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Prescott by the Numbers – March 2025

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Year Without Winter

WINTER IS COMING…next year…maybe. WINTER IS COMING…next year…maybe. We had a low snow winter this year, but who knows what the future holds! Join us this week as we discuss what to expect this spring in Prescott and what city has a similar climate to Prescott…you’ll be shocked by what the AI bot told us! We had a low snow winter this year, but who knows what the future holds! Join us this week as we discuss what to expect this spring in Prescott and what city has a similar climate to Prescott…you’ll be shocked by what the AI bot told us!

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps diane and Randall Bro here coming to you live from beautiful Prescuit she’s the Prescuit pickle lady i’m her sidekick yes i thought you were gonna say you’re my son i was like wait what i just heard a and I was like wait wait wait what no I’m not not the son no no I don’t that would be miraculous right so anyway we are here uh enjoying this beautiful spring day and we’re here to talk about our crazy year without winter yes so we are now in spring uh so spring is officially over uh people are running out to uh to (00:42) buy plants and everything still a little early for that uh the rule is the rule you never plant anything until Mother’s Day right that’s right until after Mother’s Day even though the the temperature is perfect it’s beautiful um you know your blood’s warming up you’re feeling good don’t fall into that trap because we always have one more little cold snap or one little light snow even beginning of May but it may not happen because this year was an exceptionally dry snowfree winter yes very bizarre so I think there were (01:19) maybe four or five snows maybe four snow not even that much i don’t think we missed two of them we were out of town in I guess it was late January early February and we had a little snow we missed it completely by the time we got back it was all completely gone and then we went out of town again when was that i don’t remember but we we missed two snowfalls two snowfalls and then uh we got back and I want to say a week or two later we had we had we had one more little dust they said they just had three snows three you know reasonable (01:54) snows yeah um where the snow actually stuck little bit i think we had like an inch or two nothing major yeah gone within hours you know it was kind of pretty yeah yeah just enough to be beautiful and then of course by 2:00 it was all gone yeah highly unusual though for us to go that you know have a winter and only have two or three snows very strange usually we have one um every 3 weeks so it’s kind of strange yeah yeah very little precipitation very little precipitation i think we’re starting to catch up for lost time we get most of (02:28) our precipitation in uh July August when the monsoons start right uh but we’re starting to get it now the same thing happened last year the the rains came a bit early uh so I don’t know i guess people are stirring the pot and the weather is changing but it was it was odd yeah i myself love a nice chilly willy cold winter i love snow days it reminds me of being back home in the south when we would have hurricane days hurricane days yeah i like a good little snowfall where everybody has to stay home no traveling love that drink coffee (03:01) drink coffee but unfortunately really didn’t happen too much this year so uh we’re a little low on water but hopefully we’ll have a pretty healthy monsoon season we shall see so when you’re thinking about our town and you’re like “Oh they get a lot of snow in the winter.” Really not so really not so um this year exceptionally not so we we really did not have hardly Yeah hardly any snow so it was it was just chilly so I asked artificial intelligence what major city could I compare Prescuit to so people get an idea of what (03:36) winter’s are like and she because the voice is female she says Denver’s a good uh good comparison only because it’s dry now Denver gets a lot more snow than we say yeah not nearly that cold that girl’s wrong yeah we we I think we get about a foot of snow a year and they get I don’t know like six 60 inch like was that five feet way more yeah a lot more snow than AI chick was wrong but she said “Well it’s it’s a lot of sun it’s not overcast. (04:08) ” And that’s true denver’s nice and sunny during the winter so is Prescuit and it’s dry it’s not damp and cold uh usually not so and Denver is nice and dry um so uh not that harsh i don’t think our winters are as windy as Denver but there you go if you’re familiar with kind of what it’s like in Denver during the summer I mean during the winter uh that’s similar to Prescuit so if you were thinking I wonder how Prescuit is like during this during the winter well you should know this was uh a strange one yeah um sometimes we even have a first snowfall Thanksgiving maybe (04:40) one at Christmas none of that i think we were well into maybe towards the end of January end of January if I recall before we got any snow so um it’s not crazy here it’s not blizzards it’s not you know you’re not snowbound it’s just enough and this year was exceptionally yep uh nice if you’re not a fan of snow yep uh you would have made it you would have loved it it was great yeah we went through the trouble of leaving town uh we went down to Mexico we went over to Florida and um not not well we did miss the the first the little snows that were (05:17) here but uh yeah not a not a winter you really had to do a whole lot of escaping so uh we’re hoping we get our precipitation up and we get some good monsoons fill up our reservoirs and uh life will be good again it’s been a little dry so we’re looking forward to a little moisture but just wanted to tell you it was kind of a year without winter year without winter what is it in Game of Thrones what do they call it uh I don’t know you know that saying the winter’s coming well yeah we didn’t have it so winter did not come here (05:49) there you go winter’s coming not not impressed not so much yeah maybe next year yeah no zombies either no zombies well that’s another that’s another show yeah that’s another show no zombies i mean there are some older people but yeah they could pass but technically they’re not the undead so they’re not really zombies true all right anyway uh we hope to see you this spring and summer so that you’ll be moved here so you can maybe enjoy a year with winter yes coming up yes we have a little time to go with that but anyway (06:26) hope to see you then and uh come visit us soon we’d love to show you around and show you what our town is all about absolutely all right i hope to hear from you and you can check us out at Oh that’s our free information site uh pickle411.com whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will amaze astound educate and entertain there you go there’s that fourth adjective i always look entertain well maybe and it’s It will only cost you 20 bucks no it won’t no it won’t it’s (06:59) absolutely free absolutely free all right friends hope to hear from you soon and hope you have a fantastic day bye bye

Santa Fe Village (Yavapai) Home Sold for $835,000

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Pickle Lady Live!

We have an exciting announcement *cue drumroll please* Prescott’s very own Pickle Lady is going LIVE! Tune in to find out what you can expect to hear from your favorite real estate team on their first live webinar. RSVP to diane@prescottpicklelady.com to grab your spot for first THE PICKLE LADY LIVE!

Video Transcript

hello hello hello friendly pickle peeps spring has sprung here in beautiful Prescuit Arizona it has indeed we’re wearing little light uh light blue very spring like yeah we’re very excited it’s uh perfect perfect weather unbelievable just beautiful exceptionally beautiful really nice time of year uh great time to golf oh yeah oh yeah if you’re a golfer it’s good time to be in yeah um anyway beautiful sunny skies uh all the trees are in bloom but anyway we’re having a great time here and so we’re happy to be back in our summer clothes that’s right and ready to (00:41) talk to you about something super super exciting yeah we’re very excited yeah this is Oh by the way I am Diane and this is my hubby Randall yeah she’s the Prescuit pickle lady that’s right diane and Randall Bro your local friendly husband and wife team that’s right realtor team here in Prescuit and we are excited because in the the notsodistant future we will bring you the Pickle Lady live online very exciting very exciting so uh we’re currently asking all of our friends hey do us a favor call in and ask us a question call in and ask us a question so we’ve (01:19) been uh we’re getting some requests for people to uh get together with us and ask questions and we just thought it would be a lot more fun if we did that online we did it live yep uh we can ask your questions live we’ll be live and uh and and have some webinars so we’ll be planning that in the weeks ahead uh also too we will begin holding one-on-one conferences uh so if you want to get uh up close and personal with us we are more than likely to do that with you we’ll meet online you can ask us whatever you want we have a special assessment tool (01:55) that we can use to kind of figure out your particular situation what your next steps ought to be the kind of communities that might suit you and all that kind of stuff and my dog has just came in here and dropped a bone she wants to be a part of the Yeah we’re we’re going to have to let her so we live we’ve been hearing about positive parenting and uh we have decided that we’re going to extend that to our dogs so we’re going to see if that works yeah we’ll see if that works so if you hear toenails clipping or bones dropping uh those are our positive dogs (02:29) and we are the positive parents that have brought them to you so we never want to say no we never want to say no try to gently guide them yeah just gently guide them in a positive way we’re trying can’t do any worse than that yeah so we thought we’d try that we’re trying yeah so we’ll see so I hear bones clacking or Yeah there you go there’s a good one please excuse that please excuse that so we’ll probably cut them out of here before we do the next one but uh our live sessions we will (03:01) not have the dogs I don’t think uh unless they call in unless you Yeah unless if if we get a request to have the dogs on we’ll expressly ask to meet them we’re happy to introduce them we won’t express the dogs but we will if you expressly ask to have them on we will have them on yes yes so stay tuned for more information about when and where should be up in the uh next couple of weeks uh so uh you should see emails and such out uh and if you have any interest at all I encourage you to join us we’ll be glad to have you and we’ll have a good (03:36) time yeah i mean you should reach out to us now if you’d like email us and say “Hey let me know i’d like to be one of one of your first guests or one of your first questions.” Yeah um so start emailing us now and we’ll go through that list yeah absolutely and if you um if instead you’re shy and you just want to meet us one on- one just let us know that too and we’ll get that up set up for you so what’s our email uh our email is dian pressespicklelady. (04:05) com there you go there you go so you can email me directly and if we don’t get uh any kind of overwhelming response we’re going to count on friends and family that’s right and relatives yeah we’re going to fake it you know if we have a rally and no one shows up we’ll be sure to fake it you’ll never know that’s right you never know so excited about it looking forward to it so we hope to hear from you soon reach out to us if you’d like to talk to us or you have a question we’ll add you on to Pickle Lady Live that’s right so until then enjoy uh your spring hope things are going well for you (04:36) it’s a great time to visit Prescat and see what it’s all about and see some beautiful homes and we’d love to take you on a tour so give us a call and check us out at Oh that’s our free information site pickle411.com whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that will amaze astound educate and captivate i I don’t know maybe captivate i always struggle for that fourth adjective that’s right yeah but we hope you guys are doing well and we hope to hear from you soon have a great rest of your day bye bye

Brookside (Prescott Lakes) Home Sold for $1,030,000

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Bearizona

Otters, deer, and bears, oh my! If you’re looking for a gorgeous place that’s also kid-friendly, look no further than Bearizona. Join us on this week’s episode as we give you the lowdown on why Bearizona is the place to visit and find out how it got its name.

Video Transcript

what’s up Pickle peeps hello peeps hello hello hello this is Diana Randall bro she’s pickle lady we’re in Prescot Arizona that’s right we are your friendly uh real estate team we are here to talk to you about something we just recently did in the fall with our good friends Bob and Karen yep shout out to them uh Bob and Karen always call us for Adventures they’re good Adventure friend Adventure folks and God bless them because we would do no Adventures if it weren’t for them we’re adventuresome we’re just not imagin we exactly we’re (00:33) not good planners but they are and then they’ll say hey you want to come on adventure and we’re like love to let’s do it so recently they said let’s go to Barona I’m like never heard of it what is it what’s it about where is it again well it’s in Arizona I know that and they have bears and they do I think that much is obvious that yes but how far away is it I want to say it was a couple hours I have to check yeah it wasn’t too too far it was up I don’t know if it’s that but yeah kind ride sort of flag staish yeah uh kind of East I think of (01:06) Flagstaff up there somewhere but it’s it’s delightful so especially if you have young children or you have grandchildren coming to visit it’s a great little jaunt yeah hop in the car drive out there it’s um first you drive through and you just see all the Bears running you cannot get out of your car they’ll let you know you can’t even open the sunroof not no sunroof open we found that the way we had our sunroof open you hear them over the uh close your sunroof close your sunroof I really don’t think any of the Bears would but they might (01:39) they were pretty chill they were pretty chill um but so it’s cool you drive through then you go through it’s a nice drive through all the pines and the trees and you see the Bears they have deer they have I think foxes kind all kinds of animals then you park after your drive and then you go into really it’s kind of like a mini Zoo a mini Zoo it’s beautiful beautiful they have animals behind the glass that you can kind of get close to there was uh I think otter and uh there’s like a a water deal where you can look under the (02:12) water and see the otter swimming and all of that so yeah it’s kind of a mini Zoo uh I’d put it on par with the zoo we used to take our kids to Rouge actually I think it’s a step up for sure yeah um well they didn’t have the drive-thru part but no but I mean I think the enclosures here are you know they try to make them look natural and stones and stuff like that it’s beautiful um and especially if you go during the fall perfect weather the animals are frisky they’re running around and you can walk around you’re not too hot they also have (02:44) food and and uh Beverages and places to sit spring is coming Arizona be a great day trip spring and fall especially especially spring and fall really delightful so if you’ve got little ones or you’ve got grandchildren that are planning to come visit Maybe for Easter or something like that this is a good place to go I mean Barona yeah spelled the way it sounds b e a r Barona a said just like it’s bear and then aona there you go bar Arizona there you go Barona you’ll figure it out yeah you’ll figure it out and you’ll (03:23) have a great time yeah and uh so I I liked going during the fall because all the Aspens were changing and the leaves were changing so that was a pretty time to a nice little uh cocktail trailer right I seem to recall a really good Bloody Mary that oh yeah yeah so it’s a nice little jaunt and kind of get away from it all but without you know having to invest six hours and you’re tired and have to stay overnight it’s not it’s a good day trip good little joh so thank you to Bob and Karen for inviting us we enjoyed it and uh we hope you know you (03:55) will enjoy it too and go check it out it’s a great place to visit all right that’s it for any other information where can we go you check us out at pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you are a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze aound entertain and inform yep all for free there you go all for free you can find our our information there too as well yeah so uh anyway hope to see you maybe one day we’ll see you out there yeah uh I’m not going to go (04:29) during the the heat I’ll tell you that much yeah yeah yeah I only do things fall and spring fall and spring maybe winter well this Winter’s been like fall and spring combined fall spr absolutely but anyway um hope you enjoy this tip and we hope maybe you can take your grandkids out there and have a wonderful time all right everybody hope you have a great rest of your evening take care bye bye

The Estates (Prescott Lakes) Home Sold for $872,500

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Mongolian Winery

Why is it that every time you want to go out, all the best spots are so far away? Well, what if we told you there’s a winery close in town with amazing live music and great vibes that doesn’t require a 45-minute drive? Check out this week’s episode, where we fill you in on the hottest winery in town.

Video Transcript

) okay hello hello hello I’m so happy to be here this morning I am Dian bro with my happy helpful sidekick Randall bro try we are your husband and wife Team Real Estate team I am and so we are here to talk about a pretty cool little Winery right here in the uh middle of our little town so they got a few wineries around a lot most of you kind of have to drive to get there this one’s probably the thing I like most about it is it is so easy it’s right off of 69 I’m not sure if it’s in Prescot Valley or Dewey if it’s in Dewey (00:38) it’s right off across the bo super close to each other yeah but it is on the south side of 69 and you get off a 69 you go into this place you immediately feel like you’re a thousand miles away you wouldn’t even think it I mean you can see it from 69 but you get out there it’s quiet it’s lovely um they’ve got great wines they have great seaing they have some covered seating sometimes they have bands they have good food and so we’ve gone a couple of times with friends just to kind of sit away from the maddening (01:11) crowds and uh be out kind of outdoors and enjoy the the beautiful weather we have here and have some good wine yeah absolutely so if you’re kind of in the mood for a winery and but you don’t want to you don’t have time to go drive halfway across the state or whatever uh this a really good option yeah uh we were there they had a guy playing he was an amateur but he was good we enjoyed listening to him shy shakery boards Sherie Sherie boards yes like the shark Sherie Sherie boards were uh were really love a good Shar look good shark no not (01:47) a good shark good shark a good shoot that’s what I call it I love me a good shoot yes the wine was good they had I think they had other some other uh uh drinks as well that were available uh but really it it’s a nice little Retreat and it’s a lot closer than a lot of the other ones not too far from home easy to park easy Park just a nice little you know maybe 20 minute drive and then you can go back home and uh so good to get away from it all small family runs it well not small it it’s a small place family run that’s right I know the (02:21) family is not small I mean well we don’t know that I don’t know if they have a lot of members but the guy was pretty tall as I recall so not a small family but uh it’s a nice uh nice place to go to spend a nice afternoon maybe out in in good weather and stuff like that absolutely so if you’re looking for a place fairly close but without having to go too far try Mongolian Winery off of 69 off of 69 you’ll have a good time like we did yes all right hope to see you there take care have a great day bye bye”

Tanglewood Hills (Prescott) Home Sold for $395,000

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Speed Traps

We’ve all been there; you’re driving along at 30 mph and all of a sudden you’re getting pulled over for speeding in a 25 mph zone…a speed set for a neighborhood that hasn’t even been built yet! Join us this week to learn which towns have the most speed traps and how to avoid getting that ticket.

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bonjour Hello Hello Meami This is Diana Randall Bro your friendly pickle team your friendly realtor husband and wife team here in Prescuit Arizona And we are here to talk to you about crazy things that uh some of the areas here that have speed traps So yeah Yeah If you’re visiting or if you live here now and you’re trying we’re going to help you out cuz we just got caught in one of them Yeah not happy about it Yeah You know there there are speed traps and there are speed traps You know sometimes speed trap is in a (00:35) place where it’s a valuable thing Yeah it can be a valuable thing It really depends on the speed and the trap So uh I drive like a paw paw My my wife is constantly saying “What a pawpaw.” I can vouch for this It just I drive a lot though I’m on the road driving quite a bit and uh usually once every five years or so I will get a speeding ticket and it’s always some uh bogus thing It’s bogus Now I am a little more daring I drive a little faster a lot faster I never get tickets Never get tickets But this one Mr Kosh (01:12) is here No it’s just cuz I drive more than you do I drive a lot more than Grandpa here Grandpa gets more tickets It’ll be you know like three One time it was 3:00 in the morning Yep And I was kind of lost and all the streets were saying no left turn no left turn And uh I took or or they were all oneway streets or something and I think I took a right on a on a red light or something You’re getting mired down in the Well I mean the point is that was bogus There was no one else on the street Cops there just giving everyone who passes by a (01:44) ticket trying to get his his uh quota That to me that’s a speed trap That’s so what we’re here to talk to you about is the speed traps here in Presc Now if you’re if you’re speeding and you’re being reckless the police give you a ticket you deserve it You deserve it And if I’m doing that I deserve it too I have no problem Absolutely These are the spots where technically it’s 25 miles an hour because one day in the future they will have homes here but there are no homes now and it feels like 45 is more appropriate That’s where they’ll take it (02:14) That’s where they gave So that would be on roster That roster Roger between um between 89 and Willow Creek Uh there are some areas there where there are a lot of homes and yeah you pretty much have to go 25 or lower When they say 25 they mean 25 They don’t mean 35 They don’t mean 40 And sometimes when you go it’s a little longer of a bit of a stretch and all of a sudden you don’t even realize that your speed has gone up Yeah And then bam that’s where they get you because they’re hiding And they’re hiding you hiding at the bottom of a (02:46) hill and and they’re hiding in a section where there are no homes for a big long stretch Yes And they were too lazy to make it you know 35 there and plus they would have no place for a speed trap So they sit there waiting for you and they give you bogus tickets So I got one there Yes we did Uh there’s one in what’s called the Yavapai connector and that is through tribe land and it’s the tribe police that will give you a ticket there They want you to go slow Everyone kind of knows they want you to go slow It’s not really a speed trap that if (03:20) they see you speeding they’ll come get you Uh is it ridiculously low yeah it’s ridiculously low And this is where they get you on that road And that’s between 89 and 69 It’s the connector Yeah Um they some sections will say 25 and then the next section a small section will say 35 and then it’s down to 25 Yeah And it is just nothing but desolate land I mean there’s truly nothing there so low Yeah Yeah It’s very easy to kind of pick up speed and zap They’ll get you So we’ve had a number of friends say stop driving so slow Just pick up (03:57) the speed No When I tell you not to do it don’t do it cuz you will get caught and you will get a good ticket But the speed trap of all speed traps Oh yes Is this is the town of Clarkdale Yep So he hasn’t gotten over it yet Yeah It’s really tick We’re working on it Now there are towns like that in every state There’s uh Elgen I think in Texas uh every state you know there’s some towns that’s the the um majority of their revenue comes from bogus uh traffic tickets Well Clarkdale is like that Clark if you go over the Mingus (04:34) Mountains through Jerome on your way to say Sedona When you get down on the other side that’s Clarkdale And they have it’s there’s not a lot out there Um there was a section we were going through It was a a speed It was a uh traffic circle And as soon as you get off the traffic circle it’s 25 miles an hour You go from 45 to 25 even though you haven’t hit any homes yet And you’re coming off of a hill So of course your speed is a little higher because you’re going down and you hit that traffic circle Boom And they’re there waiting (05:08) for you I as soon as I had exited the traffic circle he was he got me They just wait So it was just a complete trap happened to be two days before Christmas on my way to spend money on a bogus uh Santa train Don’t do that either Uh $500 for an an hour train ride was just kind of stupid But anyway now so Clarkdale did you get the idea that you ticked me off don’t go to Clarkdale They spend they a lot of their uh money comes from uh tourism which is wonderful uh but not you can’t have a tourist based economy and do a lot of speed traps The other (05:44) thing is instead of being able just to pay your ticket online and mail it in No you have to go have to actually go there to to give them your credit card in person Uh there’s no judge to say “Hey can we talk about this let’s talk it through.” No just a receptionist Let’s be friends Let’s let’s let’s let’s come to a consensus here Nope It’s simply give us your money and pay the fee Um you couldn’t do anything online and you couldn’t even mail it in You had to go drive all the way down there again and hope you wouldn’t get another ticket and (06:13) another speed trap So now when we go through Clock Dial it will always be 25 miles an hour So if you’re behind us stop blowing your horn flashing your lights been there done that and we don’t care to repeat the mistake Yeah So if you’re in any of those areas um be cautious be aware They’re not kidding around And we just want to save you from the hell that we just went through If you know of any other uh speed traps in the state uh particularly those around the Prescat area send them to us We’ll post them for you so uh you’ll know (06:47) about them in advance It’s important to know especially if you’re new to the area Yeah Ruin your whole day It will And it makes your you know rates go up and or and or you have to do defensive driving and everybody knows that ain’t fun No I’ve done that enough I’m not doing that Nope Nope Nope So anyway just kind of wanted to share that with you and um hope that we can help you avoid future tickets Absolutely You can thank us later You’re welcome All right Thank you for listening and if you have any questions if you’d like to reach out to (07:18) us get in touch You can reach us at pickle411.com That’s our free information site Whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there for you that will amaze us down entertain and inform Yep All completely free You’ll find us there too so you can contact us if you need to There we go All right my friends Have a great rest of your day Take care Bye Bye”

Prescott by the Numbers – March 2025

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Pinnacle Views (Prescott Lakes) Home Sold for $875,000

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Wind Sock

Grab your partner, swing them ’round! If you’re looking for amazing live country music and dancing then boy do we have the place for you. Join us on this week’s episode as we discuss the hottest hidden gem of a country bar in Prescott.

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Lakeside (Prescott Lakes) Home Sold for $850,000

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Cleaning Tile

We have a home-selling horror story for you today that you don’t want to miss! Just when you think you’ve done everything to prepare for the all-important final walk-through, this last-second cleaning goof can ruin everything! Tune in to find out how to avoid it.

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home yeah so this particular home had the kind of tile that looks so much like wood yeah beautiful beautiful uh floors they were done with a Polish that made them shine yes and uh some people like a glossy finish some people like a matte finish uh these folks I guess really liked a gloss finish and they were using a certain cleaning product uh to get that look to make it look like polish wood even though it was tile and even though it was ti so the important thing was when we went to go do the walkth through uh they had a cleaning service come and clean the home well . they different product they used the wrong product and guess what it stripped it it looked horrible so a very bad feeling to walk in and see yeah this was the walkth through so this is the day before closing and it it just looked like all the floors had been destroyed yeah instead of having that beautiful shine in patina it was like some parts were still glossy and some parts looked really weathered and stripped and so it’s important when you have tile floors use the proper products on the tile floors if you deviate if you use something that’s really not meant for tile number one it can destroy the tile um and number two it can be like what would happen to us um and then you have to figure out how do I do this so our folks it luckily did not destroy the color of the tile no it didn’t they they were evidently the product they had been using had wax or something in it and then when they changed products that’s what you saw on the floor they were able to strip it all off start over but what he had to do was strip it all off yeah had to strip it all off very labor intensive and then they decided we don’t ever want that shine again we don’t care it’s tile as tile as tile so be very wary when you’re starting to put products on your tile floor um it can really do some crazy damage yeah particularly if using a product that’s intended to make the floor look different in this particular case look glossier than it really is yes now if they had told the cleaning crew which product to use it been fine you know they would have been fine we would have closed of course our buyers the first time they went to clean the floors they would have been stuck with it uh but you know this is this is the story of something happening right before close you don’t want to have any surprises you don’t want to have any surpris let’s say you’re having a a dinner party yeah and you decide that you’re going to mop the floors they look really really good and you change products yep wrong that’s the wrong time to try a different product stay with the same product always check with the flooring company and say what can I use for my tile now if we get a problem call us we have found a great company recently Thompson steaming they can come in and clean all that tile for you if you run into this problem yeah um and they can make it look great great they are amazing even on engineered wood flooring yes they did a great job for for client with engineered wood yeah so there are ways to get around it um but you know just not try to avoid that problem in the first place and then you don’t have try to use the right product if you’re using some crazy product be careful when you switch to something else you got it that’s basic tip or you can be like us we just don’t really mop or do anything . we’re pretty chill use water yeah we’re pretty chill we’re like whatever do too much it looks good enough it looks good enough but uh anyway so we just wanted to share that tip with you be super careful because sometimes the damage can’t be undone and then you got a much bigger problem so we just want to share you know one of our experiences and let you know and uh anyway so if you are looking for any tips advice if you’re coming in to look at a home feel feel free to reach out to us at you can find us at pickle 411.com whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between you find something there that will Amaze a stound educate inform yep aound dot dot dot dot dot a lot of things to you ditto ditto ditto yeah and of course you’ll find us there that’s right and we’ll have fun so anyway hope that you’re having a fantastic day like we are today and uh we look forward to seeing you next video take care bye bye

Fire & Sword

Imagine: Your friends are visiting and you want to show them a fantastic night out on the town. What do you do? You take them through Prescott’s historic secret tunnels to the hottest speakeasy in town! Tune in to this week’s episode to learn about Prescott’s hidden gem.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps we’ve had some great former clients call us and they’re like we know you and Randall will know where we need to go to take our out of town guest so this is Diana Randall bro your friendly husband and wife team here in Prescot Arizona your real estate team and we have been to all of those places oh yeah we discovered but three during the aconite uh before Christmas yeah well we had actually we had discovered one before had already discovered it and that’s the one we want to talk about today that is fire (00:38) and sword speaky underneath the St Michael’s hotel in beastro which is on the corner uh uh at the beginning of uh whiskey whiskey R so it’s just been open probably three months now yeah there about so you go take a flight of stairs down into fire and sword and in there’s huge beautiful bar they have live music great tables do they have some food I think they might I think they do by now I’m not sure so you can kind of go down there listen to some great music have some great cocktails with friends it’s definitely got that Speak Easy Vibe it’s cool you’re up to (01:18) something no good and absolutely and it’s kind of in a space uh off there’s a lot of hidden tunnels underneath Whiskey Row from back in the day way back in the day when the town was just starting out they had a lot of hidden tunnels and so this has been one of those spaces that they have totally renovated and reopened so to some extent it’s sort of um historical and uh authentic you know it’s just a good time so no police raids or anything no no we’re not thank goodness we’re not in prohibition times so we don’t have to worry about that but I’ve had a lot of clients (01:55) call a lot of former clients call and say I know you would know what’s the name of that place are there any I know there’s new speak eases coming up so I’m like yes and we will talk about really really good one really cool venue fire and sword fire and sword so we cannot say enough good things about it when you come in town ask someone ask your hotel where is Fire and sword again it’s a flight of stairs down underneath the St Michael’s Hotel yep on the corner of Gurley and Mont Gurley (02:24) and montazuma and uh great place good time to go especially as we’re getting well we’re not quite there yet but in the summertime when it’s nice and hot oh yeah that’s going to be a great place that’s going to be a great spot below yeah and have uh some cocktails with friends and listen to music they’ve got uh some of their own cocktail Creations my favorite is called mcal lator uh it’s a mcal mcal uh base drink a little smoky really delicious yeah you try that one if you’re into that kind of thing but they had a number of other cocktails uh all well Blended bartends are (03:00) excellent yep very good place so we had a great time and we went with a bunch of our friends and uh so we strongly encourage you when you’re coming to visit or if you’ve already moved here try it out bring your out of town guest if you’re already living here it’s just kind of a fun experience so uh fire and sword cheers to you cheers to you and uh we hope to see you there maybe one evening and we’ll get to meet you and say hello yep all right take care and have a great evening bye by

Cash Discount

We all know cash is king, but in this day and age the cash discount on a home may be less than you were hoping for. Join us on this week’s episode for tips on how to manage cash discounts and use them to your benefit.

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good afternoon hello peeps oh yes wow right in my ear hello peeps okay very good she’s pickle lady I am I’m her sidekick we’re here in presca Arizona that’s right she’s the presc pickle Lady this is our video and so now we all know where we are here we are here we are so we are happy to come to you today and talk about cash discounts cash discounts so if you pay cash you can expect a discount yep that’s most people know that already understand cash is King cash is King people always like cash cash deal will beat a similar deal that (00:37) doesn’t have cash that’s right uh so because of that sometimes you can get the house for a bit less uh you can certainly get it less uh than if you had to take a loan uh if you’re putting a lot down that’s kind of cash equivalent sort of the same thing uh but if you have a loan sort of minimum down well there’s a risk that the financing is not going to go through the will lose time on Market you know all that kind of stuff and you know the cash allows you to go faster you know so sellers like cash and because of that they might be (01:13) willing to lower uh but not as much as you might think that’s right you know people come through waving their cash you know sometimes literally no that’s not true open up a briefcase full of $750,000 I don’t think so but uh they do they do sort of wave their cash around and expect big discounts 50,000 100,000 it’s not going to happen that’s not going to happen not in this market not in prescot’s Market I should say let’s clarify other states that may be happening but in preset our values are pretty holding yeah pretty holding (01:49) pretty St stable most buyers who come through presc are pretty well qualified absolutely so I mean look at it from the point of view of the seller I like this cash offer because there’s no question there’s going to be they’re going to qualify the it’ll go faster because there’s no underwriting or any of that so it’ll be a quick appraisal no appraisal so I don’t have to risk whether the it’s going to appraise or not so there’s a lowering of risk there is a speed up of the process and there’s sort of security uh you know if you save a month (02:27) on Market the equivalent would be you know let’s say $4 $5,000 maybe if you’re talking about uh you know a million and a half home uh you know somebody might rent that for $4,000 $5,000 a month so if you push it up a a month you can think well there’s probably value for or $5,000 not $100,000 no not1 so you know typically what we find we just had a cash deal out in Prescot Valley I believe the home was listed for 650 cash deal so they came in at 6 40 they grabbed it and ran with it they’re not going to say oh I’ll get it for 625 or (03:05) 600 it’s just not going to happen now if the if the seller has had a sale fall through or maybe a couple of sales fall through instead of 10 you might be looking at 20 maybe if the wind’s blowing right to 30 maybe not very often you’re starting to push it even at home at a million dollars you’re starting to push the value of the cash offer that’s right so just we like to when people come in town we like to kind of set your expectations so if you’re coming in with a cash deal even though your state California Texas any of the other states (03:40) around oh well we’re coming in you know we get 30% it’s really not happening here I mean in other areas like Texas might be a good example where they have a lot of buyers who will not qualify you know the deal will fall out uh if it’s um you know if if they’re not qualified and there’s a good chance they won’t be qualified preset doesn’t have that most of the buyers are pretty firm right so yeah in a market where it’s very common for buyers to come in and not qualify cash looks really really good but it’s not as valuable here because we don’t (04:16) have that situation we have very qualified in fact overqualified buyers so um anyway so we we like to kind of share this with people to kind of set your expectation uh when you’re coming in especially if you’re getting ready to make an offer we will guide you in the best way possible uh we will not make you overpay but we just have to let you know you’re not going to come in here and and get you know 40% 30% off it’s just not it’s just not going to happen I’m sorry I wish I could but uh you you’ll have a rejected offer is what will (04:47) happen and we don’t want that to happen hopefully a counter yeah so or definitely a counter for sure so keep that in mind when you’re coming to this Market just see kind of know how we operate here and uh it’s important to know what you’re stepping into and what you can expect during the process y absolutely so we hope this is a a helpful little tip yep if you want more tips place to go pickle 411. (05:12) com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain and inform hopefully all for nothing all for nothing all for nothing all for nothing so we hope to hear from you soon and uh please enjoy a beautiful day bye bye

Fire Preparedness

With so many recent fires and natural disasters it’s normal to feel anxious. We’re here for you! We’re not only sharing tips for fire preparedness, but also telling you about a sanctuary that’ll make you feel safer than ever. Want a hint? The sanctuary starts with a “P.” Tune in and find out the details!

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hello hello hello hello peeps uh happy to say hello to all of our fellow pickle peeps out there this is Diana Randall bro she’s pickle lady I am and I’m coming to you live from our beautiful little mountain BG yeah isn’t that a cute name ber yeah also town here in the mountains of Prescot Arizona say studio for our studio well we also are studio in the bur we also are in our special studio in the bur it’s a Burg Studio we have our own Green Room in our house that where we shoot all this great stuff for you guys that’s right so uh something we (00:38) wanted to talk to you about quite serious is fire preparedness fire preparedness um obviously this is a topic that’s very important uh and to a lot of folks out there especially those poor uh Souls out in California who have been subjected to the terrible tragedy of all the fires out there yeah absolutely now now we’ve talked about fire before fire preparedness prevention uh the firefighters we we’ve talked about fire a lot we get a lot of questions about fire I guess for obvious reasons (01:10) but we thought important it’s important we thought we just reiterate just because now fire is kind of top of mine so we thought we just uh recap some of the stuff that we’ve set before definitely so one good thing about our little town is uh we are very uh Progressive in treatment of potential fire risk and things like that proactive we are extremely proactive Progressive has come to mean a whole lot of things so well true well you know everything has come to mean a whole lot of other things you (01:40) know what I mean we are we are in other words we’re on the ball we’re proactive uh we don’t fool around our budget is there uh it’s never cut no um we stick to the budget we our mayor’s great about making sure the the policies are in place and follow through more importantly um so we have never we’ve lived here what eight and a half years yeah never ever have we even come close nor have we been required to evacuate uh because of the preparedness that our town has in the preset is sort of firefighting Central it it really is so the a lot of the uh well most of the firefighting (02:26) capability comes out of preset so the the airport here is where they launch all the firefighting uh Aviation uh you’ll see when there’s a fire going on somewhere they planes taken off constantly they fight everything all the way up into Flagstaff all the way down into the valley close to Phoenix and everything in between uh so the firefighters this is where most of them live because this is where where they’re coming out of and so a lot of pride in fire firefighting fire prevention here very (03:00) much honor our firemen and appreciate all that they do so a lot of folks who move here and brand new will be especially in the spring sometimes in the fall they’ll say oh there’s a fire there’s a fire it is just uh control burns control burns thank you you took the words right out of my mouth control burns it’s just control burns which is believe control burns here now in some areas uh you know people don’t like control burns or raking the undergrowth or whatever uh because they want to be natural what you need to understand is nature has a way of removing the undergrowth (03:35) it’s called fire right uh it’s very natural for fires to occur uh very natural for Forest to burn it’s been going on for thousands millions of years uh you know the the homes that burn in California from Nature’s point of view that’s just undergrowth right it’s just but that’s what nature does so if you don’t want homes to burn um you can’t go 100% now natural you you have to manage the forest and so we are very good about managing all of that um and so we will have these prescribed Burns do not panic every now and then if you see some black clouds and smoke it is our (04:14) fire department doing their job and protecting our little town um also we have two reservoirs here Watson Lake and Willow Lake and they are never run dry no uh they’re always pretty full and that is where a lot of our water is pull cold during during the firefighting so you’ll see like the big Chinook helicopters hovering over Willow Lake sucking water up it’s kind of cool it’s kind of cool watch it’s actually kind of cool to watch uh the process in place so you never have to worry very rarely uh unless we just don’t have a lot of rain or snowfall does it really get super low (04:50) um it’s pretty uh pumped up and active you know so it’s it’s all good we have good water source to fight fires yeah the other good thing here is our fire department ments are always open ready willing able give them a call they’ll come to your home and tell you how to protect your own home and how to be in the best firewise position so they’ll come out and tell you this tree has to go too close to the house they’ll give you the parameters they’ll walk you through it free of charge so it’s (05:22) a great program and everyone should utilize it especially if you’re living closer to some of the trees and things like that they’re happy to do it it’s part of their job willing to do it and everyone should really take advantage of it the other thing you should be aware of is so far so good we have not had a lot of um cancellations for fire Insurance here we are not required to have separate fire insurance as in other areas um yet so so far so good you don’t have to carry a separate fire Insurance uh there might be especially after what’s happening California (06:01) maybe some changes in rates but so far so good for people living here I mean nothing has changed here so yes and the fire insurance if you want it it is available right um most of the fires that our guys are putting out here in Prescot or in the forests in the mountains and stuff like that it you know basically never gets close to the city proper no and when there are fires within the city itself they are on it and immediately immediately so uh living here eight and a half years never had to (06:34) be evacuated never even came close thank goodness so uh just wanted to share that with you guys if you’re very concerned about the safety of our little town here and fires you pretty much are are are going to be okay um so nothing to number a number of people displaced looking for a place to go uh other people are kind of opting out and looking for a place to go we know you don’t want to go from fires to fires absolutely so just want to make it clear that you won’t have those kind of problems we don’t have those issues here and uh we’re on it we’re on it people um any of the fires (07:13) that you have heard about in Arizona usually from our town are about an hour out yeah there really are in desolate desolate areas far away and maybe it’s from a lightning strike or spark or something like that um but they’re right on it and take care of of it have never had major issues in the town proper so if you are concerned about that and wondering where can I land next where should I go we just wanted to let everyone out there know give you peace of mind if you come here you’re going (07:46) to be okay we’re we’re we’re on it and so to all of our folks out in California our hearts go out to you uh we wish you nothing but the best as you try to rebuild and we hope the best for all of you and uh anyway we just wanted to give you a big virtual hug wherever you are and uh we hope that uh you land on your feet soon so this is Rand and Dian bro coming to you here from Prescot Arizona if you need anything you can refer to our website yeah best place to go is pickle 411.com that is (08:20) our free information site whether you are a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there that’s waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain and in form there you go so come see us come see what we’re all about take care and have a great rest of your day bye bye

Prescott by the Numbers – February 2025

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Screwed Again

If you want to avoid losing time on the market with a home that won’t sell due to the price not reflecting the market, then tune into this week’s episode! We have ways to help everyone avoid getting screwed (by the market)!

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps we’re so excited to be here today absolutely coming to you from our wonderful quaint little town Prescot Arizona she’s presc pickle lady that’s me I’m her sidekick s girkin that’s right this is Diane and Randall bro uh so we wanted to talk to you about it’s kind of a kind of a disappointing thing that happens occasionally yeah it’s happened two or three times now it is a shall we say pattern or dynamic between listing agents and their clients the sellers we’ve seen this this same pattern of of (00:42) uh Behavior or whatever before and we just want to call it out make people consciously aware of it because I think a lot of people do this to their listing agents without really thinking it through and they don’t think things through so the the most important thing is if you’ve only been in the market with an agent for maybe two months and uh you haven’t quite gotten your offer and we talk about price well maybe we need to readjust price maybe what is your bottom line and if you stick firm to that bottom line um it makes it very (01:11) difficult particularly if you get a good cash offer to meet those requirements and make it happen so what happens is you get frustrated we get frustrated and then all of a sudden well we’re just going to move it on to somebody else we’re going to list with somebody else because we’ll we’ll get it you know we’ll make it happen so the unfortunate thing about that is you lose time on Market because then the new agent has to come in has to retake all of the pictures has to start the whole process all over again so you’re going to lose (01:40) about a month of Market time all because in essence you don’t want to admit that you were wrong about the price so this latest time we had a couple they wanted to sell their home for 1.1 million that was kind of their Break Even uh honestly the market would not support that we told them that we said you probably should yeah you probably should be selling more like a million maybe a million 50 but we are willing to do what you want at least temporarily and here’s part of the con you know the seller will say we’re in no (02:15) hurry yes uh we have plenty of money we’re willing to stick it out to get top dollar yep and then okay I you know I’ve met very few sellers who’ve told me otherwise we’re we’re ready there is no such thing as a patient seller you get into the situation and it’s annoying and you want it to be over as a very stressful time when you’re listen and I think everyone thinks my house is fantastic and it’s going to sell within a day it’s not covid times anymore folks yeah um there aren’t the biddy Moors anymore it and we don’t we don’t want to (02:50) be right no okay we would love to be able to wave our hands and change the situation for you we’re just telling you it is we have no vested interest in it being the way it is it’s just the way it is yeah and sometimes we had videos on this before sometimes you can find stupid money in the short term and we’re perfectly willing to try that for a few weeks and see if we can do that for you uh but you know in this particular case uh we actually got an offer around a million which is where we thought it a little bit over sellers refused to (03:27) accept it uh waited all of like three weeks uh this was like during the Christmas season where there are no showings anyway and call to tell us that well you’ve been fired we found another agent that we think can help us and then we found out well we’re going to list with her for million doll actually yes so had they accepted the first offer we were trying valiantly to they said millionar was there bottom line period end of sentence bottom line okay fine we made this deal happen for a million that offer decided it’s still a little too (04:04) much uh we want to walk too many upgrades for this house we’re walking okay well now they did not like the answer so they went on with this other agent who listed below a million yeah and they lost a month on the market and lost good quality times now here’s the thing all basically because they didn’t want to admit oh I was wrong well any but if they had just said look let’s just go a little under a million we would have been done in at by Thanksgiving oh yeah it would have been closed it would have been finished it (04:38) would have been um but they were determined to make that million doll Mark now they’re listed below a million so they’ll never get it they’ll never get it after commissions and after everything else they’re really going to be clearing you know scraping so the thing is trust your agents hang in there with your agents well first of all know you can trust absolutely and then trust them yes yeah so we’re happy if you want to try for a top dollar fine let’s try it let’s try it we’ll try it for a couple of weeks if we’re not getting there (05:11) we’ll lower the price where we thought it should have been you know in the first place we’re always willing to give you some leeway give you some opportunity but after a while we you know we need to just kind of reflect the market and move where we need to go and then close so if these you know people had just hung in there and said you know what it’s okay let’s just close it under a million will be done they would have been done months ago now it’s still on the market still on the market still hasn’t sold yeah as I said before we (05:42) have no particular vested interest at any particular price point yeah you know most people believe that real estate agents just want to price the things so low that it’s easy to sell so they can move on to the next sale maybe that’s true of some agents out there H it’s certainly not true of us it is not unusual at all for us to tell the seller your price expectations are too low we had a really good really good friend they they wanted to list the prices so how much you want to list it for and he says I don’t know 800 and we’re like 800 (06:13) he said yeah what’s wrong I said no we’re going to sell you a house for like a million dollars it’s based on the market you know it’s it’s is what it is and we want to tell you what it is we we don’t have any vested interest way we are truly looking out for your best interest trying to get you the most money in your pocket and we’ll try it your way if it doesn’t happen please listen to what we’re trying to suggest and adjust accordingly because nobody wants to be on the market this six months yeah this is like the second or (06:44) third time third time at least I can think of at least two other where so listen Toom and D instead of just lowering the price with us they fire us and go to another agent and then they price it where we told them they it’s like it’s nonsensical why did you do that you know it’s not logical it’s not logical and it’s very bad business for you you know um so we want to help you get a good price get a fair price get it sold get it done quickly and again this other home had just said we’ll go a little bit under a million they would (07:16) have been done by Thanksgiving yeah so now here we are in February and it’s still and we are not the kind of people that tell you I told you so told you so although you might think this video is yeah not it’s not I’m just saying this there is this Dynamic and you should just I’m calling it out because I think everyone who’s done this to us has done it without really thinking it through right you know it’s an irrational response and they’re doing it irrationally and not really thinking it and we totally get the stress you’re under the time (07:51) constraints it’s just not a pleasant process to sell your home it really isn’t um another thing you should also know the higher the price point these homes this is not a California Market where these homes will be snatched up in a day or two yeah we take the higher the price you know might take three or four months to get a really decent offer yeah so you have to be patient and buy your time and then we’ll get a good quality buyer ready to close and it’ll be a nice seamless transaction so take a deep breath trust in your agents don’t lose (08:27) time on the market by shopping around and now I’ll try this one oh wait now I’ll try this one no now I’ll try this one it’s really you’re going to be shooting yourself in the foot in the long run so that’s our little tips to you little tips of the day to our fellow uh listings to be that’s right and if you’re thinking about listing your home um just try to be calm cool and collected and uh let us guide you in the best way we can and get you to the Finish Line Okay so that’s our tip of the day this is Diane and Randall bro (09:02) coming to you from beautiful Prescot Arizona you can reach us at pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain and inform and it’s all free it’s all free it’s all free okay friends take care and have a wonderful day bye bye