your home and then not pay it um so the idea that you know if you want to cut out the commission and then lower the price maybe again I wouldn’t advise that because buy you’re going to need Buyer Agents to bring you buyers in this Mar that’s right you can list and save that buyer commission but if you don’t have a buyer agent bringing you buyers well yeah you’re going to sit there for a little while and uh you may not sell as quickly as you would like yes or get qualified buyers because as a buyer agent and listing we do that too but as a buyer agent we you know are you are you qualified are you serious yes we’re not going to bring you looky lose we’re only bringing serious people in yes so things to really consider uh value added as a sell’s uh you know listing you need to consider how many buyers are you really going to be able to bring in or are you going to be relying on your Buyer Agents right right if you don’t have Buyer Agents uh that are going to be bringing you uh buyers you need to have a plan B that’s right um so yeah I I I really think in the short term Not A lot’s going to change in the longer term people might be able to figure out new angles and new things in the short term so like if your house is in the market short already on the market shortterm nothing’s going to change and I wouldn’t try to do anything drastic uh to adjust for this I would just keep doing what you’re doing otherwise you’re going to be waiting years you know to sell your home so uh also too you uh you’re not allowed to advertise uh by your agent commission that doesn’t mean you can’t offer one or should not offer one yeah uh we’re going to advise our guys um our listings our listings offer if you’re going to MLS you really do need to um offer a commission uh you can offer uh a seller concession towards closing cost which I think is going to become code for uh buyer commission we’ll see if that passes muster but instead of having a a separate box for the Commission in the realt comments will it’ll say something like you know seller offers 2 and a half% uh toward buyer closing cost at Coe and uh that is allowed I’m not sure if it’s going to be allowed in MLS that we’re waiting to see that we’ll see lots of moving Parts lots of change uh but it is not deterring us in any way and it shouldn’t deter you that’s right as a seller or you know potential buyer coming in uh let us worry about that we will guide you we will make it happen that’s right that’s uh Realtors are very resourceful type Y and we will work hard to make your sale as easy as possible and get you the best buyer absolutely so don’t fret don’t worry uh just be aware there are some changes uh how it will be presented in MLS how we will uh make concessions it’s just a little a little B little wiggle yeah a little wiggle yeah I like that little wiggle a little wiggle I I think in the end it’s not going to affect uh what’s going on at presc it’s my professional opinion and I like it good job so just wanted to kind of address that I know we’ve gotten a lot of phone calls from people oh I heard on CNN I think they think all Realtors are going to no longer be in business well good luck selling your house I even saw an article that said the housing market was going to crash because it I it’s we just don’t New Media is just terrible our brokerage also agrees with that our brokerage is already actively working on a new way to approach this yeah so both sides are equally represented and happy and you still get the continuous good service that all of us as real estate professionals offer yes so don’t think oh you know all this is a show it kind of is but we’re already working on how to still make this as seamless and easy as possible for you during either selling or buying so don’t worry about it the pickle team is on it we’re approaching this we’re going to still be here and offering you the most incredible service ever that’s right and we’re going to help you through every step of it we don’t want you to worry your pretty little head about this lawsuit pretty little heads your pretty little heads don’t worry we got it covered so uh we’ll maneuver it for you don’t stress we’ll take care of it and we’ll make sure everybody’s happy and covered and and you still have that great representation absolutely so that is our little tidbit for the for today yes I was going to say for the day but I’ll for today for today and again if you missed the previous one uh where we talked about the buyer side you might want to check that out absolutely check it out so here’s to you we hope to see you soon it’s warming up here spring has sprung stunning beautiful flowers trees my favorite time one of my favorite times I love to see the trees in bloom AB it’s just so pretty absolutely so anyway we hope to hear from you soon and love to take you around and show you around our beautiful little town absolutely so take care check us out at pickle 41 1.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’s something waiting for you that will Amaze astound and form and tickle you’re pretty little head pretty pretty you’re funny bone you’re pretty pretty funny bone yeah you’re pretty funny bone whatever anyway we hope to hear from you soon you take care and have a great rest of your day bye bye
Real Estate Lawsuit #1
You may have heard about the upcoming lawsuit settlement that’s been touted in the national news as a major upset to the home-buying process. Tune in today to find out what the changes really mean, and how they will affect you.
Video Transcripthello hello hello hello peeps this is
Diana Randall bro that’s us we want to
say hello to our many friendly and happy
and we love them preset pickle peeps
that’s right we love you guys if you’re
not a preset pickle peep hopefully you
will be soon yeah we hope so spring of
sprung spring of sprung I’m wearing my
spring clothes I have my new little
speaker by yeah yeah we had a couple of
comments that uh sound could be better
so we’re working on that so this is for
you yeah so uh we are here today I’m
sure a lot of you have heard in the
national news about the fabulous n
lawsuit yeah yeah love it love it love
it so the lawsuit’s been bacing for a
while now and then out of the blue n
which is the National Association of
Realtors that’s right they uh proposed a
settlement which looks like it’s going
to be approved and will go into effect
in July that’s right and so we wanted to
talk about what means what that means to
buyers what that means to sellers before
we go into that though just saying you
said the national media you know you you
see well that’s true that is that is the
key Point National media don’t get
hysterical folks yeah you know you see
you you see news stories and most news
stories you’re reading the news because
you don’t know about the topic uh but
every now and then you know a lot about
a topic and it’s in the news and you get
to see firsthand how bad the news is
excuse sked oh just skewed and
completely over the top and inaccuracies
and speculations provided as fact and ju
just horrible so uh just a warning uh
even even outside of real estate uh our
our national media is really broken so
just so you know that so if you’ve read
anything that’s particularly scary
chances are you you’ve been the victim
of our national media that’s right we’re
not Running Scared as a realtor yeah we
are not we are fine we are calm cool and
Collective yeah yeah things will be
addressed and changed and yeah so uh
some of what we’re going to say is our
speculation as well and I want to say
this is fact this is where we think
things are going the facts are in the
settlement uh number one is that buyers
will have to sign a buyer agent
agreement with their Realtors employment
agreement employment agreement so for
you coming in in July
get ready you will have no choice it
won’t be us making the rule it won’t be
the State of Arizona it will be a
national it’ll be a national thing we
cannot open a door for you unless we
have a written contract and that will be
true of all real estate agents no one
will be able to open the door unless
they’re under contract with you so uh
just be you know a lot of times people
come in they’re really anxious about
signing things we will share in advance
every everything you need to all the
forms you need to know and what they
what they mean why do you have to sign
them before you come in uh because we
don’t like people to sign things that
they don’t know they don’t know what it
means uh but just be aware that everyone
all agents will force you to do that
change is a foot change is a foot change
is a foot and this is unfortunately
something we don’t have any control over
or any other agent yes it will be
required by law yes so so honestly don’t
shoot the messenger don’t shoot the
messenger honestly from our point of
view this is a good thing uh because
people can come in and say I don’t want
to sign anything then we spend days and
days and months and months helping them
find the home and then once they find
the home that they like they can just
reach out to the listing agent and say
oh I don’t have any representation so
I’m cheaper so you know I’m going to
come at a lower price now that has that
has not happened very many times to us
maybe a couple of times uh but it is out
there uh I know other agents in other
areas of the country uh get that a lot
and if you try to get people to sign a
contract so they can’t do that to you
well this other agent’s not making me
sign so I don’t want to sign yours
either well now all the agents have to
sign that’s good it makes it a more even
playing field we all will be in the same
position and we all will require that
from any incoming buyers yes so if you
are a buyer coming in town don’t wig out
don’t get nervous don’t be like what
does this mean it will simply be like
you will sign that you will agree to
work with us and there will be a certain
commission rate discussed and don’t
Don’t Panic it’s it’s standard well part
of the reason why this was driven by the
doj is just they want people talking
about commissions and negotiating
commissions more than they have been uh
and they have a point I guess there were
some Shenanigans in Arkansas which is
where this lawsuit started of course
there are a lot of sellers who really
had no gripes but they’re raising their
money in the class action suit for free
money uh the big winners are of course
the plane of attorneys who will walk
home with hundreds of millions of
dollars uh the the sellers and Arkansas
probably got maybe a grand or two each
sure all of this driven by that the
other thing is uh in MLS you can no
longer advertise a commission for the
buyer agent which to me I think is funny
because it used to be all that has to be
revealed you better reveal that it
better be in there and now suddenly you
can’t say anything say anything I’m like
okay I’ll do whatever you tell me to do
yes we’ll do whatever the rules say so
that is not to say that sellers don’t
can’t pay uh the buyer agent commission
they just can’t advertise it as such now
what they can do is they can say we will
offer two and a
half% uh towards buyer closing cost at
Clos of escrow which is basically the
same thing so there’s a huge loophole
there in some here here’s my take on
what that’s going to mean in across the
country in presat it’s not going to mean
much here’s why if I put a sign outside
uh for sale sign in front of a home in a
city like Phoenix I’m going to get
people calling me I’m gonna get agents
calling me I’m going to get buyers
calling me I will have plenty of buyers
just off the sign just having it in MLS
buyers will contact me that doesn’t
happen in presc the number of sign calls
I have received I could count on one
hand that’s right and that’s because
three three that’s it in the whole time
we’ve been doing maybe three calls uh
that doesn’t happen here because the
vast majority of buyers are coming from
out of town so Buyer Agents have to go
out and find these people and talk them
into moving to preset and then find the
subdivision because they don’t know the
city at all right then they got to find
the Home you know so Buyer Agents do a
lot of work here and if the only thing
the Buyer Agents do here and some this
is all they do they bring the buyer if
that’s all they do that’s value added
for our sellers so I don’t think things
are going to change very much in presc
just because and our commission rates
have recently gone down with price
appreciation uh was going through the
roof commission rates did go down so
they were responding to Market forces I
really don’t think they’re
overpriced um I really don’t think it’s
going to affect us much now in areas
where buyers are a dime a dozen and
they’re you know you know thousands of
we call nephews you know uh uh agents
who essentially do sales for the one or
two houses one or two houses for in
house to help their family help their
family or whatever and they generally
don’t know what they’re doing you know
yes yeah those people have always been
overpaid and they’ve been benefiting
because of the system they will probably
get drummed out uh at least in the
markets yeah we shall see where the
where the uh buyers are easy to find but
you’re dedicated buyers agents like we
are
um we really for us it’s not just
opening a door and showing you a house
we like to build a relationship with you
as the buyer yeah uh usually we become
good friends long after the fact um we
like to be so present for our buyers
we’re not just doing a house tour and
then I never talk to you again yeah I’ve
got people who call me can you recommend
a good trust attorney can you recommend
a good handyman can you help me I need
to sell something uh what are some good
doctors we we are so full service it’s
um yeah and we it’s almost exhausting
yeah yeah and we also get involved with
our buyers very early on in the game
it’s not like we wait until someone’s
ready to buy and then we talk to them we
will take you on a buyer tour long
before you’ve made up your mind you’re
coming to presc it and we will stay in
contact with you until you buy and then
after you buy we get calls from past
clients all the time asking us about
this or that of the other thing we have
a lot of yeah we have a lot of buyers it
takes them a year a year and a half to
finally pull the trigger oh yeah um and
we are happy to hang in there with you
because it is a huge decision yeah it’s
a lot of moving parts and we just try to
really help you along we try to remember
how we felt when we moved here from
Texas so we get it we get it and we want
to hold your hand the entire way yeah
it’s not just showing you three houses
or giving you a map and saying oh drive
by and let me know what you think now
we’re with you together till the end my
friends together till the end so when
you hear about all this and um don’t get
rattled don’t be like what does this
mean for me it really doesn’t mean a
whole lot we’re gonna we’re gonna work
this out you may be thinking yeah we’ll
work this out you may be thinking oh now
they can’t they can’t promote uh they
can’t advertise the commission so now
I’m going to get stuck paying the
commission a lot of potential buyers are
thinking that yes well the the short
answer is you always were paying the
commission because the commission was
coming out of the purchase price and the
purchase price had that built into it
had been adjusted correct so in the past
the seller always paid both sides seller
and buyer now it’s going to be like well
the buyer will pay for the listing agent
but the buyer’s agent will have to will
have to negotiate that with the buyer
yeah and like he said the price that was
always all commission for both sides was
always built in yes long ago built in
into the price of the the selling price
so this is nothing new it just it just
felt different yes so you you know that
instead of the price being fully loaded
including all commissions the
commissions may or may not be part of
that number you just got to do the
arithmetic but I really don’t you’re
talking a shell game in the end there’s
correct there’s only so many dollars
involved and I I really don’t think that
number is going to change very much
particularly for markets like ours where
Buyer Agents have to earn their keep
yeah we work hard we work hard yes we do
so please don’t get rattled if I see you
in the summertime and I say hey we got
to have you sign this it’s not me it’s
the law um understand why and how that
started and where this is coming from um
it’s nothing we’ve done we’ve always had
people sign the last year and a half
we’ve always had people sign employee
agreements and everybody’s pretty chill
with it we’ve been kind of doing that
anyway we’ve been doing that anyway so
nothing’s really changing except for
that now it’s going to be law so that’s
the way it rolles so don’t get rattled
uh we’re still here for you we’re still
here to give you full full service as a
buyer agent uh educate you on what our
town is about educate you on different
neighborhoods what they all have to
offer HOAs taxes Etc that’s right we’re
here for you absolutely we’re here for
you so anyway just want to give you a
little heads up in case you’ve been
hearing about this in the national news
uh God knows we’ve been hearing about it
everybody’s calling us so we thought
time to make a video and let you know
this this will be negotiated and worked
out yes and life will continue on As We
Know It This is not earth shattering
despite with the national despite with
the national
news it’s all going to be good folks
it’s all going to be good you’re still
going to get excellent representation on
the seller and buyer side um we just
have to readjust how it’s going to be
approached absolutely and uh our next
video next week we’re going to talk
about how this is going to impact
sellers there you go yeah chances are if
you’re buying you’re also selling so you
might want to look for that one coming
yeah so today was just talking about the
buyer side of it um there will be
different approaches taken absolutely
and concessions made that will still
address uh the buyer uh commission but
in a way that will still be fair and
yeah and Equitable uh but just a little
different than how it was done in the
past yes so don’t freak absolutely don’t
freak I’m not freaking we’re not
freaking I’m not freaking we’re not
freaking at all we love our people we
love to give our best that we can to all
of you and that will never change and
that will continue forward regardless
absolutely so anyway so that is our
little info for the day check us out
next week to hear about the lawsuit and
seller side that’s right so uh anyway we
enjoyed sharing this little info with
you and can’t wait to see you we’ve got
a couple people coming in yep y can’t
wait let’s make it happen spring has
sprung the buying season’s on let’s go
people now’s your time get out here and
get a fabulous house while you while
it’s still out there yeah right
absolutely because uh volume’s a little
low yeah the good ones are getting
snatched up inventory is low so yeah
inventory is low things are getting
snatched up like that so all right we
hope to see you soon here in our lovely
Town love to show you around check us
out at pickle 411.com that’s our free
information site whether you’re a buyer
or seller somewhere in between there is
something that will Amaze astound and
inform you so don’t miss it and
hopefully just make you laugh and make
you laugh that’s what it’s all about
mostly make you laugh we just want to
have a good time absolutely all right
see you later and hope you have a
fabulous day bye
bye
Diana Randall bro that’s us we want to
say hello to our many friendly and happy
and we love them preset pickle peeps
that’s right we love you guys if you’re
not a preset pickle peep hopefully you
will be soon yeah we hope so spring of
sprung spring of sprung I’m wearing my
spring clothes I have my new little
speaker by yeah yeah we had a couple of
comments that uh sound could be better
so we’re working on that so this is for
you yeah so uh we are here today I’m
sure a lot of you have heard in the
national news about the fabulous n
lawsuit yeah yeah love it love it love
it so the lawsuit’s been bacing for a
while now and then out of the blue n
which is the National Association of
Realtors that’s right they uh proposed a
settlement which looks like it’s going
to be approved and will go into effect
in July that’s right and so we wanted to
talk about what means what that means to
buyers what that means to sellers before
we go into that though just saying you
said the national media you know you you
see well that’s true that is that is the
key Point National media don’t get
hysterical folks yeah you know you see
you you see news stories and most news
stories you’re reading the news because
you don’t know about the topic uh but
every now and then you know a lot about
a topic and it’s in the news and you get
to see firsthand how bad the news is
excuse sked oh just skewed and
completely over the top and inaccuracies
and speculations provided as fact and ju
just horrible so uh just a warning uh
even even outside of real estate uh our
our national media is really broken so
just so you know that so if you’ve read
anything that’s particularly scary
chances are you you’ve been the victim
of our national media that’s right we’re
not Running Scared as a realtor yeah we
are not we are fine we are calm cool and
Collective yeah yeah things will be
addressed and changed and yeah so uh
some of what we’re going to say is our
speculation as well and I want to say
this is fact this is where we think
things are going the facts are in the
settlement uh number one is that buyers
will have to sign a buyer agent
agreement with their Realtors employment
agreement employment agreement so for
you coming in in July
get ready you will have no choice it
won’t be us making the rule it won’t be
the State of Arizona it will be a
national it’ll be a national thing we
cannot open a door for you unless we
have a written contract and that will be
true of all real estate agents no one
will be able to open the door unless
they’re under contract with you so uh
just be you know a lot of times people
come in they’re really anxious about
signing things we will share in advance
every everything you need to all the
forms you need to know and what they
what they mean why do you have to sign
them before you come in uh because we
don’t like people to sign things that
they don’t know they don’t know what it
means uh but just be aware that everyone
all agents will force you to do that
change is a foot change is a foot change
is a foot and this is unfortunately
something we don’t have any control over
or any other agent yes it will be
required by law yes so so honestly don’t
shoot the messenger don’t shoot the
messenger honestly from our point of
view this is a good thing uh because
people can come in and say I don’t want
to sign anything then we spend days and
days and months and months helping them
find the home and then once they find
the home that they like they can just
reach out to the listing agent and say
oh I don’t have any representation so
I’m cheaper so you know I’m going to
come at a lower price now that has that
has not happened very many times to us
maybe a couple of times uh but it is out
there uh I know other agents in other
areas of the country uh get that a lot
and if you try to get people to sign a
contract so they can’t do that to you
well this other agent’s not making me
sign so I don’t want to sign yours
either well now all the agents have to
sign that’s good it makes it a more even
playing field we all will be in the same
position and we all will require that
from any incoming buyers yes so if you
are a buyer coming in town don’t wig out
don’t get nervous don’t be like what
does this mean it will simply be like
you will sign that you will agree to
work with us and there will be a certain
commission rate discussed and don’t
Don’t Panic it’s it’s standard well part
of the reason why this was driven by the
doj is just they want people talking
about commissions and negotiating
commissions more than they have been uh
and they have a point I guess there were
some Shenanigans in Arkansas which is
where this lawsuit started of course
there are a lot of sellers who really
had no gripes but they’re raising their
money in the class action suit for free
money uh the big winners are of course
the plane of attorneys who will walk
home with hundreds of millions of
dollars uh the the sellers and Arkansas
probably got maybe a grand or two each
sure all of this driven by that the
other thing is uh in MLS you can no
longer advertise a commission for the
buyer agent which to me I think is funny
because it used to be all that has to be
revealed you better reveal that it
better be in there and now suddenly you
can’t say anything say anything I’m like
okay I’ll do whatever you tell me to do
yes we’ll do whatever the rules say so
that is not to say that sellers don’t
can’t pay uh the buyer agent commission
they just can’t advertise it as such now
what they can do is they can say we will
offer two and a
half% uh towards buyer closing cost at
Clos of escrow which is basically the
same thing so there’s a huge loophole
there in some here here’s my take on
what that’s going to mean in across the
country in presat it’s not going to mean
much here’s why if I put a sign outside
uh for sale sign in front of a home in a
city like Phoenix I’m going to get
people calling me I’m gonna get agents
calling me I’m going to get buyers
calling me I will have plenty of buyers
just off the sign just having it in MLS
buyers will contact me that doesn’t
happen in presc the number of sign calls
I have received I could count on one
hand that’s right and that’s because
three three that’s it in the whole time
we’ve been doing maybe three calls uh
that doesn’t happen here because the
vast majority of buyers are coming from
out of town so Buyer Agents have to go
out and find these people and talk them
into moving to preset and then find the
subdivision because they don’t know the
city at all right then they got to find
the Home you know so Buyer Agents do a
lot of work here and if the only thing
the Buyer Agents do here and some this
is all they do they bring the buyer if
that’s all they do that’s value added
for our sellers so I don’t think things
are going to change very much in presc
just because and our commission rates
have recently gone down with price
appreciation uh was going through the
roof commission rates did go down so
they were responding to Market forces I
really don’t think they’re
overpriced um I really don’t think it’s
going to affect us much now in areas
where buyers are a dime a dozen and
they’re you know you know thousands of
we call nephews you know uh uh agents
who essentially do sales for the one or
two houses one or two houses for in
house to help their family help their
family or whatever and they generally
don’t know what they’re doing you know
yes yeah those people have always been
overpaid and they’ve been benefiting
because of the system they will probably
get drummed out uh at least in the
markets yeah we shall see where the
where the uh buyers are easy to find but
you’re dedicated buyers agents like we
are
um we really for us it’s not just
opening a door and showing you a house
we like to build a relationship with you
as the buyer yeah uh usually we become
good friends long after the fact um we
like to be so present for our buyers
we’re not just doing a house tour and
then I never talk to you again yeah I’ve
got people who call me can you recommend
a good trust attorney can you recommend
a good handyman can you help me I need
to sell something uh what are some good
doctors we we are so full service it’s
um yeah and we it’s almost exhausting
yeah yeah and we also get involved with
our buyers very early on in the game
it’s not like we wait until someone’s
ready to buy and then we talk to them we
will take you on a buyer tour long
before you’ve made up your mind you’re
coming to presc it and we will stay in
contact with you until you buy and then
after you buy we get calls from past
clients all the time asking us about
this or that of the other thing we have
a lot of yeah we have a lot of buyers it
takes them a year a year and a half to
finally pull the trigger oh yeah um and
we are happy to hang in there with you
because it is a huge decision yeah it’s
a lot of moving parts and we just try to
really help you along we try to remember
how we felt when we moved here from
Texas so we get it we get it and we want
to hold your hand the entire way yeah
it’s not just showing you three houses
or giving you a map and saying oh drive
by and let me know what you think now
we’re with you together till the end my
friends together till the end so when
you hear about all this and um don’t get
rattled don’t be like what does this
mean for me it really doesn’t mean a
whole lot we’re gonna we’re gonna work
this out you may be thinking yeah we’ll
work this out you may be thinking oh now
they can’t they can’t promote uh they
can’t advertise the commission so now
I’m going to get stuck paying the
commission a lot of potential buyers are
thinking that yes well the the short
answer is you always were paying the
commission because the commission was
coming out of the purchase price and the
purchase price had that built into it
had been adjusted correct so in the past
the seller always paid both sides seller
and buyer now it’s going to be like well
the buyer will pay for the listing agent
but the buyer’s agent will have to will
have to negotiate that with the buyer
yeah and like he said the price that was
always all commission for both sides was
always built in yes long ago built in
into the price of the the selling price
so this is nothing new it just it just
felt different yes so you you know that
instead of the price being fully loaded
including all commissions the
commissions may or may not be part of
that number you just got to do the
arithmetic but I really don’t you’re
talking a shell game in the end there’s
correct there’s only so many dollars
involved and I I really don’t think that
number is going to change very much
particularly for markets like ours where
Buyer Agents have to earn their keep
yeah we work hard we work hard yes we do
so please don’t get rattled if I see you
in the summertime and I say hey we got
to have you sign this it’s not me it’s
the law um understand why and how that
started and where this is coming from um
it’s nothing we’ve done we’ve always had
people sign the last year and a half
we’ve always had people sign employee
agreements and everybody’s pretty chill
with it we’ve been kind of doing that
anyway we’ve been doing that anyway so
nothing’s really changing except for
that now it’s going to be law so that’s
the way it rolles so don’t get rattled
uh we’re still here for you we’re still
here to give you full full service as a
buyer agent uh educate you on what our
town is about educate you on different
neighborhoods what they all have to
offer HOAs taxes Etc that’s right we’re
here for you absolutely we’re here for
you so anyway just want to give you a
little heads up in case you’ve been
hearing about this in the national news
uh God knows we’ve been hearing about it
everybody’s calling us so we thought
time to make a video and let you know
this this will be negotiated and worked
out yes and life will continue on As We
Know It This is not earth shattering
despite with the national despite with
the national
news it’s all going to be good folks
it’s all going to be good you’re still
going to get excellent representation on
the seller and buyer side um we just
have to readjust how it’s going to be
approached absolutely and uh our next
video next week we’re going to talk
about how this is going to impact
sellers there you go yeah chances are if
you’re buying you’re also selling so you
might want to look for that one coming
yeah so today was just talking about the
buyer side of it um there will be
different approaches taken absolutely
and concessions made that will still
address uh the buyer uh commission but
in a way that will still be fair and
yeah and Equitable uh but just a little
different than how it was done in the
past yes so don’t freak absolutely don’t
freak I’m not freaking we’re not
freaking I’m not freaking we’re not
freaking at all we love our people we
love to give our best that we can to all
of you and that will never change and
that will continue forward regardless
absolutely so anyway so that is our
little info for the day check us out
next week to hear about the lawsuit and
seller side that’s right so uh anyway we
enjoyed sharing this little info with
you and can’t wait to see you we’ve got
a couple people coming in yep y can’t
wait let’s make it happen spring has
sprung the buying season’s on let’s go
people now’s your time get out here and
get a fabulous house while you while
it’s still out there yeah right
absolutely because uh volume’s a little
low yeah the good ones are getting
snatched up inventory is low so yeah
inventory is low things are getting
snatched up like that so all right we
hope to see you soon here in our lovely
Town love to show you around check us
out at pickle 411.com that’s our free
information site whether you’re a buyer
or seller somewhere in between there is
something that will Amaze astound and
inform you so don’t miss it and
hopefully just make you laugh and make
you laugh that’s what it’s all about
mostly make you laugh we just want to
have a good time absolutely all right
see you later and hope you have a
fabulous day bye
bye
Event Calendar – April 2024
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Planetarium
Have you ever noticed that giant golf ball over at Embry-Riddle and wondered what it was?
Tune in today to find out what’s inside, and what it can teach you about the Prescott night sky.
Video Transcripthello hello hello and good afternoon afternoon this is Diane and Randall bro here coming to you live from Prescot Arizona talk about the Jim and Linda Lee planetarian planetarium at Embry Riddle yeah if you ever um look at the city with any kind of elevation and you look over in the right direction you’ll see what looks like a giant golf bomb yeah that is the planetarian that’s it and uh the Lees were very gracious to make this happen for our beautiful town so we recently went and saw a whole show about the stars of Prescot the stars of presc which I guess they do every month they update pry cool for what’s happening they they uh tipped us off to a meteor shower yes that was coming in December so we were on the lookout for that yep and they go over you know different times of the year where the stars are and where they move and and it was just it’s first class it is first class such a cool such a cool cool place we wanted to go um it opened shortly before covid I guess and uh we had wanted to go and wanted to go and then it was shut down for covid so we couldn’t go and then we were waiting for it to come back and it wasn’t back and I just kind of fell off the map for a little while and then I I don’t know what happened it was like let’s go and we went with some good friends Y and uh we had a great time yeah uh if you’ve ever been to a planetarium before this is not the planetarium that you knew as a in the 60s or 70s where it’s essentially you know like a ball with a light bulb in the middle and has holes in it and it’s nothing like that okay it it’s they will they will show you uh a constellation and they’ll focus in on one star and they focus in they actually went through a constellation and showed the spatial relationship you know sort of like it’s up down where they went like yeah the Seven Sisters they look like they’re very close together but in point of fact some are much closer to the Earth than others so they flying through the air to show you what it looks like from a different perspective amazing and they have different shows they have different shows that go over different things it’s a very reasonable price to get in there so it was just a lovely uh event to go to we saw learned all kinds of stars like 30 minutes something like that yeah and it’s really good because we are a dark town because we used to have observatories so you see tons of stars here so you sit on your deck or you sit on your patio it’s dark we don’t have a lot of street lights so you see all these Stars well you go to the Planetarium you learn all about them yeah yeah and what it means and and some of the mythology behind it and I I must confess some of the creatures I’m like I don’t quite see that but hey yeah that’s cool yeah whatever ever um people had a lot of imagination they had a lot of imagination and not a lot of TV yeah but it’s uh it’s fascinating and you really learn a lot and then when you’re outside now you’ve learned it so you can see for yourself oh I know what that is I just saw that at the planetarium and you might even go get your own telescope a lot of our friends have done that and they star watch and Planet watch yeah if you have any interest in astronomy or even astrology I guess for that matter uh Prescot is a great place to do that with our Dark Skies I have I’ve never really lived anywhere else where the skies were this dark right I have learned more about the sky in the past seven years that I’ve been here than I learned in the previous however many I don’t want to mention the number uh that I was around because uh just the darkness of the Skies so if you have any interest in the skies at all and you’re coming here this is great you’re in the right town and check out the planetarium is a great place to kick off your exploration it’s awesome okay so thank you to Jim and Linda Lee for making that happen absolutely and adding yet another dimension to our really cool Tawn yeah all right my friends that’s our tip of the day look up in the Stars give us a call see you soon bye bye
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The Local
Whenever a new restaurant opens, we try to be among the first to make it in to try it out. We have been dreadfully slow this time, but let me tell you…it was worth the wait!
Check out today’s video to get the scoop on the food, the furnishings, and the al fresco at The Local.
Video Transcriptgood morning hello peeps Diana Randle bro here we are your local preset realtor team she’s pickle lady I am the pickle lady um we are so excited we’re a little embarrassed that we’re kind of late to the game but we just discovered an amazing breakfast place that we absolutely love called the local local on McCormick yep very unique breakfast dishes um my favorite is they make super super like crepe pancakes yeah those are awesome and homemade syrup unbelievable everything is from scratch it’s delicious what is some of your favorite uh really good specialty coffees yes and you get your pot pie they have a breakfast pot pile it’s amazing um just to die for and what’s the other thing there’s an what is it um and usually I go there I get the usual yeah and I like the usual I like the idea of going to some place called The Local and ordering the usual and he gets the usual I get the usual bacon and eggs bacon and eggs some pretty pretty straightforward place it’s uh the decor is really really cute very festive great colors festive and colorful they have a lot of work uh from local artists for sale y they have a lot of great ceramic you know they have great mugs and um Pottery it’s merch they got some local merch local merch it is the most Charming Place yeah and it’s just darling and really good breakfast unique dishes you know they have eggs benedict but they also have like and chicken Frio all kinds of lot of really good stuff and it’s all made with the freshest of ingredients and some of it’s organic and it’s just great really really good it makes me feel good limited yeah the color is nice and bright they do have limited seating outside it overlooks the parking lot which is not the best but if it’s a really beautiful crisp day yeah uh you know might be there with your pup and have a cup of coffee go there with your dog and have a cup of coffee yeah really really so we were super excited and if we’re not working on a Sunday we head out to the local local just enjoy our time there and um like I said it’s a very cheerful place and we dig it yeah so if you’re living here try the local on McCormack good stuff really good stuff really good breakfast stuff lots of really good restaurant tips on our site you can find a whole bunch of those Ong with a whole bunch of other stuff you can find that at pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between doesn’t matter that’s right there’s something there waiting for you that will Amaze aound educate and um inform give us a call all free well maybe we’ll take you to the local yeah the local you the local all right my friends have a great day bye bye
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UV Bug Lights
Coming from New Orleans where cockroaches are the size of Volkswagens, we laugh at the so-called bugs here in Prescott. However, if you want your Prescott home to be absolutely free of flying insects, we have discovered a great little device to help you out, with no disturbing zapping sounds or having to clean fried bug carcasses later!
Video Transcripthello hello hello peeps top of the day to you top of the day to you Diana Randall bro here your friendly husband and wife realtor team here in pres Arizona she’s pickling that’s right getting ready to make some more pickles another five gallons came in but uh as I always say I’m always in production um but today we are talking about you know coming from the Deep South we’re used to tons and tons and tons of bugs yes so we moved here and for us this is basically a bug-free town yeah we tell people there are no bugs here and then they they complain yeah in point of fact there are some there are some so I have to say where we are from this is negligible but for other people they’re like well there are some bugs so Randle has hit upon something a UV bug lights UV bug lights he’s very excited this is a quick and easy tip so you have these things called UV bug lights and you plug them in and it has a UV light yep looks kind of purple bluish and uh it attracts bugs and on the on the light is a card on the side closest to the wall it’s sticky so the bugs go to get to the light like a moth to a flame like a mo there you go a mo a UV light I guess yes and then they get stuck on the other card and then every few months you pull the card you throw it away you drop in the other card you take off the adhesive and it it it it what few bugs you will have in your home in Prescot the UV light will take care of it you have even less it is L and every now and then we have certain Seasons where we have a little bit more like flies flies yeah it works like a charm it works like a charm uh also there’s a period where you get uh moths a few moths come in it attracts moths we get little gnat kind of they’re not gats but they’re something like a that little baby things that can be annoying they go right to that you it’s amazing so anyway he’s all excited let’s talk about the UV bug they’re cheap you know put one in all the big rooms Y and uh you will pretty much be bug free after that yep really really interest that’s it so especially if you’re showing your house or whatever so if you some of these like bug traps bug strips electrical things we you have these fried carcasses and stuff nothing like that the bugs adhere to The Far Side so you don’t see them at all that’s right it’s very private you’re bug catching yeah your your your your bug graveyard it’s hidden hidden hidden all right so that’s our little goofy tip of the day goofy tip of the day hope you appreciate it as much as we do in our house we love it yeah if you like tips a place to go is pickle 411.com there you’ll find our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you for that will Amaze astound and eliminate your bugs I’ll uh let’s do it let’s do it yeah all right nice to see you and I hope you have a great rest of your day bye bye
The When To Do It Game
There is an optimum time for every aspect of the home-buying process, and doing things in the wrong order can have BIG costs. Watch today’s video to find out what that means for both buyers and sellers.
Video Transcripthello hello hello hello peeps this is a midday hello midday hello from Rand and Di day we are your local husband and wife team here in thank you in Prescot uh happy to show you guys around show you what our life is like here we love it and today we are here to talk about when to do it yeah so this is uh another game so we did we did our in games and so I thought we’d do another game this game is when should you do it yeah so a lot of times we run into trouble in transactions When Buyers try to do something at the wrong time yes there’s a there’s a place there’s a time for every purpose and so that is never more true than when you’re buying a house yes so uh the first thing on our wi Todo game is views views when do when do you decide whether the views of a home are are are appropriate or not like they’ll make you happy what views do you want when do you decide that well I you know you go look at the house and if it’s something you really fall in love with I would recommend hey come at sunset too yeah you want to see the sunset you want to see the sun rise you want to see where is the you know am I east facing west facing what you know um those are all important things to think about and if you’re like I’d like to really see how the Evening Sun is here make another appointment yeah go back in the evening in particular if you’re an outdoor person you spend a lot of time on your porch and that’s your thing you should feel it at all hours of the day yes and see how expansive the view is uh I don’t know is there traffic in the afternoon that all of a sudden your view is bumper to bumper traffic you won’t have that but I’m just saying something like that what are your thoughts well in terms of deciding what kind of view you want you should be able to do that before you put in a contract you know you looking at different homes get an idea of the different kinds of views that are available get an idea of the money it’s going to cost you to upgrade to different views there are some views that will drop $150,000 on a home yep boom that’s what you’re gonna pay so decide are you okay with a peekaboo view a peekaboo view like what is you know and do that in your mind before you decide and you know before you put in a contract that’s right you should kind of know what kind of view you can afford or want to afford what kind of view you demand um how important is it to you are you okay with a peekaboo are you okay with rooftops behind you yes some people they they see a mountain in the distance and then they’re like but I can’t stand these Ro this this houses below me I don’t want to see those rooftops so things to think about what Will bide that after you’ve gone under contract and you already passed in inspection y you should know what you want want before you make an offer absolutely in terms of looking at what it looks like in the evening versus the morning if it looks like it’s going to work go ahead with the contract once it’s under the contract then you can do your due diligence on The View as part of sure the inspection period then you’ve taken the mo the home off the market and you won’t lose it while you’re trying you’re waiting for Sunset that’s right yeah that’s right fuse fuse that was a good one okay okay next up Sol solar solar so first off S leases are a pain in the butt they are a pain in the butt you got to know that they are a pain in the butt yeah so you should decide beforehand whether you’re even going to do that or not right um certain information should be given to you uh upfront about the solar a lot of Agents don’t though uh we will not be able to if the information on the solar lease is not provided by the listing agent we will not be able to get that information until we’re under contract and the seller has called The Solar Company and told them that we’re under and give them permission they will not talk to us they will not discuss the terms I’m I’m a big fan of owned solar so if you own a home and you’re thinking about listing it and you already have paid it off that’s great that’s easy peasy it’s an easy transfer you give permission you the owner give permission to the buyer to put it in their name simple title handles it it’s beautiful yes one thing to consider if you have solar consider paying it off most people do not want to assume your solar loan yes they just don’t I think solar can be great it’s not really necessary here in presca though our utilities are very reasonable so uh keep that in mind if you are have a solar maybe consider paint it off before you put it on the market because most people will walk away they will walk away they don’t want to do it they don’t want take it on if it’s own they’ll love it yeah if they’re own then they’ll love it if if you are the buyer if a solo lease is a deal stopper for you you can determine that before You’ even put in a contract the reality is though if you’re amenable to a lease you just need to see the specific terms you’re probably not going to be able to do that until inspection period correct yeah so don’t try to do that by the way you can’t get so we’ve had yeah we’ve had uh buyers that insist like they will not do a contract until they get all the terms of the lease well you know the listing agent did not have that information available right it took you know a week to pull that information together and we lost the house because someone else came and got it so inspection period And if you are an owner and you do have a lease provide all that right away to your listing even if your agent doesn’t ask for it provide provide it because people always want and they want to know some of it stays steady the monthly payments some increase over time and you should also make considerations yeah you should also make your utility bills available yes your electrical utility bills available right so that people can see the impact it’s had on okay next one all right next up proof of funds pre-qualification always do this before you even come in uh before you come in just do it short answer that’s it uh short answer yes um because if you do see something and you want it um then we lose a day or two while you’re getting that uh you know handled we have a local lender here who can spit it out in like 30 minutes it’s not hard to do but it’s also important for you to understand financially how much can you truly afford you kind of think I think I can do 800 and then you go get your prequel and you find out it’s really six so there’s no sense in wasting your time looking at homes in the eights when when you can only afford a six yeah so always get yourself pre-qual get your ducks in a row doesn’t cost you anything no any contract you have to write must have a pre-qual attached it’s not us we don’t make the rules it’s the State of Arizona you have to prove as you’re putting this contract in that you truly can afford to do this and you’re in good Financial standing um and if you’re paying cash you have to have proof of funds so make sure you have all that ready because if you see something you fall in love you might lose it while we’re trying to get these other things together I we try to do some tricks to try to try to get it for you before you have all that in place there’s only so many things we can do only so much just so easy to come in that’s a no-brainer you got the gun loaded you’re ready to Sho get it get it going all right Family Ties Family Ties this is something we run across a lot always uh we have a lot of people who come in and say I’m not going to tell my kids about this and they fall in love they put an offer in and then the kids are back home how can you do this to us how can you leave us how can you leave your grandchildren and then they break the contract so just be honest and open with your children um we want to start a new chapter we you know need to preserve our funds explain to them why you’re doing this and then they can start to adjust to the idea of mom and dad moving on or moving away it’s very important yeah absolutely CLE they came in uh we worked with them over the course of two years uh they came in three or four times yeah lovely we finally found a house for them uh and they were so happy yeah they were so happy really happy and through the inspection uh we were getting to the point where I I think all of the repairs were going to be done it’s like the last day of inspection period if I go any more then they’re going to lose their earnest money and I get the call I can’t break up this family we my kid put the guilt trip on me my kids put the because they hadn’t said anything to the kids until it too they were under the contract yeah it was a shock and so you know so the sellers had to take their home off the market you know we had all these buyer trips and everything this was going to be a non-starter from the beginning uh and it was never going to go any other place so obviously that wastes our time and our effort but also the family I mean you’re coming in you’re looking around you’re getting excited it’s not going to happen yep uh family have Frank discussions have Frank discussions yep and be very transparent to your family to your children let everybody know because you know you might fall in love here and then you got to go back home no we mean a lot of people that that they’re their children will never have that kind of say so about where they go and that’s very clear to them you may be in that situation but if you’re not if you’re like this other couple and you know the kids will have a lot to say about it don’t keep it a secret don’t wait until the end yep do it up front Okay Okay that was a good one uh half bath so this uh the the home either does or does not have a half bath off of the main room so when is the best time to uh figure out what you want and whether the home has it or not well before you go on the home tour yeah it’s a must have you need to say that communicate that quite clearly to your agent this is a must have I some people can Overlook it some people have got to have it anything whether it’s a halfbath anything in the home that’s super super important to you just say it’s a it’s a deal breaker for me if a B and C are not there yeah we let us know before we we we don’t want to show you five or six homes and none of them have a half bat yeah none of them have a half bat and then you decide into the inspection period suddenly you absolutely have thought about it and now I absolutely have to have half that’s right don’t do that do that don’t do that so sit down and make a list of everything that is so important it’s very easy to determine whether our home has a half bath or not what we can’t do is tell you whether you want one or not and the time to decide whether you have to have that or not is really before you start looking at houses and we can’t create one for you I can’t poop you a half bath I can’t do that we can put a body in the front you know it either Haz it or it doesn’t uh decide that up front so that’s it so everything for every everything there is a purp there is a time for every purpose what is that that’s a that’s a song Ecclesiastes I don’t know and a and a Bible thing a Bible thing yeah Ecclesiastes okay so that’s our little tips for the day as you’re thinking about uh buying or selling like the game thing yeah do some more games okay all right that’s all we hope to hear from you soon give us a call we’re here to help you on the next steps bye view_moduleinsert_chart
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Spec Homes
What’s a “spec?”
Today we explain the differences between a custom home and a spec home – and what that means to your buying process. Check out today’s video to learn the pros, the cons, and why you may or may not want one.
Video TranscriptGood morning morning peeps Diane and Randall bro here hello hello hello we are here to share with you uh some of our some information about what a speck home is yes a lot of people don’t seem to understand the concept Speck home yeah so Speck home is short for speculative yep right so the uh it’s not speculative on the buyer part it’s speculative on the Builder part so this is a home they don’t have a buyer for they uh design the home they build the home in anticipation of finding a buyer while it’s under construction while it’s under construction so a lot of this is a lot of the parts of the home are predetermined yes the paint color the exterior the elevation of the home the interior I like Speck homes because sometimes they add a little bit more extra yes it’s not necessarily A stripped home actually sometimes they add in some some pretty good extras that if you were to build it yourself you might cost you more money yeah um so they kind of are betting uh that you know they start construction they are floating alone while they’re building yes so they’re going to make it special and nice to attract that buyer to come in and snatch it a lot of the a lot of the money or the the the the cost associated with building a home is driv driv by the custom process so people come in and they want to change things and those things need to be redesigned redrawn um and you know you need to get the change of materials you got to find suppliers you know all that takes time and effort and money and but if they do a speck home they they don’t have to go through all that that’s right they call the shots they usually get an interior designer to come design something beautiful have a beautiful color scheme it all Blends together and then they can just spit it out they just follow the the the program and get it out and give you a quality home yes with a lot of nice extras yes so but you should know that with a spec home you cannot make a lot of changes yes most Builders are like we will not pro quote right so you’re getting a lot of house for a good price uh your home’s going to have broad appeal a lot of times when people build custom homes they think they know better than the builders and they make changes and when it comes time to sell sometimes it’s it’s harder because the home does not have broad appeal right it’s so specific to that owner back homes will always have broad appeal correct the the choices that they make will have broad appeal yes uh and Builders they kind of know what they’re doing because if they screw up they lose money so they learn pretty fast yeah so you get a lot for your money the quidd pro quo is that you can’t make a lot of changes you really can and we know from building our own home uh yeah I was like do you think maybe we could move this window no uh can we do this no no no because it just uh loses time in the build sometimes they can’t find whatever you might want to change um again you lose more time which is money to them you know because they’re still paying on this loan while they’re building and they’re like we can’t find this item you want yes so you know know when you sign on a spec it’s a spec for a reason yeah you cannot do a lot you cannot make a spec home a custom home um some Builders may work a little bit with you if if you come in yeah if you come in early in the building process they might let you pick a different color or you know things like that but for the most part they don’t even like to do that because if you fall through for whatever reason that’s you can’t buy then they’re going to have to sell a home and you you’ve picked out the color right so a lot of may not attract the other which may not attract a lot of people so a lot of times in spec homes you know we’re going to put in Builder grade carpet can I change the floor no can you just leave the carpet out no we’re going to put the carpet in and you’re immediately going to have to tear it out and put the floor down that’s the process that’s the spec home and a lot of Builders will hold you to that yes it it’s kind of it doesn’t seem to make sense but the reason why it does is because you’re not costing them money you’re not costing them time they’re able and in in exchange for that they they kind of give you a barn yeah you do you get more of a loaded home I think yeah so when you’re considering a spec home the the pluses are you know not a lot of problem or decision makings that you have to make it’s made for you um so if you like the product and you like what they have it’s like this is awesome great maybe some things may not be your cup of tea maybe they’ll work with you a little bit but you should know you’re probably going have to get exactly what they offer you because that is what a home is get out of their way let them finish the home and then make whatever changes after your closes that’s right that’s our advice to you and bu but you can get something really beautiful with really beautiful one of the things we wanted to clarify is that in a lot of people’s mind a speck home is stripped no usually it’s the opposite usually the speck homes are dulled up yeah they add some kind models us up yeah to entice you yeah all right so that is our tidbit on Speck hom so if you’re thinking about it know that you know you pretty much have to go with the product they have selected unless you get before they’ve even poured a slab then maybe you might have some different colors to pick from you know but most of the time it’s like here’s your four colors that’s it what do you want that’s right so keep that in mind because you don’t want to be disappointed will try really hard to make everybody happy the buyers and the we want everybody happy and enjoy their new home so just go with the process and try not to fight it too much it’ll you know help you with a a better stress level definitely yeah definitely so anyway that’s our Spiel on Speck homes they can be amazing you can get a lot of stuff uh for a great price yep and uh it takes out like I said a lot of the decision making and pulling your out so it’s kind of nice yep all right so that’s our deal oncc Speck homes specom that’s our tip of the day that’s our tip of the day if you’re into tips the place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain inform yep all those things overwhelm all of it all right Kajol Kajol that’s a good word that’s a I don’t even know what that means I like that word convinc yeah alred alred Alfred all right friends we hope to hear from you soon and H make sure you visit Prescot we’d love to see you absolutely bye bye
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The State of Chicken
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Being from The South (TM), good chicken – be it fingers, fried, or atop a waffle – is crucial. Check out today’s video to find out what’s hot, what’s not, and which chicks we are eagerly awaiting here in Prescott.
Video Transcript hello hello hello hello peeps I’m just chuckling at this latest topic that Mr bro has decided we’re g to talk about uh this man comes up with crazy ideas uh today this is Diana Randall bro by Rand bro Prescot Arizona we’re real estate agents talking about real estate and life here in Prescot Arizona that’s right we’re your friendly husband and wife team yes so today we have a very important topic to discuss the state of chicken state of chicken state of chicken chickens and we’re very excited here going on chicken some folks who come here to Prescot and they think it’s little cowboy town we don’t have a whole lot here to offer yeah well that was well it was true when we first moved here so we moved from uh the Texas area Texas people love chicken fingers they’re into chicken fingers some of the best chicken fingers you’ll get are going to be in Houston God I was just looking for chicken fingers we get to preset the only chicken that was available was Kentucky Fried chicken Y which which is good I like I like Kentucky you know you can you can make it work yeah and then uh or you could get chicken fingers from fries the fries grocery store which is your you like those actually I thought that their chicken fingers were the best in town at that time at that time it’s grocery store chicken I mean it was nothing to shout shout about but they were good you get a good sauce or whatever but now the world has gotten much better so since we’ve been here we did a video on it yep we got a Popeye’s now we have two popey yes now we have two Popeyes one in Prescot Valley and one in Prescot now being from New Orleans she and I both remember you know the spicy spicy delicious wheny the cartoon popey used to be in the commercials popey spicy delicious chicken yeah yeah so honestly the thing about Popeye’s Chicken is it’s not about the chicken I’m just going to be honest it’s not about the chicken it’s really about the sides red beans and rice cage and rice which is not available here I know uh onion rings not available here chicken levers not available here yeah yeah a lot of the really good sides now the biscuits are delicious always will be the french fries are good french fries are very good green pretty good the crust the crust of the chicken is pretty good yeah but uh can’t go wrong yeah some sides missing so we were a little disappointed but we still hit Popeyes up from time to time the chicken fingers are okay but then we got uh Yummy Cookies cockies oh yeah cockies we talked about cockies earlier so we talked about cockies good stuff good stuff now cockies has been I might want to get that today let’s get that today yeah that’s what I’m saying let’s get that for Lun we’re on we’re on for cockies yeah so here’s the here’s the cockies arc so cocky first came out and it was wonderful we were I was anxious you know cocky chicken I was like oh my God I can’t wait for this place to open they opened up in what was a Burger King probably the worst Burger King I’ve ever been that wasy bad so that was definitely a step in the right direction we go there the chicken fingers are intense yep they also have really wonderful southern fried catfish yep just really excited about all those things yeah Mexican Corn’s really good we told a whole bunch of people about cockies and then they went and then they changed the recipe yeah so all our friends were mad at us I don’t know what they were going through or whatever long story short they’re back they’re back they are back so we call this cocky Redux and uh we can we can definitely recommend cockies again they’re backed in fighting form yep fighting cockies got it so cockies is good good stuff uh new place just open Chicken and Waffles chicken and waffles so we’ll talk briefly about chicken and waffles good stuff good chicken not so much on the waffles well it just depends you know they’re they’re working at some Kings but still pretty good uh we need to go back and revisit revisit but there’s certainly an alternative lots of people Square by them yeah I’m not a big chicken and waffles guy I just like the chicken waffles is kind of weird and to me the waffles weren’t anything to speak of but I they’ve got some really good chicken fingers I had like an Indian dish like the kind of Curry like uh which was really good but just their basic uh chicken fingers very very good so uh but we’re also we’re excited super excited super excited because out in PV we are getting a Raising Canes Raising Canes which is fast food I started in Louisiana born in Baton Rouge Louisiana y our kids used to hit us up for raising can ra yeah they’re down in Phoenix we have we’ve had some of it there but they are excellent yep so the state of chicken state of chicken in the city of we got it people we can offer all kinds we got the chicken we got the chicken yeah so anyway we’re just excited we get into that you know let’s go let’s go hit that for a good lunch or something yeah so we just wanted to share with you some Local Chicken Places of the local chicken places that you perhaps could enjoy as well absolutely all right so if you I’m getting kind of hungry but uh if you want to bite grab one of these places one of we also have Chick-fil-A don’t forget oh yeah Chick-fil-A the infamous Chick-fil-A my also second you know one of my other favorites can’t go wrong there either yeah you never go wrong never chuit the chicken biscuits chicken biscuits we call it a chuit that’s your tip for today if you’re into tips the place to go is pick 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound educate entertain um plagiarize no won’t plagi it’ll be good stuff it’ll do all those things and it’s absolutely free that’s right everything’s free so we hope to hear from you soon give us a call we’d love to show you where some of these chicken places are yep not a problem all right have a wonderful day thank you for listening bye bye