Category: Seller Tips

hello hello hello hello peeps it’s your little local preset pickle lady team that’s us I’m part of the team he’s the other part of the team she’s pickle lady I’m part of the team that’s right yes randn Dian bro here and our little local Hamlet yes that’s a cute word Hamlet I like Hamlet it’s like a small ham I like that I know yeah today we’re going to talk about I love ham ham is good today we want to talk about a little tip for well buyers and sell I guess and that’s to do with lighting first of all if you are selling your home and you are a fan of blue hogen lights bright white you need to change that it’s too much too much well you know and people go in and it kind of feels a little sterile and it kind of feels industrial industrial and and you know I guess it’s all personal preference so hey we’re not here to tell you what to do but for us for instance our whole house had like 40 um canned lights throughout the entire house and we had the oldfashioned kind where you screw in the um flood lights so we had some that were bright white and we had some that were warm and some and it looked terrible none of it looked uniform yeah the thing about the the lights they don’t all burn out at the same time so you go to the store and you replace one and over time you end up with just a random combination of different kinds of and it looks terrible ter I was so excited this is my tip of the day if you’re in Costco they sell packs of four all inclusive one unit with the lens over it no light bulb anymore it’s really cool it’s all LED lights four in a pack for $20 and then we had our electrician come and he replaced all the old ones but here’s the cool thing that we were so excited about is I was like I just can’t have that bright blue I just I hate it he goes no no no no no look and in the lights you can now pick the the varying degrees of light you want do you want the Warm Glow do you want the bright white do you want in between so you can adjust all of this people yeah that’s right yeah in the future You’ be able to turn on your blue H hallogen light and then when you want to sell your house you can make it warmer yeah so if you like the bright white hey go for it for it have that bright white the whole time you live there when you go to sell put it on uh the warmer glow um people want to look in the mirror and say damn I look good yeah you know but if if it’s that bright white sometimes you look a little washed out so it just makes the house warmer and the paint looks nicer and this that and the other but it it’s nice now that you have an option so it’s a very cheap and reasonable thing to do to kind of update your house from those old yucky can lights and flood lights get these yeah and it looks so good and even in the front of your home we had a neighbor in our old neighbor neighborhood she had that hallogen thing oh my God it looked like she had she was running some kind of utility uh it was just horrible a beautiful home nice and quaint and then she puts this H blue H hallogen light in oh God I mean the whole neighborhood was lit up yeah so they I’ll tell you a secret they sold their home and they moved so the the movers moved they left and the uh the new owners weren’t in yet and I may have gone across the street and traded out the the light honestly it lit up our whole living area from across the street thank you new owners by the way no no charge no charge yeah yeah it’s that bad some people just are not sensitive to that but most people are that’s a big deal well especially people like this one people like me yeah yeah he’s I hate I hate that stuff yeah it’s a it’s fun it’s fun to live with him yeah I’m always right always right right about the light but you know if you do the LED thing you know you don’t have to make a choice you can have your cake and then eat it too that’s right so if you know you’re kind of looking to do something just a simple little reasonable cheap thing to kind of update your home that’s one thing to do replace those canned lights with these all-in-one units it’s amazing yes and well worth it at the very least use warm lights on the front porch and in the entryway the very least yes so you don’t have to good first impression that’s right as you pull up to a house with a hall it looks it looks industrial it does not look oh my gosh yeah okay there it is someone’s got a little It’s My Thing a little thing I’m in there about lights lights and pens that’s our tip of the day if you like tips the place to go is pickle 411.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there for you that will Amaze Astound delight and inform and largely entertained and The Price is Right is absolutely free absolutely free like we don’t ask you for anything like nothing that might not encourage them that might be like why is it free I don’t want free yeah where’s the value there’s plenty of value why are these people doing this for free our 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good afternoon peeps friends and family and assorted others sorted others you’re welcome enemies yeah y’all can all watch yeah we do get some interesting emails from we do this is just for fun people don’t don’t be so serious relax it’s just for fun I don’t need negative emails uh well speaking of negative this episode is about horrify home Styles horrifying home Styles horrifying scary we should have done this for we should have done this for Halloween Halloween oh we’re recording this just a few days but that’s okay but that’s okay Rand and Dian bro here your local lady presc Arizona your local presc realtor team that’s right here in presc happy to uh help you out as you as you journey into our little town and try to find your next place so if you are this is primarily for sellers because buyers will know horrifying home Styles when they see them you may be a seller you may have inherited a home that has horrifying Styles in it now when you put these horrifying Styles in you know I’m sure it was the cats meow sure but we thought we’d mention just a few things that have been singled out either by us or experts uh as things you just you just can’t do so things that also make us laugh out loud so one of the things that really so saw this article article horrifying home Styles we had one we had we had a we have a horrifying home style in our home yes and that is the horrifying home style is bench seating at a dining room table I don’t see anything wrong with it I love it but hey evidentally it was a very trendy thing when we bought our dining room table that’s right it’s on the way way out it is on the way out something you might want to think about replacing as a practical standpoint if you are the middle person on the on in the bench you’re kind of screwed like if you have to go to the bathroom you got to it’s like sitting in the middle seat in an airline you it’s like you got to you got to get everyone up to to get out I agree but our friends are fun and it’s even more fun after several cocktails to see him try to wiggle out of try wiggle out yeah so that’s kind of part of the fun but apparently that’s dated evidently that’s horrifying that was that I didn’t think that was that horrifying I don’t think it was that yeah I cuz I own it yeah you know I have that so that’s kind of py I wouldn’t even blink at that but the other good one that we love is and we’ve come across it now several times saloon doors saloon doors into the bathroom yeah why yeah yeah saloon doors in a bathroom not saloon doors in the potty room yeah for your potty it’s just saloon doors that’s Salon doors I don’t know people well that’s not very effective if you know what I mean who side Cowboy I’m coming in I don’t know what the idea is I don’t know I mean you swing those doors open there’s no privacy because they don’t really cover anything uh it doesn’t cover anything and then there saloon doors just into the bathroom in general and it’s like wow saloon doors yeah we don’t have saloon doors no we don’t at least we don’t tell anybody Our Salon doors I don’t when we play Cowboy and make her go to the oh God yeah Sal doors listen saloon doors are a joke if you want to put saloon doors on your bar or your man cave is kind of something fun uh that’s fun and that’s fine we have restaurants downtown you know our town kind of has a little Western theme and they do the saloon doors but uh into the master bathroom not so much that’s a not not a western experience the other thing in bathrooms is all white whes white white white walls white counters white it’s too much yes it’s too much Hospital aren’t even all white anymore people will say oh it’s all white it looks like a hospital when’s the last time you saw an all-white hospital they don’t do it anymore they don’t cuz no one likes it looks clinical no one it looks yeah it does that’s a good word clinical and God forbid the splattering alone of any anything any any major event shows everything you might be having yes could be bad you want she that you don’t want to share that you don’t want to have carpeting carpeting in the bathroom carpeting in the bathroom that is horrifying particularly around the toilet oh every time and I’ve been in some beautiful homes with that carpeting all the way up to the potty and I think all the way up to the pot Yakama gross disgusting uh same thing splatter splatter I don’t want to even know what has been splattered on that carpeting yeah you you don’t put carpeting on a toilet seat you don’t put a carpeting around the toilet seed you don’t want anything absorbent other than toilet paper near your toilet it’s just none of none of that is good that is horrifying none of that is good peach peach walls peach peach Mau mauve mauve walls yeah peach peach is uh you know I I if you’re if you like Peach go a little darker for apricot or terracotta or up a lot yeah mix it up a little bit more the peach it was just overdone it looks very country in a bad the worst possible way uh yeah Peach and it looks very Grandma it screens old person lives here old person has lived here and our old person has died here yeah yeah yeah that is true that um and Mau walls and seafoam green carpeting all of that Let It Go Let It Go obviously popcorn sealings we talked about popcorn sealings in our ASB bestus uh video popcorn sealings are a no no yep um what else uh some of these swag light fixtures yeah that just scream again grandma lived here grandma recently died here yeah be real careful with faux finishes oh yes we went into a beautiful beautiful million dooll home giant pillars which that was okay but then they did a faux finish that I don’t even think the Romans or or the the Greeks had painted cuz you know the Greeks did paint very garish yeah they did originally they did did you know that yes they did I did so but we don’t need to duplicate it now in the 2000s no no and so don’t do faux finishes everyone knows those everyone knows those columns are not real marble even though you tried to make it marble yeah it’s not you’re not fooling anybody they they do have some Modern faux finishes that don’t look dated but if your faux finish is more than a if you do a faux finish it’s going to age quickly yes you know you know you probably don’t want to keep your faux finished for more than about three or five years because they age very they’re very trendy and they age very quickly yes yes so you know things like that columns are kind of dated columns are dated are very dated so when you’re getting ready to sell maybe have someone come out and see you know how about if I put like a beautiful wooden column you know like more rustic or something anything but how about U fake crysanthemum oh yeah I have to take a deep breath all the silk flowers the silk it has to go by byebye horrifying uh plant shelves uh with covered with silk on top not good yeah so so not to be uh not to be insensitive but just to kind of state it for what it is chances are if you’re incet and you’re a seller you are of a certain age if you are a buyer you are of a certain age but not as old as the first uncertain age so your sellers you know they have faux finishes that have been around a while or whatever you need to understand that younger people come in even though they’re not really young anymore they’re younger than you are and they have a different sense of what style is and they will be horrified by the thing horrify is a good word because we’ve had people like they can’t see past it they can’t get P at all you’re right and not only that curtains no one uses curtains anymore yeah so you go in a house with the heavy drapes and the what do you call them the pleat at the top at the top it just screams or what do they call it pooling at the bottom what do they call pudd puddling pudd anything called puddling I like puddling though I have to say I’m not opposed to puddling I was okay with it until I heard it was called puddling and then I’m back to the I’m back to the carpet and the bathroom we could never do puddling because we have cats and dogs that would sleep on it and decide that’s a good spot to yeah take a Le yeah all of these things that we’re mentioning they’re things that are relatively easy and cheap to fix absolutely so then you know just by adjusting those few little things helps you get top dollar and sell quicker and S quicker um people look at something and you know especially if it’s in a higher price point and they think well gez I’m spending over a million dollars and I got to come in here and gut it I got to repaint it I got to scrape popcorn just do it now do it ahead of time people will put an offer in right away and you’ll get top dollar and and the sellers will say you know yeah but buyers can see past it they can’t no they can’t they just they can’t they can’t it is so horrifying they run screaming from your house even my people who say oh I can see past anything they they’re they can’t they’re in the middle of it and they’re like I just don’t When Buyers come in we show them a lot of homes and uh there are a lot of good homes here so you’re kind of you’re competing with other good homes and the one that they’re going to buy is the one that’s going to touch their heart yep and no one’s going to you’re not going to touch anyone’s heart with carpet in the bathroom it’s not going to touch anyone’s heart it’s it’s just not it’s not going to be it’s not going to touch their soul it’s not going to touch their soul yeah so fix that stuff fix it yeah but anyway so that’s uh some some of the horrifying home Styles we wanted to share with you so that’s our tip of the day if you like tips and place to goes pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something waiting for you that will Amaze to stound inform and entertain you and it’s only $10 no it’s free it’s absolutely a subscription no subscription that’s a joke no subscription no subscription it’s all free people it’s all free it’s all the best deal you ever get in real estate you’re welcome is our information site pickle 411.com who else is telling you about these horrifying home Styles you’re not going to get anywhere else we going to give it to you stra lady brings it to you that’s right all right friends hope to see you soon give us a call happy to take you around and tour you of our lovely city and check out some good homes we’d love to work with you give us a call have a great day bye bye

We all have smells that we like and dislike. Trouble is, not everyone agrees on which scents are best. Watch this episode to find out how scent can sell your home -- or prevent it from selling. 

hello hello peeps how are you today I hope you’re good we hope you’re good yeah here with the pickle lady my name is Randall I’m her sidekick and this is Diane bro we are coming to you live from Prescott Arizona in Arizona we are um I I have little real estate team here in our lovely town at least in the top three I hope we sure try let me try we sure drawing you today talk about smell smells p u p u y karumi p u is a is a very ancient term if you know that poo you know it’s one of the very first words I guess I’m gonna find out yeah yeah it’s like a very ancient word poo okay all right so the with regard to real estate that smells what we we show a lot of houses and sometimes you go in houses and things don’t smell right people may have a lot of pets I mean we’re guilty of this we have dogs so I understand dogs um pets maybe you have kids maybe you have you cook with a lot of heavy seasoning yeah garlic or Curry or even fish or yeah yeah we cook Cajun Styles so sometimes it’s a heavy smell in the house and after a while you stop smelling it like you’re used to that smell but you put your home on the market and people who don’t live there come in and guess what happens yeah they’re like they’re hit they walk into the smell and they’re like I don’t it sometimes it’s just a bad memory for them oh I hate Seafood I hate this I hate that this oh you know and it turns them off Forever on your house 100 um that along with paint color choices we go over that a million times yeah and it’s an easy thing to fix easy thing to fix now listen you may be thinking oh you know I have a dog have a daughter doesn’t snow that bad it does we would like well it could it does you shouldn’t yeah you should get an objective opinion have somebody come over and get tell me honestly can you smell the dog the thing is though if you have a smell that doesn’t hit you on top of the head it will still make a negative impression yes it may even just be subconscious to the buyer yeah there’s something about this house I just don’t I can’t put my finger on it so my favorite thing is I’m a huge sentaholic he knows he hates it I I’m a big fan of plug-ins I’ve got all kinds of candles I’ve got room diffusers I can’t get enough of it I got sprays no problem with any of those things what’s the thing what’s the thing I don’t like I don’t like when she puts the plug-ins up to the maximum set all right well we’re gonna have a fight I don’t put it on the maximum she doesn’t anymore she used to he had he think he’s just very he has sensitive olfactory yes I do it’s ridiculous it’s what it is listen don’t if you’re gonna get sense whether it’s a candle or Plug-In or whatever don’t crank it so high that that becomes the smell that turns people that’s true because then people think what are they trying to hide yeah people think is there mildew in here that they’re trying to disguise so my favorite sense that I put it in all houses that I get ready to list is lavender or vanilla yeah it’s simple it’s easy people have a good feeling with that it makes them feel good and it’s not too heavily scented any kind of florals is usually bad tomorrow’s bad we must start frankincense yes we love Patchouli oh Patchouli is good too but the thing about those is some people find like Patchouli has kind of a gamey thing and same thing with frankincense a little too much it might be a little a little off the beaten path for some people so pick something and just be mainstream two yeah you know two plug-ins yeah yeah but just just a few will be enough and put it you know in the middle or kind of on the low side over particularly if you’re not living in the home yes uh the smell will build over time so you can sail in there if someone’s not living and they’re not running the AC the air gets still so when people come in that’s a first impression does it smell nice and clean and a good you know vanilla lavender don’t do any heavy heavy florals roses roses yeah have sometimes a negative reaction to that but anyway that’s our small little tip um that’s my favorite sense um I put them all throughout the house yeah and it just um it’s also kind of lavender’s calming so you want your buyers coming in to be calm relaxed and enjoy the process so uh just a little tidbit be careful with the smells if you’re gonna have a showing the next day don’t cook liver and onions you know don’t cook cabbage don’t cook seafood if you know you’re gonna have like two back-to-back appointments the next day yeah yeah it won’t go over well that’s that’s the stuff I like I like to eat stinky things though yeah and that’s the stuff he builds I’m like oh my God it smells like a garbage can in here so a little a little pointer for you when you’re getting ready to go live get those air fresheners plug-ins ready to go get lavender vanilla whatever get something nice and calming a calm scent yeah and don’t do any heavy duty cooking the day before showing yeah it’ll help you believe me in the long run absolutely all right another seller tip there you go if you want more tips the place to get it is pickle411.com that is our free information site whether you are buy or seller somewhere in between there’s information that is there free Astound Amaze entertain and destroy you I don’t know I don’t know if I just worth it yeah it’s all free people yeah it’s all free yeah we don’t get anything for this we don’t get anything no I’m waiting to get picked up by HGTV that’s right we’re open yeah yeah we’re holding it yeah HGTV yeah right here yeah I think they need to even have our own green screen that’s right we’re ready we’re ready Hollywood yes it was gone all right that is all for today see you soon bye

Rather than letting a "flipper" come in and make a quick buck, why not "flip" your own house, and get the most money possible for it? We'll give you the lowdown on which improvements will raise the price of your house the most, how to find the people to do the updates, and most importantly... how to pay for it all.

Blog post on how to buy now, sell later.

hello peeps fellow pickle peeps that’s right Rail and Diane bro here yeah she’s Diane she’s thickly I am the pickle lady as well my pickles have not come in yet I need to be in production yeah and there’s a delay on pickles I don’t know what uh what the run is on that but we’re trying anyway so yeah I’m still the pickle lady I still have plenty in the in storage but I need to make more so anybody has a pickle source for me uh actually give me a call yeah yeah yeah I’m looking for some we’ve been buying uh five gallon pails yeah and uh they’re running out so you’re running out what’s happening anybody’s got a good connection let me know let me get some pickles yeah but we’re here today besides all of that that’s in a size as we say in the business it is yeah I’m here today to talk about fixing cells all right so this is uh for our sellers here in Prescott also our buyers where you’re selling wherever you’re selling your home before you come here uh fix and sell is a great option for you um you know there are these people out here called flippers right so they buy homes and they do stuff and they make money because they sell for more money than they buy and a lot of what they do is fix and sell yep um so in essence fix and sell is about flipping your own house you know you figure out what what can you do to add value to the house that is a multiple of what it’s going to cost you uh so typically the things that really do well uh first of all is always paint oh yeah paint’s always a good one always paint yeah always paint freshen up freshen up if you’ve got scuffs if you’ve got dents if you’ve got a lot of nail holes you know just Spruce it up paint it it also smells good when you read it it makes the house feel new and fresh yes of course stay away from crazy colors stay away from dated colors if your house off dated colors crazy colors faux finishes anything like that yes sponges do yourself a favor paint it paint it uh we’ve told stories in in previous episodes there was a house beautiful home that yeah I thought it really wasn’t that crazy it was like a mint green yes but that did uh that they they did not paint uh up front in the end they discounted the house it probably cost him about 60 Grand they ended up having to paint the house anyway to get it sold so yeah your Aquas your moths your peaches get that out of there because what it screams is 80s and 90s you haven’t done anything to your house in a long time this house has dated yeah so keep that in mind that’s an easy way uh what’s our other thing countertops countertops floors is another good one the lighting there are a number of things that you can do or Landscaping is another really good ones yeah really good impression out front relatively small will end up adding immense value to your home and you’ll come out ahead when you do evaluation on your home generally they’ll give you a range you know you could get anywhere from you know let’s say 450 sometimes it’s 450 to 650 you know it’s a huge rain correct if that’s the case that means that your your home is in a neighborhood where prices vary a lot and that’s because they are in different stages of a Readiness to sell so the ones that really need a lot they’re going to trade on the lower end those that look like new and just been renovated they’re going to go on the high end so try to get it done yeah I mean it helps you in your pocket you know and so what’s a good way to do that yeah well one thing you should know is you may be overwhelmed with that yeah with it a couple things first of all if you don’t have the money to do it um you can get it paid for with a loan that you pay out of your proceeds when you close uh those deals are available they’re very straightforward uh generally they’re tied with people that they will hook you up with who can do the work if you hear in Prescott we can help you find people to do the work uh well worth doing uh you can combine that I think we did an episode on uh by now buy now sell later where you um you go ahead and buy your home and uh and then you sell the home you’re in later and uh it is really a a good thing to do we have another episode I’ll do a I’ll do a link down there uh below this video on that but you can combine the two you know you can vacate the home have the work done yes you know and then sell it all comes out of proceeds and generally you’ll come out ahead because you’ll get a much better price for your home and you will sell much faster that’s the other thing too yeah it will sell much better because we all know trying to be on the market can be torturous yeah at best even in uh really difficult seller times you know it’s a strong buyer’s market uh homes that are well staged and well prepared they still go really fast they still absolutely so you know so try to put your best foot forward show that house to the best of its uh the best that it can possibly be yeah absolutely it’s all about curb appeal and stepping in and people just feel oh I can see myself here I love it this house is lovely it’s cozy and I don’t have to do too much people love that people love that they want to unpack and move right in and start their next chapter yeah so yeah so if you’re interested in the number of uh non-traditional options for sellers if on the other hand you don’t particularly care you know it’s just gonna be more money my kids get when I die uh I don’t feel like being bothered I just want to get out of here we can we can get you a cash deal yes so you know and everywhere in between we can give you options so uh we’d love to talk to you about that so keep that in mind and give us a call if you’d like to be further educated on any of these products that we’re talking about absolutely we’re happy to be of assistance and guide you along with that absolutely all right so today if you’re into tips the place to go 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere between there’s something there waiting for you that will Astound entertain and put money in your pocket that’s right cases so make it happen Captain all right we look forward to hearing from you have a great rest of your day bye

One of the most discouraging things that can happen when selling your house is when something unexpected shows up during your buyer's due diligence.  There's a quick and easy way of avoiding that, which we explore in this episode.

hello hello hello today yeah I don’t know I hope everybody’s having a beautiful day and life is treating you well we’re having a beautiful day I’m here to share it with you that’s right yeah we are so excited this is Diana Randall bro here with exp Realty pickle lady I’m a psychic that’s right we are very excited here to talk to you today about something I think it’s important for all people getting ready to list particularly if you have an older home yes uh I in fact if you have an older home I would say it’s almost imperative yes big word imperative narrative I like that word it’s imperative meaning you must you must do this if you uh have a home even if it’s maybe fairly new um and you want to make sure you’re ready to sell you’ve got to get this concluded and move on have your home pre-inspected free inspection free inspect it don’t rely on the buyer to do it yeah you do it we have a great inspector that we use uh he’s part of our team he’s amazing he will come out and pre-inspect and uh from top to bottom roof uh HVAC a dishwall everything and he will write up a 60 70 page report his name is Matt gormer yep with national inspection I just calling that Matt call Matt we’ll look into that we’ll look into that National inspection yeah National inspection and he’s he’s just grateful he’s great uh very very knowledgeable so he’ll come out and depending on the square footage it’s probably anywhere from 325 to 375. yeah well worth the money yeah right just to clear up any confusion you guys might have if if you’re not from Arizona we are uh this advice is for sellers in Arizona and other states like California some of the other states it is customary for the seller to do a pre-inspection that’s just sort of the the normal procedure and then uh so they offer those inspection reports to would-be buyers Arizona doesn’t do that correct Arizona the buyer will do their own inspection and get their own inspection report what we are suggesting is that even though it’s not customary sellers particularly uh people with older homes or a home that let’s say a home any home that has been built uh 10 years or more ago or has not been renovated for more than 10 years right you probably want to do a pre-inspection because nothing is worse than getting under inspection I mean getting under contract pardon me getting under contract and everybody’s excited we’ve opened escrow we’re moving along and then we find a slew of problems yeah so as the seller you don’t want to be hit with these surprises yeah oh my gosh I had no idea really that’s wrong that’s wrong that’s wrong and then guess what sometimes can happen the buyer can walk and say you know what it’s too much yeah I don’t want to do it I don’t want to touch this with a 10-foot pole even if it’s little things yeah I’ve got a lot of little things right goes through a buyer’s mind is well what else is wrong with this house correct finding uh when you when you show them an inspection report and everything’s been addressed yep or they do their own inspection and it comes back really clean makes them really confident right they feel good they’re excited yeah and what sellers need to understand too now is that the market has changed and now sellers are competing for buyers yep and so if you have a buyer and they’re considering your house which is say a little older or a brand new home they might go with a brand new home just to avoid all so to make yourself competitive a pre-inspection is a good investment and you know take care of some of the problems that are on there before you even go on the market before you go on so then your house is just you know you have a confidence that you know what if I go under contract this is not going to fall out um I’ve taken care of everything they should be very happy with the home they’re about too high and so it’s something we kind of advise and and we’re so happy when some of our clients will take us up on that yeah and then you’re going to be surprises and you’re more likely to get an offer there too we’ve had any number of buyers they just look at the home and just say there is no way this thing it’s going to inspect out right you know we’re going to do an inspection I know they’re going to be issues right for whatever reason they don’t think the the seller is going to be amenable to repairs or whatever they don’t even bother making the offer yeah they’re like yeah it’s too much oh my God inspection report in their hot little hands that shows yeah we’ve addressed all these things and it shows pride of ownership right it makes them feel good these people cared for their home these people really invested their time and money in the home so I’m buying a good product I feel now good about making an offer on this home yes and like I said we don’t want to be under contract and it’s like oh really yeah I had no idea the heater didn’t work yeah not a good thing you don’t want to go back and say be surprised you know what I mean yeah you’re going under contract you’re calling movers you’re you’re moving on with your life oh guess what you know right so we are big Believers in having your home pre-inspected even if if it’s a fairly new house five years old it’s still good you know there might be some things you’re not even aware of yeah we just recently had a brand new home which was more than what was reported in the county turns out we were right yes uh so yeah even even that’s a little thing lots of little things yes uh it’s it’s a it’s a good insurance policy absolutely we cannot speak highly enough and for those of our clients who believe us and like to take our advice we thank you cheers to you for agreeing to the pre-inspection it gives you uh you know when you put your head on the pillow no worries you’re free no fretting because you know you’ve done everything you possibly can to get your house ready to be in good shape to sell that’s right so that’s our little tip of the day to our fellow sellers to be that’s right you want more tips the place to get it is pickle411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s plenty of information for you about real estate about press get things to do things to eat places to go all kinds of stuff all kinds of not just real estate not just real estate fun stuff fun stuff too yeah that’s what we’re also that’s fun too it can be a lot of fun enough for pre-inspections it’s fun for math it’s fun for Matt okay so thank you for listening to this handy tidbit of the day we appreciate that and we hope that you have a wonderful evening all right take care bye

In real estate, the definition of a good photographer is someone who can make something look better than it is.  Whether it's the agent's photo on a for-sale sign or the shag carpet in the bonus room, what you see may not be what you get.  

And as a seller, if you think your home can compete these days without decent photography, guess again!  

In this episode, we share our thoughts on the magic of real estate photography and the first impressions it makes in the marketplace.

hello hello hello hello hello peeps how’s it going out there here with pickle lady Diane bro realtor yep I’m psychic skunk Pig Randall you’re supporting her in any way that I can sometimes it depends on the day it depends on what she needs help with correct yeah true uh we are here today to talk about the magic of Photography magic or real estate photography real estate Photography in general I think all of us are familiar with filters lighting Etc what you see folks is not always what you get uh as you you know not that I’ve been on those dating websites but if you are sometimes you meet up and you’re like really yeah or my favorite is just look at a real realtor’s uh business cards yeah the business card they’re the sales signs yeah yeah those photographers magic they work their magic fading and switching total baby switch and the same thing when you are selling your home selling your home if you do not have a great photographer or great pictures it’s doing a huge disservice yes it’s not representing your home in its best light no pun intended uh so you have to be really careful you have to make sure you’ve got great photos of your home represented in its best all of the best features yes sunlight sunsets backyards drone shots yes you know uh aerial shots yes you really need to have somebody the pictures selling your house is a process and one of the very first steps is enticing someone into being interested in your home and that’s what the photography does if you have bad photography they’re going to fly right through it just cancel the listing and you know what else it’s not going to happen fellow agents who are house hunting for you will be like ah this one hasn’t looked so good and they’ll pass on it yeah um that is your first first impression both to yourself as well as to fellow Realtors who were looking for their buyers and stuff so always make sure uh let’s review the photos with your listing agent make sure to say can I see them first before uh make sure it’s up to your standards make sure it shows all of the best features of your home only you know what’s the best feature you live in it that’s right you know a photographer may come in and not know at four o’clock the sunset or five is amazing yeah um so make sure you fully communicate with the photographer so we can get the best shots possible and review say may I see them before you go live yes you should you should take a look look at them just make sure that if you were a buyer these pictures would make you want to would this draw you in would you be like wow that kitchen’s beautiful I’ve got to see that house yeah just just a a point that’s important I think it’s the photography in your MLS listing is not there to give you a tour of the home it doesn’t necessarily have to be comprehensive the function of the photos is to make people interested in the house and want to see it draw you in to draw you in that looks interest you’re looking for that that’s it you don’t have to have a picture of the toilet they know you have a toilet I I can’t say hi to MLS how many pictures of toilets and especially a toilet with the seat up oh my God yeah please now I have never seen a buyer see a picture of a toilet I gotta go see that one that is I’ve never made one of those crazy Japanese boys absolutely you have a standard even if it’s a high toilet you know those toilets that powder your bottom and everything else hell yeah I’m all about it [Music] so you know try to get someone who will represent your home and and it’s in its best light and for the buyer’s side you need to understand that a lot of times pictures are not what the home doesn’t look the way the pictures do yeah and that can be a positive thing or negative thing sometimes you see uh pictures they look wonderful hey kudos to the photographer right uh but you need to get somebody in there to see it in person and give you feedback so a lot of times absolutely the homes don’t come out uh are not as good as that you would think there are a couple of photographers who are Michael very good yeah they are amazing magic they’re Wizards and and vice versa so we’ve seen a lot of MLS listings where obviously the real estate agent just pulled out a phone and snapped a few yeah a few pictures that are not well lit they haven’t been photoshopped and make them nice and bright uh they just don’t look good yep and uh we’ll go see those too yeah and if we find a home that is really beautiful and the photography is not good on it guess what we tell our buyers move fast move fast coming low and let’s get this under contract before everyone else figures out sometimes it’s just not represented and that’s a boon to you so we love to go preview first and uh like I said so always be opened and don’t sometimes you see a house here like this is it I love everything about it I love the look of this house I love this and then we go see it you need to trust that we’re going to tell you the truth yeah those were amazing photos but you don’t want to be you don’t want to do it and we’ll do a walk through video too really hard to figure a walk through video yeah you do a walk-through video and you like what you see that you’re you’re basically seeing what you say as you walked in the hallway yeah some people are like no but I really really like it I’m like that’s fine let’s go through it you need to see it in person to get a better understanding perhaps since on a busy road perhaps it’s uh backs up to something you may not want to live or look and you don’t see it in the photos so keep your mind open don’t get your heart set on but that is the perfect house based on the pictures yeah it looks like hell and the pickle lady says no this is a good one yeah watch the walk-through video watch it you’re gonna love it so that’s our little tip for you people out there who are thinking about listing uh hopefully if you list with us we will share all the photos and let you see but always ask whoever you’re working with may I see first what’s happening and if you’re not happy demand better pictures that’s right because that can be how quick or how long your house takes to sell that’s right very important and if you’re a buyer know that some of these pictures it’s a lot of magic involved and I don’t want to don’t don’t set your heart on one home just based on the photos that’s right right all right so that is our topic of the day tip of the day you want more tips and place to go is pickle411.com that is our free information site whether you are a buyer seller is somewhere in between there’s something there that’s free and waiting for you and it will astound and rock your world perhaps perhaps if you have a boring life maybe yeah it’ll be at least one thing there really something that that you’ll be like it was helpful that would be something yes all right so we look forward to hearing from you take care and have an amazing day bye

Over time, homes fill with clutter.  If you have a home that has been cluttering up for a long time, getting the house ready to put on the market can be an overwhelming undertaking.  In this episode, we discuss what you can do to cut through the clutter and command top dollar in the marketplace... all without losing your mind.

hello hello hello hello beeps or bonjour bonjour this is diane and randall bro we are so french yes well sure we do we do have that was french enough yeah we do have a cajun last name and he is a hundred percent cat 100 is my friend yeah 100 yeah you can’t get any more cajun than this guy don’t get any more cajun he came right up on this wall out of the swamps like a virus yep can’t quite shed the virus keep trying she keeps getting the booster but i keep in fact you’re trying to get the booster yeah all right today we are here with prescott lady to talk about prepping your house to sell prepping to sell or if you do sell yeah uh something we also offer yeah um so if you’re getting ready to sell and you’re like geez i have my mom’s house i don’t know what to do uh we’re happy to help you set up a sale uh we will market it on our facebook page we will market it on facebook marketplace um we will set up signage we we don’t just do it we we show up people yeah and we will help you you know get be an extra set of hands yeah selling your house sale selling your house is just one one step and we get that you know uh real estate agents are here to help you sell your house but in order for you to sell your house there are lots of other pieces and parts that have to come together and we get that if you have been in your prescott home for a number of years if you have a parent who has been in a prescott home for a number of years and we’ve seen those homes we know uh you get 20 30 years of clutter it can be very daunting very daunting uh it’s a very daunting task particularly if you are maybe an older person and you may not have family nearby uh we have been known to rent a u-haul hey what are you not taking with you we will load it up right now go take it over to goodwill drop it off for donation or wherever they want yeah do you want to have a moving sale let’s do something else for you yeah we’ll we’re going to help you through the process we have we can help we can find other people that can help you uh to get your process going so if you don’t know where to start if you are dreading getting started don’t do what the prescott pickle ladies mom did and put it up for how many years did your mom put up 50 50 years yeah don’t do that don’t do that empty your addicts folks yeah um your children don’t want to be uh like i had to do we don’t want to be older and dean out the attic yeah it’s not so fun that’s so fun uh yeah so you know it’s just time to pair down get the help you need make it happen declutter declutter declutter declutter if you’re getting ready to go on the market it’s got to go folks all those national geographics you know what honestly can i be on it because my parents haven’t had one nobody wants that nobody wants there’s no value in that there’s no value in it unless you have a 12 year old who wants to see some naked and there are plenty of those out online i’m thinking yeah now even that top story even though it’s absolutely nobody they don’t even care about that they just you know anyway i digress but um yeah just get rid of it and um just let go of the attachment yeah let go if you’ve got four sets of pots and pans um and you’ve got the set from when you first were married yeah like my mom did yeah a generational effect here uh where people of a certain generation they don’t throw things away and uh i find the the the younger people are the more they kind of get that yeah but you know all of us like to collect stuff and that we don’t need and all of that needs to get out of the way and all the dust and everything else needs to get out of the way and if you are struggling with getting started call us now and we’ll help you through that process we’ll help you start with the uh first steps yeah the first steps we can connect you with people uh we can collect uh connect you with you know maybe um a dump service where you know you can kind of some of the things that are you can throw away yeah um yeah you know it’s a process yeah and we get that and um but here’s the thing it’s so liberating oh yeah once you start the process it’s a beautiful thing yes and you’ll feel so good and you’re moving on to your next chapter and you can get rid of all that stuff it’s very freeing and after all of the market appreciation we’ve seen in the last couple of years there’s a a very big financial reward yes waiting for you at the end of that that’s right if you clear all that stuff out and show your light and it’s best oh my god i hate when i get my words from anyway if you clear out all your debris your d and you declutter and you get rid of all your your collection of national geographics um your pots and pans and all that um you’re gonna end up getting more money much more money people people can’t see beyonce we’ve talked about this when it comes to paint colors and some other things people do not have that much as much as imagination as you think and uh well it’s more than that what they see is your stuff yeah they can’t start to envision their stuff your home doesn’t have enough space in this space to have their life there so yeah they’re like you know they see everything on your walls and they’re like well i don’t even know if there’s enough space for they can’t see beyond that where would i hang my painting yeah and that’s what you want you want them to start placing themselves as the new buyer of your home that’s that’s what the goal is absolutely it’s a big part of profit when it comes to flipping homes is taking care of that you know so your first your first your first thought might be well we’ll just sell it as is and we’ll just let the buyer deal with this you are leaving so much money on this yeah you’re leaving a lot of us so just uh as we call ourselves mom and dad listen to mom and dad listen you know i know you think that beautiful um uh gnome is just amazing and your collection of 2500 gnomes in the yard is so charming not so much to other people you could lose a lot of money yeah the longer it sits yeah just because you can’t bear to part with you know 200 adorable garden notes so let it go let it go let it go and make it clutter and go through the process and if it’s overwhelming then call the pickle lady we’ll help you get started and we’ll get you there all right that is our little tip of the day tip of the day so if you’re looking to find the press capitola the place to call is 713-302-1964 that is the prescott pickle lady hotline correct if you’re looking for information the place to go is pickle411.com whether you are a buyer or a seller or somewhere in between the information that you need and seek and desire and crave is right there it’s all free and it is waiting for you real estate information market tips restaurants things to do just anything you could think of yeah so look us up give us a call we’re happy to help you in whatever step you’re in on this next chapter okay take care and have just a no an awesome day can’t get my words out awesome day fantastic awesome day that is all that was good peace out peace out bye

 Selling a home can be grueling, particularly when it requires significant cleanup and prep... or when you're facing very difficult circumstances. If the idea of bypassing all that with a quick cash offer in hand sounds attractive to you, then you need to check out Express Offers - a new seller program we introduce in this episode. 

hello hello hello my friends hello peeps this is randall and diambro here in the lovely town of prescott arizona just good arizona with the prescott pickle that’s right we are very excited to share something new that has come through our brokerage and that is express offers express offers so a lot of there are companies out there that will uh pay you cash for your home you know we buy ugly homes i mean we’ve seen all these kinds of things uh we have a program like that we can offer you money for your home uh it functions as kind of a last resort if you will or our worst possible case or if you’ve got to get out fast something happens you’re like i really don’t have time to market this i need to sell quickly yeah so so these are investors that are investing in homes uh they are either looking to hold in rent or they’re looking to renovate and flip uh and so depending on the kind of situation you’re in you might want to consider something like this absolutely it’s an amazing program it’s a great program easy to use yeah easy to use you can always get uh get an offer and if it’s not to your liking then you can go the traditional route and use us though or anybody else for that matter the list journal in a more traditional way that’s right but if you’re looking for something quick and easy uh it’s pretty good the if your home is completely you know kind of up to date and ready to rent uh probably a little closer to market value than if it’s a flip situation uh if you are if you want to redo your own home and then sell it i mean essentially you’ve gone into the flipping business right professional flippers can do it cheaper and easier you may be surprised at how uh good offers the the quality offers that they can give you so there’s something to think about before you dive in and start your and in particular if you’re really kind of in a time crunch yeah because we understand life happens yeah things happen and um you’ve got to get a skedaddle out of town yeah or something dramatic has happened financially and you’re health-wise yeah health-wise uh if you are uh if your parents have been in the home for 40 000 years right gee you know we’re gonna have to sell mom’s home and i don’t know been there and done that yeah a lot a lot what are we gonna do with this yeah so yes you’re going to get less than market value because it is an investor and they are looking to make a profit by giving you more convenience but maybe less than you think and a whole lot easier because uh having done it uh it’s or you’ve done it more than me but um it’s it’s it’s not a good time people it is a lot it’s not a lot of fun yeah so you have to consider yeah yeah been there done that i wish maybe we would have had at that time access to express offers yeah that would have been so that would have been amazing certainly something to consider absolutely so i mean consider this among you know a whole battery of different options we’ll be glad to learn more about your particular situation and help you explore what options make the most sense for you but it is nice that we have you know an extra bullet in the chamber if you will another tool in the tool bag i like the first thing’s a little violent yeah i don’t know yeah i mean coming after that one thing yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah we don’t want to talk about anything because that could possibly be in the chamber all the bullets in the chamber are the same tools i like the tool yes i like that better we’re just kind of in kind of crazy crazy times crazy time you never want to assume yeah that’s right that anything is is or is not in the chamber [Laughter] as we’ve been taught in gun gun safety yes every gun is loaded every gun yeah you should always just safety tip always safe always uh i’ll say that all guns and you know what express offers is also listed it’s also loaded it’s ready to never assume that your toolbox is full because if you take the toolbox uh chances are you won’t have the tool that you need that yeah yeah i guess i don’t know but anyway we just wanted to share that with you because we think it’s an exciting new program with our brokerage and we are happy to share it with you yeah we’ll be glad to run some nights absolutely and help you uh if you’re in a bind or just you know don’t even want to put it on the market and show it a ton of times this is something another option so give us a call or look us up yeah you can find more information at pickle411.com that is our information site whether you are buy or seller somewhere in between you will find something there that is informative and entertaining and worthy of an oscar absolutely worthy of an oscar we’re here to help people that’s what we’re all about customer service bar none that’s us that’s all i have to say that’s why i’m tired all the time have a great day thank you for listening take care bye

Need to match a color... exactly? Maybe you need to touch up a section of your house that's faded, or you want to integrate a color in your favorite throw pillow into your overall room design.  Well, we've found just the thing: our favorite new gadget from our favorite paint store in Prescott. 

good morning good morning
this is diane bro i’m with my partner my
domestic partner randall bro yeah i’m
also her husband it’s a domestic part i
mean we sound like a dog yeah
you know it sounds cooler and hipper
like yeah the millennium domesticated
this is my domestic
partner yeah that’s right she’s a big
lady uh we’re realtors here in prescott
arizona correct bringing good jobs to
things that have to do with real estate
and life in general in the
thriving little town of prescott arizona
that’s right
our little lovely town so this is
something new we discovered and we had
so much fun we’re like oh my gosh where
was this technology we love love love
love this we were helping a client
uh they had a few little stucco repairs
that had to be done
and of course the stucco had been on
about five or six years so sometimes the
paint color outside will fade over time
and we were like how are we going to
match this paint now yeah you know
because it’s it’s faded
and uh
mr bro here found something really cool
at the paint store so you know the thing
about the house is the sun doesn’t hit
the house evenly yeah so not only
was the the color different than the
color that was in the can in the garage
because it had faded but it had faded
differently in different spots of the
home yes and so i had to match the color
and you know so you get the color
swatches
and i actually did really well i i
matched one part of the house very well
he did not so much on the other side
hard yeah i found this little uh this
little device you can get it at the
paint store which is the which one we
went to sherwood
shout out to sherlock mines yeah they
give great customer service they really
they really do they’ll help you to your
dying breath they’re like yeah they’ve
got a number of pain stores here in town
uh but i found that they are really very
they’re the best they’re very uh
proactive and really real estate agents
spend a lot of time
we’re not just showing you how much you
wouldn’t believe the other many caps
that we have yeah we wear a lot of caps
this is a color matcher so
yeah so there is a gadget they call it
uh smart scan
i’ll have to look up the name of it or
whatever but how much was it like ninety
dollars no well not even that i think i
paid maybe 60 70 bucks
for this little gadget that i connects
to your phone
uh through bluetooth i believe
and you you scan it and it will give you
the number of the closest
matching color that showroom williams um
sells it’s like a miracle really it
really is because we’re like i don’t
even know they don’t even have the
original paint to this house anymore
what are we supposed to do how can we
figure this out without having the house
look polka dotted yeah with the wrong
color paint and we discovered the guy
said you you should try this it’s this
little gadget and he was telling me
about the gadget and i’m thinking yeah
it’s going to be you know 500 or
something it’s not it’s not it’s amazing
it’s pretty easy to use if you’re not a
high-tech person you can hit us up we’ll
try to give you some guidance
but it’s not wasn’t that hard to figure
out yeah
you know not only is it good for man
that’s usually we’re matching pink
that’s usually what the issue is there’s
been a uh there’s been some sun
uh but let’s say you are decorating yep
and you have a pillow
that you love and you would like to
match
one of the colors in your floral pillow
and make a feature wall of that color
you know you can pick out one little
tiny spot on the pillow match that color
into a feature wall yeah so
from a design perspective is really
interesting uh what you can do in
matching colors so it’s an amazing
little gadget and not that expensive
and well worth it so for all of our
people moving here if you’re like you
know like what he said i want to change
the color of this wall and match it to
my new sofa or i want to do uh match the
existing color but i just need to touch
up a little area how do i find that this
is the gadget for you and sure williams
also has technology that allows you to
get sort of a
virtually paint a room to see what the
room would look like painted yeah that’s
cool too yeah i i played a little bit i
know less about that i have seen it
around
but yeah they’re doing some really cool
things with color so i’m sure
so if you’re moving here give us a call
and you want to do some painting and
you’re like tell me about that thing
again we’ll help you we’ll show you what
it looks like how it works
um it’s been very instrumental and
really saved a lot of expense and buying
gallons of paint that didn’t match and
then you got to go start over again
so uh something we learned and we wanted
to share this uh tip
i don’t know if it’s a design tip a
listing tip but i’m not gonna it’s all
of it but color matching can be a
powerful thing color matching can be a
beautiful powerful thing
there’s no denying it
having had to buy a 50 gallon of paint
and it didn’t match good match i wish i
had this little gadget it would have
been amazing
so anyway if you are looking to list or
buy a house give randall and i call we
are at pickle411.com
we have all kinds of information about
life here in prescott as well as our
contact information we would love to
help you and we’d love to help you get
one of these color matching doodads yeah
to get you started you might want to
check out pickle411.com
that is our free information center all
things prescott all things real estate
yep and uh
insightful and mildly entertaining
somewhat insightful yeah somewhat i
don’t know if it’s more entertaining or
more insightful i think it’s 50 50.
somewhere in between all those things
we try you’ll enjoy we try we can only
do the best we can people
all right nice to see you and we hope
you have a good day and we hope to hear
from you soon take care bye

Charming, loving family homes are very personalized - and often very hard to sell.  In our continuing series on home staging, we explain why that is and what you should do about it to capture top value for your home.  Check it out!

yeah we gotta make sure we’re recording these sometimes that happens folks yeah we just we do uh some of our best episodes one of our best episodes we’re not recorded and then he comes upstairs oh my god by the way uh we weren’t recording yeah hello hello you’re seeing a little behind the scenes behind the scenes stuff she’s the pickle lady that’s right i am her partner in crime and uh we are here in prescott arizona real estate agents uh extraordinaire correct yeah i am diane this is randall grove we are happy to uh help you guys out when you come visit if you’re looking for a home happy to help you list if you’re ready to do that yeah so we’re doing we’re we’re doing seller tips we have a series of seller tips and we wanted to focus on staging yeah uh and staging tips when you’re trying to sell your home as i’ve said before uh professional staging is not that big a deal here in prescott there’s not a lot of that going on there’s some yeah not a lot of that for the most part the sellers themselves or their agents are responsible for staging the home but just because no one’s paying money to have it professionally done does not mean it is not important it is vitally so it is and it’s necessary absolutely so this little staging tip is all about depersonalization depersonalization yes when people come in they don’t want to see i have pictures i know uh pictures of your family your children your daughters your wedding you and your wedding dress this that and the other i am so guilty of this yes i consider my daughters my own works of art yes so i’ve got beautiful portraits of them when they were four beautiful portraits of them when they were 18 it goes on and on and on i am the biggest one guilty of this but when i go to sell it’s all coming down when we go over to someone’s house uh just you know socially and their house isn’t personalized it’s kind of creepy yeah i don’t like you go in you don’t see any pictures of them or i think that’s with their children it’s like this person must be in witness protection yeah something i’m a little suspicious a little suspicious so we like homes that are warm and personalized and that the personal touch with all the pictures there’s nothing to say there’s anything wrong with decorating decorating your home in a personalized way it’s just when it comes time to sell that can get involved some of that needs to come down not all of it you keep a cute little picture tucked here and there yeah that still gives the warmth of hey this is a nice family home yeah we’ve had a good time here we’ve got good memories it gives good juju yeah but if it’s too too much of it yeah then people can’t see past my family moving in here this is where i could hang my portraits yes this is where i could hang my grandchildren’s pictures yes so if you’re covered with all of your stuff and it’s too much of it they can’t see past it and they can’t see themselves we want them to get an emotional connection to your home i’ve got to live here my family would be so happy here so a couple of points there first of all uh the reason why you do this is that uh the reason why stage in general is that people do not make rational decisions in buying a home they make emotional decisions they do and buying a home and you may say oh they can look past all my stuff where they could you know they could go home and photoshop it all out you know or they could you know do it in their own minds but what we’re telling you is they don’t in practice they don’t that’s not how they make decisions uh most people unlike investors most people most buyers will make an emotional gut decision in connecting with a home and if your personalized stuff doesn’t connect with them it’s going to get in the way of that process and they’re not going to connect with your home and they’re not going to want to move forward that’s true the other thing to kind of de-personalize is besides you know family photos or you know is anything that of religious nature that’s if you are overtly you know if you’ve got a lot of religious or even i hate to say it patriotic yes um which i don’t agree with but um yeah i mean we have religious stuff in our home we have oh you know that’s how we personalize our home right some people it could be that they are not religious correct it could be that they have a religion that is different than yours right and it’s not like they say oh you know i would say i’m jewish and all these crosses are around or vice versa and they say well you know i don’t i don’t like all these crosses i don’t like this house they won’t even be able to articulate it correct they just won’t connect with the house they won’t even be able to explain why there was something about the house that just didn’t feel right right you know and that’s what we’re trying to avoid absolutely i mean i have all of that i love it all i have buddhas i have catholic things i have dude jewish thing yeah i like to cover my bases i have it all i i want to make sure i got i have crystals you name it yeah i have a very eclectic home yeah i will say it’s very clever but that may not connect with a lot of people and it won’t they may be like what does she have some weird stuff weird stuff that was a weird house and i’ll be the first one to open it it is so i agree you know so when i do go to sell i will remove some of those items just because again we want it to be a clean slate yeah that people can see you know their special things coming in their special photos right uh portraits and things like that a quick rule of thumb when it comes to family pictures so if you go to a place like say michael’s and you buy picture frames most of the picture frames will have pictures in them yep you know showing you you know this is where you would put your family but they’re kind of sort of generic looking family photos if you don’t have a lot of family photos and it just looks like a family there’s nothing particularly different like it it could be the picture that they put in the frames at michael’s and sell the to sell the frame if that’s the case then it’s probably not so personalized that you need to get rid of it but if it’s you know like uh halloween costumes or something just kind of strange that you wouldn’t see at michael’s then you probably need to yeah yeah that is just keep it light keep it simple keep it not too crazy like my house and you’ll do just fine but the most important thing out of all of this is when your agent is nicely suggesting hey you know you might want to remove this you might don’t not argue but don’t get defensive don’t be insulted it’s not meant in that way at all it’s just having done this thousands of times and helping people find their place and the feedback we get back we know what your house will be tagged about it’ll be like oh gosh did you see that that was terrible and so just listen to us ahead of time and save yourself a lot of heartache yeah and it may not be fun to hear and it may be i’m not really comfortable i understand i mean i get tagged myself so it’s a it’s a pain but we’re telling you it will put money in your pocket it will put money in your pocket and it will save you uh you know have the house sold pretty quickly so it’s all in your best interest too personal absolutely in your best interest so depersonalize depersonalize depersonalize and when someone suggested like we suggested to you just take it with a good heart and say okay thanks all right good points here if you look for more good points you might want to go to pickle411.com yep that is our information center everything there is free highly entertaining and insightful yep it’s one awards no it hasn’t won awards not yet we’re waiting for an award i feel like it’s coming yeah the pickle i just have a pickle or something it’s coming yeah we feel it i think it’s coming i feel it yeah all right and if you’re watching this we want to wish you a happy new year happy new year to you because uh 2022 i think it’s just going to be amazing for everybody we’re going to turn this around turn this ship around and everybody’s going to be the ship chip oh i thought you said something else no okay no you could turn that other thing around too well yeah i’m done with that yeah it has been pretty good yeah so i would agree but we’re going to turn that ship around 2022 is going to be amazing yep i just feel it it’s going to be a good start for all of us so here’s to a happy healthy and prosperous 2022 and give us a call to sell your home and we’ll give you some more tips in person that’s right all right take care bye

Often the things that make a house a home are the very things that will cost you plenty when it's time to sell.  This is particularly true when it come to color choices.  

In our continuing series on home staging, we offer our tips on paints, finishes, and color choices.  Check it out! 

well good morning friends hello brandon diane bro here your prescott pickle team we are indeed i am the prescott pickle lady um when you come in you’ll see why i’ll bring you some of my cajun pickles they are fabulous yeah the pickle lady often wears uh green but not during our wine downs i can’t can’t wear green i love green i know green is my lucky color i have green eyes they get really green when i wear green i have my lucky green jade earrings i’m all about green all about green well we’re here now let’s talk about color so we’re doing staging tips for our sellers out there uh as i said in a previous wine down uh professional staging isn’t that big of a deal and prescott not a lot that go not a lot of that going on uh yourself we trust you guys yeah no that’s the way it’s good it’s done by the sellers and done by the agents it’s not done by professionals but just because it’s not done by professionals does not mean it’s not important it’s violated and it’s vitally important and it’s very necessary now and one of the important factors in staging your home is color color color color we’re going to talk about some colors some things that you need to keep in mind about colors in a home right uh one of them so if one of the i think we’ve talked about this before if you’ve got weird colors yeah you need to paint yes if you’ve got like yeah uh bright aqua yeah yeah peach peach is so dated yeah peaches love is so dated yeah um seafoam green is so dated and a lot of the painting techniques are dated the faux finishes and stuff like that a lot of that is really kind of passe people really get turned off when they see it it’s kind of like popcorn ceilings you just can’t sell anything with a popcorn ceiling now there are certain colors where that is the case um i would i would i always tell people avoid just white uh it’s too strong it’s too stark people go to white because they think it is uh safe right um but it can be too bright and too jarring yeah particularly if you don’t have a lot of too sterile too sterile particularly if you’re not gonna have a lot of pictures on the wall yeah if you just show a home that’s empty with white walls it really cheapens it quite a bit so be careful like when we say hey these peach walls you really should paint go with a nice neutral gray or a nice neutral soft white or soft cream yeah or like a taupe very soft completely neutral nothing jarring nothing startling nothing um for instance we had a house in baton rouge way back in the day and our daughter’s playroom we we did this whole all four walls were beach scenes and sea creatures and murals and we had a great time we also did it in texas in their house too um but as soon as we went on the market nobody had to tell us we immediately covered it up and painted and did all it was kind of sad yeah we did take some movies of it and some pictures so the kids could look back and realize what amazing talented parents they had yeah because we need to you know constantly put that in front of that like send them the evidence yeah not many parents paint their walls like this for their kids yeah but your parents did yeah you had a blue a killer whale yeah we had a killer yeah yeah and jellyfish and we allowed that to happen but anyway that’s just a shout out to the kids and all you parents out there who did the same thing you know you know what we’re talking about kids rooms are always suspect so if you’re yes if your daughter just loved hot pink and her whole room is hot pink including the trim you’re gonna have to paint that absolutely you know uh little boys like uh you know crazy dark colors sometimes black walls yeah they’ll be terrible get rid of that space scene or whatever and or whatever it is uh crazy purples we’ve seen some crazy purples it’s got to go yellow it’s got to go don’t push the envelope with colors if you have something that’s pushing an envelope you really should paint them and you know it may cost you maybe a thousand dollars to repaint all that yeah it’s worth it you will reap that in in the price of your home you will regain all of that and more and again if you leave it and it remains in place your house will probably sit on the market yeah and the longer it sits on the market you’re going to have to drop the price drop the price so that little bit of investment ahead of time will actually get you more money even if it doesn’t so so i’ve told the horror story before there was a home beautiful home uh the walls were a mint green that’s not that offensive no not about uh but everyone took in it was like this doesn’t match any of my stuff uh in the end long story short i think that color ended up costing them at least fifty thousand dollars they had to keep it was they ended up having it anyway yeah they should have painted it in the beginning and you’d be done and they would have been done right away and they would have gotten more money for the home it’s not just oh i can’t sell my home so i have to lower the price right if you have two people who are interested in your home then they compete with one another on price you get more money if your weird color only makes one go away it’s going to cost you money even if the home sells right away it can still cost you money that’s right and the other thing is people people were like well they can paint it themselves and they can pick whatever they want people just don’t have the imagination the vision and also they think to themselves i want to be move-in ready i don’t i don’t want to come in and have to hire painters have to find a painter i want to be able to move right in and unpack my stuff hang my stuff on the walls if they have to wait for a painter and it might take two or three weeks to get the whole house painted it’s a turn off they may walk away from a perfectly great house just because they’re not interested or they find one that they don’t have to do that and that’s a deciding factor right yeah so i know when we moved in our home i painted it from top to bottom and it was about a three week process because i had a small team yes and um so yeah if you want to live with your painter and get to be really good friends yeah you know and that’s okay um but it’s you’re really better off just doing a a minimal touch-up painting yeah and and adjusting the color it will save you a lot of time and money in the long run time on market and more money absolutely absolutely so another another seller tip if you’re looking for seller tips or just information about real estate or just prescott in general whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between go to pickle411.com correct that is our information center everything there is free and highly highly entertaining and insightful it can be it’s very insightful too and anyway if you’re making uh thank thinking of making a trip to prescott give us a call we’d love to show you around our great town and show you some interesting properties some good places absolutely all right take care and have a good day bye

Real estate has gotten kind of spiritual.  Life coaches and spiritual healers will tell you that the first and most important step in selling your property is to create a canvas that allows your buyers to paint a picture of their new lives inside your home.  

Deep, right?

While all that may make sense to sellers drinking mushroom tea, you may be looking for some more specific steps - a little less spiritual and a little more concrete.  

Well, in this Wine Down, we bring this concept straight down to earth (where most homes are sold anyway).  Come check it out!

hello hello hello hello beats randall and i am bro here your local prescott pickle team that’s us i am the pickle lady uh happy to join you today and uh we want to talk a little bit about something that i think everybody should learn when they’re about to list their home and uh you know just listen to the advice of your agent and one of the main things we’d love to talk about when you are ready to go live and we’re getting ready to take pictures and video of your home you want it to be shown in the best possible light possible mm-hmm i said that this might be possible best possible light as possible forget about that yeah only one possibility just take one of those possibles ignore all that but yeah possible ignore the extra possibility if it’s possible if it’s possible ignore the extra possible that’s right so this is yeah seller tips staging tips so in this town uh professional staging is relatively unusual in some markets it is a matter of course that sellers will pay a professional stager they’ll come in and stage the home for the most part that doesn’t happen in prescott usually yeah there’s some uh you know usually staging you’ll see if the home is empty right and uh they don’t think it shows well empty they may put a few things in absolutely uh but state professional staging is not that big a deal in prescott but that does not mean that staging isn’t important it’s super important but it’s up to you to get it done that you are my agent right so the most important thing is i’m sure most of you have heard this if you’ve sold a home before declutter declutter declutter yep declutter i’m famous for this i have a stack where my mail goes i have a stack for here stack for there yeah i have my books tucked you know irregularly that’s a good word they’re regular books yeah in the in the in my bookcase and things like that and you get little pigeonholes like yes you stuff stuff in the in the space between the book and the top of the bookshelf just as a temporary holding spot and three years later that paper is still there well we’re not here to talk about the issues you have with you no i’m not trying to i i’m i’m assuming that i feel like he’s he’s addressing that to me because that is what i am famous i am uh we see that in homes that we are listing we see that in homes that we were taking our buyers through it’s like you know they really should spend a couple of minutes to stage the home better right and the decluttering is just sort of a base you know you you you get used to seeing that paper in the pigeon hole or whatever it is you don’t even see it anymore and after a while you stop seeing you don’t see it but other people other people will yeah and then they’re like oh that was you know and and they get not fixated but that’s all they see yeah and they don’t see the other good qualities of your home yes and so anyway it’s very important to get rid of the stacks of magazines you may have okay national geographic oh my gosh my parents must have had 150 right i have never had a buyer ask them you think you can get them to uh give me those copies of national do you think that’s not gonna happen just letting go interested in your national geographic that’s right yeah and and you know people need to understand that a home purchase is in large part an emotional decision absolutely investors maybe not so much they’re looking at the numbers and that kind of stuff but typically uh buyers either fall in love with your house or they don’t right and they don’t always know why they fall in love or why they don’t fall in love and honestly you know some clutter on top of the books in the bookshelf might be enough that that little you know brains and synapse or whatever shut it down just doesn’t fire and the home doesn’t really connect they won’t connect with them and they don’t even know why yeah uh they couldn’t even explain it so absolutely it’s not like we’re being irrational oh they can see past the papers like honestly we’re here to tell you but they won’t they most of them can’t they just they just it’s like they don’t have the imagination so it’s very important um when we say declutter we don’t mean to be insulting to you or this that and the other we’re just telling you we’ve been in homes and the ones that are decluttered they’re so they sell quick they sell fast just say bye bye bye yeah you know if you haven’t used it in two years get rid of it and it doesn’t bring you joy is that lady says that japanese lady who yeah i can’t think of her name condo yeah it’s actually she’s she’s she’s on the money which is absolutely if you haven’t used it in two years it’s never going to happen get rid of it and make your house look good just but if you’re a child of the depression you just can’t throw things away that’s fine too get some storage get some storage and get it in storage correct pull it out yeah roll it out it’s got to go go down yeah one of the things you need to be aware of is that in large part people coming to prescott are looking to retire they are typically coming from homes that are much bigger than the homes that they will be buying so if your home feels like it’s not all that spacious uh it’s gonna be a stumbling point for them they’re trying to fit their 3 000 square foot life into 1700 square feet you want to make your 1700 square feet or whatever it is look as big and spacious absolutely and then they can envision wow maybe i could take my china hutch and put this here yeah um that’s that which leads us to our second point if you’ve got a ton of furniture jammed in there pull some pieces up if you’ve got two end tables and a sofa table and a coffee table and huge sofas pull some of that stuff up pull it out it’s too much people think oh gosh i would never fit in here i can’t bring my stuff that is yeah and people don’t think about that they’ll have a small uh a small living area and his and hers big fat lazy boy chairs or something and they just put them side by side in front of their 50 000 square inch tv uh you know and that’s how you want to live that’s fine but those big chairs take up a lot of room and and you come in you say well this room only holds two chairs yeah yeah you know and they can’t they can’t envision for themselves so it’s always good to de-furnish yeah pull out some of the bigger pieces um and just go put them in storage uh just present it as open and as spacious as possible so that people can envision their pieces of furniture in there yes and if it’s too much furniture i’ve seen it time and time again because i take hundreds of buyers out a year if they go in a house that is heavily furnished with big big pieces big king-size bed four dressers it shuts them off they’re like uh yeah i can’t i can’t no this is not for me it’s too small the reality is it’s really not too small you just may have a little bit too much furniture more than once we have been out with buyers looking at homes and we show two homes that have the same floor plan yes and they will talk about how one of them is so much more spacious than the other same square footage you understand those homes are exactly the same they have but they can’t they they can’t that’s not that’s not the impression it was so much darker and it was just because there was too much furniture in the room that’s a really good point a lot of furniture too will also make a house seem much darker than it really is if you’ve got a lot of big pieces especially if it’s dark wood or this that in the other yeah it does tend to darken the home even if you’ve got your curtains open and blinds up so again just take some advice and just say okay i will remove some of these pieces and i’ll go put it in storage it will just save you some time and time on the market yeah because we’re always like let’s wrap it up let’s get this sold for you so you don’t have to have the torture of visits and showings and it can be hard to do that so we want to make it as easy and stress-free as possible so listen to mom and dad when we say please declutter and please remove some of this bigger furniture it’s not meant to be not an insult but it’s not meant to yeah it’s just to allow you to sell your home more easily and for more money you can get an extra buyer uh interested in your home uh that could mean tens of thousand dollars absolutely time on market is time that you might lose some money absolutely the more time you’re on that market the price could you know be affected yeah absolutely all right keep that in mind and uh we hope to see you soon i’d love to take you out and show you some declutter defurnished homes yeah that’s right i’d love to do that if we have somebody out there thinking about listing we’d love to come talk to you in person and help you in those steps to get ready to get on the market if you’re just looking for more information at this point whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between check out pickle411.com that is our information center everyone everything there is uh free and it’s also highly entertaining it can be finally i watch it all the time you watch yourself all the time absolutely good for you me and john travolta he takes me up in that plane of bits all over gosh okay well good for you i’m glad you enjoy watching it

hello hello hello peeps
this is all of our little fellow pickle
peeps out there um we hope that you are
having an amazing day
we sure are we’re having a good day i
think we’re having a pretty good yeah
we’re having a very good season
off to a very good start randall bro
realtors in
prescott arizona and so something we
talking about listings we want to talk
about
um this is kind of out there for our
people who are considering selling
and are starting to think about well i
think i might want to go on the market
something to think about that we’re
running across right now in this crazy
intense on fire uh
market is uh because i handle a lot of
buyers
this is something to keep in mind when
you’re getting ready to list
try to make your home make the showings
as easy as possible
um encourage your agent we always do
this go
on you know make sure your agent is
registered on showing time
so they can easily make appointments
yeah it’s easy
um don’t do crazy times don’t you know
uh or three hours in advance right don’t
do three hours in advance
invite the bullet here’s the thing yes
it is difficult to bring
people in to see homes into prescott yes
most of the buyers are coming from out
of town people like us have to reach out
find them convince them to come and
visit this town right
and before we even have a chance to sell
your home
so by the time we are scheduling a
showing of your home
we’ve already like done a lot of heavy
lifting for you right
so the last thing you want to do is to
make it hard for people like us to bring
you
our buyers because you can undermine
you know if you’re trying to get a uh
you know a good price for your home
you’re trying
what you need is a lot of showings and
the easiest way to get a lot of showings
is to make showings easy correct just
bite the bullet because what’s gonna
happen is the market’s moving so fast
just accept i’m gonna have two maybe
three days of hell
yeah of constant showings but for
instance i’ve had several clients come
in ready to go and i’m like oh this is a
great listing let’s go look at it and
they’re like
we won’t start any showings until i’ll
just make up a date
until thursday well it’s monday and then
you don’t find that out until you call
right so you go to call and it’s like i
want to start on a certain day that’s
fine put it in mls put it well in
advance so everyone knows
right don’t wait until someone’s calling
you with the buyer to schedule the
showing
oh we’re not going to show until
thursday we decided we’re going to wait
until thursday and then we’re going to
have it
or you know some of the uh some of the
some of them are like it’s uh
uh we’re gonna have one day of showing
and we are only gonna have appointments
between
ten and two okay well my people are
going to be here that day
they’re gonna be the next day and
there’s no way to get back in
so as you as a potential seller
think about making your home easily
accessible
easy for the buyer’s agent to make an
appointment for you
just be welcoming let it go fast this
market’s so
fast moving yeah your house is going to
sell in one or two years
it will and but if you make the showings
difficult you get
fewer showings you’re gonna have fewer
options you’re gonna end up with less
results
one key too is to make sure your listing
agent understands at least the basics
of real estate technology um so diane
mentioned before there’s showing time
yes which is an online app that agents
use to schedule showings for your home
and if you know how to set it up right
it kind of takes care of everything for
you
it’s great it’s great for all parties
involved it’s great for the agents
involved it’s great for
the the seller so they know they can
even be contacted when you’ve left so
they know when to come home
yeah it’s an amazing thing so make sure
you tell your i want showing time
i want to be i’m showing you if you
don’t do showing time then you need to
figure out how to do showing time
because it’s going to make a difference
in selling
your own it absolutely is so you know
and you shouldn’t have to email to make
an appointment you shouldn’t have to
call and then you call them
you have to call one and they say oh you
know what actually this is the wrong
number to call you need to call this
number
and then listen
this market we don’t have time for that
i don’t have time for that make it
simple make it easy make it yeah as
worry-free as possible for all parties
yeah if it were a slow moving market
everyone would have time to work out all
these kinks for the one showing that
you’re getting
when you’re getting lots of showings
it’s going to run like a well-oiled
machine or it’s going to crash
now the pickle lady brigade as your
listing agent we have all those things
in place absolutely
we’ve got it simple we’ve got it fast
you won’t have to worry about that
but i just wanted to kind of pass this
tip on to those of you who are thinking
call us we’d love to help you list we
will have
all of these things in effect and and
ready to go
uh so when you’re ready to go on the
market your appointments will be super
easy
yeah and it’ll be handled you know
stress-free worry-free as best as we
possibly can
so these are just some little tips when
you’re thinking say hey
i want to be on showing time and only
showing time yeah
you know i want to i want to get this
thing done and
limit your uh your showings to specific
target days
and just bite the bullet on those things
get up early stay out late
and that’s you know fill the day with
jones and get it over with
and we appreciate that it is it really
is we really made every effort to show
up on time
um but you know it’s easier than you
think
yes to get people and you have buyers
that show up late and
you know if we could if we only brought
buyers out that are
punctual and you know all these things
we would have maybe one buyer a year
buyers it’s difficult sometimes things
happen
people are driving in flat tire that
throws off the pace of all the other
they’re not familiar with the city and
which is why
you know you should have showing time in
effect because
then if something should happen the
agent can quickly get on and say
i either need to cancel or reschedule
when we’re driving
it’s hard to i gotta look up that phone
number i gotta
so these are things to keep in mind of
course i would call uh we would love to
help you list
again you won’t have these issues but if
you’re looking at other agents or
thinking about it these are things that
you should
educate yourself about so you are ready
and uh willing able to show that home
in a timely and easy fashion absolutely
so that is all we just wanted to share
that with you it’s just one of the
things we’re sharing that’s one of the
things we’re sharing we share a lot
if you want more you can find it at
pickle411.com.com
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just about anything you can we try to
cover a lot we try to cover a lot
so if you’re thinking about listing your
home give us a call
we’ve got everything systematized we’re
ready to go
get your home sold for you in this hot
hot market
okay that is our tip for the day have a
fabulous day
and uh we look forward to hearing from
you that is all folks