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Prescott (Astoria) Home Sold for $685,000

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New Roof

The condition of the roof can be huge when negotiating the price of a home. Watch today’s episode to learn the options for buyers, sellers, and migratory creatures like Randal.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps Diana Randall bro here that’s us we are your friendly husband and wife team helping you find your beautiful home here in Prescot Arizona that’s right today we wanted to talk about something we get this question a lot uh especially when we’re doing listings if you have a home that’s about 20 years old or older the couple of things we would recommend always have it pre-inspected especially if it’s an older home because there are a lot lot of things that may come up usually the roof is very important yeah usually roof’s one of those so if you have an original roof I would highly recommend that you have a roof inspector come out before you even go in the market he can tell you this roof is marginal you might have five to 10 years he could tell you it is shot time to you know call it um you always want to find out before because once you get under contract if something comes up during inspection you don’t want to queer the deal and people walk away like I don’t want to put a whole new roof on yeah yeah if that does happen um there are lots of ways to approach that you can either say hey let’s talk to the buyer and say hey we’ll get a a quote on this roof do you want to split it maybe you know when you negotiate on repairs we can split the cost of that would you be open to that yeah uh you can um yeah if the obviously if the roof is completely shot you’re best off just just put a roof on it move forward you will never sell your going to sell you’ll get offers they take it out of the price you’re going to end up in the same place anyway right if you’re let’s say your home is 15 years old and we’re talking about composite roof by the way for tile composition composition Ro yes tile roof no that’s entirely different yeah so let’s say the home is 15 years old and the roof is you know rated 20 25 years so the buyer looks at it well you know there’s some things that uh you know this the roof is looking bad I know if I stay here for 10 more years I’m going have to get a new roof you know and they’re kind of looking at the seller looking for money they don’t get a new it’s not a new home they don’t get a necessarily get a new roof uh unless the roof is completely shot completely shot typically what we’ll do is we will negotiate a deal where the the seller makes some sort of contribution usually it’s half if the roof is pretty bad you know has maybe another five years you might pay half maybe a little less if if the home’s a little younger uh but if you are on the buyer side uh don’t think you’re getting a brand new roof it usually just doesn’t work that way usually it ends up with the seller paying some of the cost of the roof and also at some point particularly if we’ve had like a terrible hail storm or this and that we can recommend call your insurance company to the seller and say hey can you get out here and see if we can make a claim yeah and then you can get a whole new roof um particular particularly in times of bad weather and things like that so there are a lot of ways to approach that um the worst thing is just to say you know uh I’m not going to even talk about the roof no it’s going to be called out it’s going to be called out it’s going to be called out uh so if you got a 25y old house with a 25y old roof before you even go on the market have it all inspected and decide what you’re going to do and what you’re going to negotiate on that because it is going to come up it’s going to be a sticking point roofs and tires are are the kinds of things you really they’re expensive it it hurts you to spend money on it because it’s not going to change your life at all yeah but if you are not aggressive about replacing them you will regret it yes uh you get a blow out in the highway you can lose a lot more than four tires that’s right you know and the same thing with your roof if if your roof leaks you can end up with a big problem problems like mold problems like walls that have to be torn yes and don’t think you’re going to pass it on to the next buyer it’s it’s really not it will be called out and it’s you can’t get around it you just can’t so accept it deal with it um try to take care of it so that your deal goes through seamlessly that’s the option yeah that’s you know we we that’s the ideal is just to have it you know I’ve already addressed it it’s good it’s cool don’t worry we know we’ve taken care of it buyers love that yeah yes when buyers are looking at a home that’s 20 years old they’re like do we have a new hot water heater this is what we get all the time new hot water heater do what about the HVAC is the heater and AC original is the roof original the RO if all of them are original most people will say I’m not interested move on to the next house yeah so these are not the fun things to pay for it’s not the cute sexy things to get uh you know where you’re like oh my house is so beautiful it’s not fun and we know we’ve been through it ourselves it’s just a fact of life most people don’t want to take on an older home with those kind of things so the only way you’re going to sell a home like that is at a deep discount correct a lot you’re going to lose a lot more than the cost of the roof absolutely absolutely uh in particular uh if a home has been uh inherited you know it’s an estate home yeah a lot of times there’s there are no funds available to do the RO we can help with that there are Financial vles uh that can that can help you with that and save you a lot of money in the long run um so if you for whatever reason there are no funds to do the updates that you need uh we can help you with that absolutely so just bite the bullet face facts take care of business so that you can sell and at a great price and move forward and be happy um just don’t fight it just accept it’s part of life it’s right just like have Circle life mom just like I have to accept him that’s right I’m still accept keep circling back I’m migratory she didn’t know that when she married me keep I keep trying to send him South but he keeps coming back keep coming back gets too hot you know I gotta come back so anyway just face facts my friends it’s it’s a painful thing but it’s part of life that’s right so anyway for more helpful tips please check us out at pickle 411.com and uh we give it all to you for free that’s it we don’t even charge not the free information we’re happy to help you yeah so we hope to hear from you soon if you’re planning to visit to presca give us a call we’re here call Diane and Randall bro the pickle lady we’re here for you take care W have a good day bye”

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Prescott Lakes (Parkside) Home Sold for $1,160,000

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Flip Your Own Home

What home flippers do isn’t complicated: buy a house, fix it up, and sell it for a profit… often lots of profit.

It’s so simple, in fact, that you’ve probably wondered why you can’t make all those profits for yourself.

Well, in the past it was because flipping is a royal pain in the butt… but not anymore! In today’s video we talk about how to flip your own home without all the hassle.

Video Transcript

good morning good morning H folks this is Diana Randall bro I’m Rand we I am Diane I am the pickle lady she is I am coming to you we are both coming to you I should say from Prescot Arizona we’re happy to be here this morning uh we’re excited to talk about our topic of today is flip your own home flip your own home so uh the term flipper people I’m not talking about the dolphin those of you old enough to remember the do yeah that’s right uh no a flipper is someone who buys a home and uh generally either stages it better or renovates it does some something to increase the value and then resells it for a profit that’s what a flipper does and uh a lot of times people will see that and see the money that flippers make and wonder you know why can’t I make the money uh why can’t I make that money I could do I could flip my own home and you can’t there are certain things that you can do to increase the value of your home and you can do that but uh we wanted to tell you about a new program that we have that makes flipping your own home very very simple yes it’s called exciting yeah it’s very exciting it’s really really cool it’s called Cash Plus Cash Plus so the way it works is f it starts with a cash offer so you get a cash offer now the cash offer is not going to be market value it’s going to be less than market value but it’s cash it will probably be enough that you can go off and uh buy your next home with it at least as a down payment uh so you’re off you you are out of the home and the the buyer takes over the home so far this is just a cash offer this is where it gets exciting they will now renovate the home you’re not even there okay they’re renovating the home you’re not even there and they will fix up the home and then put the home back on the market when that home sells which is going to be at market value you get more money you actually participate in some of the upside of the flip yes so that in the end you end up making pretty close to what you would have made if you had gone through the whole process yourself that’s exciting it’s very exciting because you don’t have all the pain and the heartache of oh my God we got to get over there and we got to meet the contractor or I have to do the work myself and I have to pay and I have to schlep and I have to do this and and you may not be that good at it I mean exactly right some of these flips I see I’m like just guys just put a lipstick on a pig here um you needed somebody really thorough to do a good job where the cabinets aren’t falling down and stuff like that yeah and so it’s great because you get your cash up front this company comes in fixes it all up and then if they sell it at a profit you still get a percentage of that after the fact so you get your cash up front but you don’t have to do any of the rest of it yeah you don’t have to be bothered with you know painting or working on the weekends or or or or you know uh meeting contractors and they don’t show up and all that stuff that goes through uh updating a home yeah um so it’s a really nice program and at the very least even if you don’t make um you break even you still got your cash ahead of time yeah yeah so you’re not sitting there twiddling your thumbs and having people showings and trying to keep the house clean coming in and saying I don’t like the color of this wall and I don’t like this and I don’t like that and you’re sitting there twiddling your thumbs this is you get your cash right up front off you go you might get a bonus after the fact when the when the work is done you may get an additional bonus what’s wrong with that I mean that’s a great deal yeah you know so here at exp we offer this to you and we’re able to help you with that we highly recommend it how we can do numbers for you to see what we think get if you went to the mark would be the best option for you yeah we kind of work it out with you to see but uh yeah as a it’s always good to have an additional option and this is this is brand new so we thought we’d share it absolutely can put it in your back pocket so if you want to try to sell it yourself first and maybe you’re not so successful and maybe you need to maybe you’re cash poor you don’t have the cash to update something this gives you an open an option okay I got to get out of here I’ve got to move on to my next step but I don’t have 50 000 to update hey take your money now get out of here and then let you know you might get a bonus after the fact when this company takes it over so I mean it’s a win-win yeah cool program it’s a win-win so anyway we wanted to share that with you and if you were in one of those dilemmas and you’re like I don’t know why I can’t sell this townhouse I don’t know why I can’t sell my little house and I don’t have 75,000 to update it this could be your way out yeah to move forward in your next chapter and have your cash without all the horrible you know angst and oh showings and all that good stuff so anyway I think it’s a great thing yep yep absolutely that’s our we proud yeah to exp right we’re cutting edge Cutting Edge always trying to stay there that was our tip of the day as I was saying before uh if you like tips the place to go is pickle 411.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that will amaze us Town educate informed did I say informed that’s right that’s right all those things do all those verbs to and we don’t even give you a test after yeah there’s no test it’s just for shits and giggles no test there’s a small feet no there there’s no there’s no feet it’s just for shits and giggles we just like to share our wealth of knowledge wealth of knowledge with you so anyway we hope if you’re coming to Prescot you’ll look up Dian and Randall bro the pickle lady yep we’re here to help you uh and uh show you all about our little town and what it’s all about absolutely all all right take care bye

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Prescott (Mountain Village) Home Sold for $575,000

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Squatters

Can you imagine someone forcing themselves into your property and then refusing to leave? Can you imagine going to jail for trying to get them out?

Although this may sound ridiculous, in many areas around the country, this is all too real (you can’t make this stuff up).

In this episode we discuss “squatters” – what they are, and what you can (and can’t) do about them.

Video Transcript

good afternoon my friends hello peeps this is Diana Randall bro your friendly presc pickle pee person that’s us I am the pickle lady he’s the pickle man yes right yes yeah I guess I’m the pickle man a girin or whatever you want call there you go you’re not a girin you can’t know yeah here today to talk to you about squatters squatters yeah this is something that’s happening across the United States so we have to be very careful and um especially a lot of our buyers are coming in they’re buying a second home this should be a little something concerning but don’t worry in Arizona it’s not that uh big of an issue so what a squatter is is someone who for whatever however man they manage they get inside your home and they don’t leave so it could be a tenant you know that’s renting from you and then they stop paying rent and they just stay refuse to leave could be someone who broke into your home and just refuses to lead correct they become squatters and some states protect the rights of squatters it’s pretty scary so if you try to like turn off the electricity or the water to try to get them out force them out some you could go to jail that’s right yeah and so that the laws in these states protect the squatters and you need to know the laws in your area that’s right so it’s very costly too you have to hire attorneys you you know all all kinds of uh it can be a very prolonged legal process to evict people who technically have broken into and taken over your home that you’re paying taxes and a mortgage on but somehow they have all the rights so now that’s it’s state by state now the the state of uh New York has just gone back on this they had very comprehensive squatter rights legislation or whatever uh the governor has stopped that has said hey maybe this plan isn’t working so well yeah um these people are taking over illegally people’s properties that are owned by someone else New York does dumb things from time to time but usually they learn after a while and they fix it uh that’s what they did here I I I don’t know who thought it was a good idea to give rights to people who break into other people’s homes and take them over and take them over but they did uh and then they realize well this isn’t working because you’ve got you know honest people who are losing their homes and their their jobs and you know it destroys your life someone takes your home it can really yeah and this is mostly people who maybe it’s a vacant home or it’s a second home it’s a vacation home or a rental and I mean it can really recre Havoc with your whole life and your finances and everything else so one thing you should know because we have a lot of folks here who move to Prescot and they buy a second home here it will not be tolerated here we do not allow squatters it’s illegal here uh so don’t worry about that don’t fret uh your rights come first if you own it you’re paying taxes you’re paying mortgage uh people cannot illegally move in and take over your home here you you call we’re not going to do it you call the sheriff the sheriff that’s right will remove the people yeah it’s not going to be uh a Year’s prolonged process and people are destroying your property um so anyway we just want to share that because we do have a lot of second home people who come here the people who have a second home uh a rental home that goes unrented for a while or just go on vacation for a couple months yes uh you know that’s when the squatter’s hit and savy they’re very Savvy uh they even have YouTubers out there teaching squatters exactly how to do it that’s right uh they like home towns where there are a lot of second homes yes uh so it’s if if you’re in that situation you could be at risk so you need to know the laws in your local area and you need to protect yourself absolutely Ely so you should know feel safe and secure Arizona we don’t fool around we’re not going to allow it to happen it’s uh we don’t we don’t uh give any rights to squatters um we give the rights to the people paying taxes and paying their mortgage as it should be really makes you wonder it makes me wonder yeah so anyway don’t worry about that if you’re thinking about coming here for a second home or you travel a lot and it’s your main home but you’re gone for a long time um you’ll you’ll be pretty much protected here so anyway we just thought we’d share that with you because we keep hearing about it more and more in other states and it’s it’s pretty scary so hopefully New York will Le you know New York’s example will lead the way other states will do the same that’s right uh but as at this point it’s it’s there’s really a lot of uh uproar going on because a lot of people have been affected by this absolutely so we just wanted to share that with you don’t worry and uh don’t fret in Arizona we got your back okay your tip of the day if you like tips place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’s something there that’s waiting for you that will amaze us down educate and I don’t know illuminate illuminate illuminate illuminate illuminate illuminate is a good one yeah I have a good vocabul send us words and we’ll throw send us words and we’ll throw it in all for nothing too by the way we don’t charge anything we could and we’ve been asked to people call us all the time you should charge yeah the government comes and they try to collect sales tax and we say we don’t charge nope not doing it not doing it 8% is all right my friends we hope this helps you and gives you a little um sense of relief or or comfort knowing that um you’re protected here in the state of Arizona yeah which it might not be where you are now so be careful check it out check it out all right my friends take care and hope you have a wonderful rest of your day bye bye

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Prescott by the Numbers – June 2024

Prices are strong in Prescott, and volumes are not too shabby… but watch that inventory!

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BS Stats

There are quite a few statistics that are important in buying and selling homes. But some of the others?… Not so much.

In this video, we highlight several popular stats that are complete baloney and some that really matter.

Video Transcript

good morning oh he didn’t sit down yet sit down fast when you’re in the room with her I know well I’m ready to go I’m ready I’m I’m chop chop chop loaded for bear I’m loaded for bear chop chop chop let’s go let’s hit it yeah it hello this is Diana and Randle bro coming to you from Prescot Arizona we are your local husband and wife team realtor team here to help you and uh today we want to talk about I’m going to say c word stats yeah there you go one in particular I wanted to to mention today I’m kind of the numbers guy in our little Duo here uh some of you might get my uh my monthly uh uh Market updates if you’re not getting those you need to get those um subscribe yeah it’s good stuff it’ll it’ll it’ll put you ahead of 99% of the people are watching the uh watching the stats here in presc but there’s one stat that just irks me so I had to talk about it uhoh yeah and that is the sales to list price ratio so the idea behind the stat is if you’ve got a good Agent they get you your list price and if they get less than list price that’s not so good so a good agent would be one that has 100% you know meaning they always get the list price for you or 105% you know they actually get over list price that’s not right well here’s the thing that doesn’t happen if you want to get I can get you uh I can guarantee that I will get you above list price on your home I’m going to price it at $100 I was thinken to myself what what are you talking about there is no law there’s there’s no formal mechanism to set the price on a home yes and a lot of times people screw it up either too high too low uh they really don’t know what they’re doing and the list price is it’s just a number that somebody made up whether it’s the seller or the agent there’s no reason to believe that it’s a good number necessarily now in practice most of them are reasonable we’ve been seeing a lot of very unreasonable selling uh uh list prices because I think sellers are still spoiled from covid they think the world hasn’t changed they’re just you know living in their own little virtual world uh but this is something you need to be careful about if you’re going to sell your home and you have an agent that comes in and says I always get over list probably pricing the homes too low red flag red flag red flag this is not a stat to hang a hat on now if you want to look at the stat like when we are we have a buyer that’s coming in and we want to place uh place an offer make an offer on a home in a certain neighborhood I might look to see if the homes are coming in around list or they’re discounting just to give us some sense of how low we could go in I mean there are times when you might use it but people are using it as The Benchmark to to judge agents by and uh the ones that are going to do the best are the ones that are going to under underprice your home so a stat you need to be aware of also overpricing uh and I know some sellers are quite adamant I must have this price period yeah and I think it’s worth us well I’m going to give you a little example just because you have a view doesn’t mean the house is worth a million dollars particularly if it’s only 1,800 square feet and well it depends on the neighborhood I guess there are homes that are 1,800 square feet that might be worth more than I don’t know but a view does not constitute there’s a lot that goes into pricing it goes by your square footage it goes by the condition of the home just because you have an astonishing View and you have a shack that’s only 200 square feet does not mean you can command a million dollars so you need to be aware come on you know you got to have yeah the house down the street might have gone for over a million but it was also 3,200 square feet and you’re only 1,800 square footage matters folks it’s not all the view okay A View does not just to close the loop on views um typically in Prescot if there’s the same home home A and home B they’re exactly the same except one has a magnificent View and the other one doesn’t let’s say B’s the one with the view be will probably go for about $75,000 more than 75 maybe to 100 that’s it maybe to 100 now views were really going for a premium during covid because people were stuck at home and they had nothing to do but look out the window so uh you know views that were commanding big premiums but I find they’re back 100 really less than 100,000 now yeah it’s not yeah so you you have to be very careful if you don’t have a view don’t be expecting oh I’m going to get 900,000 I’m going to get 800,000 and your backyard backs up to a wall now we’re talking presc if you’re living in California or someplace like that that’s something different we’re talking in our Market okay so be very careful um some people are like but I have a magnificent View and I think my house is worth over a million if it’s only 15600 1,800 square feet no it isn’t you’re not going to get it you can’t command it um just because of the view so keep that in mind I mean that’s another you know um stat yeah stat stat yeah we have some more of these I like these I like the I like calling out yeah I like saying Bull and you know we try to uh help our Sellers and just give it to them straight do you want to sell or do you want to sit in the market and go stale yeah you know it’s we just know we run cops we don’t just pull a number yeah out of the air yeah we really look at each particular neighborhood the right price is important correct we’re not doing doing a comp from Prescot Lakes compared to a comp and and and pulling in hampa we are doing our comps we do right you I mean we we comp Apples to Apples we’re not doing apples and oranges and pretending you could get more we give it to you straight and uh we help you sell in in a in a pretty good time so anyway keep that in mind when you have all these crazy stats floating around we’re going to try to guide you and give it to you correctly and we do the math numbers don’t lie don’t they don’t lie and and more than that our approach to numbers is not to be Dazzle you with our Wizardry we want you to understand the numbers yes if we’re telling you the price is too high we’ll show you why we think the price is time in a way that you’re going to you’re going to be able to see it you know just from the analysis so that’s our approach so yeah so we’re here to help you and guide you and we hope that you follow our advice so it’s a pleasant and easy process for you when you’re not doing lot of hand ringing if it sits on the market too long we’re here to make this process easy for you and it’s less you know at least stressfree right yep absolutely as possible that’s what it’s all about you know because it’s not a good time to sell your house everybody knows that it’s very stressful it’s not fun so um watch out for watch out for those stats that we mentioned those are our tip of the day that’s it uh if you like tips we got plenty for you just go to pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that’s right that will Amaze Astound educate and Destroy uh just prevaricate I I don’t know prevaricate oh that’s a big word yeah I’m just making words I’m impressed absolutely free he’ll do all those things to you absolutely free absolutely free all right my friends thank you for listening and we appreciate you letting us uh get in our little Soap Box yeah there you go how about math no less yeah you know that k no not really not for me but anyway we appreciate it and we hope if you’re coming to presid soon you’ll look us up we’d love to take you around and show you what our beautiful town is all about absolutely hope to hear from you soon take care bye bye

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Prescott Valley (Granville) Home Sold for $550,000

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Supernatural

Real estate is pretty firmly grounded in the real world, but sometimes it's fun to go virtual.  We have just the thing...

In this episode, we review Supernatural, a virtual reality workout app that will rock your world - and your flabby arms.  Best part, it's so much fun, you'll have no problem working out every day.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps this is Diana Randall bro coming to you from Prescot Arizona that’s us we are your friendly husband and wife team uh a realtor team here we’re a team of two team of two actually we have other people on the team we do have other people on the team we digress yes we do digress including our daughter CES who just joined us she’s gonna help shout out to C Louise shout out to you CES today we thought we’d cover something completely off the beat and P it’s just fun just fun has really nothing to do with Prescot or real estate or any of that but it could change your life for the better so we thought we’ we’d share it that’s right nothing makes me laugh harder than to see Mr bro here play this is my virtual reality headset Supernatural Supernatural so this is this is meta Quest 2 this is a virtual reality headset thing and uh you know cost couple hundred bucks comes with these two little uh hand these hand things so the computer will know what your hands are doing uh very cool the whole virtual reality thing is very cool uh it’s become very affordable you started off a couple of years ago was all very expensive now you know a couple hundred bucks you get yourself virtual reality system but what’s so cool what’s so cool the music Supernatural Supernatural Supernatural is an app oh oh yeah that sits on medaquest so think of medaquest as like Windows and Supernatural as like Excel okay it’s an app that runs in the environment and it is a workout system and so she makes fun of me but she tried it and she loved it didn’t you I did yeah we bring it to all all of our friends and we we have a couple bottles of wine and then we play and we laugh and we laugh just to see everybody you know and it’s great music playing right in your ear so it puts you so much fun in some of the most beautiful places in the world yes you’ll be in Iceland and Greenland and uh the Alps and in France and I mean all over the world so it you look around you’re surrounded by this beautiful area and then you work out yeah so these uh these you can meditate in the desert you can meditate yeah you can meditate box yeah you can box uh and you can Al they also have stretching I haven’t done the stretching yet but the one I Really they call it flow the one I really like is you swing these bats so when you got this oh Lord when you got this thing in you know this is not a bat but when you got the glasses on it looks like you’re holding a bat and you’re moving around and so you’ve got one white bat and one black bat and these balls come at you and you got to hit the balls don’t hit me and it’s playing the most wonderful music you know they have all kinds of music they have very current stuff they have old oldies they have classical music so I’m I’m uh I’m in my little virtual reality world I am moving to the Ninth Symphony and it’s like I’m conducting uh with my batons hitting these balloons it is a riot I have never had so much fun working out I have been working out every day because of that and I feel great uh so I thought I’d share it so he was so excited and listen folks we’re not even getting paid for this supernal Supernatural we’re giving you a big plug that’s right my friends we don’t get any money for this it’s just something we love to share with people just want to sh uh we’re just super friendly happy people who want to share all of our good our good times with all of you out there so we we we ain’t getting to sent for this that’s right but if you want to have a good time and have people over for dinner and then play this it’s hilarious it’s hilarious so again so much fun the headset’s a couple hundred bucks you get it on Amazon uh Supernatural is like $10 a month or something yeah and you know your whole family can use it uh just like Windows you can get other apps besides Supernatural uh so they have you know war games you can play and all kinds of stuff but I’m this Supernatural we cannot say enough good about it and we cannot say enough good things about it and not only that I mean when you’re in a stressful stressful job real estate whatever you do that’s like making you whacka dooodle which we’re pretty whacka dooodle almost every day play this it makes it all go away you spend 15 20 minutes at someplace beautiful working up a little bit of a sweat it’s nice you’ll just music you know you’ll have a great time Marvin Gay and otus reading I mean it really brings your spirits up then you’re you’re ready to conquer the world again and whatever difficulties that may be facing you Supernatural takes it all away right so you see I did Loop it into real estate there you go I did Loop it in so when we’re having a tough day we put that on and we just SCE chees see here she’s here to Loop me I try to keep him I would if it were enough for her I would be irrelevant he’s a little grumpy so I got to try to get him on my level you know what I mean but we’re working on it but uh we’ll see so that’s our tip of the day I don’t know if Supernatural will make it onto our free information site but we have a free information site and you can find it at pickle 411.com whether you are a buyer seller somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that will amaze us down entertain and envelop I I don’t know and it’s all absolutely so get in there and do some oh I just spil on myself Google uh Supernatural workout I think the website is gets supernatural. but I’m not sure we highly recommend it highly highly recommend just something fun we want to share with all of our people out there because we love you guys absolutely and if we’re having fun we want you to have fun right so if you’re thinking about coming to presc it this is an aside call us up we’d like to play Supernatural with you we can all we can all get together we can do uh we can do virtual tours in our virtual reality there you go there I like that that’s a good idea possible all right but anyway we just want to share it with you because we’re just tickled yes we’re just plain old tickled yes all right hope to see you soon if you come to presca give us a call we’re happy to take you around show you all that it is uh that this town is about we want to share it with you not even super not even uh virtual reality this will be real show you the real stuff you can reach out and and hit us in the head that’s right you could hit us in the head if you want I hope not I hope that wouldn’t be good but anyway we’re here to help you so give us a call 71332 964 we’d love to meet you and help you out in your next chapter take care bye bye

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Prescott Lakes (Creekside) Home Sold for $748,000

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The Fringe

If you are a golfer looking to reduce your HOA bill, we have just the thing. Today we discuss a little-known loophole that can get you all the benefits of a country club community without having to pay all the country club HOA fees.

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good afternoon all my little friends out there my pickle peeps hello folks I am the pickle lady Diane bro with my sidekick Randall bro here that’s me uh we are husband and wife team here in Prescot uh Arizona here to help you find the perfect home in the perfect town I might add so we’re here to talk to you about something we call The Fringe The Fringe so we live personally in uh presc Lakes and there are some beautiful neighborhoods all around Prescot lakes that are not officially Under the Umbrella of Prescot Lakes but we call it the Fringe The Fringe or Prescot Lakes adjacent yes that’s the uh that’s the 20 Buck no that’s the expensive version of it The Fringe is kind of The Fringe on the edge so some people are like you know I like the Lakes but I don’t really care about all those HOAs I’m not going to play golf I’m not really interested so we can find you some beautiful neighborhoods next door uh in The Fringe areas or the Prescot Lakes adjacent area so don’t think there’s only Prescot Lakes there are many other beautiful neighborhoods here it’s a good area of town to be in because it’s close to it’s quiet but it’s also close to downtown and the uh the commercial areas so it’s very convenient very nice uh if Prescot Lakes is a destination a lot of people like Prescot Lakes they’re looking for Prescot Lakes um if you are a couple things you need to know if you are a golfer and you’re definitely going to sign up for a golf membership at presc Lakes then it doesn’t matter where you live you can live in The Fringe you can live anywhere in town and for just a little extra money you can get full access to everything that Prescot Lakes has you can join Prescot Lakes Golf yeah even if you don’t live in even if you don’t live in the it’s a little bit extra cost not that much more but you can buy a Golf Course membership golf membership not course but anyway you can buy a golf membership and add on a little bit extra and still have access to the restaurant and to the athletic center and the pools and all of that even if you live outside of Prescot lakes that is still an option for you it will cost you a little bit more money but if that’s you know not much it’s it’s still something that could work for you yeah so and then generally you’ll pay less money for your house because things in The Lakes go for a bit of a premium and chances are you won’t pay the high HOAs that you have to pay inside Prescot Lakes too right so if you’re definitely going to get a golf membership that’s an option obviously if you don’t care about any of the amenities in presc Lakes well obviously you goodbye forever goodbye forever you can live wherever you want that’s right if you aren’t going to get a golf membership you can get a social membership that’s like7 75 $80 a month $70 a month there you go it will give you access to to the restaurant events not the Athletic Club so you’re not going to get the whole club that’s right if that’s okay with you that’s fine but uh if you want that then you kind of have to and you’re not getting a golf membership you have to go inside and we have a lot of friends who don’t live in preset Lakes proper but they live in The Fringe in some other areas and theyve joined the golf and we see them just as often as if they lived here so if you find a home that’s not in Prescot lakes and you’re absolutely in love but you want some of the amenities it’s still open to you guys it’s not a a deal killer okay so also too I should mention uh there’s another area in town called hampa they have a club well it’s not tied to the Su uh to the subdivision anymore which is what I was going to say it’s called Capitol Canyon you can live anywhere you want and join Capitol Canyon that’s right so that’s another example there’s a lot of options you can live in The Fringe right outside you know the club would still be uh convenient for for you but you’re not going to pay the HOA fees and all that absolutely and then there’s also free public courses yes at Stone Ridge it’s a public course Antelope Hills so there’s a lot of options okay available to you so if you find that dream home and it’s not necessarily in one of these quote Golf Course communities you can still join even though it’s private you may pay a little bit extra but that’s still an option available to you whether it be Capitol Canyon or Prescot lakes or any of those so a lot of options and the Fring is good The Fringe is good don’t worry the pickle lady will go through all the options with you to narrow it down to what you will really make you happy yeah so we can explore all of those areas and show it to you until you find the right one and then you’re happy as a clam that’s what we’re here for people that’s what we’re here for that’s our tip of the day our tip of the day place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there will be something there waiting for you that will Amaze the sound entertain and ason Aston overwhelmed persecute not persecute but you find absolutely free Absol absolutely free no charge to you charge at all just a charge to me even if you’re outside presc lights there will be no charge in my energy for our free information sir that’s right okay so we hope to see you soon we’d love to tour you of Prescot Lakes hampa as well as all of The Fringe in Prescot Lakes adjacent neighborhoods we’ve got it all we’re here to help you thank you for listening take care bye

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Prescott (The Cottages) Home Sold for $542,574

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Selecting a Buyer Agent

Selecting a buyer agent is like dating for two reasons: (1) you want to make sure the fit is good, and (2) two-timing is a bad idea.

Today Diane and Randal discuss go deep into this important step in your home search journey.

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Prescott by the Numbers – May 2024

Good news and bad news this month in Prescott real estate. We cover the good new first.

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Good Hair Days

What’s the easiest way to have a good hair day? Watch this quick video to find out!

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good evening hello peeps this is Diana Randle bro your friendly realtor team and mostly friendly yeah I’m I’m always friendly you no not so much well I’m glad you ackowledge you should I’m honest he is honest grumpy sometimes he’s a little grumpy but for the most part he’s pretty fun yeah otherwise I wouldn’t stick around I got to have fun so one thing this is kind of silly but you should know because I come from New Orleans in the Deep South love it here low low humidity so you can pretty much have a good hair day every day every day look at this this is good hair day I set my hair it’s still fluffy it’s been eight hours I’ve been inside I’ve been outside um and I love it yeah because coming from New Orleans we just went for my daughter’s wedding we all were like immediately all hair has to go up because we know it’s gonna fall it’s too damp you can’t you know have a beautiful hairstyle and in two minutes it’s gone yeah so I know this is one of the most important things to think about when you’re moving where can I go and my hair looks good this is the town it is a very important thing it is very important you know of the important factors when you’re making a move yeah you know you don’t realize how nice it is so uh when we lived in Texas and before that Louisiana I used to keep my hair very very short because you just you know it’s like having a damp wet rag on your head you know when it’s really humid like so my whole life I I I always get my hair really really short and I got here during covid you know the barber shops were closed and everything so everyone was kind of letting their hair grow longer so that was probably the longest I ever let my hair grow and uh I just I realized I this actually feels pretty good yeah and when it got chilly you know I have something on my head I don’t have to wear he needs to he needs to protect that pain I’ll tell you do that Pate yeah thinning so we little thin little we got to keep them warm but now it’s growing in my neighbors thought I was having I got uh hair plugs or something and I was just no I just let my let my hair grow longer somebody’s like Rand did you get some hair plugs he’s like what yeah so so you you get used to it you start taking it for granted and we were down in Mexico the beginning of February of course it’s humid down there and I had the I got there within a day I’m like I really want to shave my head you know it’s just get that damp hair on your head feeling I’m like oh man I really could just take a take a shaver and just just and then we got back and you know no now it’s perfect here very very low humidity yeah so your hair looks great all the time which of course is the most important thing in life that’s that’s why it’s up there no doubt about it’s up there so it is kind of funny because when I come back from out of town and I sat my hair I’m like wow my hair’s really staying all day it’s one of the little perks perk just a little quiet perk you might not even know about might not know about it but if you have super super curly hair you’re going to love it here oh yeah it’s going to look great it’s gonna look great you won’t have to be doing a lot of straightening and all that you’ll be very happy so it’s just a little light story to share with you it’s our tip of the day if you like tips place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer or seller somewhere in between we’ll have something there for you that will Amaze Astound inform educate for variates no I don’t know I’m making up I’m making up that’s a big word making up words now all right all free all free all complete you don’t have to pay for any of this people call us all the time and say you should charge for this but I we just we don’t when will we charge a dollar I don’t know I don’t do it because I don’t feel like collecting sales tax that’s that just not sales tax hey we just love to share our knowledge that’s right that’s what it’s all about absolutely this is a community service for all of you out there good days Good Hair Days where else are you going to get that except for here all right my friends thank you for listening to this silliness we sure do appreciate it and we would love to help you come and and set your hair and have a good day on a on a house tour you look like a million bucks that’s right so we look forward to hearing from you and can’t wait to hear from you and take you around our cute little town absolutely that’s what it’s all about hope to see you soon take care bye bye

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Prescott Valley (Mingus West) Home Sold for $495,000

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Manhunt

What do pronghorn antelope, the Prescott police force, and the movie Tombstone have in common? Tune in today to find out, and learn Randal’s new nickname.

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hello hello hello we’re gonna we’re gonna share a little personal story personal story today about Randall and I mostly about me mostly about him um are you gonna put your picture up from the airport that was so funny yeah I could do that that was fun I can do that make sure you put that up because all right so for exposition uh we’ve got these two crazy dogs uh they are half German shepherd and half Belgian Shepherd or malinoa if anybody knows anything about shepher melon was you appreciate the situation we’re in yeah they high energy does not do it justice we’ve had any number of dogs these are by far the most energetic and the sweetest and the sweet so sweet but super protective they are good guard dogs but the funny thing is um you know we realized after this was a midlife crisis decision maybe one dog would have been good what were we thinking at our age to handle two of these um but hey we’re committed um we’re making it work we do love them they’re a riot but anyway we take them to run because our yard isn’t big enough yeah every morning we take them out we we we were going pretty regularly to the dog park you’ve SE we’ve had videos on the dog and we have a good time we still go there we had a good time we still go there from time to time but our our good friends Skip and Kathy uh they found just an open field out by the airport yeah and so we’ve been taking them out there and just big Open Fields and they they just love to run run and beautiful and Skip and Kathy will meet us there a few times with their dog Ranger is his name our dogs are Frankie and Molly so Frankie and Molly go there three of them go crazy together that’s right so Randle goes out and and we let him run and they’re having a good time and we’re throwing the ball and you know like normal people do and then our dog saw a deer yeah the prong horn so I don’t know if they’re antalope or a type of type of deer they’re like dandal opes I I don’t so that was it they were like oh so boom off they go and they can run like the wind they can cover a mile in five five seconds oh yeah it’s unbelievable so anyway so off they go so Randall’s call them they’re not coming so then they don’t come back so then Randall decides I’m gonna go find him he starts walking he could grows over the first Hill so I’m waiting like 25 minutes I’m like hm nobody’s coming back so I cross the hill and then I find the dogs and I take them back to the car I’m like well I’ll call Randall and him found him let’s go home he left his phone in the car so then I start walking the field I put the dogs on a leash this time and I start walking the fields looking for them can’t find them I mean for miles and miles and miles he’s nowhere to be found so after another 20 minutes then I start getting worried and I start thinking did he trip did he fall did he have a heart attack is he laying out in a field somewhere and I can’t see him so I called two good friends Skip and Randy again Randy Al who were kind enough to fly over there and see if they can walk the field too in the meantime another friend got wind they leave their golf game they come over and they’re about to walk the field too so this the purpose of the story is not only is it amusing that Randall was he keeps insisting he was not lost I was not lost I was not lost I knew where I was I knew how to get back I was just taking a long time because he was way there yeah the dogs managed a lot of Hills so every time you go up a hill there’s another Hill that you see that they might be hiding behind so he kept Crossing so I kept Crossing Hills until I ran out of Hills yeah I didn’t know that she already they snuck around so in the meantime we’ve got the posi out to look for him uh and then after 40 minutes we still couldn’t find him so they couldn’t find him either so I call the police so this is a shout out to first of all good friends good friends we have never by by the way all of these friends we met in preset we didn’t know any of these people so this is a shout out to Dear dearest friends if you were looking to move here and you’re scared like I don’t know anybody neither did we yeah but I will tell you these are probably some of the best friends we’ve ever had definitely some of the best um they people here in Prescot they just have your back yeah they do I mean and I don’t know if it’s because everybody’s retired but I mean the call went out everybody showed up to walk the Hills was looking for this idiot um and then the police came and the three of them came and they had Hightech you know binoculars and we found him they could spot him way off let’s just say uh as one of our friends said damn Randall you almost made it to Jerome and if you live here you know where Jerome is I did I kept walking until there were no more Hills and that’s a pretty long walk I probably walked U I’d say a couple miles so anyway it it made me feel good and I I want to give a shout out to the police too they were so professional they came out right away um they they have their own process because a lot of people get lost hiking and stuff so they have their own process they immediately got into it and we all start searching and looking and then we see him and then anyway they found him and Randall came walking back took a long time because he has a New Orleans stroll if you’re from New Orleans you know what that means they don’t walk fast you don’t walk fast when it’s humid and I’m like Rand oh God everybody’s waiting for you hustle but anyway um so we had a good laugh that day yeah we took everybody to lunch so we took everybody to lunch because it really honestly really touched our heart how our friends immediately came uh rallied around us went to help us went to find the police rallied came out right away um you just don’t see it that often anymore but that’s small town living folks we look out for each other and we care about each other and of course now we tease him unmercifully which is part of friendship as well yes they call me the wanderer now he’s Randall The Wanderer rall The Wanderer I have not had such a good laugh in all so we went we went to this restaurant there was a restaurant out by the airport that’s right which is where this field was and there was a picture on on the wall I don’t know where the picture came from and we don’t know who the guy is the joke is it’s me and and I’m by that uh by the uh the air strip the airst strip looking for the dogs that’s how far he made it that’s the joke so uh he will never live that down um we all still laugh about it hardcore and um but it’s just to let you know what a sense of community we have here yeah we really do a lot of people looking out for you everybody looks out and the police were delightful they they did a you know they wanted to make sure that I wasn’t I don’t know scile or whatever so they asked me who’s the president of the United States I said I’ve been gone a while I think it’s Camala Harris and I thought that was pretty funny so yeah I mean so good town good good response from your police uh shout out to you the police department of presc we cannot thank you enough I did write a personal letter for each uh agent who came out to help us and gave him some pickles gave him some pickles and we also dropped off some gift cards as a thank you um love to see the quick response and the care and also to our friends we just gave them lunch that’s all yeah but that was okay um and our love of course and our love so and we would do the same for them in a heartbeat so here’s a toast to them to thank you skip thank you Randy thank you Bob thank you Charlie thank you to the police officers we cannot thank you enough all’s well that ends well with this crazy one here and uh let’s just say she was really trying to kill me she doesn’t want I wasn’t trying to kill him I was no no please save me I want to kill you now she was coming out to kill me I’m going to she was going to turn the dogs on me yeah they called him in for a private interview no they didn’t are you afraid of the pickle lady is there anything you need to tell us she is she threatening you in any way I if you’ve seen is the movie Tombstone there’s a a reference to Prescot there so that movie is very popular in this town and there’s a famous line it says I’m your huckleberry yeah so when they finally found me I said he said I’m your I’m huckle bear so good town people we all have your back here so you should know that if you’re worried about moving you know it’s a it’s a good Community here um we really value neighbors and we really value our police and the police value us and they look out for you so nothing but good things to say about good friends and and a good police force so thank you and alls well that ends well the dogs were fine Mr bro was fine yeah none the worse for where none the worse so uh anyway we all got a good laugh out of that and the wonderer here is back so all right so if you’re worried don’t worry yeah we got you people have your back everybody has your back here all right my friends we just had to share that funny story and uh we hope you found it as amusing as we did in the moment not so funny but after very funny and he will never live it down ever and that’s what I like I you know makes me laugh all right that is all my friends we hope you’re having a fantastic day wherever you are see you soon bye bye

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