Category: Finding Your Home

hello hello hello folks peeps bour oh so
French this is Dian Randall bro coming
to you live from Prescot Arizona here to
talk to you about the most important
thing selecting an agent when you’re
traveling in from out of town yes so
this is the buyer side talking about
what buyers need to do in order to Def
find agents more in the news people
would use Buyer Agents without giving it
much thought uh now with the lawsuits
and everything people are starting to
think a little bit more about it and how
they should go about selecting their
agents it’s very important make sure you
have a good report with your agent we
act as a lawyer we act as a negotiator
we act as Bankers setting you up with
lenders Bridge loans Etc we act as
therapist we act as oh let me get your
house clean for you General Contractors
we wear many different hats we’re not
just opening a door and saying you like
it sign this one page no it’s a very
complicated thorough process yes and you
need to have somebody who you trust who
you have a good relationship with who
can help through help you through one of
the most difficult times ever this is a
very important financial decision you’re
making yes so you you need to have some
solid people backing you up and who will
fight for you and help you every step of
the way yeah two Dimensions yeah two
Dimensions really on that there’s the
there’s the hard side and the soft side
so on the soft side you know you’re
going to be going through a very
stressful time yep uh we know you’re not
going to be at your best because you’re
under a lot of stress and everything you
need someone who you can trust who you
feel comfortable with who you like kind
of have fun with you feel comfortable
with you need that on the hard side you
need someone who’s competent you need
someone who knows the numbers who can
tell you if a home is overpriced or
underpriced who can tell you all the
raro associated with this loan or that
loan the the Contracting process
negotiation Dynamics it’s there’s a lot
uh so make sure you get someone not just
someone that you like but someone that
you’re confident can actually do the job
well for you because you’re spending a
lot of money on a home you you want to
make sure you do it right 100%
absolutely so it’s all about building
the relationship between us and you yeah
and you’ve got to have a high level of
Competency a high level of confidence um
in the people you’re working with that
they will have your best interest at
heart and they’re going to help you
every step of the way which we 100% do
uh we’ve had many sleepless nights on a
lot of deals y um we get you through it
without burdening you with what’s
happening we try to problem solve behind
so you don’t have a complete nervous
breakdown let us have the nervous
breakdown for you which we do that’s
what we’re here for so when we get
together recently we had a lovely person
a lovely cou coup we got together they
hopped in the car and we asked them to
sign our our exclusive employment
agreement which will be whether you like
it or not you will have to sign July 1
that’s the new law so those contracts
have been around a while we’ve been
using them for a while now yes what is
new is that they are becoming mandatory
it will be mandatory you will not be
able to go into a house with an agent
without an agent unless you’ve signed uh
an employment agreement and all it does
is go over our compensation all of that
is negotiable it will be negotiable we
can figure that out who’s going to pay
what it’s don’t worry it’s not going to
be you know we’ll we’ll make it we do
get paid for doing this if you have a
problem with that then it probably won’t
work out but you know the Secret’s out
of the bag we are getting paid to do
this if you’re okay with that then
chances are you won’t have problem so
when you come so we had somebody come in
lovely couple that got in they’re like
well we’re not signing that employment
agreement agreement
because um we’re gonna try out another
agent tomorrow okay so let me be clear
on this we had a whole day scheduled
like she had uh she had to call up all
the in schedule all the homes we looked
at eight different homes we were in the
car like four hours more than that yeah
and uh and then in the end well we’re
going to do the same thing with another
agent tomorrow not great not cool not
cool you don’t do that you know it’s not
very ethical you should you just kind of
wasted our time either we’re going to
have a relationship or we’re not either
we’re going to go steady or we’re not um
it’s not a dat the tour you decide you
don’t like us that’s a different totally
but don’t come in town having scheduled
you know buyer tours with more than one
agent that’s just and we’ve had a couple
people they’ll they’ll work with four
different agents it it’s and nobody
knows nobody even knows they don’t tell
anybody that’s not coetic not ethical
and it’s not ethical to sign an
agreement and then say oh well I think I
found something else with another agent
that can give me a better deal so I’m
going to cancel with you no we spent a
lot of time and effort so please keep
that in mind and just be happy with your
decision we promise you won’t go wrong
if you work with us yeah we will be
there with you to the very end recently
Randall was over there bringing our
Dolly and helping a another client
unload his truck yeah yeah so uh we are
a full service full service we give you
our all 100% so you want to make sure
you’re working with someone who’s going
to do that absolutely you know be be
fair be fair just be fair yeah like I
say you wouldn’t go to the doctor and he
gives you an opinion and then you’d say
you know what I’m going to go try
another doctor but I’m not going to pay
you I appreciate your time I appreciate
your education and all your expertise
but I’m going to go try somebody else
and then I’ll let you know if I’m going
to pay you we just don’t it’s not cool
because we are we really deliver our all
to you so please keep that in mind yeah
if you wanted to do an interview yeah if
you want to interview a few agents you
know over coffee for an hour or
something but don’t take us yeah that’s
fine don’t take us out six hours and
then and then tell you oh by the way
we’re going to try some I I’m working
with you yeah you um not cool so again
if we have this contract and you get
wigged out by and you’re all nervous
about it don’t sweat it um if something
terrible happens and we really don’t get
along and it’s all falling apart uh
we’re happy to get a divorce or an
annulment you know it’s not like we’re
going to hold your feet to the fire
because if we get to that point chances
are we don’t want to work with you
anymore either to be honest you know
what I mean so try to keep in mind and
be kind to us agents out there most of
us work super super hard for you we want
to bring our best to you and you want
those people would be successful
absolutely so so good tip good tip just
be careful when you’re selecting uh do
your research on Google first don’t
don’t take us all out on a date nobody
likes that
yeah if you like tips the place to go is
our free information site pickle 411.com
there is something there if you are a
buyer seller somewhere in between
that will Amaze Astound inform entertain
and demolish I I don’t that’s right and
it’s all free it’s all free and we’re
here for you and we want to deliver 100%
so uh don’t hurt my feelings yeah be
cool be cool and uh let us get you the
perfect home and in the perfect town of
Prescot we can’t wait to help you all
right take care thanks for listening bye
bye

hello 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