Finding Your Home – Page 6 – The "Prescott Pickle Lady"

Stupid Tax

A stupid tax is a tax you don’t have to pay if you’re smart enough to avoid it. Right now in real estate, across the country, people buying homes are pulling out their wallets to pay up – bidding up the price of homes well beyond what anyone thinks they’re really worth.

In this episode, we cover what we’re doing in the trenches to help our clients avoid paying the stupid tax.

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Stained Glass

Whether it’s those three little square windows over your master bed or a particular spot that gets too much sun during part of the day, if your home has any of those “weirdo windows” and you’re not sure what to do with them, we may have the perfect solution: stained glass.

Turn full sun exposure into an asset with a gorgeous custom creation from our good friend, a local glass artist… or re-purpose an antique window from one of the local shops.

Check out some beautiful examples in this week’s episode.

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Grinder Pumps

If your house goes over a cliff, you’ll probably need a grinder pump. A grinder pump takes what you don’t want and moves it up to a higher level, so you can get rid of it more easily.

Confused? Don’t be… For all the dirty details, check out this week’s episode.

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well you waited for me such such uh discipline i’m trying to i’m trying to be in the moment in the moment i’m trying to trying to let me have time to sit down i know i’m working on it i’m working on it good afternoon to all of our pickle picks pickle stirrers peepsters this is diana randall bro and uh we are here today to do another little community service uh kind of picking up on where we all left off last time yeah we wanted to talk to you about grinder pumps this is something totally new to us when we moved here uh we are from louisiana and texas they come with terrain and we’re from areas of the country that are very flat super flat so this was something totally new to us uh so back home for especially in louisiana we’re below sea level so we don’t have we don’t have a need for such things that we’re about to talk about what we’re going to talk to you about and educate you about is something called grinder problems you will find them throughout prescott and all kinds of homes particularly in homes built out on stem walls yeah so we have a video on stemwall construction in the wine down so you can search for that on the website but very briefly a stemwall home is a type of construction specifically for homes that kind of hang over a cliff so the upstairs is the where the where you live and then you have space underneath which is where the where the cliff is the stem wall is the support structure that kind of keeps the cantilevered part of the home up in the air so it will be built out and a lot of them are closed and finished in yeah it’s not a basement per se because you’ll have bathrooms embedded yeah it’s closed high ceilings and it’s completely finished out um but the main level that’s level to the street we’ll have city sewer lines connected to it or even septic i mean that’s where are you accepted yes where it is is on the top of the cliff right and so for those bathrooms that are below the cliff level that the street level that’s where the grinder pump that’s where a grinder pump comes in had never heard of it don’t know what it means i’ll tell you what it means it is a very important uh piece of machinery whatever pump in your home on the bottom level so when your bathroom’s downstairs we’ll go to the grinder pump the grinder pump pretty much grinds it up grinds it up sucks it up and then pumps it up to the street pumps it up to the street level uh sewage so it connects into the city so of course the city can’t dig all these pipes below to hook up downstairs so that’s where the grinder pump comes into play the grinder pump does that job um kind of like a bank teller yeah you know when you put your taylor kind of thing they tell you hit that button yeah this is a different kind of deposit yeah very different kind of deposit still a paperwork involved yeah yeah pretty much but that’s what the grinder problem does it gets it all together shoots it up with a vacuum and connects to the city sewer upstairs so if you if you’ve ever seen one you go downstairs you open up a closet somewhere where they’ll have a grinder but it’s like oh my god i don’t understand what is this that’s what it is imposing yes you have heights and everything right you usually you you will have it maintained once a year have somebody come check it out because believe me when something happens and it doesn’t work you know yeah you’ve got a load of trouble yeah you know trouble and it’s they’re expensive to repair so you want to try to maintain them always maintain them but they they will last forever a long long time yeah and occasionally you have to replace the float in there or whatever [Music] no pun intended yeah yeah but um there you go i’ll move this one along but um she’s getting bad anyway grinder pumps are important you will find them in many many homes all throughout prescott so terrain something when you are moving here and you see it don’t be like i have no idea what this is now you know yeah so but if you if you build a home in an area that’s flat then you probably won’t have one right and then the other thing is if you get a home warranty make sure your home warranty covers the grinder pump yes now it doesn’t always cover replacement yeah or yeah it covers some repairs yeah so just but a lot of them the the basic one it’s not included at all yeah that’s because the warranties are offered all over the country areas where they don’t exactly exactly so if you want yours covered make sure you read the fine print make sure you read the fine print you have to upgrade a little bit make sure it’s covered so more than you ever wanted to know about grinder pumps so that’s what we’re here for to teach you education behind the scenes dirty jobs equipment that go unglorified right and it’s the pickle lady it is behind the scenes yeah behind behind the scenes okay i’m sure that grinder parts get their due that’s right so that’s a little uh education there we just had some people we took out and they were asking us about grinder problems and we might you know what this is something different growing problems we need to give the info on that if you need more info yes 411.com that’s where all of our free information begins if you are a buyer seller somewhere in between information on grinder pumps toilets tushies uh remodeling restaurants you name it we are it is truly a wealth we cover it all from a plethora to z free information free information very useful stuff yeah it’s all things you should know yeah okay it’s been a pleasure seeing you today and i hope you take something away from this don’t flush it away all right friends until next time bye

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Toilets and Tushies

The latest rage in home decor is sure to take some of your most private moments up to a whole new level, plus a new game-changing technology that is just a blast… right where you need it most.

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Solar Compass

Identifying where the sun rises and sets isn’t just for constructing megalithic structures in bronze age agricultural societies any more.

Sun exposure can greatly impact the living experience you have in your home and its value in the marketplace. Is there a precise way to track the sun’s path in the sky across the seasons of the year?

Well, ask a nerdy question, get a nerdy answer in this week’s episode. (Always be careful what you ask for.)

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Bypass Prescott’s Switchbacks

If you’re driving in to Prescott from I-10, your GPS will likely take you through some annoying switchbacks that run between Yarnell and Prescott. Unless you’re into motion sickness, you might want to bypass them. Here’s how to do that.

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Video Previews

If you see something you like, but would like to get a closer look without coming in town yourself, we’d be glad to preview it for you and video our walk-through. Just let us know. Click here for Our Contact Page

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Home Searches

When people start to get serious about finding a new home, generally the first place they look is online. This section offers links to customized home searches and tricks and tips to be more successful in finding what you want…

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Capital Canyon Club

Capital Canyon Club (Hassayampa)
Here is some club membership information…

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Membership to the Club is not mandatory for residence of Hassayampa, and memberships are available to people living outside of the community.

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Stoneridge

Golf course is open to the public and also has memberships…

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Prescott Lakes

Check out our webpage devoted to Prescott Lakes: PrescottLakesAZ.com

By far the largest subdivision in Prescott, home-owners pay approximately $140 per month per household for membership at the club – which includes access the athletic facilities and related activities, clubhouse / restaurant, social events, and one round of golf per month.

In addition, there is a quarterly HOA assessment for maintenance ranging from about $50 to $250, depending on which neighborhood your are in (there are 12).

Additional rounds of golf require golf membership. These are available to non-residents. Social memberships are also available to non-residents.

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Home Tour Calendar

There is no substitute for getting your feet on the ground and checking out potential homes up close and personal.

Get On the Calendar Now
ALWAYS plan your home tours in advance! You can set up an appointment for a home tour on the Pickle Lady’s Calendar any time…
Click Here to Set a Home Tour Appointment

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Vehicle Challenges

The earth is not flat, especially in Prescott – which can sometimes have implications for your vehicle… and your driveway. Some hard-won words of wisdom in this episode.

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Up & Coming

Exciting things are happening fast in the downtown section of Prescott. In this episode, we take a look and what’s going on and discuss what it will mean to the city’s future.

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Port O Progress

They might not be pretty, but they are a sign of good things to come… and can really come in handy in a pinch.

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Talking Rock

Talking Rock is one of the most popular high-end subdivisions of Prescott, and in this episode we get some inside peeks at one of our listings out there.

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Zillow is Wrong

If you are really serious about buying or selling a home, it’s time to move beyond using Zillow and similar syndicated real estate websites. In the episode, the Pickle Lady explains why… and what you should use instead.

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Many Faces of Prescott

People have different notions of what Prescott is like largely because it is a lot of things. Depending on where you are in the city, the ground around you can be very different.

In this episode, we take the Pickle Van on a magical mystery tour of the many different types of terrain Prescott has to offer.

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hello hello hello pickle peeps hey peeps this is diane bro with my better half sometimes better half randall bro correct rumbling we’re in the van again we’re trying uh a dash cam still got some grumbling going on on the road so we thought that would be kind of cool in the pickle van driving around keep it keep it uh keep it jumping keep it jumping spicy that’s kind of spicy yeah because yeah we’ve been in uh we’ve been in lockdown for a while yeah exciting so today we’re going to talk about the many terrains of prescott yes so we have people that come in and they have preconceived notions of what prescott is and very different preconceived notions and the answer is we’re all those things we are we have many different types of terrain uh you can drive within five minutes and be in something that looks entirely different than where we just were so if you are a tree person or a forest person we got an area we got it yeah that’s kind of what i thought of about prescott i guess people described it as a mountain town well a mountaintop town to me is a place that’s well mountainous and has like lots of pine trees like pine tree forests yes and we absolutely have that we do yeah and so what’s nice is those particular areas are a little bit higher elevation uh but they are surrounded by pine trees some areas are also bordered by the state national forest it’s lovely it’s beautiful it’s going to be a little you’ll get a little more cooler weather up there you get a little more snow than the winter season you know that’s negligible but what’s beautiful about the tree the trees and the forested sections i mean you really feel like you’re in a tree house yeah some of these homes are built off the side of a mountain and all you hear is the swaying and the wind in the pine trees yeah it’s gorgeous it’s gorgeous it’s it’s just beautiful very peaceful very nice so if that is where your heart is we have that we have that section to take that and then that most of the areas in town that have lots and lots of pine trees are the southwest section of town yes if you go a little further north uh we’ll show you scenes from uh the haciampa area which is uh is kind of like our our next terrain the trees tend to thin out a little bit but still lots of terrain lots of drought that has and boulders yeah trees and boulders trees and boulders which is a really cool combo kind of my favorite combo really yeah um you’ll have the boulders plus you’ll still have the beauty and the greenness of the trees yes um and a little bit mountainous yes so that’s cool yeah and some people do not want any terrain they don’t want any hills they don’t want they want it flat yeah you know and so a good area for that but they still want trees is williamson valley williamson valley so lots of uh lots of flatter land still get a fair amount of rock um you know you can have some rock formations most of the homes can be done on a single level because there’s more flat land right um you’re not looking through trees so if you’re an area with lots of trees well your view is going to be trees sometimes you can’t see past the trees to see what’s beyond uh they have granite mountain in the distance yeah and out in the williamson valley area flatlands but lots of juniper uh scrub brush it’s kind of looks like an old western town it’s kind of a western like you’re just waiting for those tumbleweeds to come come through so totally different section totally different feel and one section that’s really popular it’s kind of in between a little bit more terrain than williamson valley but not a lot of trees is sort of midtown around the uh the area prescott lakes uh there is uh there are some homes that are built like on the edge of a cliff you know the the stemwall construction uh which is nice but there is some flat land some singles and again you have views of the dells willow lake watson lake um so that’s a little more of a planned subdivision so it’s beautifully landscaped so you see lots of green um but you will see some great distant views of granite mountain thumb butte uh and the dells and the dells which is our last area we wanted to talk about which is not unique to prescott but pretty close there are only a few areas in the world who have these kinds of uh rock formations and we are one of them and they are just stunning i love it it’s uh very similar kind of similar to the rocks in sedona but these are we call the fred flintstone for you people of our generation you’ll know what we’re talking about fred flintstone rocks and it’s right here in the heart of prescott lots of kayaking around there lots of hiking in there um it’s beautiful very very peaceful so some people like to live around those dells and see those rocks and the rocks and it is super cool um so prescott has it all so whatever your preconceived notions some preconceived notions we don’t have some people think that prescott is a desert town no we are not we are not a desert town we have four seasons here folks four beautiful seasons yep none are extreme okay we are not desert this is not phoenix this is not uh yeah you know scottsdale yeah this is very moderate you know temperatures yeah we’re not like flagstaff we’re not high enough to really get snowbound we don’t have elk here no uh we have a fickle lady you know she’s pretty wild yeah yeah i can be after a couple martinis absolutely it’s pets absolutely but anyways so when you come to prescott be open we will take you to all sections especially for your first visit and then you can decide oh i love the rocks oh i know i’ve got to be in trees end of sentence yeah then we can really hone in on the search and just go to those sections and be open to the possibility that you might change your mind we did i thought i wanted to live in the pine trees absolutely and we ended up buying uh in the prescott lakes area that’s right uh which is more kind of a happy happy medium that i think we love it so check it all out you gotta check it out keep yourself open to all possibilities you cannot go wrong here everything here is beautiful and delightful absolutely just different flavors of beauty is that your philosophy difference philosophical flavors flavors of beauty he’s right about that though yeah if you need information the place to look for that is pickle411.com whether you’re a potential buyer or seller uh just go ahead and hit there it’ll send you on your way you’ll find all kinds of free and informative stuff we’re all here together to help you guys yep happy relocation center for our buyers and lots of everything in between so super cool all right guys this concludes today’s tour of the terrain enjoy our little video that will come in and you’ll get to see for yourself exactly what we were just talking about all right have a great day bye

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Let Us Show You Houses

When people are just starting to consider moving to Prescott, they aren’t ready to buy… and often that means they are hesitant to reach out to an agent because they don’t want to “waste their time.” The Pickle Lady’s position is that any agent that thinks taking undecided potential buyers out around town is a waste of time is not an agent that is worthy of the title. See the sparks fly as Ol’ Pickles takes a hard stand on this controversial issue.

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Virtual Revolution

The pandemic has given rise to a new way of doing real estate – a virtual revolution; and, as always, the Pickle Lady is at the front of the charge. In this episode we explore the what, the why, and the how of real estate’s latest innovations.

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hello hello hello hey beeps what’s up big daddy not a whole lot’s up is enjoying a beautiful day coming out of quarantine spring springs it’s about this flower she’s trying to make me sneeze get me in trouble downtown no rona here no rona i mean between us yeah we’ve got uh as of today mid mid april uh yavapai has yeah 65 cases of corona no death so far so we’ve been very lightly hit and think about it has been stuck on 65 for over a week i think people are very conscientious here about um very strong doing their social distancing and all that stuff so that’s good so while we have been on lockdown yep uh we were very proactive me and randall by the way did we introduce ourselves yeah this is diana randall’s [Music] there’s so many cute little dogs here coming through very nice very nice but anyway we wanted to talk about the virtual revolution virtual revolution correct yeah which we have the pickle lady brigade has just jumped on 100 100 as soon as this broke and we saw where we were headed yeah uh mr bro here who’s the big uh techie got the team together and he’s like okay we got to jump on this we got to you know all of our listings we have to virtually tour we have to have virtual open houses um because this is not going to be this is not going away yeah it’s not going away but virtual technology has been around for decades uh yes really i mean back to the 80s they had virtual technology correct now for the first time people are really adopting it you have to in their lives their businesses families are using virtual technology to to conference in together and we’ve we have a a lot of our buyers are out of town so we’ve been doing a lot of video showings and stuff like that uh so this was nothing new to us yes uh but we’ve uh some new formats our virtual open house virtual open houses pick a lady walking through the house yeah it would be just as if we held our open house yeah um i talked to you just the way i do when you actually come and we’re physically present together i go through i try to open up cabinets i try to open a closet so you can really get the idea yeah we don’t want to just have still photos i actually walk the house and we talk about the features of the house yeah just as i would if you were here yeah uh face-to-face we’ve talked about how sometimes with still photos uh photographers can work magic oh yeah and make homes that look beautiful in the stills yeah they don’t look that good when you’re walking them uh very hard to fake yes a walk-through video a open house video because you’re seeing it as you’re walking through you know it’s not about finding the exact angle that makes everything look good yes so we’re very proud of that we immediately got all of our our listings filmed we have our website yep uh that you can go look at press a button it’s as simple as that press a button and tour yeah uh our our listings and see it up close and personal yeah if you want to take a look at our open houses uh we would love you to do that check out uh pickle411.com always the link to use and you’ll see links there uh eventually for virtue open which is our uh virtual open site virtuopatch yeah virtuopath it’s really cool it’s as simple as pressing a button yeah press the button you’re at the open house it’s a beautiful thing so good job for you randall bro he’s worked really hard once you’ve done it virtually why would you you know get dressed and get in your car and drive over it’s kind of cool it’s kinda it’s really cool it’s really true it’s really the nature of business yeah absolutely we’re starting the pickle brigade starting to do our virtual meetings and that’s right zoom zoom zoom zoom zoom google hangout and google hang yeah we got it all we’re having a lot of fun also happy to video any homes if you see one you’re like hey could you go preview that for me hey absolutely i’m always willing to do that uh we do measurement measurement videos right will my piano fit in that space we’ll we’ll answer that question where are your people yeah absolutely we’re your peeps more virtual stuff coming too i think we’re going to start doing some live events maybe some webinars yes we’re doubling down we’re embracing embracing the virtual revolution it’s all about adaption people that’s it you gotta adapt you have to adapt survival of the fittest and grow where you bloom no bloom where you’re planted i knew it would come to me eventually yeah bloom where you’re playing planet we’re blooming where we planted yeah we’re trying we are we’re really we’re really trying to if you like our video subscribe you’ll see the green buttons use them please we would uh love to have you join us every week for our latest wine games and uh any of our free information you can always find at pickle411.com all of our info is on there join us subscribe subscribe bye people have a good day

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