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Picking the Right Lender

You may have heard that weirdness prevails in the real estate market these days, and nowhere is that more true than with lenders.  In short, lenders are struggling right now... big time.  In this episode, we discuss some of the major lender fumbles we've seen recently and how you can avoid the nightmare scenarios that have become all too commonplace in real estate transactions because of them.

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hello friends this is diana randall bro your local friendly husband and wife realtor team located in prescott arizona she’s depressed pickle lady that’s right i am her sidekick in arms that’s right sidekick have arms i’m not sure i’ll get some water i’ll get some more or at least some tools sidekick but yeah you probably do but tough topic too yeah a tough topic it’s something that um i try and try again some people listen and some people how shall i say i think they know better than mama and that is using an out of state lender so we’ve been having a lot of trouble with lenders um and that’s just i mean the lending process the lending process you know we’re going the whole covet thing and logistic problems and i i don’t know what but we’re finding it very hard to match our buyers with lenders who can close in a timely manner well yeah and this is my biggest pet peeve lately particularly if you use an out of state london oh i have a relationship with them i’ve been with wells fargo for 25 years it doesn’t mean a thing okay you are assuming that when you hand off this loan to somebody to start processing it that you’re going to have your particular banker every step of the way sadly my first month that’s not what happens they’ll have a separate team for that they have a separate team for that so the first person who sells you that loan they’re out of the picture they get their commission and they go off and go sell another loan yeah and then your loan is sold you know it’s passed on to another team and it goes into underwriting well every underwriter they pass on to another person to another person so when you run into a glitch and you call your original person they’re like oh that’s not me anymore now it’s joe and kathy and susie so then you may be hunting down these people who they’ve passed it on to somebody else you never get the same person so consequently um when we have a closing date which by the way is a contractual obligation you’re obligated to close on that date and lenders don’t seem to understand that it’s a contractual obligation and so this is what i tell some of these lenders hello it wasn’t a suggested closing date it’s like underground it’s like under contract this is a legal thing yeah if we’re supposed to close march first you’re supposed to have it all done march first so we’ll get a call from the we’ll get a call from the lender oh good news we got the appraisal scheduled for the fifth like okay we gotta close on the first we’re closing on the first that doesn’t help me yeah so a lot of times you know that’s very frustrating so from the get-go i call these out of state lenders and i say order your appraisal today don’t order it two weeks from now because we’re never going to close on time because a lot this is another thing you should you should know out-of-state lenders have to contact an appraisal uh company of their own in-house and then they that in-house appraisal company says let me get you an appraiser i don’t know who i don’t know anybody in that area but i’ll get one from phoenix what a nightmare because the phoenix appraiser comes up here he looks at it he doesn’t know the press get back i don’t know the market they don’t understand i understand the market to do a decent appraisal that’s correct and i’m sure the same is true you can’t get prescott appraisers and go down right really i mean you gotta know you need to have somebody familiar with it yeah you need to have somebody local who really understands the market understands that that side street is really not a major highway which we’ve gotten that’s not a major highway um so you don’t have to you know detract you know at deduct a hundred thousand dollars that’s not a major yeah we’ve had one it was uh oh well the the comp was uh it’s a good comp but the comp has a view of the golf course and the subject property doesn’t okay the subject property overlooks granite mountain it’s a much better view so you know we try to advise of course we can’t tell you i mean that’s absolutely one hundred percent yeah he should pick the land and you’re right that’s your right to do that but when we gently try to guide you try to find a local lender there’s a reason for that we want you to close on time we don’t want you to arrive in prescott and your house has enclosed and your stuff is in transit in a truck and you have no place to move in yeah and it has happened it has it has happened and then suddenly you’re in a hotel for two weeks while you’re waiting for it to get out of underwriting because they didn’t go into underwriting until five days before your closing date yeah nobody’s going to get you out of underwriting in five days and get the appraisal done in five days it’s just not happening you’ve got sellers that are selling in the seller’s market that may or may not be that’s right uh they may not appreciate your situation yeah they want to close because they’re moving on to their next chapter so when we gently suggest please try a local lender preferably a mortgage banker not a bank like wells fargo or you know one of those uh yeah don’t go with a mortgage broker go with a mortgage lender a mortgage banker they will hold your hand all the way to the end because they don’t get their commission until you close so they are invested they are committed because they would like to get their commission and so keep that in mind it’s not to mind your business or tell you what to do and you know i appreciate you know every person i know who thought they had a great relationship finds out maybe not so much yeah and just to be clear most of the clients that we deal with um they are of retirement age yes and uh they’ve region reached a certain level of success most of them do have personal bankers yes so we’re not oh you know i have a personal banker your other clients probably didn’t know they all have a personal thing and it’s not the personal banker’s fault yeah they’re it’s just their process when you’re with the national bank they set you up they do the initial paperwork and then their process is to pass it on to the other parties and it’s not that they’re bad people yeah or you know well they’re dealing with their process it’s a very it’s a very tough situation at this at this particular moment uh some areas like the california banks are really struggling the northeast banks are really struggling uh we had a we had a broker in the midwest so we figured oh that’s okay she sourced it to a bank in california that was a disaster it’s it’s uh it’s a bad situation right now we try to ride shotgun with the lenders for our transactions for our buyers we don’t know all the ins and outs we’re not lenders we’re not right now we don’t do that for a living i mean we try uh the local people we use here they know how to run rough shot they know how to do it they know how to get it done and it’s best to absolutely let them do that you know your bank may or may not respond to a stupid realtor from prescott arizona yeah i can call my local lender and say hey we gotta is there hold up can you tell me what’s going on what can we help to facilitate so we can close on time and i can get that person right away we can communicate clearly effectively and get the job done whereas if it’s an out of state lender they don’t know me from a hole in the ground and they’re like oh i don’t do that anymore it’s passed on to this person and they can’t really we don’t have that kind of relationship so keep that in mind it’s not to mind your business it’s not to tell you what to do it’s just if you have a particular date in mind that you want to close you want to close and uh local lenders are the way to do it they really try hard and they try to make it happen they know the right and they know the ropes and they also know local appraisers that they can get in and get it done so i’d all share this recently we just had one and we were supposed to close on a friday and they called the day before and said can’t close on friday because that is actually lincoln’s birthday not president’s day the 21st lincoln’s real birthday was february 18th so in california we celebrate uh lincoln’s birthday so we can’t send out any wires yes evidently they only figured this out the the day before the day before on the 17th uh i don’t know if that was really the story or not that declared the holidays so it’s weird things like that weird things out of state lenders will have weird rules i don’t know california’s rule about lincoln’s birthday but apparently on february 18th they don’t send out wires in the state of california and they’re allowed to do that so yeah every day i learned something new and another good example is uh ordering out the appraisals it is a matter of course that uh lenders will order out the appraisal kind of when it’s clear that the home’s gonna inspect yep you know that it’s gonna get get past the inspection period that’s when they’ll do it too late you can’t do that now you can you got to order it right away and if you if that means the lender is going to have to eat the appraisal fee yeah that’s just the cost of it but here’s the thing they don’t eat the appraisal fee they passed on to you they said oh we can’t get the appraiser out so i hope you don’t mind instead of paying six or seven hundred dollars for your appraisal you now have to pay the expedited fee yeah twelve hundred dollars fifteen [Music] they can get it done overnight yeah but you’re gonna pay extra for that so try to go local we have everything local in-house we can get it done it’s nice and smooth and you know typically we close on time about 98 of the time uh out of state um it’s been i can’t promise you it’s been rough lately it’s been rough that’s all we can do is just tell you our experiences with this in the end the your lender choice that you that’s your choice 100 it’s your choice whoever you choose we will do our best to make sure that you close on time uh but we just wanted to share some of our experiences with you some other considerations you may want to yeah just be aware you may not necessarily close on time if you’re going out of state we can do as much as we can try may not happen for you we sure will try i love to nag it’s my favorite thing to do i call every day hey it’s the pickle lady again heard anything yeah heard anything heard anything remember the closing date is not a suggested date yeah we want to close on this day we’ve been struggling with this for the last several months so yeah so we want to share and you should know too because you know we don’t always buy houses every other year sometimes it’s been 20 years and you kind of forget so this is our knowledge we want to share with you absolutely take take away from it whatever you wish but we hope you listen to us [Laughter] more information you can check us out at pickle411.com that is our information site whether you are buy or seller somewhere in between information about lenders and all that kind of stuff about real estate i also got best restaurants to go to and press get things done i’ll love it i’ll live all of it’s there all of it we love to talk about a whole bunch of stuff yeah not all of it’s complaining about linda no that’s right very strong very small just a small percentage all right my friends you guys have a great evening and thanks for listening hope we taught you something new take care bye

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Non-Buying Trips

If you have never been to Prescott or haven't made up your mind yet where you want to end up, then scheduling a non-buying trip to tour the city and see representative homes in the area is a great idea - and we'd be glad to help you with that.  Just make sure we know what kind of trip you're on, because buying and non-buying trips are very different animals - which we discuss in this episode.

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i’m going to change this up and say good midday good midday good midday good news good okay [Laughter] it’s crazy i tell you but anyway it’s been a long day sometimes when i film with him um but i am diane bro this is my better half cheese pickle eddie that’s right randall brown sidekick we are a husband and wife team here in the heart of prescott arizona we love to help people come here find their dream home just like we did several years ago we love it here and we embrace all people who come you guys will love it it’s just a really unique tale this is our way of telling you kind of what life is like that’s right you can find here what people do here that’s right all the good stuff so sometimes when people will call and they’re like hey i want to come in and let’s set a date great please first step always call me first or enter your appointment on our calendar um don’t just show up in an hour before say hey we’re here could you meet with us a lot of times i’m booked yeah and so i hate nothing more that i hate than saying i can’t meet with you because i’m booked up for the next couple of days so call me first we’ll put you on the calendar and then i may call you back or email you and ask a number of questions it’s not to be intrusive or nosey or anything else but it really helps me hone down on the home search the most important question is is this a buying or a non-buying trip and some people like well i don’t want that kind of pressure it’s not really meant to pressure you it’s just to help me if it’s a non-buying trip i will maybe just include a few homes a few neighborhoods and maybe try to select those homes that are vacant or you know no one’s there so that you know we don’t interrupt the owner too much yeah it’s also a matter of focus so if you know we understand that this is a pro a process and we have no problem with non-buying trips absolutely we’re just trying to figure out what you’re trying to achieve if you’re trying to buy a house we need to show you specific houses because you’re going to buy one that’s right if you’re not going to buy one you’re kind of thinking prescott might be the place to go but you’re not sure it’s not just about homes it’s about the city and what goes on in the city and the different areas we’re going to focus more on trying to find the areas that make the most sense for you rather than the specific homes that won’t be available when you’re ready to buy exactly i mean so for my non-buying buyers i say hey you know what i want to give you a sampling of all that the city has to offer so if you’re a golfer if you want social amenities let me focus on those neighborhoods and show you a couple of homes in there and then i’d like to give you a i call it a potpourri sampling we’re going to kind of go around and mix it all up and see all areas all different neighborhoods so you can kind of decide you know what i really love i really love stone ridge or i really love prescott lakes or i really love talking rock and that’s fine so the next time when you come back and it is a buying trip that’s all we’re going to focus on yeah if it’s a buying trip and you know hey this is exactly what i want i’ve already been there i want this then guess what i’m going to exclusively concentrate on those areas and try to find the best home that exactly fits your requirements it’s a lot of fun for me i enjoy it especially when i have bigger inventory yeah yeah um but we try super hard to find one that you will connect with yeah yeah we give you a sale if it’s a non-buying trip we’ll get you in a few homes just to kind of give you a sense of what different price points will buy you correct what kind of features are available whether they’re views or not what kind of architecture you know what style of home you know that sort of thing we’ve given you more of a feel rather than trying to fit you into a specific home right and we also tour you as well as we go along so whether it’s in prescott valley or prescott we point out all the major places stores etc so you really get a good education on what prescott has to offer and then when you’re ready and you come in to buy we’re ready to do it let’s let’s let’s hone in on that and let’s find that perfect place and let’s do it yeah so uh uh you know sometimes people are a little taken aback when i ask that question i’m really not here to make you feel pressured i am the worst i am not a hard sell i am the softest cell i think probably on earth um first of all i don’t think i have to do a hard sell i think prescott sells itself it’s a it’s a lovely town it’s gorgeous i think a lot of the homes here sell themselves i don’t have to force you to do anything and i would never do that anyway right that’s not who i am and it you know i just don’t believe in that everybody has to be here 100 and then it works out beautifully so when i ask you is this a non-buying or a buying trip don’t be like i’m feeling pressure it’s truly not meant that i’m trying to serve you better by figuring out exactly that’s exactly it so anyway if you hear from me and start asking you some questions don’t get nervous don’t get don’t get uh wigged out it’s just for me to kind of either make it a an intense day of finding you the perfect home or just a nice tour sampling the areas and so when you do make that final decision you’re ready to to to go in the air you want to go to yep absolutely so that is all so i don’t want you to ever feel pressured i’m not all about that i’m all about the soft sell and um just finding what’s you know touches your heart because that’s what it’s all about for me it’s an emotional decision as well as an investment but the most thing is what attaches what connects to you i should say what connects to you absolutely that’s more important because that’s the only way you know you have to be some place you want to be and then you’re super happy with your decision absolutely okay so if you need to reach us to buy or sell or anything else any other questions believe me i get questions all day long and i’m so happy to answer and help and where’s this and where’s that what about this and what about that give us a call at or you can go to our information site you can start at pickle411.com whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between lots of free information about real estate about prescott about prescott valley and yep uh restaurants and things to do and all kinds of stuff all of it all of it yeah very informative there’s a search bar so you can look for whatever that’s right you can just type in where to get your nails done yeah that’s true on and on and on exactly so anyway we hope to hear from you and thank you for listening have a fantastic day bye bye

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Prescott by the Numbers – March 2022

From the front lines of Prescott-area real estate. See our video summary of the latest market results.

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Solstice Ridge

What's the name of the town that has an ancient sacred gathering place with petroglyphs and precise alignments for the summer and winter solstices?  Well, if you said "Prescott, AZ," then go to the head of the class, my friend - because inside the subdivision of Prescott Lakes there is a spot called Solstice Ridge you just have to see.

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Music of Esteban

One of the things that surprised us most about Prescott was the quality of music here, and coming from New Orleans, our standards are pretty high. Of special note is the world-renowned classical guitarist Esteban, who is a local resident and performs locally at the historic Elks Theater. In this episode we recall his most recent appearance and what he has coming up.

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hello hello peeps every time you say that it’s right in my ear hello peeps she’s the pickle lady i’m her sidekick we are in prescott arizona we sell real estate among other things we’re bringing you up what it was doing i think restaurants we do a lot of restaurants for you yeah but i don’t get it cuz i don’t get paid for that i don’t get paid for that that’s just pure joy for me yeah sharing every now and then we get a free drink that’s about it not really not really because we don’t do it in a location we should get a lot more than what we do i’ll tell you that much yeah but i i i’m gonna let that go because we just have so much fun talking about uh things here in prescott but here we’re not going to talk about things to eat on this episode we’re going to talk about things to listen to things to listen to something you should know here in prescott great great music scene an amazing music scene oh yeah and coming from new orleans we were like oh sure i’m saying a lot yeah that’s it a lot we’re from new orleans and you’re messed with the music that’s saying a lot we’re pretty impressed because we you know our our bar was pretty high i’m not sure let’s see and we went a couple of times i’m like wow that’s good a lot of good great local talent uh regional town we also get people coming up from phoenix yep all the time you know the the phoenix symphony comes up here and plays in the square they also play at yavapai community college we have a lot of local bands that play all the time on whiskey row that are phenomenal and then there are a lot of great cover bands who also come in play and we go see them at the elks theater one of them it’s not a band it’s one person yeah we’re we’re going to go see the carole king carol king tapestry tapestries the cover band yeah my personal favorite is actually a local resident by the name of esteban i love him i love him so i love him too yeah a world renowned uh guitar player and classically trained right classically trained by segovia segovia a lot of people kind of consider him to be the heir to segovia unbelievable what this guy can do with a guitar and he lives here in prescott so he has retired here yeah he plays only regionally now uh you know california arizona probably vegas yeah uh but he does a hand like two or three four uh concerts a year here right here at the right here else theater in prescott that’s right and we love it we always go one year we went for mother’s day and brought randall’s mom yeah and for me and we went and he plays with his daughter teresa yes who is an amazing violin amazing amazing and he has a great drummer yeah a great drummer the guy’s phenomenal uh at the last concert i think he did a couple of drum solos yeah had me just blown away and his daughter’s an amazing improvisation on a violin oh i don’t know that there’s a lot of people doing that no i mean you know theresa joy is her name so we go and as soon as he starts playing i always start to tear up just it’s just it’s just beautiful to hear a classical guitarist just very moving it’s just it’s just beautiful yeah and he last time we went he played 90 minutes straight because he also talks a lot about his personal life and how he got uh on this path and his journey and that’s that’s a lot of fun yeah very inspirational very inspirational and you know he talks about uh you know his life as a musician and tells stories and he tells him well is always funny he’s always funny so we highly if you’re a musical person uh you’ll love it here you’ll love it it’s a huge variety i think he mentioned in the concert that his son is going to be um i don’t know how permanent or how often that’s going to be that’s right the basis yeah but yes it basis and so uh i look forward to seeing that yeah so he’s going to do another concert april you’re thinking about visiting and you’re here april 9th make sure you check him out yeah grab a ticket just one it’s a wonderful evening and then go have a nice dinner yeah it was really we did it for valentine’s he is a treasure and he like the rest of us here have totally embraced life here in prescott and what prescott represents and uh enough that he retired here yeah that’s right so we take that as a big shot in the arm so thank you esteban and thank you for all your beautiful concerts absolutely they touch our heart all the time we love it yeah he did uh he did a rendition of norwegian wood which is the beatles song that uh they have the sitar that george harrison so he kind of did this sitar thing which i mean no offense to george harrison but oh my god it was amazing it was always a guitar like how did you do that i think it was making sounds he didn’t think a guitar could do but yeah it was uh it was amazing that’s what that’s what that sounds a little weird excuse me that kind of twangy sound that sits do i don’t know how he managed to do that it was cool it was cool anyway so if you’re coming here no you’ll have a lot of entertainment you’ll love it here okay thanks and if you need to find out more information you can reach us at or our website pickle411.com is the place to start whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between lots of free information informative about real estate about prescott about life about wisdom some wisdom someone’s the best of we the closest we can get to where’s a little bit of work a little bit all right thanks for listening have a great day bye

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Colt BBQ

This time we celebrate great BBQ and a great extension of Prescott's traditional nightlife scene, Whiskey Row.  Come check out the local Colt BBQ chain in our latest restaurant review... and always take the rich option whenever possible.

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thank you for all your support it means the world to us every time you watch every time you watch we get that one click and we love it yeah yeah that’s our that’s our fan base another restaurant today we’re picking up colts colts yeah you know we’ve gotten a lot of feedback from people who say yeah honestly one of our favorites is when you guys talk about restaurants and i’m like wow well we are foodies um we do go out and socialize a lot we have a lot of fun doing it yes we do and so we are happy to share our restaurant videos with you [Music] which means my many friends many friends there you go hopefully so uh yeah so today we’re talking about colts colts is kind of a local chain they have a number of locations i think they started in cottonwood or something i think there’s been a location in prescott valley now for a few years yeah and uh we just i don’t know i make really good ribs yes so we don’t there’s a pretty good yeah so we don’t go out for barbecue all that much usually when we’re in the mood for barbecue i make i make ribs um so we’ve been hitting the barbecue scene some friends called us they wanted to go and we did and it was amazing it was a really good it was amazing um fantastic barbecue but what we’re most excited is colts has now come right into the heart of prescott yes they are yes they are they’re right past uh whiskey road well i they’re clowning they’re still on biscuit that’s right so the whole thing about whiskey row is uh no no one’s quite sure if it’s one block or two yes uh there’s one block that has always been whiskey row and there’s always been a second block where you know we’re we’re a risky road too but it really hasn’t caught on we’re hoping that colts makes kind of tips the scale tips the scale uh and bringing it to that second block so that whiskey row becomes a two black entity it needs to be a two block so much fun such a good time yeah but uh colts is right there on the corner of montezuma and montezuma and goodwood [Music] delicious delicious turkey sausage yeah brisket their brisket is different it’s amazing ribs they have a selection of barbecue sauces oh yeah that’s what i love about them yeah there’s like an apricot sauce that’s really good the traditionals are really good different amounts of heat depending on what you’re looking for bring the heat now bring the heat i like the heat yeah i like a few of them so i like to kind of mix it up a little bit the brisket is outstanding the brisket is and you need to die yeah you have an option of either lean or rich oh yeah yeah what do you think that’s what i have yet to try the lean so for those of you who are being good yeah i don’t know why you may go to colts if you’re going to be good but we know somebody maybe somebody’s forcing you to go to colts and you really want a healthy option so get the lean brisket don’t we go all yeah we do we do so that uh yeah the sausage was good the ribs were good yeah all of it uh the bar is really good they’ve got a number of their own um creations yep um i can’t remember did i have i had a huckleberry huckleberry’s huckleberry something yeah i don’t recall too much because i had several of them uh some kind of bourbon with uh maple or something in there i forget i don’t know it was all good it was good it was all good yeah their their cocktails are really good so if you’re coming here for a visit or if you’re living here uh make sure you try colts either in cottonwood prescott valley or right here on whiskey road it’s a good time and it’s it’s got a nice little atmosphere too yeah yeah we enjoyed the line so shout out to colts we love you and we love that huckleberry oh yeah it’s good good good stuff so give us a call or look us up at pickle411.com are all kinds of restaurant reviews on uh you’ll find there yeah that’s our thing that’s a thing and lots of uh but if you’re looking for events if you’re looking for information about real estate uh it’s all there it’s all free and it’s all we covered them phenomenal we covered all people who do it or just they’re just yeah sometimes you know sometimes people don’t connect with us i’m okay with that most of the time that we have a ball we do we like sharing all of our knowledge that’s right with you yeah about life here that’s euphemism knowledge i’m not sure it’s all just knowledge not not exactly but we try it’s malarkey we try all right nice seeing you today and have a great rest of your day bye

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The Fast Cash Option

 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.

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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

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Corvettes vs. Driveways

If you have a Corvette or other type of car that rides low to the ground, then you'll want to tune in for our latest Wine Down episode.  Here's the rub: Prescott is a town with terrain, so low-riding vehicles can bottom out easily here - especially in driveways that are steep or have not been properly graded.  

In this episode we reveal our very own Cajun-style invention you can use to check to make sure you can get the Corvette in the garage without scraping.  And like all good DIY tools, it's cheap to make and easy to use. 

You can find our episode on Bridjits here...
https://prescottpicklelady.com/vehicles/

More info on the Bridjit device...
https://www.bridjit.com/

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good morning good morning peeps randall and diane bro here he’s breast piccolating i am i am the gherkin sidekick he is the gherkin sidekick yes i just jarred another five gallons another five gallons doing our part in production yeah so if you give me a call or we see you i’m happy to bring you a jar of my famous cajun that’s right logistics problems do not hold back never the pickle production that is correct always in production and always excited to share yes um my pickles with everybody but anyway uh we are i digress we are here to talk today about something called driveways and corvettes driveways and corvettes well what i’ve noticed yeah how about you lately everywhere in prescott i see people driving corvette after corvette yeah lots of corvettes here it’s a big cars of all types are big here vintage cars and they have uh uh we’ll have shows with mg and but it seems the corvettes are kind of uh taking center stage yeah vintage corvettes brand new corvettes um the new ones have beautiful colors yeah beautiful so shout out to mr goodman and to the lucex who are also fellow uh friends and clients yep who corvettes yeah corvettes here’s the thing about corvettes they ride low to the ground super super low to the ground not the only cars that ride low to the ground no they’re producers also ride low to the ground priuses uh any number of so the hot rod cars you know testosterone and all that stuff that they ride low to the ground which helps you i guess with the air flow when you are i get it i mean i get the design yeah um the design doesn’t always work for us as realtors that’s right yeah the problem is we are a mountain town so we do have terrain they have any number of areas around town you’re driving your corvette you’re going to bottom out yep and sometimes when you don’t expect it and i hate the sound of that we have a sedan uh we also have the pickle van the pickle band rides low the scene does not ride very high yeah uh from time to time you know we get a bit of a scrape if you have a car that’s really low you’re gonna be scraping a lot so be careful with that and in particular be careful about your right way yes so but the pickle lady team yeah we’ve come up with a solution yeah we did yeah so a lot of times kind of thing right people will come in and they’re like oh my gosh i love this house i love everything about it the driveway is not going to work for my corvette we just had this with a really super nice climb so i was out i came home and like where are you because we were getting ready to go meet them and randall says well i’m i’m over here at lowe’s i’m like what are you doing we need to be gone and he came back and he actually devised this tool that helps us measure yes um the the the how low the car is the clearance on the driveway so just it’s very science you think it would be easy you know it’s not about the front of the car it’s really not about the back of the car it’s really about the middle of the car so what happens is you have you have like a little hump in your driveway you know because it’s it’s you’re going up terrain or whatever and you have like a little hump if the front tires go down faster than the back tires are going up uh you may scrape in the middle so i made a little device where it uses yardsticks and uh it’s pretty much it you know it’s orange and engaging contraption it’s our own invention nobody tried to patent this that’s right i think i’m gonna make one instead of instead of rope i might do one with uh with some kind of wood to get but the idea is you uh you measure the clearance of the tires and how far apart the tires are and the yardsticks kind of show you they represent the tires and if the rope is touching your driveway then you’re probably going to scrape and it’s not an exact thing but barring you know actually bringing the car in and trying it out it’ll give you a good idea um i don’t know why they don’t use a device like that to actually pave what else did your driveways what else did you bring oh we also did uh the other issue was the the slope of the driveway may be of concern for the the pods the storage units the storage containers so we had to we had to measure the pitch to see if they were going to allow the client to put the storage unit in the driveway or it was going to be too angling that’s right so here’s the thing people you think we’re just here writing up a contract and chit chatting as we do with this on these little videos we actually are full service yeah uh we’re out there measuring we’re coming up with new measurements uh measurement uh equipment we’re inventing a group correct we we are we’re double time here we’re like you know what we’re going to figure out about this corvette for sure before you make a decision the other thing we love to talk about and we have it in our own house is something called a bridget oh yeah the bridge shout out to the bridgette the bridgette company yeah i think we did it we did a video i think on bridget’s so in our particular little babies subdivision or neighborhood of uh prescott lakes called creekside they did a really horrible job on the curbs the curbs are too high yeah so in effect it you have a speed bump going into your home driveway okay so most of the neighbors here have this device called a bridge which is made out of the same kind of rubber that make tires it’s amazing so shout out to the bridge the bridging company so that’s a tip for you guys yeah definitely if you are having a hard uh you know jump up over a curve into your garage look at the bridge of the company yeah i’ll put it if i find that our old wine down on the bridgette i’ll put to think on it it’s it’s supersize so between the bridget and our measurement tools and uh knowledge and know-how yeah we will make sure that car is gonna work it’s gonna fit yeah yeah because a lot of times homes here are built into terrain we don’t have super flat necessarily driveways and uh it’s important to understand that when you’re coming here um either get rid of those cars or we’re gonna try to figure it out and make it we’re trying to make it work don’t be disappointed if not listen buy a new car and get a higher higher clearance because you’re going to you’re going to want that we’re going to run into it time and time again here unfortunately just because of the nature of the terrain if you’re you’re a collector or you know you have a a really beautiful car and that’s kind of what you’re in you may want to consider some sort of alternative storage you know a garage or something where you can store it might you might do better than keeping it in your own garage but the main point of this particular video though was just to talk about how we’re full service um we have a measurement uh equipment now in place to help you really determine with pretty much 95 accuracy i would say well i mean you’re going to really tell you you just you know if it says you’re you’re not going to scrape you probably want to try the car you know i mean the ultimate test is the car itself um but if it tells you you’re gonna scrape and you’re probably gonna scroll i mean it’s it in the end it’s yardsticks and it’s rogue it’s yardstick you know and i’m not an engineer now you know but i mean we will try to help you do your due diligence for it and show you what’s going on but the good thing is is that uh you know if you’re coming in from out of state you may not have that car with you right we try to in the interim give you some idea of whether or not it’s going to work yeah so that is our tip of the day yeah it is important here so cheers to you for coming up with that little system we love it we love it and we love it so give us a call if you have any questions or if you’d like to see a home or list a home we’re at 713-302-1964 yeah if you’re just looking for information place for that is pickle411.com that is our information site whether you are buy or sellers somewhere in between all kinds of information about prescott and uh real estate and life and restaurants and all kinds of things that are going on you never know what will pop in our little in our little p brains and out of cons trying to make it informative and entertaining try we try that’s what we do okay well good luck to you if you’re out there looking call us we’re happy to help you and have a great rest of your day absolutely bye

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Coming Soon: Coming Soon

We've always been one tool short.  All over the country, sellers have used a "coming soon" status to let buyers know their homes are going up for sale.  But not in Prescott.  The local Realtor association has always deemed it a big no-no; that's changing.  In this episode, we talk about the policy change and what it will mean to buyers and sellers in the area.

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hello hello hello hey peeps welcome back to the preschool pickle lady talk show yeah right we like to call it the wine gum or the wine down because you know we’re winding down we’re not drinking wine yeah [Music] just coffee it’s coffee strong coffee yeah but we are excited to be here today absolutely i am diane and this is randall bro she’s the prescott pickle lady we’re realtors here in prescott arizona that is correct and now we’re excited to be here today because something is changing with the prescott area real estate it’s changing now yep and we’re ver we are super excited something that needed to happen for a long time we are now allowed as realtors to start advertising a little bit ahead of time about coming soon coming soon homes that are about to come in the market yeah so i i don’t know why they’re changing now they were so anti coming soon for so long you can’t do it coming soon you can do coming soon we’ll beat you with a stick well i don’t think they were quite that dramatic but they work for me they knew i was gonna be the i was gonna be the one i don’t know i i i it was it was uh it was a strong position that they were taking uh in most areas of the country they do do come soon your house is about to go on the market in about a week you can start marketing and putting a sign out there that says coming soon and everything else but we were not allowed until march 1st march 1st 2022 march 1st we can start doing that so when you list a home it’s a process you know the seller says okay go and at that point things start happening so you’ve got to get a post in place you got to get your sign in place you got to get the mls uh form written up you got pictures taken before you do the pictures you got to stage the house or do any kind of cleanup and it’s a process and usually it takes a week sometimes two to kind you like to do a drone too yeah we do a drone yeah so we’ve got a lot of moving parts that need to come into play before it can actually hit mls and uh traditionally during that time we would be calling our buyers and telling them it’s coming but that’s really all we could do we couldn’t do any more than that that’s right but now we’re super exciting fast we do have a coming soon yeah we do we have a coming soon and it’s going to be a great house out in prescott valley valley yeah four bedrooms yeah two baths big yard no waitre all newly redone all new completely renovated completely renovated really really nice very conveniently located uh yeah you need to call us so uh we still can’t even do coming soon for this one because we don’t even have one picture uh no but we are in the process we may end up doing uh you know a week in advance coming soon or something like that uh the renovation still isn’t completely done uh but we’re excited about that that gives us an opportunity to have other agents uh beginning to think about the home before it actually hits the market people coming in town uh can plan around better you know that’s what i want to see uh so once we get the front of the home shot you know just the the basic exterior and uh you know we’ll we’ll put it coming soon up on that that’s right yeah and in the meantime you know don’t be afraid to just calm wah it’s a reference to uh when harry mentioned good job i was wondering if you would remember give me a call you know because it’s a great it’s a great family house for starting you know if you’re just starting out it’s going to be a great rental yeah um but i help a little bit with the very low inventories that we’ve been having for buyers uh you know they help out the buyers a little bit when they can kind of see some things that are coming so we’re excited about the new policy very excited aggressive about trying out some some new tactics using it so that’s right so we wanted to share that with you um some of my past clients and you know maybe future clients when we’re talking about a listing i would always be like i can’t put a sign up yet i just can’t yeah um and we never could understand it and we agree with you yeah um we didn’t understand either but now we can um effective march 1st and we are fully ready to take advantage oh yeah yeah absolutely very psyched so if you are interested in listing your home anytime in the near future and you’re excited about coming soon give us a call we’re happy to help you with your listing um we’re happy to get you started um look out for us in in this house in pv right oh yeah pv is what we call it here the locals from prescott valley um give us a call at 713-302-1964 we’ll give you more details yeah if you’re looking for good information a place to start is pickle411.com that is our informational site we call it the prescott relocation center in particular if you’re a buyer or seller lots of information for you if you’re buy or sellers somewhere in between lots of information about prescott what’s going on about real estate just life in general and life in general that’s what we’re gonna go for that’s what we’re all about life in general teaching you educating you specific things about life in general well sometimes yes sometimes it’s just malarkey yeah foolishness and malarkey yeah it just depends on how the mood hits us whatever i like we don’t like to be too serious no we want to do a good job for you but also at the same time keep it light easy and breezy breezy that’s right

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Drink Beer at the Office

You can have a lot more fun at the Office than you ever thought possible... No, not that office.  We're talking about the cool sports bar right off the square, with great drinks, pub food, and surprisingly good Mexican.

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hi hey peeps pickle peeps pickle peeps what is that gotta be pickle peeps hello pickle peeps pickle peeps adjusting my jacket here you’re adjusting your jacket dapper as long as that’s all i’ve given up now let’s just go on with the video correct yeah this is randall and diambro we’re located here in the beautiful town our beautiful hometown of prescott arizona why do you keep saying prescott i know i don’t know i’m getting away from prescott prescott arizona i don’t know i i have been doing that lately i need to adjust she’s the preschooler i am the press get pickled lady when are you going to start mispronouncing pictures i don’t know i’m not going to do that hopefully no i’m not don’t do that no not a restaurant another restaurant review yes this restaurant has the distinction of having the coolest name yeah that is called the office the office so you can meet people at the office and be up to no good you know it’s like you’re working hard yeah hey call your boss hey i’m at the office i’ll have to get back with you and really you’re having a beer and watching the game that’s right so it’s a sports bar lots of uh lots of big tvs but if you’re not such a sports person which i am not it’s not obtrusive or whatever right it’s a it’s a nice little venue great bar and uh good bar food good mexican food yeah i was surprised that’s a good mexican dishes i think their mexican food rates as good as any of the mexican restaurants around yeah in but they have all kinds of dishes they do nachos all kinds of good pub food so if you and it’s right off of the square it is right now so it’s a lot of fun it’s on cortez so easy to pop in yeah uh grab a booth and uh if you’re a big sports aficionado yeah good place to be good place to sit and get some good beers get some good pub food some sneaky snacks as i like to say or just grab a good meal yeah absolutely it’s a lot of fun and it’s casual and easy peasy and uh we love it yeah we did so we’ve uh we go there uh pretty often i guess we haven’t done uh with the office uh since the holiday season so we’ve been pretty busy during the holiday season but it was one of our regulars yeah good stuff so anyway try it out if you are here and uh walk down cortez and find the office stop on in and get some delicious nachos or fondito whatever you prefer and have a good beer and enjoy the local the local people there yeah it’s a big local hangout we always love to do restaurant reviews yeah people are always asking us for a restaurant what do you think oh i know a good one i know a good one yeah so uh this is another one if you are looking for more restaurant reviews the place to check out is pickle411.com that is our information center we’re doing restaurant reviews all the time we really cover everything that is prescott the events uh and of course uh prescott real estate and uh yeah the things that are happening at real estate market here in prescott yeah so give us a call you can check us out at pickle411.com if you need to list your home or you’re looking for a home called we’re your people we’re your peeps we’d love to do it we’d love to help you uh welcome you to our town all right have a good day bye bye

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Matchy Matchy

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.

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Lone Spur Cafe

New visitors to Prescott tend to gravitate first towards our town's historic Western venues, so it's surprising that it took us so long to check out this classic downtown destination.  If you're really into breakfast, don't repeat our mistake!  Jump on this one right away.

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The Prescott Lakes Experience

The largest subdivision in Prescott is Prescott Lakes, which is also one of the most popular.  In this episode, we cover the dozen or so neighborhoods that make up Prescott Lakes, and we discuss what makes it one of our town's go-to destinations for incoming homebuyers.  (Spoiler Alert: There's a lot to like!)

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well good morning good morning peeps this is randall and diane bro she’s thickly i am the pickle lady i’m the pickle i don’t know the pickle sidekick pickles he’s yeah he’s picking a sidekick correct he’s like a little gherkin i’m the pig i could say something else i’m not going to go down that that line it does make me giggle though but anyway here to talk about the biggest subdivision in olive prescott and very popular yes yes and we listen here what do we do it’s called prescott lake lakes it is a beautiful beautiful master-planned community there are nothing there are no ladies not in prescott lakes they’re the latest ones outside yeah people will say well you know i’d like i like the idea of this prescott lakes find me a house that is no um there are some golf traps there are some some water traps um but basically it’s called prescott lakes because it’s between uh borders watson lake and willow lake and both are really reservoirs they’re not really true lakes plastic reservoirs does not sound as nice correct so it’s kind of uh those are uh on the outside on the outskirts of prescott lakes yeah so we came here uh and we checked it out and we fell in love and it’s it’s a really cool concept it has about what 12 or 13 different neighborhoods yeah neighborhoods throughout so it’s not like um some communities where you go in and you most of the houses look the same and they’re cookie cutter and jim jim jim and they’re just pop pop pop pop pop street after street after street even if they’re custom homes they still all have kind of the same look yes uh you know the prescott prescott lakes is not that way well first of all back up a little bit people use the term subdivision in neighborhoods sort of interchangeably which you could do here if it weren’t for prescott lakes because in prison lakes the neighborhood is a subdivision of the subdivision it’s like a smaller little yes so there are about 1200 um homes 1300 homes and prescott lakes and uh the smallest neighborhood probably has something like uh 15 or 20 homes i think this one actually smaller than that and uh the bigger ones have maybe you know 50 or 75 homes and they’re all price ranges in prescott lakes they have everything they have some apartments they have condos they have beautiful town homes um and then they have all price ranges so uh you know in homes you can go anywhere from the high fours all the way to the millions and they’re all in different subdivisions there’s different neighborhoods so for instance and some are gated here in prescott lakes and some are not some are not that’s right um some are single levels smaller homes just all single level two beds some are multi-level and four thousand five thousand square feet some have you know upstairs downstairs some are built into the terrain some have flat lots it’s a really interesting area but what drives people here and they all love it is that uh we have this amazing golf course you’re not required to join golf so if you’re not a golfer you don’t have to pay for that but you get to enjoy the beauty of it it has a private restaurant at private exercise club clubs within the club uh so if you uh you can join the women’s club the bridge club the mahjong club the hiking club you name it there’s something here for everyone so if you are from out of town which a lot of people are they’re attracted to that and they’ve heard about prescott lakes because it’s a good place to move in and meet people right away who are in the same boat as you yeah nobody’s from here most of them are from out of town they don’t have family and it’s nice to quickly meet people it really is and no matter what neighborhood you’re in no matter what house town house condo you’re in everyone belongs to the same club and everyone belongs to the club so you know if you meet a neighbor and you say let’s meet at the club yep they’ll meet you at the club because they’re members of the same club that you are they’re like sure i’ll meet you over there and you can say or you know hey let’s go to that aqua size club exercise class that they’re having today do you want to go with me sure let’s go to the indoor pool because we have an indoor pool we have an outdoor pool yeah so do you play pickleball this is the place for you yeah at least six pickleball courts i think or something like that huge huge from beginners to you know um advanced they’re here yeah and so we love prescott lakes it’s been lovely uh it’s centrally located eight minutes to the square you’re close to grocery stores doctors i mean you cannot ask for a better location right in the heart of prescott proper and um so you can do as much or as little as you want with the social at the club we do a lot of socializing yeah we do we don’t do a lot of we have a lot of fun not a lot of working out how we do socialize but we do socialize and they make great cocktails good filled they give you a good a good pour yeah really good pour great great martinis great martinis yeah lots of good martini dinners yeah absolutely yeah so if you are investigating prescott lakes and you don’t understand i don’t get it that’s why it has prescott lakes is one giant umbrella and under that umbrella are many different assorted neighborhoods uh are each one has their own hoa as well yeah that’s right so people get confused they talk about the subdivisions say of astoria well astoria is one of the neighborhoods within the subdivision of prescott yes and yeah their homes have a very different look you might go down the street to another neighborhood and they have a totally different look you go down into the estates which are the bigger fancier homes and each one of those is a little more custom and a little different in uh in appearance so it’s it’s pretty interesting because it’s interesting that’s interesting you’re never going to be like every house looks the same in this entire community it’s uh it’s very unique and some have more trees than others some are more uh mature than others so it’s um so at this point you can find something for sure at this point by far the biggest subdivision we have in prescott and a very successful formula it’s a very small form you know people get plugged and played into the social scene uh i i think it’s it works pretty well here so a lot of people and we love it when we came here when we came to prescott i wanted land i wanted um i didn’t want to have a neighbor close by i could care less about a golf course or being in a gated community and uh when i found my home that was it i was like all of that went by the wayside and it was worth it to me uh to come here i was like this is it i love this house and i love the feel of this so never write it off uh you know keep an open mind keep an open mind because you may follow your mind open up to the possibility that you may not know offhand exactly what you’re looking for yeah but now that we’re here and we’re doing it it worked really well for us not in the least what we started out looking for not at all and we’ve met the nicest people and good good friends and uh we do hit the social life a lot with those people and we have some martinis yeah it’s good times good times all right so that’s our uh that’s our bid for today uh prescott lakes and subdivisions and neighborhoods and all that yes uh if you want more information about prescott lakes we’ve got membership information golf information all that stuff we also have the same thing for a number of other subdivisions in the area uh and we have information about pretty much anything you can think of when it comes to basket whether it’s real estate or just living here restaurants place to go is pickle411.com that is our information hotline thank you thank you good job good plug and then you know if you’re interested in prescott lakes give us a call we really are the authority on prescott lakes we live here we’ve sold many many many homes here um and i’d love to show you around absolutely we’ll take a tour you’ll fall in love too hopefully anyway we like it all right cheers to you you have to like us she’s you know you still live here that’s right it’s not required it’s not required okay have a great day thanks for listening bye

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Pronouncing Prescott

People are often confused by how the locals pronounce the name of our little town.  In this episode, we explore who put the "kit" in Prescott ("Press Kit"), and why some might consider pronouncing it any other way as downright unAmerican.

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hello hello my little poops pickle peeps pickle beeps this is randall and diane bro here in prescott he’s ramsey correct i am a pickle lady uh if you come visit us i’ll have some pickles ready for you that’s why that’s why she’s that’s why i’m a little lady in case you didn’t know that’s right but uh today randall’s going to give you a little history lesson on why prescott which howard spelled it’s called prescit instead of prescott which i mean i totally get it when i moved here i was like prescott prescott that’s how it’s spelled however we have learned since we lived here why it’s pronounced presque it yeah like biscuits biscuit yeah yeah well the first thing is follow the follow the lead of the locals you know absolutely always i mean yeah when you move here don’t say press god everybody will know they’re not from here don’t don’t argue with the locals about how to pronounce their own town immediately just start saying prescott yeah i’ve done a lot of a lot of traveling and you know i’ve been told how to say raleigh yeah and not raleigh yeah it’s not boise it’s boise yeah uh so just follow those particularly when you’re there you know when you always take the lead of the look yeah you can pronounce any way you want when you’re not around but when you’re there particularly if you want good service or you know whatever i pronounce it just adapt and adopt the local thing and and by the way as an aside uh very few people pronounce the town of new orleans new orleans yeah we are oh that’s an i’m from new orleans yeah they don’t say hey i’m from new orleans yeah sorry that’s an assignment let me get back to price case down to prescott okay so uh the town of prescott was named after after a historian uh and his name was prescott that’s how he pronounced his name uh and it was spelled prescott well the reason why his family pronounces are pronounced his name the way they did is that his family was from new england and a number of new england families who had english names changed the pronunciation of their names to indicate that they s uh uh supported the american cause not the the tory the not the british cops correct they were not this gentleman was from there yeah and he had a very british yeah his name his family’s name was uh press prescott prescott and they decided to pronounce the name prescott there are a number of families that did that in new england uh to this day there is the town of what you would pronounce as peabody is pronounced pvd uh and that’s another example so there’s a whole bunch of them uh but anyway they they were the prescients and uh with with the western accent press press cut as in cut cut steak that’s how they pronounced it prescott became press kit yeah uh so most people had a little midwestern yeah they they didn’t do prescott yeah they did press kit but press guides out unless you don’t support the american revolution and although most not very many people will call you up that out for that anymore i don’t think that i don’t think there’s anybody alive out there who will be like hey that’s a loyalist yeah you’re not you’re sort of ants iron man i think we’re way pa yeah we’re 200 plus years i think i don’t think there’s anybody else yeah yeah they might call you out on something else yeah they’ll catch you in these recent times but uh anyway so if you come to visit us and you’re like why is it press kit that’s what that’s why that’s your little history lesson so this town was named after historian from the eighteen hundreds yeah the eighteen yeah and he was a barrier a particularly bad historian well well yeah he did the best he could at that time and did well and he did okay uh but he uh he said all the indigenous people in this area uh the yavapai tribes and things like that were descendants of the aztecs nowhere and we know that’s not sex so we have uh we have a montezuma street we have a cortez street that’s right all because uh people here were supposed to be connected to uh yeah i thought the american indians that they came right from the aztec line we are named after him who came out here and and wrote about prescott and and what was going on that’s our little history lesson so if you want to mispronounce his name you know maybe you could use that as an excuse i don’t know you could yeah but anyway anyway lots of uses we just thought lots of useless information we’re full of it more useful information than that uh one place you can go is press pickle pickle411.com get it straight that is our information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between lots of information about local real estate local restaurants local events we have fun people we’re out there and we’re trying to experience it all so we can share it with you yeah press get uh the prescott experience that’s right yeah that’s exactly right so we learned a lot right since we moved here yeah well i was here like two or three years before i heard the story of why i had to say press cake i know it’s really cool there’s so many cool things here lots of there was a big indian presence here too oh yeah so you’ll find a lot of petroglyphs and so yeah we have a whole video on petroglyphs you can check that out pretty cool really cool stuff really cool anyway so that is the story of what we’re called prescott which rhymes with biscuit and uh if you want to hang with the cool kids learn how to say press kit not prescott but don’t order a biscuit i don’t know what you’d get nobody would understand we’re not saying any of it makes sense we’re just telling you what’s happened why these things have evolved give me one of those biscuits delicious i love a delicious biscott in prescott okay all right now we’re getting silly

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Overcoming Adverse Markets

In this episode, we discuss how to get a decent deal even during adverse market conditions, celebrate leaving the craziness of 2021 behind... and hold on to our cautious optimism for what lies ahead in 2022.

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hello hello hello my fellow prescott pickle peeps out there that’s right this is diane and randall bro that’s right realtors in prescott arizona correct here we are here we go cheers to that love it here love it here um we’re very excited first we want to wish everyone a happy 2022. 2022 hard to believe yeah isn’t it well you know the last two years went by were so crazy very crazy and uh went by so fast and at the same time it lasted forever well it has they were the best of years and the worst of you i mean honestly it’s been pretty grim things have can only go up can only go up can only go up from here that’s what we’ve learned and i think they will i think 2022 is going to be good i think it’s going to be an amazing i think we’re going to recover from a lot of the stuff absolutely yeah people will get nice again yeah with all those things absolutely tough year for our buyers very tough 2021 but we are happy to say that uh oh well i can’t think of any any any of our clients who ended up with either crappy homes or prices that they shouldn’t have paid correct we tried super hard even though as you know a lot inventory was very low very low very very good usually we have like 1200 homes uh throughout the year um inventory dropped to like 300 at some point below 300. one point it was below 300. it was in the same hundreds and when we say below 300 homes we and that covers all price ranges so really hard yeah but i am happy to say so two one or two things were happening you had buyers that were just getting into stupid money and paying homes uh prices for homes that could in no way be worth that right exorbitant going over uh ask uh in exorbitant amounts and uh we are very proud to say yeah we did not let our clients do that it’s very easy to get swept up into it and like where am i going to live i’m going to be homeless so yeah i need to go 50 000 over and at some point we would just say it’s time to stop you know prices are appreciating you know and as best we can tell we think the home might appraise for maybe this much and you might want to think about going maybe a little over that but we’re getting into the realm now where you got to stop and so a lot of them you know ever they listened and we said don’t give up hope we will find the right one and we will find just the right price i think our record but you know what he ended up with a great home he did for a really good price even in this crazy market uh most of our clients got pretty good prices yes uh and the other thing is there are always homes that no one ever wants to buy even in the strongest seller markets they don’t sell because there’s a reason they don’t you don’t want to sell and you know when you’re a buyer and you your home is already sold and or you’re desperate for home or uh you’ve been through 10 offers and you still haven’t found one there’s there’s this little nagging thing well maybe maybe it’s not as bad as you think and we were like no we had to wave off a couple of those too we don’t want you to settle yeah we’re gonna try as hard as we can to find the right fit the best house maybe you might have to replace the flooring maybe you didn’t like that but we never got anything that was just so awful but it was like oh i can cry every night the inspector report comes back about two or three times the length that it ought to be he’s like you know this is not a good sign you know maybe you know you know inventory was low you might have to do some painting but nothing major and we tried really hard to get some great houses and some good neighborhoods uh maybe put your personal touch on it without exorbitantly overpaying so proud of that so we are very proud cheers to us and to our clients who are patient correct and you know who really had the trust and faith in us and it’s very important in this business to have a good relationship with your realtor and have a level of trust that they have your back and they’re trying as hard as they can which we do we try super super hard yeah uh and honestly one of the things yeah one of the reasons why we’re able to do that is because our clients did trust us yes you know if you have your clients trusted you’re really acting your clients best interests you can reach those kind of outcomes really in very adverse market condition and i would recommend if you’re working with someone and you’re just like i just don’t think they care they’re really not into me they’re really not look around find someone else this is one of the most important financial decisions you will ever make and you want to have someone who is in your corner and has your back they’re not just looking for their next commission and paycheck they really want to make you happy they want to you know make you uh welcome to the community and everything else so if you’re not feeling that look around look around you don’t have to come to us we’d love to help you but we yeah there are lots of us out there yeah but uh they’re you know being in the business you come across agents and you know that there’s some that uh you know you would recommend uh wholeheartedly and and others well maybe we’re more run-of-the-mill you know and that’s okay i mean but you want someone you can you can trust and you feel confident and you feel confident 100 so if you’re not feeling that keep on searching because this is a very important decision you’ve got to have someone in your corner that can help you with repair people that can help you with where do i get carpeting where do i get you’ve got to get somebody with a complete package and something you trust enough that when she says you need to stop yeah you don’t want to pay any more than that you feel you feel like that’s good yeah yeah so anyway this is twenty-two words of advice 2021 is over who are coming in 2022 looking for a new house make sure you have good working relationship with your realtor um and we are very proud this year we were able to get some people into some lovely homes despite despite our super low inventory and we wish we could promise you a better market for 2022 but i know nobody knows what really will happen i find it hard to believe it would be worse but yeah and we’re we’re uh what do you call it cautiously optimistic we are cautiously optimistic so but we will sure plug away for you if you decide to give us a call and help you find that right place for the right price without too much work and have a great time and help you every step of the way so if you’re thinking about coming to prescott and trying this out give us a call we’d love to show you around our lovely town if you want to schedule a tour there’s a place website where you can put yourself on our calendar there you go we talked a lot about market conditions uh we do a monthly market report which you may be interested in so the best place to get started if you need information on any of that is pickle411.com that is our information hotline whether you are a buyer seller anywhere in between free entertaining insightful information yes yes so get on that site and check us out and uh give us a call we’re here we’d love to help you buying or listing not a problem have a good day and most importantly happy happy 2022. absolutely and here’s to an amazing year i feel like the tide is turning for the whole world i just think it’s going to be great cheers to that exceptionally good coffee yeah have a good day good to see you bye bye

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Big Personalities Beware

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!

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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

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Red, White & Brew

People have been buzzing about this new restaurant, located just off the square - right in the heart of the action.  A great venue for dinner, wine, bar flying... and even a spot for the dog.  Come hear the results of our recent scouting trip to the new Red, White & Brew.

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happy holidays yeah what is that jingle bells jingle bells jingle bell hold up yeah i guess jingle bells i don’t know i just like to see it’s just inspired by these things yeah getting into the holiday season so if you’re watching this in you know like july it’s not our fault that’s why we’re dressed in our winter guard correct we’re excited uh things are winding down yeah get it yeah and uh things are starting to you know we’re getting back into the season looking forward to families coming in and uh just having a nice visit and a little maybe maybe a little downtime we have been uber busy uber i i think we’re going to be busy all the way to christmas to be honest the way it’s going santa’s going to be dropping new homes down the chimney i think he is i think so there’s nothing wrong with that right nothing wrong with that have another restaurant tell you about so this one is called red white and blue it took the uh the spot that used to be prescott station yes for those of you who are local you may not know but that’s the new venue the new venue rare bite and brew yes so uh we like the old one um until they got rid of my fundido and then i had nothing that i really liked there so we were all everyone was very excited about uh seeing the new restaurant come in uh renovations so there was a lot of anticipation and we were there i mean shortly after they had just opened and uh red white and blue so we we went there with a couple of our friends that’s right and it was it was a good experience it was it was not what i was expecting not at all we give it a thumbs up yeah um we just kind of thought it might be bar food pub food kind of things given that it’s called red white and brew you would think it’s kind of a brewpub but it’s it’s really not no it isn’t yeah they had some really nice good dining yeah the eggplant parmesan was unbelievable parmesan took the the best of best of meal i guess yes frank got the eggplant parmesan and it was uh really phenomenal good beers good wines yeah the beers they had about uh a handful on tap uh they had just started so i think they had like maybe three beers on top uh i think they planned to have like four or five so it it’s really not about the they have a lot of beers in bottles oh yeah uh but it’s really not about the beer at all they did a better job i think with the wine yeah they did a great great wine selection great wine selection and as he said a lot of good bottled beers as well yeah yeah and they’re going to add more to tap they were just opening when we got there yeah um and so just a great place if you’ve got a lot of company coming in yeah and you’re like yeah where can we go where can we go i would recommend it they’ve got a nice outdoor area too where you can sit yeah it’s a great species are you losing yeah is your voice changing i i think you’re mentally trying to keep me from talking i think i might be yeah i think that’s what this is good very very very susceptible to that so anyway i was gonna say that there’s a building itself which is right across the street from the hacienda and one of the historic hotels right uh it’s a great venue uh it’s a great building the inside’s really neat they have uh remodeled it just a large extent did a great job it’s very uh outdoor seating indoor seating and there’s kind of like this sort of indoor patio yeah area which is kind of cool uh there’s also a great bar in the back just a just a bar area still one of my favorite bar venues uh in town yeah so if you’re just looking for a great place to drop in go back there and have just a couple of drinks yeah the bartender back there is uh i think he’s the same guy who was there he is and he’s amazing hats off to you friend yeah he does a good pour yeah he does a great great we’re always looking for a good poor poor so with all of your folks and family coming in try it out yeah absolutely we always love to try out new places and support our small local businesses yeah and this one is right about the square so oh also i should mention too the outdoor area is dog friendly so if you want oh yeah it’s a great place to bring a dog you can bring your pup and he can sit with you so maybe we’ll see you there over the holidays we may be there yeah probably who knows you may not recognize me i’ll be the one with the eggplant parmesan he’ll be the incline of arms yeah you will yeah you’re right about it i mean no bones about it okay well we hope to see you maybe there yeah and uh enjoy if you need help buying or selling a home please feel free to reach out to randall and i we would love to find that perfect place or help you sell your existing home as you move on to your next chapter if you’re looking for information on prescott uh whether real estate or just prescott in general great place to go is pickle411.com that’s our information center lots of information with your buy or sellers somewhere in between or just looking for a good plate of eggplant parmesan i think frankie wants to go to i think she’s she’s convinced she’s convinced she was just barking lettuce now i’m happy to do that with you guys i want to go to that patio okay we’ll do it later yeah later frankie thank you for doing that frank yeah all right guys hope to see you out about and uh i hope you’re enjoying the holiday season absolutely take care bye

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Why Color Can Cost You Big Money

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!

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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

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Park Street Deli

One of our favorite spots in town covers a lot of different categories, and it's a good choice in every one of them.  Whether you are looking for a quick bite, a fine bottle, or a good smoke, this might be your place.

Video Transcript

hello hey peeps hello we’re rapidly approaching the christmas season here which is why we’re uh dressed in red that’s right we’re festive yeah this is my winter holiday season uniform that’s right i swear to god yep that’s his uniform i’ll see that until april this season for dressing like perry come on yeah no one here well maybe some people know who perry promotes most people don’t yeah i think it was one of the egyptian pharaohs the young folks won’t know but anyway i digress yeah we are here today i am dianne and randall bro yep she’s a bigger lady arizona correct we are the pickle team together yeah pickle team we are here to help you find a home if you’re traveling near or far happy to find that perfect place in our lovely little town or if you’re ready to list we absolutely would love to help you on that yeah venture we also have a lot of people following us that just sort of live here yeah kind of get the inside scoop of what’s going on town as well i want to hear what’s going on yeah what’s going on so today we wanted to talk about park street delhi street deli especially with the holidays coming up if you are local here you know or maybe you don’t know but that is the place to go for any kind of fine wines good liquors nice tequilas yeah it’s just to be clear it’s uh it is a deli you can go there and eat and they do have good food but it’s primarily a liquor store but it’s also a bar and a restaurant it’s got a few things going on there’s a place to sit outside they also sell cigars there’s there’s a cigar patio room yeah and is there an inside smoking room i think i know there’s an outdoor space where you can smoke cigars either that you buy or bring right um so there’s a lot going on at park street uh but the name is park street delhi that’s right and we love to go there and grab a sandwich uh we like to eat outside if you got a nice you know as he said a nice little patio and then of course mr bro cannot leave without buying a little bottle of something something something yeah great selection great selection of wine great selection of liquors scotches rums tequilas it’s they do a great job they do an amazing job so we just want to give a little shout out to park delhi thank you for the service you provide uh if you’re getting ready for the holidays or you’re here in town visiting yeah make sure you stop by there grab and grab a little bite to eat yeah and get a little something something for the holidays so i usually get to i like the gyro sandwich is one of my favorites there they do have really good pizzas probably a number of goodies yeah they do yeah they have good pizza yeah with salads oddly enough a good beer selection so yeah we highly recommend it yeah we were there not too long ago with one of our clients yep so i’ll share the pictures from that pictures that you have for that we’ll share from that we had a nice time yeah far straight down it’s just a nice relaxed venue you don’t have to get all dressed up just just go chill just kind of knock in chill have a glass of wine have a beer so i’m not sure if that’s a restaurant review or not we we do restaurants all the time here kind of a restaurant kind of a liquor store we’re not quite sure what you would special purpose but uh that’s the kind of information we have on our site if you’re looking for more information the place to go is pickle411.com lots of information about real estate whether you’re buying selling someplace in between or if you’re just about town need uh ideas about good restaurants and things to do and who knows what there’s just so much free information so much stuff that we just vomit out all the time vomiting out vomit there’s vomit everywhere to help everyone out there who might be watching we thank you for watching yeah and we hope you get something uh something new to learn every time you click into one of these videos all right thanks everyone and have a wonderful day give us a call if you need any help at 713-302-1964

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Simplifying to Sell

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!

Video Transcript

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

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