Coming from New Orleans where cockoraches are the size of Volkswagens, we laugh at the so-called bugs here in Prescott. However, if you want your Prescott home to be absolutely free of flying insects, we have discovered a great little device to help you out, with no disturbing zapping sounds or having to clean fried bug carcasses later!
hello hello hello peeps top of the day to you top of the day to you Diana Randall bro here your friendly husband and wife realtor team here in pres Arizona she’s pickling that’s right getting ready to make some more pickles another five gallons came in but uh as I always say I’m always in production um but today we are talking about you know coming from the Deep South we’re used to tons and tons and tons of bugs yes so we moved here and for us this is basically a bug-free town yeah we tell people there are no bugs here and then they they complain yeah in point of fact there are some there are some so I have to say where we are from this is negligible but for other people they’re like well there are some bugs so Randle has hit upon something a UV bug lights UV bug lights he’s very excited this is a quick and easy tip so you have these things called UV bug lights and you plug them in and it has a UV light yep looks kind of purple bluish and uh it attracts bugs and on the on the light is a card on the side closest to the wall it’s sticky so the bugs go to get to the light like a moth to a flame like a mo there you go a mo a UV light I guess yes and then they get stuck on the other card and then every few months you pull the card you throw it away you drop in the other card you take off the adhesive and it it it it what few bugs you will have in your home in Prescot the UV light will take care of it you have even less it is L and every now and then we have certain Seasons where we have a little bit more like flies flies yeah it works like a charm it works like a charm uh also there’s a period where you get uh moths a few moths come in it attracts moths we get little gnat kind of they’re not gats but they’re something like a that little baby things that can be annoying they go right to that you it’s amazing so anyway he’s all excited let’s talk about the UV bug they’re cheap you know put one in all the big rooms Y and uh you will pretty much be bug free after that yep really really interest that’s it so especially if you’re showing your house or whatever so if you some of these like bug traps bug strips electrical things we you have these fried carcasses and stuff nothing like that the bugs adhere to The Far Side so you don’t see them at all that’s right it’s very private you’re bug catching yeah your your your your bug graveyard it’s hidden hidden hidden all right so that’s our little goofy tip of the day goofy tip of the day hope you appreciate it as much as we do in our house we love it yeah if you like tips a place to go is pickle 411.com there you’ll find our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you for that will Amaze astound and eliminate your bugs I’ll uh let’s do it let’s do it yeah all right nice to see you and I hope you have a great rest of your day bye bye
There is an optimum time for every aspect of the home-buying process, and doing things in the wrong order can have BIG costs. Watch today’s video to find out what that means for both buyers and sellers.
hello hello hello hello peeps this is a midday hello midday hello from Rand and Di day we are your local husband and wife team here in thank you in Prescot uh happy to show you guys around show you what our life is like here we love it and today we are here to talk about when to do it yeah so this is uh another game so we did we did our in games and so I thought we’d do another game this game is when should you do it yeah so a lot of times we run into trouble in transactions When Buyers try to do something at the wrong time yes there’s a there’s a place there’s a time for every purpose and so that is never more true than when you’re buying a house yes so uh the first thing on our wi Todo game is views views when do when do you decide whether the views of a home are are are appropriate or not like they’ll make you happy what views do you want when do you decide that well I you know you go look at the house and if it’s something you really fall in love with I would recommend hey come at sunset too yeah you want to see the sunset you want to see the sun rise you want to see where is the you know am I east facing west facing what you know um those are all important things to think about and if you’re like I’d like to really see how the Evening Sun is here make another appointment yeah go back in the evening in particular if you’re an outdoor person you spend a lot of time on your porch and that’s your thing you should feel it at all hours of the day yes and see how expansive the view is uh I don’t know is there traffic in the afternoon that all of a sudden your view is bumper to bumper traffic you won’t have that but I’m just saying something like that what are your thoughts well in terms of deciding what kind of view you want you should be able to do that before you put in a contract you know you looking at different homes get an idea of the different kinds of views that are available get an idea of the money it’s going to cost you to upgrade to different views there are some views that will drop $150,000 on a home yep boom that’s what you’re gonna pay so decide are you okay with a peekaboo view a peekaboo view like what is you know and do that in your mind before you decide and you know before you put in a contract that’s right you should kind of know what kind of view you can afford or want to afford what kind of view you demand um how important is it to you are you okay with a peekaboo are you okay with rooftops behind you yes some people they they see a mountain in the distance and then they’re like but I can’t stand these Ro this this houses below me I don’t want to see those rooftops so things to think about what Will bide that after you’ve gone under contract and you already passed in inspection y you should know what you want want before you make an offer absolutely in terms of looking at what it looks like in the evening versus the morning if it looks like it’s going to work go ahead with the contract once it’s under the contract then you can do your due diligence on The View as part of sure the inspection period then you’ve taken the mo the home off the market and you won’t lose it while you’re trying you’re waiting for Sunset that’s right yeah that’s right fuse fuse that was a good one okay okay next up Sol solar solar so first off S leases are a pain in the butt they are a pain in the butt you got to know that they are a pain in the butt yeah so you should decide beforehand whether you’re even going to do that or not right um certain information should be given to you uh upfront about the solar a lot of Agents don’t though uh we will not be able to if the information on the solar lease is not provided by the listing agent we will not be able to get that information until we’re under contract and the seller has called The Solar Company and told them that we’re under and give them permission they will not talk to us they will not discuss the terms I’m I’m a big fan of owned solar so if you own a home and you’re thinking about listing it and you already have paid it off that’s great that’s easy peasy it’s an easy transfer you give permission you the owner give permission to the buyer to put it in their name simple title handles it it’s beautiful yes one thing to consider if you have solar consider paying it off most people do not want to assume your solar loan yes they just don’t I think solar can be great it’s not really necessary here in presca though our utilities are very reasonable so uh keep that in mind if you are have a solar maybe consider paint it off before you put it on the market because most people will walk away they will walk away they don’t want to do it they don’t want take it on if it’s own they’ll love it yeah if they’re own then they’ll love it if if you are the buyer if a solo lease is a deal stopper for you you can determine that before You’ even put in a contract the reality is though if you’re amenable to a lease you just need to see the specific terms you’re probably not going to be able to do that until inspection period correct yeah so don’t try to do that by the way you can’t get so we’ve had yeah we’ve had uh buyers that insist like they will not do a contract until they get all the terms of the lease well you know the listing agent did not have that information available right it took you know a week to pull that information together and we lost the house because someone else came and got it so inspection period And if you are an owner and you do have a lease provide all that right away to your listing even if your agent doesn’t ask for it provide provide it because people always want and they want to know some of it stays steady the monthly payments some increase over time and you should also make considerations yeah you should also make your utility bills available yes your electrical utility bills available right so that people can see the impact it’s had on okay next one all right next up proof of funds pre-qualification always do this before you even come in uh before you come in just do it short answer that’s it uh short answer yes um because if you do see something and you want it um then we lose a day or two while you’re getting that uh you know handled we have a local lender here who can spit it out in like 30 minutes it’s not hard to do but it’s also important for you to understand financially how much can you truly afford you kind of think I think I can do 800 and then you go get your prequel and you find out it’s really six so there’s no sense in wasting your time looking at homes in the eights when when you can only afford a six yeah so always get yourself pre-qual get your ducks in a row doesn’t cost you anything no any contract you have to write must have a pre-qual attached it’s not us we don’t make the rules it’s the State of Arizona you have to prove as you’re putting this contract in that you truly can afford to do this and you’re in good Financial standing um and if you’re paying cash you have to have proof of funds so make sure you have all that ready because if you see something you fall in love you might lose it while we’re trying to get these other things together I we try to do some tricks to try to try to get it for you before you have all that in place there’s only so many things we can do only so much just so easy to come in that’s a no-brainer you got the gun loaded you’re ready to Sho get it get it going all right Family Ties Family Ties this is something we run across a lot always uh we have a lot of people who come in and say I’m not going to tell my kids about this and they fall in love they put an offer in and then the kids are back home how can you do this to us how can you leave us how can you leave your grandchildren and then they break the contract so just be honest and open with your children um we want to start a new chapter we you know need to preserve our funds explain to them why you’re doing this and then they can start to adjust to the idea of mom and dad moving on or moving away it’s very important yeah absolutely CLE they came in uh we worked with them over the course of two years uh they came in three or four times yeah lovely we finally found a house for them uh and they were so happy yeah they were so happy really happy and through the inspection uh we were getting to the point where I I think all of the repairs were going to be done it’s like the last day of inspection period if I go any more then they’re going to lose their earnest money and I get the call I can’t break up this family we my kid put the guilt trip on me my kids put the because they hadn’t said anything to the kids until it too they were under the contract yeah it was a shock and so you know so the sellers had to take their home off the market you know we had all these buyer trips and everything this was going to be a non-starter from the beginning uh and it was never going to go any other place so obviously that wastes our time and our effort but also the family I mean you’re coming in you’re looking around you’re getting excited it’s not going to happen yep uh family have Frank discussions have Frank discussions yep and be very transparent to your family to your children let everybody know because you know you might fall in love here and then you got to go back home no we mean a lot of people that that they’re their children will never have that kind of say so about where they go and that’s very clear to them you may be in that situation but if you’re not if you’re like this other couple and you know the kids will have a lot to say about it don’t keep it a secret don’t wait until the end yep do it up front Okay Okay that was a good one uh half bath so this uh the the home either does or does not have a half bath off of the main room so when is the best time to uh figure out what you want and whether the home has it or not well before you go on the home tour yeah it’s a must have you need to say that communicate that quite clearly to your agent this is a must have I some people can Overlook it some people have got to have it anything whether it’s a halfbath anything in the home that’s super super important to you just say it’s a it’s a deal breaker for me if a B and C are not there yeah we let us know before we we we don’t want to show you five or six homes and none of them have a half bat yeah none of them have a half bat and then you decide into the inspection period suddenly you absolutely have thought about it and now I absolutely have to have half that’s right don’t do that do that don’t do that so sit down and make a list of everything that is so important it’s very easy to determine whether our home has a half bath or not what we can’t do is tell you whether you want one or not and the time to decide whether you have to have that or not is really before you start looking at houses and we can’t create one for you I can’t poop you a half bath I can’t do that we can put a body in the front you know it either Haz it or it doesn’t uh decide that up front so that’s it so everything for every everything there is a purp there is a time for every purpose what is that that’s a that’s a song Ecclesiastes I don’t know and a and a Bible thing a Bible thing yeah Ecclesiastes okay so that’s our little tips for the day as you’re thinking about uh buying or selling like the game thing yeah do some more games okay all right that’s all we hope to hear from you soon give us a call we’re here to help you on the next steps bye view_moduleinsert_chart
Today we explain the differences between a custom home and a spec home – and what that means to your buying process. Check out today’s video to learn the pros, the cons, and why you may or may not want one.
Good morning morning peeps Diane and Randall bro here hello hello hello we are here to share with you uh some of our some information about what a speck home is yes a lot of people don’t seem to understand the concept Speck home yeah so Speck home is short for speculative yep right so the uh it’s not speculative on the buyer part it’s speculative on the Builder part so this is a home they don’t have a buyer for they uh design the home they build the home in anticipation of finding a buyer while it’s under construction while it’s under construction so a lot of this is a lot of the parts of the home are predetermined yes the paint color the exterior the elevation of the home the interior I like Speck homes because sometimes they add a little bit more extra yes it’s not necessarily A stripped home actually sometimes they add in some some pretty good extras that if you were to build it yourself you might cost you more money yeah um so they kind of are betting uh that you know they start construction they are floating alone while they’re building yes so they’re going to make it special and nice to attract that buyer to come in and snatch it a lot of the a lot of the money or the the the the cost associated with building a home is driv driv by the custom process so people come in and they want to change things and those things need to be redesigned redrawn um and you know you need to get the change of materials you got to find suppliers you know all that takes time and effort and money and but if they do a speck home they they don’t have to go through all that that’s right they call the shots they usually get an interior designer to come design something beautiful have a beautiful color scheme it all Blends together and then they can just spit it out they just follow the the the program and get it out and give you a quality home yes with a lot of nice extras yes so but you should know that with a spec home you cannot make a lot of changes yes most Builders are like we will not pro quote right so you’re getting a lot of house for a good price uh your home’s going to have broad appeal a lot of times when people build custom homes they think they know better than the builders and they make changes and when it comes time to sell sometimes it’s it’s harder because the home does not have broad appeal right it’s so specific to that owner back homes will always have broad appeal correct the the choices that they make will have broad appeal yes uh and Builders they kind of know what they’re doing because if they screw up they lose money so they learn pretty fast yeah so you get a lot for your money the quidd pro quo is that you can’t make a lot of changes you really can and we know from building our own home uh yeah I was like do you think maybe we could move this window no uh can we do this no no no because it just uh loses time in the build sometimes they can’t find whatever you might want to change um again you lose more time which is money to them you know because they’re still paying on this loan while they’re building and they’re like we can’t find this item you want yes so you know know when you sign on a spec it’s a spec for a reason yeah you cannot do a lot you cannot make a spec home a custom home um some Builders may work a little bit with you if if you come in yeah if you come in early in the building process they might let you pick a different color or you know things like that but for the most part they don’t even like to do that because if you fall through for whatever reason that’s you can’t buy then they’re going to have to sell a home and you you’ve picked out the color right so a lot of may not attract the other which may not attract a lot of people so a lot of times in spec homes you know we’re going to put in Builder grade carpet can I change the floor no can you just leave the carpet out no we’re going to put the carpet in and you’re immediately going to have to tear it out and put the floor down that’s the process that’s the spec home and a lot of Builders will hold you to that yes it it’s kind of it doesn’t seem to make sense but the reason why it does is because you’re not costing them money you’re not costing them time they’re able and in in exchange for that they they kind of give you a barn yeah you do you get more of a loaded home I think yeah so when you’re considering a spec home the the pluses are you know not a lot of problem or decision makings that you have to make it’s made for you um so if you like the product and you like what they have it’s like this is awesome great maybe some things may not be your cup of tea maybe they’ll work with you a little bit but you should know you’re probably going have to get exactly what they offer you because that is what a home is get out of their way let them finish the home and then make whatever changes after your closes that’s right that’s our advice to you and bu but you can get something really beautiful with really beautiful one of the things we wanted to clarify is that in a lot of people’s mind a speck home is stripped no usually it’s the opposite usually the speck homes are dulled up yeah they add some kind models us up yeah to entice you yeah all right so that is our tidbit on Speck hom so if you’re thinking about it know that you know you pretty much have to go with the product they have selected unless you get before they’ve even poured a slab then maybe you might have some different colors to pick from you know but most of the time it’s like here’s your four colors that’s it what do you want that’s right so keep that in mind because you don’t want to be disappointed will try really hard to make everybody happy the buyers and the we want everybody happy and enjoy their new home so just go with the process and try not to fight it too much it’ll you know help you with a a better stress level definitely yeah definitely so anyway that’s our Spiel on Speck homes they can be amazing you can get a lot of stuff uh for a great price yep and uh it takes out like I said a lot of the decision making and pulling your out so it’s kind of nice yep all right so that’s our deal oncc Speck homes specom that’s our tip of the day that’s our tip of the day if you’re into tips the place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain inform yep all those things overwhelm all of it all right Kajol Kajol that’s a good word that’s a I don’t even know what that means I like that word convinc yeah alred alred Alfred all right friends we hope to hear from you soon and H make sure you visit Prescot we’d love to see you absolutely bye bye
Being from The South (TM), good chicken – be it fingers, fried, or atop a waffle – is crucial. Check out today’s video to find out what’s hot, what’s not, and which chicks we are eagerly awaiting here in Prescott.
hello hello hello hello peeps I’m just chuckling at this latest topic that Mr bro has decided we’re g to talk about uh this man comes up with crazy ideas uh today this is Diana Randall bro by Rand bro Prescot Arizona we’re real estate agents talking about real estate and life here in Prescot Arizona that’s right we’re your friendly husband and wife team yes so today we have a very important topic to discuss the state of chicken state of chicken state of chicken chickens and we’re very excited here going on chicken some folks who come here to Prescot and they think it’s little cowboy town we don’t have a whole lot here to offer yeah well that was well it was true when we first moved here so we moved from uh the Texas area Texas people love chicken fingers they’re into chicken fingers some of the best chicken fingers you’ll get are going to be in Houston God I was just looking for chicken fingers we get to preset the only chicken that was available was Kentucky Fried chicken Y which which is good I like I like Kentucky you know you can you can make it work yeah and then uh or you could get chicken fingers from fries the fries grocery store which is your you like those actually I thought that their chicken fingers were the best in town at that time at that time it’s grocery store chicken I mean it was nothing to shout shout about but they were good you get a good sauce or whatever but now the world has gotten much better so since we’ve been here we did a video on it yep we got a Popeye’s now we have two popey yes now we have two Popeyes one in Prescot Valley and one in Prescot now being from New Orleans she and I both remember you know the spicy spicy delicious wheny the cartoon popey used to be in the commercials popey spicy delicious chicken yeah yeah so honestly the thing about Popeye’s Chicken is it’s not about the chicken I’m just going to be honest it’s not about the chicken it’s really about the sides red beans and rice cage and rice which is not available here I know uh onion rings not available here chicken levers not available here yeah yeah a lot of the really good sides now the biscuits are delicious always will be the french fries are good french fries are very good green pretty good the crust the crust of the chicken is pretty good yeah but uh can’t go wrong yeah some sides missing so we were a little disappointed but we still hit Popeyes up from time to time the chicken fingers are okay but then we got uh Yummy Cookies cockies oh yeah cockies we talked about cockies earlier so we talked about cockies good stuff good stuff now cockies has been I might want to get that today let’s get that today yeah that’s what I’m saying let’s get that for Lun we’re on we’re on for cockies yeah so here’s the here’s the cockies arc so cocky first came out and it was wonderful we were I was anxious you know cocky chicken I was like oh my God I can’t wait for this place to open they opened up in what was a Burger King probably the worst Burger King I’ve ever been that wasy bad so that was definitely a step in the right direction we go there the chicken fingers are intense yep they also have really wonderful southern fried catfish yep just really excited about all those things yeah Mexican Corn’s really good we told a whole bunch of people about cockies and then they went and then they changed the recipe yeah so all our friends were mad at us I don’t know what they were going through or whatever long story short they’re back they’re back they are back so we call this cocky Redux and uh we can we can definitely recommend cockies again they’re backed in fighting form yep fighting cockies got it so cockies is good good stuff uh new place just open Chicken and Waffles chicken and waffles so we’ll talk briefly about chicken and waffles good stuff good chicken not so much on the waffles well it just depends you know they’re they’re working at some Kings but still pretty good uh we need to go back and revisit revisit but there’s certainly an alternative lots of people Square by them yeah I’m not a big chicken and waffles guy I just like the chicken waffles is kind of weird and to me the waffles weren’t anything to speak of but I they’ve got some really good chicken fingers I had like an Indian dish like the kind of Curry like uh which was really good but just their basic uh chicken fingers very very good so uh but we’re also we’re excited super excited super excited because out in PV we are getting a Raising Canes Raising Canes which is fast food I started in Louisiana born in Baton Rouge Louisiana y our kids used to hit us up for raising can ra yeah they’re down in Phoenix we have we’ve had some of it there but they are excellent yep so the state of chicken state of chicken in the city of we got it people we can offer all kinds we got the chicken we got the chicken yeah so anyway we’re just excited we get into that you know let’s go let’s go hit that for a good lunch or something yeah so we just wanted to share with you some Local Chicken Places of the local chicken places that you perhaps could enjoy as well absolutely all right so if you I’m getting kind of hungry but uh if you want to bite grab one of these places one of we also have Chick-fil-A don’t forget oh yeah Chick-fil-A the infamous Chick-fil-A my also second you know one of my other favorites can’t go wrong there either yeah you never go wrong never chuit the chicken biscuits chicken biscuits we call it a chuit that’s your tip for today if you’re into tips the place to go is pick 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 will Amaze Astound educate entertain um plagiarize no won’t plagi it’ll be good stuff it’ll do all those things and it’s absolutely free that’s right everything’s free so we hope to hear from you soon give us a call we’d love to show you where some of these chicken places are yep not a problem all right have a wonderful day thank you for listening bye bye