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With video cameras in every direction, nothing is private any more… including your preview of many of the homes for sale. In this episode, the Pickle Lady reveals the real estate implications of in-home surveillance and how best to protect yourself as a potential home buyer.
hello what’s happening a lot here at the gazebo they still have the christmas decorations up so the nice little spot for us exactly this is diane and randall bro your local realtors here happy to be here today and it’s a good spot to be here at the gazebo because you know what they have here randall bro what are they at surveillance yeah that’s right we’re uh we’re being yeah well of course i’m videoing you are videoing but do you think there’s someone else who’s videoing i don’t know i think that they probably have some cameras in it i’m sure in the square as everywhere in the world nowadays they are very careful now there’s cameras everywhere yeah absolutely so that’s something we kind of wanted to talk about today absolutely um especially as we have new clients coming in as the new year starts and we’re going to look at houses and and you would be surprised how many houses have hidden videos hidden videos recording devices yes yes and what we wanted to address was why it’s very important when we go in to look not only not to make derogatory comments which sometimes it’s kind of hard not hard not to but we want to kind of coach everybody when you’re coming in and we go to look at these houses keep your opinions to yourself um uh sellers are very very sensitive yeah and a lot of them are emotionally attached to their homes yes so they don’t want to hear anything and they’re watching everybody and everything that’s going on it just has to be just to be uh clear here if you are a buyer and you go into a house and you say something derogatory they can’t do anything about that they can capture you on film and you can say oh you know the that looks cheap or you could say whatever you want as realtors we kind of have to be careful because you know we’re not supposed to say derogatory tournament exactly and there’s a code of ethics there’s a code of methods we are very respectful of that you know but that being said if you are looking at a house and we feel there’s something like if there’s a crack in the ceiling for example uh we might point that out to you because we’re trying to look after your best interest but it’s important to be so you know be respectful we may discuss some things privately when we get back in the car but the other thing you want to be super aware of is not only like lets everybody be respectful of uh of the their home and and you know let’s kind of keep it a little low key on your opinions yeah the most important thing is if they are recording and watching everything um don’t discuss i absolutely love this house i’ll pay any price pay any price i’ll do whatever i can’t believe yeah i have to have this yeah well you’ve just blown it yeah you will have to you want to pay a lot of money exactly that’s the biggest thing so that’s the biggest thing is not only let’s not be negative because that’s also my new year’s resolution i want to be positive let’s be positive yeah we may see some some homes we’re not so crazy about we may see some we love but let’s all be respectful nice about it yeah and most importantly don’t tip your hands no no don’t tip your hand if you find the right one we don’t want those sellers to be like oh yeah we got this in the bag we’re not going to give them anything they want so keep that in mind too yeah we can get all excited when we get back in the car yeah which we do a lot yes you get back in the car we’re like yes we found it you found the one this is it let’s go write the counter you know let’s go write the opera yeah so anyway keep those two things in mind yeah let’s just be kind and gentler yeah in this new now officially they are supposed to divulge if you are being filmed oh yes uh and some some people are very clear about it they you know they’ll have a sign posted but some people like if they put it in mls in the mls listing they have divulged it yeah uh so there are ways of getting around that so you just got to be very very careful yeah you are supposed to be up front if you’re filming they are supposed to they don’t necessarily have to be yeah so uh you know you need to be really careful just something you know it’s uh my cautionary tale question everything pretty much assume that you are being filmed pretty much at all times pretty much at all times pretty much just run with that yeah just run with that person into your life that way correct i mean as we know it’s everywhere yeah every street corner every street light every restaurant every i mean i know i watch enough law in order to know yeah we know these things they’ll track you down you don’t get the footage anyway i guess it’s a cautionary tale in life in general just behave yourself wherever you are yeah somebody’s watching you you can’t end up on an iphone somewhere yeah all right so that’s all for today but i wanted to give you that little tip so that when we uh find your dream home here in prescott you don’t screw up the deal by acting over over enthusiastic keep your cards close to your chest close to your chest all right give us a call if you’re heading out to prescott soon we’d love to show you some great homes you can reach me at 713-302-1964 or where else mr bro mr bros says you can find us at prescottpicklelady.com that’s our online presence lots of great information there about prescott and the kind of homes that are available and life here in general uh if you are if you’re a property owner if you own a home here in prescott and would like to have us help you sell it you can check us out at we sellpresskit.com lots of good information there too so that is all for today anything else you’d like to add i just said that you you’re going to get kind of close i’m chasing you with the camera yeah she keeps leaving me i don’t want to be in the shot all the time it’s okay if you leave me i just don’t want it on camera there’s another example there’s another cautionary tale a breakup a breakup caught on on on video on video not today though we’re too tired we’re too tired to break up all right everybody that’s it have a wonderful day on that bit of nonsense yeah have a wonderful day and we hope to hear from you soon absolutely take care bye
Concerned about radon? In this episode, the Pickle Lady gives you the low-down on what is, what causes it, where you will find it, and what you should do about it. Plus, we feature a stunning Prescott neighborhood nestled in the awe-inspiring rock formations known as the dells.
hello hello hello hey peace this is diane bro with my better half randall bro i don’t know if i’m better i’m just here well that’s true yeah he’s trying yes he’s a work in progress absolutely as we all are here in the canyon yes in prescott this is my all-time favorite neighborhood i adore it if i could i would be here in a heartbeat yeah absolutely uh it’s stunning so we have a very nice friend here phil who agreed to let us come film in his backyard so you can see what it’s like to live here yeah uh it’s just kind of get a little yeah a little view what’s going on here there you go just absolutely beautiful this is backyard but what we love about this is as you know i love the rocks the rocks are my thing uh this is actually actually in this home is built into the dells yes and the dells are a natural rock formation that can only be found in prescott wisconsin and germany that’s right and they are stunning and we don’t know how they form we don’t know how some special i mean other people know we don’t know we don’t know we’re not geologists yeah some yeah no we don’t know i’m not i am into the crystals and all that i do like that i wear my crystals a very very peculiar and bizarre uh process that created the special rock formations referred to as the as the delta but if you are lucky enough to build a home in here and live in here um we have a lot of questions people are like you know you’re surrounded by all this granite and rocks what about the radon radon yeah yeah radon radon is uh it’s a it forms naturally out of the rocks it’s like something to do with radioactivity and uh and all that kind of stuff it’s uh it’s only trace uh trace amounts so like if you don’t hear a whole lot about people hiking in the dells overcome by radon because it’s trace elements so you uh the the problem comes when you have a home that sort of captures the radon and holds it inside for very long periods of time because it’s a clear it it’s kind of a clear gas but here’s the thing it’s not a problem yeah at all uh yeah the very high tech uh eradication systems that they have for radon essentially it’s a fan you know you you you have built in so if you have a custom home and you are surrounded by rocks like this which some people have there’s a way to mitigate that problem yeah and you have a whole uh essentially you just need to circulate it so they’re gonna release it here yeah so they’ll put a pan on it which you need to be aware if you just put granite on your kitchen countertops guess what yeah there’s a radon coming radon comes off of that countertop it’s a natural thing that’s a natural in the environment what you want to have is not have it build up in your home yes but once you address that you mitigate it yes it’s a non-issue yeah so if you have a home that’s built into into the dells um it’s a good idea to have you know monitoring equipment to make sure that the concentrations aren’t building up correct and like i said your mitigation system is essentially a small fan that just kind of circulates the air around and keeps them keeps them low so it’s perfectly perfectly safe to build a home where you have that situation but most most places here in prescott do not um and that’s what i wanted to talk about too this is an unusual and exceptional case you know to be surrounded by these rocks it’s just it’s just stunning it’s a great place to be but not all neighborhoods are built in the dells here in brisket so there are a lot of other neighborhoods that the dells will be five miles away two miles away three miles away and people will say i need to have radon testing yeah you can you can you can you certainly can but but it’s not necessary if you live in a neighborhood like prescott lakes yeah you’re not going to have a radon issue yeah yeah you’re perfectly fine even though zillow will tell you that oh there’s been radon within a mile of this home within five miles of this home you know um not a big deal it’s not although we do have testing if you are still going to be testing yeah we could do we can arrange that testing runs about 125 and they set up the equipment and then you get your reading that says you’re perfectly fine yeah what they’ll do is they’ll put the they’ll put the monitoring equipment in place and generally they’ll seal the home basically don’t let anybody in and out for a few days and they’ll collect it that way so that’s pretty much what the testing is so we wanted to let you know if you’re in the heart of the of the rocks yeah that’s something you might want to consider you need to mitigate that easily done yeah then you can enjoy the beauty there’s a reason why the rocks give off energy people yeah they do have energy and they’re great that’s right it’s a good good god if you don’t live directly in the dells or you’re you know a mile or two away you’re going to be okay yeah but again if you wanted to don’t worry about what zillow says about radon yes don’t get i think zillow is a native american word that means mistaken i think zillow originally means mistake zillow yeah zillow a lot of things wrong on zillow that’s a whole nother pet peeve yeah i could be here all day talking about zombies zillow is just an estimation zillow is not fact always remember that they just kind of gather a few little things and spit it back out at you but you need to go by your local real estate agents yeah what’s going on in the market and what’s legit yeah absolutely yes so anyway here we are in the beautiful dells here of the canyons and we’re sitting at this cool hot tub but we’re not going to get in the hot tub yeah that way that wouldn’t be a good yeah that probably would be very professional but we thank you for joining us and where can they find you oh yes you can find me at diane at prescottpicklelady.com or at 713-302-1964 it’s the pickle lady hotline you can also find us online at prescottpickley.com lots of good information there stuff on radon and all kinds of fun things oh we sell prescott.com for you people are looking to sell property here in prescott would be glad to help you with that too all right come enjoy the rocks thanks you’ll love it bye guys have a great day bye
Prescott is destined to be a big renovation town, and right now this movement is starting to kick into gear. The Pickle Lady explains how buyers and sellers might want to consider this option and how to minimize risk and hassle associated with it.
hey guys hey peeps how’s it going today i think it’s going pretty well what about you good yeah very good this is the pickle lady my name is randy yeah i can introduce myself you don’t have to introduce me every time i feel like i should but that’s okay i like to demonstrate that i can do it from time to time we got a little uh construction noise behind us we are discussing renovations here in preston aaron prescott because like behind us they’re starting to renovate this old home this is a really cool area in prescott um and it’s the original prescott township yep yep and they’ve got some pretty cool homes here yeah so you kind of pan around a home next door here these are the old classic homes uh a lot of them are 100 years old and more historic register and all that and oddly enough some of them are a bit out of date and worn out so they need to be renovated so some people are snatching them up and restoring them to their former glory a little bit what we wanted to talk about was there are a lot of homes that are maybe built in the 80s and 90s that were great then um what we’re starting to see is this is a good time to buy those yeah and gut them and get them up to date and get some great buys some great buys that way yeah the the price points here in prescott are just now kind of getting to the point where you have enough room to do that you know you’ve got a home that’s uh you buy it for let’s say 600 000 there’s room to put in you know 100 200 000 and you still haven’t priced yourself right out of the market because homes in the neighborhood sell for seven so a lot of a lot of sections like the ranch and haciampa you can get a home maybe that was built in the 90s he’s our little he’s our buddy he’s our fan you can get in those areas for much cheaper prices and renovate and then still took quite a bit of appreciation yeah come out ahead of the what’s happening game getting a little landlocked uh prescott valley of course no yeah yeah a lot more land out that way but but prescott not so much there’s a lot of the uh the best locations already taken they already have homes there right and so renovation is uh kind of part of the game and some of the some of some homes have stunning gorgeous views the lots are already taken the homes were built maybe in the 80s and 90s and but you can’t beat those views right nor can you find those lots available hardly to bot to build yep so think about that think about buying one of these older homes and just gutting it and starting over it but you will be capturing an amazing view yes yeah the other thing about renovation particularly if you’re out of town is obviously you’re taking on a kind of a project management thing you gotta oversee the whole process and uh just to let you know we can help you with that and find you contractors to do that kind of thing um also too as a did your voice just yeah i’m going through the change i think uh also cold weather okay all right get it together also too you can also get some loans with uh construction yeah construction loans the renovations built included in your mortgage yeah it’s all one-stop shopping yes and you don’t want a dilly dally you want to plan the thing well uh there’s new technology now where you can do the renovation virtually to make sure you know exactly what you want what kind of finishes and everything else you can get uh very precise quotes to make sure you know exactly how much everything’s going to cost and and we can help you with that process if that’s something you’re interested in doing or if you are a seller and your home needs renovation we can help you market that and demonstrate to buyers different options for how they might go about remodeling your house and what it’ll look like afterwards without you spending any money uh uh betting that someone’s gonna like the finishes that you picked up i just think it’s super cool now that they actually have [Music] someone has a big truck trying to prove something through something but anyway what i think is really cool and i wish you know some of these products were not available just then but when we were buying right now they are yeah you can get a great renovation mortgage wrapped all up in one so you know because at first you’re like how will i find a hundred thousand dollars you know you can have it all wrapped up in one product yeah and make all the changes necessary that you need for your new dream house yep your new old dream house that’s right right that’s right so keep that in mind if you are looking at some of these houses and like oh geez i don’t know if i want to do all that maybe you do because you might capture some stunning views a great location um that kind of might not be available anymore lot wise yeah that’s right find it that’s right so you want to discuss it we’ll be glad to discuss it with you yes uh so you can find us at uh preschoolpicklelady.com we have contact information there or you can reach us at 713-302-1964 it is the prescott pickle lady hotline and we’ll be glad to talk to you about uh whether you’re interested in buying or selling a house that needs remodeling we would love to help you absolutely all right give us a call or you can go to we sell press kit we sell presskit.com if you are looking to sell your home that’s our site that’s dedicated to listers and uh we’ll be glad to help you there too yeah so it’s a great day and uh happy to talk to you absolutely to youtube randall nice to chat with you you make fun of my voice well besides that part that’s what you lose but that was just fun yeah all right i like to bring a little levity yeah to our discussions and a little anguish for randall it all works yeah i think it works yeah mostly for you it worked very well for me yeah all right everybody have a great day and give us a call if you want to talk about renault yep absolutely talk to you guys later
For RV owners, nothing sounds more cozy than having your baby tucked snug inside your very own RV garage for the night. In this episode, the Pickle Lady explores the implications of a home search that includes a nest for your home-away-from-home and some important factors you might want to consider.
A Red-Hot Pickle Lady Tip: When it comes to real estate, time is of the essence, and having the gumption to take charge is the best way to secure the Prescott home you want at the very best possible price. In this episode, we cover what gumption means, why there is virtually no risk in having it, and what it might cost you if you are without it.
hello hello hello good afternoon wow good morning whenever you’re watching this yeah that’s true it could be a totally different time of day for you wherever you are got all our halloween decorations outside our house here including the haunted bunny there he is yeah yeah we’re into halloween yeah a little bit it’s our favorite thing yeah we like that we really miss it yes there’s our dog bark there’s our dog park she doesn’t like her when we film no she likes to be part of the action i think i just don’t know but anyway uh so we are here today to talk about something that is actually something we’re taught uh when you become a realtor yep and they drill it in your head time and time and time again and what is that mister bro what is the time time time is that the essence time is of the essence time is money so and money is of the essence so time is of the essence that’s right yes and so actually part of the contract so if you if you put an offer yeah it’s actually you have to agree time is of the essence but even still a lot of times people don’t think it is but it is it is of the essence it’s very important and we kind of want to talk about this because we run across this periodically and it’s always kind of a heartbreaker for us when it does happen we’ve had many many clients and they come in and they either aren’t quite ready like they don’t have their paperwork in place they forgot to get their prequal they forgot to bring their um bank statement that shows they have the cash to pay for this house etc so they come in they’re all excited they see a house they want and sometimes they’re just not decisive yeah now everything’s ready to go but well let us think about it a little bit let me think about it a day or two and what we see happen all the time and it just it kills us is because we know it’s the right house for you and we we can hustle and get that contract out as fast as we can you will not wait for us you won’t wait for us we we are ready willing we’ve done them at eleven o’clock at night yeah we’ve had people call you can we put the offer in now hell yes yeah absolutely we’re going to make it happen for you but here’s the thing if you don’t have the correct paperwork or you don’t have your ducks in a row that’s a delay um if you say well i want to be cautious about this and think about it a day or two suddenly somebody else comes along and puts an offer in uh you can’t time this is not a hard sell we’re not trying to pressure you we’re not trying to create time pressure that that’s not there no what we’re trying to do is to tell you we have seen it time and time again time is of the essence a house can be on the market for months for months it is this is very true this is a very strange phenomenon it’s like some real estate weirdo stuff that goes on a house can sit there for five months all of a sudden you’ll have one person who’s like i think i’m going to put an offer in and then it’s like some pheromone goes out into the universe like vibrations yes yeah and then everybody’s like suddenly i think i want that house too and so then very rarely but occasionally we’ll get into two or three offers coming in at one time it just happened to us and it just happened the house was on the market for five months and uh within the course of a couple of days suddenly everyone wanted that same house and suddenly we had three offers on the table the woman who bought the house ended up paying way above she went over asking to get it not that much we don’t do the california stuff yeah nothing like california nothing like that but still but even still like a day or two earlier she would have walked away less than list and uh you know they just waited a couple of days and a couple of days were enough that uh whatever it is howdy neighbor here there comes our neighbor but yeah so just just enough for the vibrations to get out there and suddenly everyone wants that same house it’s just actually it’s crazy it’s crazy so well part of it is that if there’s a good listing agent a good listing agent will uh um try to do that you know they will call people who’ve expressed interest in the past and say well looks like we’re going to have an offer and then suddenly the that person is two right uh so it’s not all uh woo woo you know spirits or everything there are some mechanics at work here but uh even when the listing agent doesn’t i i gotta say i’m not a real you know creepy pee-pee person but uh i don’t know if it’s because we’re close to sedona i don’t know but we have seen it time again and again when when someone uh shows interest in a house even it’s if it’s all of a sudden it’s like the hot girl on campus and every guy’s trying to throw his cap in and uh and win the house so here’s our advice to you sit forward there you go i’m losing you you’re not losing me i haven’t moved at all okay all right anyway here’s the deal now i have sunshine on my face so now i’m gonna back up there you go all right so here’s the deal if you see a house okay now you’re annoying me yeah i know here’s the deal if you see a house you really like make sure you have all your paperwork your everything’s ready to go we’re going to get that offering quickly don’t sit and talk about it for a day or two because sometimes that’s all it takes for somebody else to grab your house or if you if you’re gonna need to do that then we need to keep our cards really close to the vest like don’t go back for a second viewing you know until you’ve had time to think about it because when you go back for a second viewing the lister knows that you’re interested suddenly the vibrations are out that’s right the other thing to keep in mind in mind too is as soon as you go under agreement guess what happens inspection you got 10 days you got 10 days to think about it some more and all of that so if you can get it under contract and do your head scratching during the inspection period uh then you you’re not at risk for having other offers come in and for the most part if during the inspection period you change your mind or you know you find something you don’t like or whatever that’s what the inspection period is for and you will walk and you will take your earnest money so so use that nothing hurts our heart more than when we see somebody who’s absolutely in love with a house and it’s happened to us about four or five times yeah and they lose out the four fights in the last either because they just weren’t quite ready they didn’t have their paperwork ready they they or they waited too long let me think about it a couple of days those couple of days can be you not getting the house of your dreams or paying a lot more than you otherwise won’t absolutely so keep that in mind when you’re ready be committed be don’t overthink sometimes you can overthink overthink overthink you need to trust us as your agents if we tell you um this house will definitely appraise don’t worry you’re not overpaying or you’re under trust us we know the market here and we are here to guide you we’re not going to steer you wrong use your inspection period yes use it to your advantage absolutely so keep that in mind be ready we’re ready for you we’ll get the offering as fast as we can and get you on to the next chapter here in prescott that’s what we’re here for that’s what we’re here for and we promise you you will appraise we promise you it will go smoothly yeah you just have to uh it doesn’t appraise guess what you walk that’s that’s very true appraisal contingency is if you’re afraid that it won’t appraise well if it doesn’t appraise you’ll be able to take your earnest money and leave that’s exactly right that’s a very good point that is a very good point too so anyway just some little tidbits for you because we want to make everybody happy we want to close the deal we want to start you on the next chapter of living here in prescott which is an awesome awesome place to live so don’t hesitate don’t hesitate take care you’ve got a haunted rabbit right behind you that’s right whispering in my ear there we’re here to help you and we’re here to help you close quickly and effectively without all these other people messing up your your your good vibes on your house your mojo that’s right we’re going to make it happen absolutely call us anytime or find us at uh prescottpicklelady.com that’s right she’s the pickle lady and she’s in prescott so you can find her at the prescott at prescottpicklady.com correct or we sell presskit.com or you can reach me at 7133 all right we hope this helps you and helps you get the gumption and get out there and get that house you want have a good day bye
good morning good morning good morning how are you mr bro i guess i’m doing okay are you well we’re trying to do okay we’re trying to do okay we’re having some trouble this morning yeah we bought some new technology thinking it would help us to film better yeah not the case not the case so now we’re very frustrated yeah um but instead we’re gonna have a nice mimosa and a bloody mary yeah make the best of it to get over the past 20 minutes of trying to film duct tape your phone to a stick that’s all you need sometimes you don’t need that fancy technology no you don’t anyway let me get back on task yeah absolutely i’m diane bro this is randall bro yes we are the spouses who sell houses she is the pickle lady correct and we are really excited uh this morning we are here at the hacienda inn it’s very historic we’re kind of in the dining area uh it was built in 1927. we’re going to show you some footage in a little bit of the lobby and all the beautiful it’s kind of art deco where it is wouldn’t you think yeah wouldn’t you say sure um i love it here they have some uh it’s a nice dining and also uh every evening they have a cocktail hour happy hour with live music yes they do you can’t go wrong yeah really cool you can’t go wrong yeah so we wanted to show you the haciampa a lot of people will be like i’ll meet you at the hacienda this is it this is the one has some cool little stories about it i think somebody like rode their horse all the way up the stairs not allowed to do that now but my horse at home you should leave yours yeah but it is a cool little place it is a nice little meeting place absolutely it’s very relaxing so we are here today not only to show you the historic hacienda inn uh but also to talk about if you are moving here and you want acreage you want horse property or you want um to be remote as we call it a little farther out from from this from the square as they say a lot of people they come to present i’m going to be a mountain man i’m going to live off of berries here’s here’s this great gal yeah hello hello there she is she’s a great girl here at the hacienda i should say woman you’re not supposed to say girls yeah i want to be pc thank you for saving our morning drinks right now and bloody mary’s oh that’s good that is good yeah it looks good it is very good but anyway so a lot of times people are like you know i don’t want to be right next door to my neighbor i want some acreage i want to be out there i want some peace and quiet and enjoy the beauty of you know mountain vistas yeah get away from it right away from it all but what you should know is if you go remote here in prescott uh a lot of times you will be on a well yeah you start going off the grid you start going off the grid so you will not have city utilities you’ll have a weld typically you’ll have um propane tanks for your gas because they can’t run gas lines way out there and they will also have septic tanks which can be conventional septic or alternative septic yeah of the three propane is really not that big a deal a lot of areas you just have a propane tank you get filled up you know once or twice a year you carry the tank other than that it’s really not that big it isn’t a big deal and you just learn and you quickly learn the best times of year to buy your buy uh don’t buy when it’s cold if a blizzard’s coming not the time to buy that propane should have thought of that a few weeks ago they’re going to jack the price up yeah they will but you learn it’s simple it’s fast it’s easy they come fill it up what do you think about 500 a year to fill it off yeah yeah it depends on the capacity of tank i guess i guess rates go up and down but uh it’s not it’s not that much more than if you just have regular gas right so it’s really not that so that’s one thing don’t be afraid of any of these things they’re all you know all doable all doable you quickly learn your service people who come out and help you yeah um when it comes to wells um we always recommend beside your traditional home inspection uh if you’re in a remote property yeah we recommend and uh well inspection test the well as well as uh test the septic and have that all inspected make sure everything’s working correctly so on the well they’re gonna they’re gonna test the amount of of water that the well produces per minute typically make sure that you get enough water how many gallons per minute per minute yeah if you’re if your well is a little slow they can put a storage tank um so that’s kind of easy to fix as well so that you’re pulling from a tank instead of directly from the well they also test the quality the water make sure the water is pure but you know and if it isn’t there’s very easy ways to fix that as well not a problem yeah um and then you just kind of keep your eye on it yeah and then septic tanks same thing you know usually they are conventional septic is very easy to maintain um you test it make sure it’s working correctly yeah as part of the inspection we’ll test it uh make sure everything’s working okay um typically if someone’s selling a house that has a septic they’ll have to pump it at some point to have it tested but generally if the septic tank the septic system is running fine it’s really pretty low maintenance stuff essentially you have waste water treatment in your yard instead of the wastewater treatment where the sewer goes and all pretty much works the same yeah septic isn’t bad and that’s no crime that’s right yeah i got it i see what you were doing there i was trying to set it up yeah alternative systems are a little more complicated you can have probably a few more things go wrong with alternative systems but in general if it’s working okay uh not a whole lot of crap so i think that’s good yeah it’s great so uh just well we did septic we did uh propane yeah oh and but then there’s cold water oh yes cold water yeah h-a-u-l-e-d yeah hauled water yeah people here will pronounce that without the southern accents yeah so it’s kind of like i don’t understand water hold yeah they said hold water water i don’t know what that means but now i do it’s not heavy water it’s not yeah so that’s when you’re really really remote and yeah they’ll fill up yeah they fill up a truck with water and they come in yep and the truck has to literally deliver the water to your well yeah and so that’s called hauled water well not to your well to your house to your house yeah yes in hot water you don’t have it well hello yes hello but anyway yeah clearly i’m a city girl yeah that’s right hold water yeah you’re all in water that’s pretty remote or there are some areas where the wells are bad uh you know that for whatever reason the quality of the water isn’t good uh so you gotta hold water so uh the other thing you should also keep in mind is that some areas like inscription canyon talking rock et cetera they have their own private water company yeah yeah yeah yeah private waters so some of those areas whispering canyon um inscription canyon talking mark had their own private water so they don’t have wells um you do have quote city water but it’s not through the city it’s not through a city so they call it private water they call it private water so if you’re looking at a listing and you’re like what is private water water that’s what it means it’s a private water company that you pay separately doesn’t mean your water wants to stay anonymous or anything no no they’re not trying to buy the company you just send the check to a different place they’re not trying to be on the downlow it just means it’s a privately owned watercolor anymore not city of prescott so what’s the other thing that people should know so bear in mind when you’re going up remote and you want that kind of thing you might run across those things nothing to be afraid of nothing that we can’t conquer together nothing that you know we don’t have inspections for to make sure it’s all in proper working order we’ll help you get there so if you want to go remote that’s part of the deal and we’ll be glad to help you with that yes yeah so anyway i think that’s it is i think that’s it that’s what i want to say i want people to understand good job finally we’ve got our sometimes new technology is not the way to go i mean you know yeah it’s not good it’s not i don’t like when things don’t work you know i i don’t i need to shoot this in five minutes and be done you know what i mean that’s us yeah that’s awesome we this is not on cue cards people yeah we’re making this up as we go along i’m sure you pretty much i’m sure you caught on to that this is not scripted no no no no no this is not scripted and barely edited and barely edited we’re working hard we’re working hard to teach you all the different things buying a home here in prescott anyway if you come here to visit please make sure to uh make a stop here at the hacienda inn yeah it’s lovely it’s tradition here and um you’ll be glad you did okay where can they find you you can find me at prescottpicklelady.com 713-302-1964 yes it is a houston number we understand that i kept it it’s my lucky number i can’t hear you anyway love to meet you love to take you to remote or in town and love to share my pickles with you absolutely all right say goodbye pickle lady bye bye pickle lady have a good day bye
oh hello don’t play the piano i know i’m so sorry please do not play piano but i wanted to feel like i was back in the olden days here at the old hacion store again historic hotel we’re still here having a great time um just having the time of our lives i think so i feel like uh maybe i was reincarnated or something i think you were here cheers cheers it’s very possible okay let’s uh identify ourselves as the press could pick a lady uh this is she doesn’t want to sit next to me at all you notice how far away she’s getting well he’s uh interfering with my creative spirit because hold on let me move my chair okay how’s this diane randall bro she’s the president pickle ladies yes i’m here with him randall fortunate for her i’m sorry i tried my best no it’s all it’s all good because i said it’s all good in the hood what are we talking about today we’re going to talk about uh let’s talk about contingencies contingency sounds sophisticated doesn’t it yes it can be a little dicey gonna be a little dicing the best contingency to you know is not oh my house isn’t even on the market right so let’s talk about a condition so what is a buyer contingency it means you got to sell your house before you have to buy the other one yes and the contingency part of it is if something goes wrong with the sale of your current house you’re not obligated to move forward on the new house and you get your earnest money back so that is a buyer contingency yeah so there are several different kinds yeah absolutely yeah and so some people you know if you want to make a good offer a strong offer don’t just say hey my house isn’t even on the market yet yeah but it is in a month or two yeah most sellers are going to be like no bueno i’m not going to even entertain that offer uh a stronger offer is if you are on the market in the market and you can send your paperwork to prove yes i’m on the market i’m waiting you have to be careful with that though because sometimes uh they’ll accept it maybe they’ll accept the contingency while they’re waiting for your home to buy uh to sell yeah but if another house comes uh another buyer comes along and they want to make an offer they can bump your contingency they can well they can’t bump you but they can say look either you take away the contingency yes or uh or we’re gonna move on right and that’s only fair because if they get you know the house is on the market and you you’re not there yet so uh yeah for the most part sellers won’t entertain offers if your house isn’t even on the market right if it’s on the market that’s you know step one that’s step one the best one is a contingency where you already have a purchase contract on your home yep um you’re already past inspection period on your home well you don’t have to be you don’t have to be past inspection period to make the offer yes it’s just strong the further along you are in your process and selling your home the stronger your offer is going to be and the better the price you can ask for absolutely if you have a definite close of escrow if your your buyer already has a loan in place if you’re already past inspection period and your home yourself oh yeah all of these things cause that’s golden they love the sellers so the further along you are the the stronger your contingency is right and uh and the more likely they are to accept that contingency and accept at a lower price yes yes i don’t think you can come in and go much off of list price if your house uh is just on the market you don’t have an offer yet the further along you are in the process the better the price that you’ll get but wise words random wise words but here’s here’s the risk you you if you just wait until okay so i’m going to wait until i have an offer uh all my outs under contract their past inspection their past appraisal the loan contingency’s gone so this is as good as cash you’re gonna have like four or five days to find a house yes yeah and then you’re gonna have to close really quick you know so you got to so our advice is once you go on the market and you have a an agreement with an agent there to sell and everything start looking start making your offers because especially if you’re coming from california as we call it the california contingency yeah you’ll do just fine a lot of buyers here are okay with californians because they know properties are selling pretty quickly there yeah they tend to sell yeah and um so here’s the other thing my californian friends um market’s changing a little bit for you guys things are not selling quite as fast yep so it’s appreciating quite expensive yeah this might be your time to strike if you wait too long you might be sitting on the market a little longer than you thought you were going to be yeah originally yeah but anyway those are all things to think about with contingencies um of course cash is king cash is king you come in with a cash off where we can get you a really good price on a house absolutely that is your absolute strongest offer and we’re excited about that but in general whatever your situation just let us know and we will strategize with you and put together a game plan that uh addresses what you’re trying to do and we’ll get you the best view we can absolutely so i hope this explains a little bit about contingencies yeah i think a little bit and what it kind of means and uh how it affects you and uh anyway so we would love to work with you cash or content or contingency we’ll do it whatever you need we’re happy to help you this is diana randall bro we’re here at prescottpicklelady.com or 713-302-1964 bat line the bat hotline takes you right to the pickle that’s right that’s me that’s sir and we are the spouses that sell houses so give us a call we’re happy to help you bye
hey guys hey peeps this is diana randall bro your local prescott pickle pizza peeps get pickled that’s right we’re enjoying a lovely day here uh having a wonderful day in the sunshine here at mark’s beer garden uh we came back again because we had such a great time and and to be honest he kind of gives us free swag yeah yeah that’s a plus ding ding ding thank you thank you thank you mark yeah it’s like have a drink on me hey i’ll take it absolutely i haven’t had that offer in a long time i’ll take what i can get absolutely so anyway we are here today to talk to you guys about getting pre-qualified pre-qualification pre-qualification totally home thought don’t leave home you’re right don’t come on a home search without yeah yeah yeah yeah um we i cannot stress upon you how important it is yeah um we kind of advise people when they’re coming in get get your pre-qualification yeah even if you’re just coming for the first visit just to see if you even like prescott i promise you you’re going to fall in love with yourself you’re going to be like i can’t get here fast enough and um so you want to get pre-called before or yeah i say prequel to be qualified because she’s made that a verb yeah yeah you want to get pre-qualified before so that way all right so let’s be clear about something you cannot make an offer on a home without some kind of pre-qualification even if you put down 20 you can put down 50 if you’re gonna put down a hundred percent you still need something you need to be able to prove that you have the funds state of verizon state of arizona one thing about arizona that’s not true of california a lot of states like that is that arizona protects the rights both of the buyers and the sellers oddly enough most people who are buying they’re also selling so arizona gets that so it tries to be fair it doesn’t rig it completely against the sellers for the buyers it’s fair and they realize that if you go under contract the seller is taking his or her home off the market and that’s not fair if the buyer doesn’t really qualify yeah so you have to prove it up front absolutely and so the good thing about getting pre-qualified is number one sometimes you qualify for more than you really think yeah so you may be thinking i can only afford 350. but the prequal comes in and says my god your your your credit score is amazing your this is amazing you can actually get four hundred thousand well there’s a big difference in a 350 to a four hundred thousand dollar house in amenities and things like that yeah you get a lot for your money here in prescott yeah so [Music] you got a lot of money you’re impressed so like if if you can get a home that’s 50 000 more the increase in quality would be something that you would expect to see in say california for my like a hundred thousand that’s right each incremental amount that you pay buys you a lot lot more so and here’s the thing and so or the prequel may say uh actually you need to lower your price yeah and or they may uh say you know there’s something on your record that you need to clean up that you might not even know you have you may have something from 10 years ago and you’re like oh dear god that was on my record i didn’t think that was a big deal you can clean it up and then you get a higher credit score which helps you get a lower interest rate your interest rate the better your credit the lower your interest rate and pre-quality is easy that’s the other thing we tell tell people you need to get pre-qualified you think you know that’s like graduating from graduate school or something it’s not you can get it done in an hour or two yeah not even that long over the phone we can hook you up with somebody who can make that happen for you and it does not obligate you to get a loan from them yes they’ll shop so it’s something easy easy to do i can’t tell you how many times eight seven eight times out of ten people say i definitely am not going to buy on this trip and they end up waiting to make an offer they fall in love with the house scrambling you know and that’s the thing sometimes if it’s a beautiful home and it’s a great price um it’s like okay great let’s make the offer where’s your prequel oh darn it i didn’t get it because i didn’t think i was gonna buy first mistake the second mistake okay quickly let’s get your prequal uh we have a great mortgage we have several mortgage lenders they’ll work like the devil to turn that around and get it for you and then guess what happens we write up the offer and because it took a little while to get your free fall like an hour somebody else swoops and gets the house you’re supposed to be yes in particular with it with homes that are in the 200s 300s yeah if it’s nice it’s gone it’s gone yeah so it doesn’t take long so listen i always feel like two people are like you’re being very intrusive i know what i qualify for in this sense sometimes you think you do you really don’t know i’m not trying to be nosey business i’m not part of that process at all i just know in the state of arizona we have to have either proof of funds if you’re paying cash or a prequal letter to attach to your offer no if answer buts about it that’s just how arizona don’t so we’re not trying to be nosy and mind your business i’m really not it’s just part of the process here and then you feel better we feel better if when you find that house on your first trip you’re like golden yeah let’s write it up attach that offer you’re good to go yeah and it’s a wonderful feeling it is so anyway just a little advice just a little something a little be in your bonnet uh so if we ask you to do that don’t sweat it out don’t sweat it out that’s what it’s all about all right where can you reach us randall bro 713-302-1964 we’ll take you the hot line the back line right to the fresco pickle lady that’s right happy to set you up and go do a great day of shopping and find you your dream home and uh also you can reach us at the prescottpicklelady.com website lots of good stuff there and more of our wine downs right yeah absolutely so you can go back and look in history at some of the older wine downs how we’ve developed over time that’s right the way we were the way we were we’re trying to get better we really are folks we’re trying hard i’m trying to bring him up i’m trying to it’s hard sometimes i have to drag him along but we’re trying i gotta lift weight so the selfie stick doesn’t get so heavy all right that is all guys have a wonderful day thanks for listening to us take care bye
Technological Reality
Computer technology can deliver astounding results, but at the same time, when it comes to home searches there is still a long way to go.
This video explores what you can expect, and what is still beyond our current systems’ ability.
hello hello hello my new friends my my my pickle friends out there peeps pickle peeps yes backlight randall bro here with prescott pickle lady yep diane bro yeah arizona there you go oh my gosh that’s a lot very fast if i can keep up with that i talk southern so i talk a little slower life’s moving on live is moving on all right anyway we are enjoying another lovely day here at mark’s beer garden here’s some of his specials he’s a dog he’s great he’s great yes so what are we here to talk about today randall bro we’re at uh alerts home alerts oh yeah people people so we set people up with home alerts like you don’t know what a home alert is you go to our website and you can register and when homes come on that match your criteria you will get an email says all right the following homes just came on and you know you may be interested i call it a home search home search they call it a home alert um that sounded funny i’m channeling some strange accent i’m not sure where it was rather alien alien-esque might be the beer yeah maybe i think it is one of the things we wanted to talk about is what your expectation should be with regard to the specificity of that what degree can you you know find what you’re looking for that’s a specificity you know at least i can say it yeah you’re right yeah okay so here’s the thing um we can set up home searches like you want a single story you want a two-car garage you want a three-car garage you want square footage certain amount of square footage price points one of the things you need to understand is that our searches are only as good as the data that the listing agents have entered so if you’re looking for a fireplace we can ask for a fireplace if the agent has indicated there is a fireplace in the house you’ll get that house but a lot of agents aren’t really that thorough in what they code for right and they are limited as to the number of things that they can list i just want to say something real quick you look really cute today thank you you’re welcome thank you i didn’t i was going to wear my scarf but yeah yeah only i can wear the scarf you’re cute all the time well thank you but i just want to say honestly this is the house that sells the face that sells right here the face that launches a thousand faces i don’t know i don’t know specificity anyway yeah but here’s the thing sometimes i will get um some notes from people and they’re like yeah this is what i would like dark maple wood floors in the mask and the master and then lighter floors another okay i can’t go there i wish i could you know or they’ll say and they’ll get angry at us they’re like i told you maple floors i can’t that’s light maple i want a dark maple you know we can’t control everything it’s it’s pretty specific but there’s certain things like uh i want to have rv parking that’s fine i can add that on yeah that is not a problem you can do it but a lot of the agents but here’s the other thing if you give a specific measurements like it must be 20 feet bite it’s not it it’s not that refined it’s not good so please you know we try our hardest to put everything in of your wants and desires but some things i can’t quite control you know and so if you are looking for a you know a newer home but maybe it’s five years old and maybe it doesn’t have it has carpet in the bathroom um don’t scream at me because it kind of kind of hurts my feelings well there is one way you can actually get exactly what you’re looking for for the first time yeah and that’s called building a new home a brand new home your wife yeah and we can hook you up with builders and we’re happy to do that too but if you’re looking for a home that exists we can’t poop out your home but we have to show you something that that exists in time and space so i mean we’re limited yeah so don’t think oh we’re not doing our job we really are we’re trying to the best of our ability but oddly enough some of these computer programs are don’t say maple floors only in the master and i like that i wanted i want two acres with mountain views in downtown prescott and i want it for 350 thousand dollars it’s not going to happen can i be honest no yeah it’s not going to happen so sometimes we have to go up in price to get you what you’re looking for or we give you the price you want and we have to take some of the features off correct that’s just the nature of reality okay just real quick technical problems here this is what happens when you use your cell phone as a camera somebody will call your camera that’s the problem so so we apologize thank you whoever called and didn’t leave me their caller id thank you thank you appreciate it thank you fellow solicitors yeah fellow solicitors one of the things that people get get freaked out about is the the even so that our system will require you to register that’s so it can have your email address it’s going to send you home alerts uh it will monitor what you seem to like and it will send you what it thinks that you like automatically that’s why it does that if you don’t like those emails you can unsubscribe if you’re getting them too often let the pickle lady know she’ll change how often they go yeah we can do daily we can do twice a week we can do weekly yeah so people will freak out oh my email my email my house is gonna fall down but you know it’s really not that we’re not invading your privacy yeah we’re just trying to help you find a home yeah we’re just trying to help you find out we’re happy to do that and so anyway we try real hard to hone it in especially when you’re getting ready to come in town so don’t get thrown like you sent me something it doesn’t quite fit i understand but when you come in town and we’re in person i’m really gonna hone that search down to really include what you want um and we show you we show you homes that we know personally whenever possible yes now if you’re here and you’re looking at homes in the 200s 300s sometimes the 400s those homes turn over very quickly and we can’t do that get out there um enough they’re already sold they’re sold yeah yeah um it’s being snatched up it’s a hot market so we try to send you to homes that we know are good in advance but we can’t always do that that’s right so anyway um be patient with us on the home searches we try our utmost uh you know hardest to get exactly what you want sadly the program isn’t written to include some of these requirements as hard as we you know look and we try so just be patient with us uh we’re trying super hard to find exactly what you want exactly so that’s all that’s all we wanted to say all right is that all you want to say that’s all i want to say and and so i’ll have another beer oh okay so sign up pick a lady okay thank you again for reaching out reaching out to us and uh being a part of this today and you can reach us at you can reach me at 713-302-1964 or online at prescottpicklelady.com thanks guys see you soon
hello hello hello happy april this is randall and diane bro your friendly prescott pickle peeps and she’s the person pickle lady i am and happy to be here and um we have been super duper busy yeah things are heating up things are super heating up we have some really great buyers coming in from all over the united states um and they’ve been delightful yeah absolutely um and anyway i thought i would pass on a few how to be a good buyer yeah fire buyer etiquette buyer house buying etiquette house buying etiquette yeah there’s something near and dear to my heart because i work with a lot of buyers as does randall yeah as does a lot of our fellow agents and i think the vast majority of them are wonderful but even some of the really wonderful people from time to time they just they don’t know right they don’t know we work super super hard we we make it look super easy when we take you out but actually it takes a lot of work and preparation yeah to set up your appointments yeah and so when you give us an idea of what you want um then i go ahead and do a really intense uh home search and so what happens is is that i’ll make the home search up and then i also lay it out geographically so i make these appointments um so and we map it out uh geographically so we’re not taking you all over like a ping pong ball okay that takes some time yeah and then you’re calling people right who have to evacuate their house right uh they gotta get the dog out they gotta pick up and everything they wanna make sure their house is in great showing yeah uh you know showing form yeah and so anyway it takes a lot of work i mean it could you know when we take people out sometimes we we look at 10 houses yeah right yeah we like to give you a good taste of everything prescott has to offer so it could easily take several hours yeah that it could take two to three hours because i then you got the the time of the the homeowners themselves the sellers you know it might take them an hour to get the house ready and make arrangements for the dogs so it’s a process on both sides it’s a process on the seller’s side it’s a process on our side yeah so what you don’t want to do is you don’t want to call the morning of and say guess what we’re not coming never say that oh well yeah oh god don’t evolve i’ve had that happen now look now look if you are violently ill and you’re going to give us a plague and i okay you know they might appreciate it but it’s not a simple oh it’s saturday morning and we decided we just decided against we want to sleep in late that’s a no-go that’s kind of nice yeah it’s not cool i mean think about like you you’ve been invited to someone’s house and they’ve gone out and they’ve bought a special meal just for you and they’ve made it and you know and then you don’t go uh it’s the same sort of thing again you know if you wouldn’t go because you’re going to give everyone the plague that’s fine but uh respect yeah you need to be respectful and it takes us a lot of time to really we’re realtors so some people don’t think we’re human beings and we know our sellers are and the agents are involved in that so you know try to be cool about it we work really really hard yeah a little wind yeah anyway we try really hard um and like i said booking 10 appointments is not just booking appointments we prepare packets for you yeah we prepare i mean i mean we really make it a a special thing for you to come in and you may you may have worked with other realtors in the past and maybe they don’t go through quite that same level of effort or whatever uh but we do we do and not only that here’s another pet peeve sorry i’m not really trying to go after you you nice buyers out there don’t just show up in town we’re here oh yeah converse yeah we’d like to see it we’re here now it doesn’t it’s very difficult yeah it’s very difficult i can’t want to die that’s called i can’t be i would love to be but i can’t be a pop-tart agent where i just pop up out of the toaster and throw it together it takes a lot of time and preparation yeah to do a proper job yeah well first of all you know our schedules are pretty busy yeah but i mean even if you just show up and we are available we’ll we’ll try to take you out uh but you know it takes a while to put together the search otherwise it’s going to be a waste of your time and yeah and a waste so yeah let plan a little bit in advance call us in advance we’ll put you on the calendar so when you come you get our full undivided full day 10 house search you’ll be exhausted when it’s done but you’ll know where you want to be we do give you snacks we do give you snacks we come fully snacked and watered fortunately we’re snack ready because we know sometimes you can get angry that’s right and we don’t want that that’s right all right so uh where can they reach your pisces pickle lady you can reach me at 713-302-1964 or online at prescottpicklelady.com yes so we look forward to hearing from you yes so be a good buyer book your appointment ahead of time let us do a great job for you and follow through and follow through yeah don’t don’t pull up in front of a house and say absolutely not i’m not going yet and and i’ll tell you why sometimes you go in that house and you think this is not the house for me and you walk in and it becomes the house of your dreams that’s right so never they will surprise you never cancel an appointment yeah when we pull out in front well it happened to us yeah right absolutely the house we we ended up with was everything i said i didn’t want guess where i’m living exactly where i said i didn’t want and i loved it i loved it so never say no keep your mind open absolutely don’t cancel that appointment it’s kind of rude all right all right next time sorry nice to see you have a wonderful day bye
hello hello pete hey peeps this is diana randall bro we are out today first of all we both got brand new coats new coats good time to buy new coats hope you like them yeah um but we are here yeah we did this is the time yeah absolutely good one but anyway i digress yes you do we are here in the in front of the courthouse coming at you godzilla that’s right i don’t know we’re here in front of the courthouse today in the square right smack dab in the middle of downtown prescott which i love on this beautiful crisp february day and our new coats um and i thought it would be apropos to film in front of the courthouse because what i’d really like to talk about is um some ethical things yeah yeah uh talk about ethics i am kind of mad um i’m venting please be aware when you’re looking for an agent whether it’s a listing agent a selling agent any kind kind of check out who they are what they’re about yeah just because somebody has signage or you see a lot of homes listed and you see signs all over the place with their names on it does not necessarily mean yeah that um these are people that are looking out for your best interest or spend a lot of time that do their due diligence they are uh they just because they they they have a lot of people doesn’t mean they’re spending a lot of time in fact some of the agents that have lots and lots of signs they don’t have enough time to spend with any one of those one of those uh buyers or sellers that’s right so you know it’s important even though you may see a lot of name recognition name recognition does not always equate to good job done an agent who’s really looking out for your best interest an agent who’s really investing themselves in the most important purchase of your life yeah some of them you know hey it’s just all about the bottom line hey yeah is that foundation have a big leak underneath it yeah it has if we were agents that were that way we would be telling you the same thing at this point we’re not saying this is easy it isn’t easy we would like you to believe that we are different but if we weren’t we’d be saying the same thing we know it’s hard so how does someone what are some of the clues that you would give them to you know to look between the the uh the bull here you need to look at somebody who actually spends one-on-one quality time with you that’s good he sits down and says let’s let’s go over everything that you’re looking for let’s go you know if you’re about to buy a house yeah let’s sit down and go through the disclosure yeah uh oh this is a red flag susie q uh oh this is not good no bueno you know you don’t want somebody who’s like yeah yeah yeah yeah looks good looks good to me let’s sign off so i get my commission check no sometimes no matter the price of the house it takes a while agents who don’t spend time with you do whatever it is whatever the step is if they’re not willing to spend the time with you you want to move on absolutely and one clue too like right off the bat if you meet an agent let’s say you see a sign or a business card or advertisement somewhere and you meet them and they don’t look anything like the picture that you saw that’s probably that’s it that’s your first line number one right i think that’s right that is your first clue if you get somebody who’s like you know got a uh glamour shot from your 19. my real estate agent looks like kim kardashian and then you meet them and they really look like joan rivers that’s your first clue i like joan root i love jonathan yeah i love your hair so yeah that’s that’s so bad yeah because she she was a cool chick she was but that’s probably your first clue somebody who can’t even be you know really kind of honest and upfront on their own business card you might not want to deal with it so i guess my point is as we’re standing in front of the courthouse try to find some people that you feel have some ethics have some morals and have some time and have some time they’re not interested in just let me get as many houses listed as possible so i can get these commission checks and it doesn’t matter if the foundation shifted on a house who cares yeah i still got my commission check that’s who you don’t want we may or may not just be involved in something i don’t know if you can pick up on that yeah i don’t know if you can pick up yeah but maybe so you know it’s just important everybody you know in all walks of life you’ve got good people you’ve got bad people but you know try to do some due diligence and and hook up with good people i think we’re good people we will invest our time be good people be a good buyer be a good seller be ethical be ethical on all parts come on we are happy to be here we are happy to spend the time we will spend a lot of time with you yeah absolutely make sure that it’s done right and um we’re just up front yeah we’re good we keep it real okay and we look pretty much the way you know i photoshopped all these videos no we don’t we’re actually that’s why my hair looks like this yeah yeah yikes it’s starting to snow what you see is what you get what you see is what you get but that’s why today we thought let’s talk about ethics let’s talk about finding you the right ethical kind of real estate agent so you don’t have a nightmare later she just she’s good yeah i try to i try to she gives me a lot of trouble but yeah well you know he can get on my nerves sometimes so that’s why we’re here in front of the courthouse in the square we are not drinking we are good people you should be too yes yeah and uh we would love to help you and find something delightful and good shape with no worries so the whole process will be relatively worry-free for you absolutely um all right wrap it up my hand’s shaking yeah i know it’s getting cold yeah all right well have a wonderful reach us at 713-302-1964 or online at prescottpicklelady.com that’s correct good to see you and stay warm out there
Lots of people don’t like to pay HOA fees; you may be one of them. Actually, very few areas in Prescott have extremely high HOA fees, and in many cases you might just be happy to pay them. We explain in this video.
are we ready are you ever gonna say anything yes i will say it now hello hello hey peeps it’s time for another weekly one down ahead to find the one thank you yeah with diane and randall bro here had a great day today uh went to our little award ceremony yeah we did and we were very excited we won two awards tickle pink tickle pink and uh it’s very nice to see uh at our organization your heart efforts and work yeah is recognized yeah and so we were very happy to go we had a lovely time and also support all of our other agents who are out just killing it yeah we are we’re a really really good agency we’re a little bit better dressed though we were a little bit dressed uh we’re a little tired now so we decided actually we were on our way after our lovely award ceremony we were on our way to film our weekly wine down we were all dressed up and looking good and then a client called yeah cowboy’s work is never done and so she had a couple of questions so instead we mixed that we raced home to look up uh some things that she needed to know about and give her some information so now here we are we’re like you know what tired tired yeah we’re very tired we got clients all the time that tell us you know we’re homebodies yeah they watch these wind downs and they say you guys are out all the time and you’re partying all the time but we’re kind of home buys the truth is we’re kind of homebodies yeah you know so after today we were yeah so i said why fake it you know i’m gonna put on my robes and we’re gonna light the fire and we’re just gonna be who we are drink our wine keep it real yeah last couple of times we had to skip the one because we were in public you know but uh at home no public intoxication although there’s a guy looking over my shoulder here that’s our that’s my favorite statue okay come back over here okay all right anyway what we wanted to talk today about was after having a lovely day and helping clients a lot of questions we get about hoa hoas yeah yeah yeah um a lot of people especially coming from out of state are like i absolutely refuse do not want an hoa i hate them i don’t want to spend them don’t even show me a house with that unfortunately i’m here to tell you you might want to look at hoas here in prescott a little differently yeah um they are not as cost prohibitive as they are right yeah the high hoas are generally tied to some sort of uh golf community there’s a country club and all kinds of amenities and all that stuff so those can get pretty pricey although some of it would be a lot more reasonable than you would think right and you don’t have to be a golfer you know to get your money’s worth they got a lot of other things going on in the community uh but setting that aside if you think you’re never going to use something like that um you may want to consider hoas north of zero uh because hoas kind of police your neighborhood you may not want to be policed uh but if you’re not police that means your neighbors aren’t policed either and that can lead to trouble it can lead to big trouble we’re going to show you a little clip yeah i’ll clip in yeah i’ll show you kind of show why sometimes hoas are not that bad yeah for instance you know here there are some beautiful neighborhoods the hoas are 300 a year yeah so don’t automatically say no hoas because what you may think is a monthly thing is not it’s an annual it’s an annual thing or a semi-annual yeah and you know some are like three to 500 a year yeah and a lot of that you know it’ll be uh the limited public areas they may have like little parks or something yeah uh where the upkeep is is taken care of for you but at the very least it’s office administration so when you call and you say you know my neighbor next door is doing this and that’s against the uh the covenants you have some recourse well they need money to be able to pay for the people who follow up and put the liens and all that other kind of stuff so i think a lot of people are afraid like especially coming from california i don’t want any hoas i spend 500 a month it’s not quite the same hoa experience you might have elsewhere yeah hoas here are not yeah that crazy yeah so the the clip in particular is a home that we showed a number of times adorable property it was kind of a small place it was a cutie pootie but it was really cute precious precious in a real convenient area of town it couldn’t it didn’t move for a while i mean usually homes like that move in a heartbeat and it was because of the next door neighbor uh no hoa no h.o.a next door neighbor had about 150 cars yeah in the front yard yeah and you know nobody wants to live next to them yeah no recourse no resources no recourse there’s nothing you can do about it they’re not breaking any laws they’re parking on their own property uh and when i say own property they were they were vehicles parked on the sidewalk the front lawn the front porch yep yeah you know just they were like half a dozen cars so you know when when you say i don’t want hoas you need to maybe think twice about it because they’re not that bad something stupid like that destroy your property absolutely unbelievable yeah and you know and then other than that some hoas with country clubs well that goes towards a lot of you know nice things we live in a nice area but our our rates are what 150 a month for hoas not bad yeah yeah and that includes a lot of maintenance yeah stuff yeah so i have no complaints with that at all yeah we went went by you know prescott has a lot of little old ladies and they love things like gnomes you know uh little elves you know and and those can be cute you know but we passed a home just the other day beautiful neighborhood yeah how many how many little gnomes do you think we’re in the front yard i think approaching 200 yeah yeah i mean it was like it was a little overkill a little i mean it was like you couldn’t see the light it was all gnomes it looked like a gnome invasion and without an hoa guess what then you can they can add one more gnome to that whole display i mean if they put like you like a nazi gnome or something like that you might be able to appeal to the city council something that’s really offensive but but gnomes gnomes are known i do like gnomes though i’m not opposed to them yeah just not too hard i have a i have a son-in-law that could be a gnome uh a son-in-law to bee that sort of gnomish so i like nose shout out to ian carr there you are he’s our favorite little gnome yeah he is well now we’ve got a new favorite gnome yeah yeah he’s he’s more of an elf i think he’s morbid he’s not his hair yeah sorry guys you know you’re at risk jake yeah hey jake and ian jake future son-in-laws yeah so we like there’s nothing you know we like cute things we’ve got you know like we have saint francis over here you know uh we like that kind of thing too but some people go crazy right and and when it does it’s amazing it can destroy property values and if you don’t have an hoa office uh there’s nothing you can do there’s nothing you can do so don’t write off hoas you if you automatically say i don’t want an hoa you cut down a list of beautiful homes that that could be yours just by you totally will cut off you seeing multitudes of pretty homes so instead of no hoa maybe low low hoa you know low hoa is the way to go there does that kind of rhyme i’m gonna trademark that yeah low hoa is the way to go all right well that is all for today’s lesson that’s it because i need to move because i’m getting hot this yeah rope is warm and this thing is putting out so uh but anyway let’s wrap this up the beautiful lady have a good evening and uh anyway cheers to you for our awards so you can reach us at 713-302-1964 or find us online at prescottpicklelady.com glad to help you out with your prescott real estate needs exactly all right cheers to you cheers on our awards right congratulations all right thanks again have a good night you
hello hello hello hey peeps how’s everybody doing i’m doing okay are you okay i’m good i’m doing great as well this is diane randall bro that’s us he’s randall i’m diane just in case you got confused yeah we get confused too sometimes sometimes yeah absolutely we’ve been together so long my god i know but anyway blend after a while yeah but anyway we’re here to talk to you today about what it’s like to live here in prescott when you hear these terms single level living if you’re looking for a single story versus single story so we’re going to do a quick little tutorial on that yes so if you’re coming from another area you’ll understand a little more about what that means i mean the short short of it is people don’t like stairs right so we have a lot of people coming in i don’t want stairs i want a single story house and we have single story houses here we do uh but if you go for a single story home it kind of cuts off your options we have some other options that’s right uh if you’re going to build a single-story house you pretty much need flat land completely flat yes completely flat and like which we do have we have some areas like we have but if you’re also looking for a lot of trees and views and terrain sometimes when you go with flat land you don’t get those things here and so one of the things we wanted to explain is what a stem wall construction home looks like and what uh single level living looks like that’s right so i’m going to intersperse some uh some video here where we took an example and we’ll kind of so you can understand here’s a quick example of a stemwall house looks like a single story house from the front here but as we creep around the side you can see that this house is actually on the edge of a cliff and on the other side of the cliff underneath this first level there’s a second level that is the stem wall section and the uh space down there is generally reserved for guests so here’s a shot of the whole house well we’ll explain to people coming in i understand you want a single story but single level living will also fit the bill because a lot of times if we’re built onto the side of a hill you have to build out onto a stem wall to to have that happen so you come in and you’ll be on one level it looks like a single story and you’re like well that’s exactly what i wanted and so you come in and single level living here is your master maybe another bedroom and a couple of bathrooms your kitchen your den everything’s on one floor which is great which is exactly what you’re looking for however you can go downstairs where that stem wall has been built out and there’s a whole nother level where maybe you’ll have two more bedrooms in attendance yes just for your guests so even though you come in and you want a single story don’t get thrown by single level living yeah because for a lot of people it’s what they need uh they don’t really use the square footage that they have for their guests so this way they can be downstairs you don’t even have to look at that space and it’s zones so you don’t have to you’ll have dual ac exactly you’re not doing this you’re not yeah you’re not acing and heating the whole shebang you have the option just to ac and heat that top level where you’re mostly living yeah and then when your kids come in you can throw them downstairs never see them again well you know you don’t want to make it too good because you do want them to go home but that’s right that’s right but turn off the heat turn off the gold and that might do the trick i don’t know yeah a lot of people come in there like i said i just want single story but you don’t really necessarily are going to be able to find that in the house you exactly want don’t let those stairs so they’re like i don’t want stairs yeah but those stairs would not be a part of your everyday life that’s really just your guest stairs and what’s nice too about about the single level living versus single story is a lot of times out the back of the stem wall construction homes they have decks and that’s where you really get nice views so if you’re looking for magnificent views of of trees or mountains check out some some single level living homes because you might find those fit the bill you’re right decks are great decks are awesome and a lot of times you have a deck upstairs and then you still have a lower level patio yeah which is you know one of the perks of stem wall you know construction stem wall construction so don’t necessarily rule out stairs that go downstairs because you’ll still be living on that main level but you’ll get the perks of the deck yeah and the views yeah so that’s just a little tutorial what is single level living versus a single story yeah i think we did a good job yeah i think so anyway call us if you have any questions further we’d love to take you out and show you exactly what we’re talking about yeah we’ll put some if you do a tour with us we’ll give you a couple examples you’ll see exactly what we’re talking about just keep an open mind at this point absolutely don’t scream and say no stop staring back you might be surprised yeah absolutely absolutely all right well this is dining oh yeah 713-302-1964 or you can find us online at prescottpicklelady.com very good and we also have more wine downs there too if you want to check those out yeah they’re a lot of fun all right everyone have a good day good chatting with you and um hope you learned something today and something that you’ll understand better when you come visit us and we take you to see some of these houses all right have a great day talk to you soon bye
Hesitation can lose your dream home in a heart beat. We’ve learned that the hard way. We discuss why it’s wise… and SAFE… to jump quickly – especially in our most competitive price points.
hello hello hello again this is diane bro and randall bro we’re the spouses that sell houses and you’re the pickle lady i’m also the pickle lady if you call me up and we get together and we go look at some houses or you come to one of our open houses you’ll find out why on the pickle lady i make delicious pickles cajun style yes she does and i hand them out to people and then i get a lot of refill requests yeah she gets hit up quite a bit they’re delicious and i’m happy to go yes yes well we are here and i’m wearing green to match the beautiful greens that’s right prescott lakes here someone’s going to chip on you yeah i hope not yeah that’s all i need yeah it’s okay i need to make a pickle lady got chipped on um but anyway if you are a serious golfer and you’re looking for a fabulous place to retire we have so many amazing golf courses here prescott lakes is one of them this is prescott right behind us let the drone go around a little bit there there you go prescott lakes is amazing for golfing there also is capital canyon club that’s right beautiful beautiful located in talking rocks got it i know in the uh public courts right around the corner there’s antelope hills there’s a free public course but there’s so many ridge i’ll keep going i’ll keep naming anything else of course don’t start naming them back from home yeah they won’t i don’t want to do that yeah that’s right but anyway beautiful beautiful courses here so far golf is this great place to be absolutely anything else you’d like to say because you’re talking over me but that’s cool now he’s the ladies man now he’s going to be quiet camera yeah there you go i’ll get out go ahead pick a lady it’s all right yeah i’ll come back again i just need to be quiet right well let me quit quieter let me finish my thought yeah okay all right good go ahead are you sure i i don’t know i can’t promise anything okay you turn my coffin anyway this is the place for you come retire have a fabulous time enjoy all the beautiful golf courses we have here it’s just uh heaven on earth and you’ll see everybody riding their little golf carts around the neighborhoods and loving life um don’t have to be a golfer to write a card you don’t have to be their cards everywhere people your cards are cool the cards are cool i see you know grandma’s driving grandchildren i see people driving their pups just to kind of take a quick ride it’s it’s awesome so if you’re ready to retire and you love to golf and you want to have some amazing experiences come to arizona we have especially prescott we have the neighborhoods that’ll plug you right in and you’ll have a great time and you know what you worked hard you worked hard for this retirement get out here hit the green play some golf have fun yeah absolutely yeah all right we’ll talk about some other things next time too the other kind of if you’re not a big golfer there’s plenty of other things to do oh yeah we get a lot of requests for golf so we thought we’d do a little uh a little segment yeah where we focus on that and show you at least some of the beautiful areas around here where people play so i’m looking a little evil these branches are making a reflection it’s bringing out the true you know it’s not you know no maybe not that’s true that’s not true but anyway come on out bring your clubs have a great time nice to see you this is diane and randall bro weekly wine down that’s right you can reach us at 713-302-1964 give us a call let’s make your dream come true bye
hi friends realtors everyone out here in the city of prescott welcome say hello say hello don’t correct me he’s throwing me off my my natural yeah our natural self anyway hi everyone cheers friday good god thank god we made it to friday i hope you guys you from you guys probably feel the same way it’s been a rough a rough day definitely need a nice friday wind down exactly anyway welcome to friends realtor are you doing it again no i don’t want i don’t like any of this okay yeah no i’m serious hi everybody and welcome to this week’s weekly window friday going down what’s that always friday well today is friday and it’s been one down people heck of yeah very busy very tired so we deserve a glass of wine cheers to everyone out there take time out um this week we wanted to talk briefly about something that’s so important and i know my fellow realtors can definitely relate and potential customers coming in a lot of people want to come to prescott see what it’s all about i love it i love it i just gotta take a quick weekend look at some of those just to see what it’s like right have some fun my word yeah yes it never works out that way yeah no because what happens is we take you out you fall in love but here’s the key even though you think it’s just going to be a fun weekend just want to get a feel of press get always before you come go to the bank and get pre-qualified go to your special loan officer whatever because and you will fall in love with a house and you will not be qualified yet and you will lose the house right and nothing breaks an agent’s heart more than to take someone out and they find their dream home so excited we’re excited we’re gonna make it happen for you and then yeah because we’re too slow right we don’t have all our ducks in a row right somebody beat you to your house somebody beats you too what should be your dream house and they’re living in your dream house they end up living your life in your house that’s right you should have had because you didn’t have your ducks in a row and it’s it’s just not right it’s just not right it’s like a parallel universe with somebody living your life in your house i agree so the easiest thing it takes maybe an hour call your loan officer we know some great people here they’ll set you up they’ll pre-call you in no time flat then we can go look at the city you can fall in love if you see a house you love you won’t lose the deal yeah right don’t go scouting without it don’t in in the unlikely event that you’re going to come to prescott and you’re not going to love it and you’re going to want to go to some other god forsaken city and spend the rest of your life there same thing you’re going to go there and you’re going to find something you’ll still need to get free calling to be qualified you can’t make an offer unless you’re a prequel yeah but do it before you come to the press because right when you get here you will want to stay yeah and i think we talked about that last week yeah we’re number nine in the united states for living great living and also number one and that’s only because there are eight other cities in deep delusion thinking yeah you’re right nobody can beat us yeah but also we’re number one in air quality yeah we are amazing air quality here it’s just a great place so yeah that’s what happened to us we came here and it’s like okay we want to stay that’s exactly right just do yourself a favor get pre-qualified you’ll be much happier we’ll all have a great time you fall in love find the house get it that day done deal welcome to prescott that’s right happy to have you here words of wise all right we don’t want to preach anymore yeah let’s try to make it like yeah what’s happening yeah well this weekend um we’re not having any open houses kind of sad about that yeah but we are excited because our daughters cecily and adeline are here visiting so that’s right we will miss seeing our public it makes me sad not to see the public but i know you guys understand yes family time we know you understand but wanted to tell you some cool things that are coming up this weekend beauty and the beast is playing at yavapai college performing arts center beauty and the beast beauty and the beast and it’s an amazing production kind of the story of us beauty and the beast god is bad but yes all right anyway you’re the guy with the chin what’s his name i don’t know i think about that swaggering kind of guy that’s the one i want to be i don’t want to be the biggest up here yeah jack gaston yeah i’m guessed yeah the candlestick no no no lumiere lumiere that’s it i’m actually embarrassed to say i’m just swimming yeah i’m a little confused i raised two girls what do you want you know more than me yeah but that’s the way it is there it is all right anyway it’s friday and saturday 7 00 p.m and sunday they have a three o’clock matinee yeah yep community college center awesome time um bring the kids up yeah well you just go everybody knows the songs from it it’s a great great chef and then hit uh uh be our guest yeah be our guest is a good one there’s a lot of other ones too i remember chip too all right the other thing we wanted to talk about i’m very excited is uh tomorrow april 7th is national no housework day ah national no no housework day okay so everybody gets to take the day off from that i’m just letting everyone know for those of you who didn’t know yep enjoy the day off no housework drink wine instead yeah it has been proclaimed national no no housework i’m loving that yeah yeah all right so what’s going on in the market everything’s flying off the shelves so to speak crazy if you’re coming here get ready get ready you got an earthquake how to move quick it is a seller’s market it is spring has sprung in here the spring has brought and uh it’s been a lot of fun meeting all kinds of new people and um making everyone’s dream come true and starting new lives here in our beautiful town anyway just wanted to say thanks again for uh saturday night we might be on whiskey road oh yeah around whiskey road saturday night going to whiskey road with our daughters yeah going to hear a little music 8 15 at saturday at lily what is it jersey jersey jersey lily park every time i go there i have things yeah jersey lily 8 15 lori mcdonald is playing and everybody who’s local here knows what an awesome gal she is yeah that’s a lot of good musicians we’re taking our daughters we’re going dancing to with lori mcdonald in her van uh saturday night at jersey lily yeah 8 15. come say hello come say hello have a drink i will not have my pickles with me i hope you understand it’s hard to dance why are you not bringing your pickles it’s hard to dance with jars of pickles i think everybody’s yeah anyway we’ll give you a rain check on the cookies absolutely yeah all right well anyway maybe we’ll see you at jersey lily there it is um we’re looking forward to it gonna have some good quality family time hope you guys are gonna have a great awesome weekend and uh please don’t hesitate to call us at 928-496-0075 we’re here to help you guys maneuver the uh city of prescott and find your dream home or just set us up for pictures or hit us up for fitness we share you’re happy all right nice to see you again great weekend guys love you bye cheers you
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