Event Calendar – May 2022
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New Paperwork Requirements
Real estate runs on paperwork, and if you've bought or sold any recently, you may have been struck by just how much there is. Well, the Prescott real estate association (PAAR), keepers of the local MLS, have just come down with new rules that could lead to fines if some of that paperwork isn't completed quickly enough. Find out about these latest gotchas and what we think about them in this episode.Video Transcript
hello top of the morning to you good morning folks this is diana randall bro here prescott lady and sidekick respectively that’s right we are your husband and wife duo here in prescott arizona happy to bring you here show you around hopefully you’ll stay we’ve made so many great friends from clients it’s just been um that’s part of the happy part of our time it’s a great time guys yeah and there’s a reason why people come here it’s a great time so today we wanted to talk about some new things that are coming up in real estate yeah lots of rule changes lots of little changes yeah this is actually this is something that should have been done a while ago so i was glad to see this come down uh so the new rule from the local association is that you cannot go live so you’re selling a home your home cannot go live on mls until you have uh if you need disclosures for an hoa or lead-based pain so lead-based pain is anything before 1978. that’s right home was built before 1978 you’re going to need a lead-based pain disclosure so you’ll know that right away uh if you’re in an hoa you will need an hoa disclosure this is paperwork uh in particular the hoa it could be a pain yeah someone more complicated yes some can be complicated uh it has to be done and posted as part of the mls record before your home goes live in mls let me tell you why that makes sense from a buyer perspective so we have buyers that that come in they like a home we know there’s an hoa and we want to make an offer part of that offer is who pays the hoa the transfer fees basically um if we don’t have a disclosure then we can’t really make the offer yeah yeah so what that does is yeah so essentially that’s the listing agent making the buyer agent call the hoa to find out what’s going on and that’s not the buyer agent’s job that’s the listing agent’s job yeah so uh buyer agents have gotten smart and what they do is they send an offer that anything that’s undisclosed you have to pay and sellers didn’t like that sellers aren’t happy with that they’re like wait a minute i so we’ve been why am i paying that things have been getting sort of better we’ve been seeing more compliance there well now if you go live and you do not have an hoa disclosure or a lead based disclosure if you need that uh the listing agent will be fined like just straight up so uh that’s good because listing it that’s part of the listing agent’s job it’s a little bit of homework it’s a little bit of homework part of the negotiation uh in particular in hoa areas where those fees can be substantial um so it’s something that needs to be done and now now you have to do it yeah it’s fair and you should not expect a buyer or the buyer’s agent to have to figure that out and sometimes the seller you know maybe they’ve lived there 20 years like jeez i don’t even remember do i have to pay a transfer fee yeah i think there is a transfer fee like if you live in prescott lakes there is a transfer stream um all sellers have to pay a disclosure fee regardless period end of sentence yeah we all know that but there’s some transfer fees if you’re in an hoa some don’t have it some do and you should also disclose what your ho your quarterly hoa is is it monthly is it annual is it quarterly and there’s always something to know that yeah that’s an important part of their yeah decision they’re like you know i have so much of a budget for my house note how much is my uh hoa going to be because if it’s too much i might have to reconsider and go to a different area all important stuff if you were out there and you’re the buyer and so anyway we’re kind of excited that our local listing service is putting that into effect yes um because sometimes my buyers are here for a short time they want to write that offer up and the hoa is not open until monday yeah if they’re here in a weekend so we can’t give them the answer yes some of the the transfer fees involved are negotiated how are you going to negotiate if you don’t know what they are exactly so uh it this is the was the right thing to do we supported 100 yes and we’re excited yeah we’re excited in our listings we’ve always done this because it’s the it’s the way to do it right if you’re working with buyers you know that uh and and we work with both so uh we’ve kind of always done that we’re glad to see it one thing i will point out if you are a seller this is yet one more thing that has to be done before your home can go live uh generally it’s it from the time you sell a listing agreement until your home is hitting on all cylinders it’s on mls and agents out there are seeing it one or two weeks uh you know the more that the listing agent has to do the longer that takes yep so uh that’s true understand now that uh this is yet one more thing that has to happen and it’s important so we wanted to explain why it’s important and and why uh the rule makes sense so uh yeah good job we’ll be a little more a little more patient as a seller because there are a bunch of things that have to happen absolutely so that is our little tidbit of the day we hope that this helps explain some of the process yeah right absolutely right thank you for listening and give us a call at 713-302-1964 if you need any kind of help or have questions we’re happy to try to answer and help you out we also have uh information site you can find that at pickle411.com whether you are a buyer seller somewhere in between lots of information about prescott the prescott real estate market local restaurants things to do uh things to do with your dog i mean [Music] we just have a lot of fun sharing our wealth of information every time we come across a nugget we put it on that’s right we actually make a list people let’s lose and uh over a month we might have eight topics and we will sit down and film all eight topics one nugget at a time yeah pop in our little brains like that’s something to talk about let’s do it our website is where you need to pan for gold it’s where all the nuggets are all those maybe most of them are gold maybe you might find some other nuggets there that’s right
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.Video Transcript
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
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.Video Transcript
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
Prescott by the Numbers – March 2022
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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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Event Calendar – April 2022
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.Video Transcript
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
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.Video Transcript
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
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.Video Transcript
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
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/Video Transcript
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
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.Video Transcript
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
Event Calendar – March 2022
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.Video Transcript
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
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.Video Transcript
good morning good morning
this is diane bro i’m with my partner my
domestic partner randall bro yeah i’m
also her husband it’s a domestic part i
mean we sound like a dog yeah
you know it sounds cooler and hipper
like yeah the millennium domesticated
this is my domestic
partner yeah that’s right she’s a big
lady uh we’re realtors here in prescott
arizona correct bringing good jobs to
things that have to do with real estate
and life in general in the
thriving little town of prescott arizona
that’s right
our little lovely town so this is
something new we discovered and we had
so much fun we’re like oh my gosh where
was this technology we love love love
love this we were helping a client
uh they had a few little stucco repairs
that had to be done
and of course the stucco had been on
about five or six years so sometimes the
paint color outside will fade over time
and we were like how are we going to
match this paint now yeah you know
because it’s it’s faded
and uh
mr bro here found something really cool
at the paint store so you know the thing
about the house is the sun doesn’t hit
the house evenly yeah so not only
was the the color different than the
color that was in the can in the garage
because it had faded but it had faded
differently in different spots of the
home yes and so i had to match the color
and you know so you get the color
swatches
and i actually did really well i i
matched one part of the house very well
he did not so much on the other side
hard yeah i found this little uh this
little device you can get it at the
paint store which is the which one we
went to sherwood
shout out to sherlock mines yeah they
give great customer service they really
they really do they’ll help you to your
dying breath they’re like yeah they’ve
got a number of pain stores here in town
uh but i found that they are really very
they’re the best they’re very uh
proactive and really real estate agents
spend a lot of time
we’re not just showing you how much you
wouldn’t believe the other many caps
that we have yeah we wear a lot of caps
this is a color matcher so
yeah so there is a gadget they call it
uh smart scan
i’ll have to look up the name of it or
whatever but how much was it like ninety
dollars no well not even that i think i
paid maybe 60 70 bucks
for this little gadget that i connects
to your phone
uh through bluetooth i believe
and you you scan it and it will give you
the number of the closest
matching color that showroom williams um
sells it’s like a miracle really it
really is because we’re like i don’t
even know they don’t even have the
original paint to this house anymore
what are we supposed to do how can we
figure this out without having the house
look polka dotted yeah with the wrong
color paint and we discovered the guy
said you you should try this it’s this
little gadget and he was telling me
about the gadget and i’m thinking yeah
it’s going to be you know 500 or
something it’s not it’s not it’s amazing
it’s pretty easy to use if you’re not a
high-tech person you can hit us up we’ll
try to give you some guidance
but it’s not wasn’t that hard to figure
out yeah
you know not only is it good for man
that’s usually we’re matching pink
that’s usually what the issue is there’s
been a uh there’s been some sun
uh but let’s say you are decorating yep
and you have a pillow
that you love and you would like to
match
one of the colors in your floral pillow
and make a feature wall of that color
you know you can pick out one little
tiny spot on the pillow match that color
into a feature wall yeah so
from a design perspective is really
interesting uh what you can do in
matching colors so it’s an amazing
little gadget and not that expensive
and well worth it so for all of our
people moving here if you’re like you
know like what he said i want to change
the color of this wall and match it to
my new sofa or i want to do uh match the
existing color but i just need to touch
up a little area how do i find that this
is the gadget for you and sure williams
also has technology that allows you to
get sort of a
virtually paint a room to see what the
room would look like painted yeah that’s
cool too yeah i i played a little bit i
know less about that i have seen it
around
but yeah they’re doing some really cool
things with color so i’m sure
so if you’re moving here give us a call
and you want to do some painting and
you’re like tell me about that thing
again we’ll help you we’ll show you what
it looks like how it works
um it’s been very instrumental and
really saved a lot of expense and buying
gallons of paint that didn’t match and
then you got to go start over again
so uh something we learned and we wanted
to share this uh tip
i don’t know if it’s a design tip a
listing tip but i’m not gonna it’s all
of it but color matching can be a
powerful thing color matching can be a
beautiful powerful thing
there’s no denying it
having had to buy a 50 gallon of paint
and it didn’t match good match i wish i
had this little gadget it would have
been amazing
so anyway if you are looking to list or
buy a house give randall and i call we
are at pickle411.com
we have all kinds of information about
life here in prescott as well as our
contact information we would love to
help you and we’d love to help you get
one of these color matching doodads yeah
to get you started you might want to
check out pickle411.com
that is our free information center all
things prescott all things real estate
yep and uh
insightful and mildly entertaining
somewhat insightful yeah somewhat i
don’t know if it’s more entertaining or
more insightful i think it’s 50 50.
somewhere in between all those things
we try you’ll enjoy we try we can only
do the best we can people
all right nice to see you and we hope
you have a good day and we hope to hear
from you soon take care bye
this is diane bro i’m with my partner my
domestic partner randall bro yeah i’m
also her husband it’s a domestic part i
mean we sound like a dog yeah
you know it sounds cooler and hipper
like yeah the millennium domesticated
this is my domestic
partner yeah that’s right she’s a big
lady uh we’re realtors here in prescott
arizona correct bringing good jobs to
things that have to do with real estate
and life in general in the
thriving little town of prescott arizona
that’s right
our little lovely town so this is
something new we discovered and we had
so much fun we’re like oh my gosh where
was this technology we love love love
love this we were helping a client
uh they had a few little stucco repairs
that had to be done
and of course the stucco had been on
about five or six years so sometimes the
paint color outside will fade over time
and we were like how are we going to
match this paint now yeah you know
because it’s it’s faded
and uh
mr bro here found something really cool
at the paint store so you know the thing
about the house is the sun doesn’t hit
the house evenly yeah so not only
was the the color different than the
color that was in the can in the garage
because it had faded but it had faded
differently in different spots of the
home yes and so i had to match the color
and you know so you get the color
swatches
and i actually did really well i i
matched one part of the house very well
he did not so much on the other side
hard yeah i found this little uh this
little device you can get it at the
paint store which is the which one we
went to sherwood
shout out to sherlock mines yeah they
give great customer service they really
they really do they’ll help you to your
dying breath they’re like yeah they’ve
got a number of pain stores here in town
uh but i found that they are really very
they’re the best they’re very uh
proactive and really real estate agents
spend a lot of time
we’re not just showing you how much you
wouldn’t believe the other many caps
that we have yeah we wear a lot of caps
this is a color matcher so
yeah so there is a gadget they call it
uh smart scan
i’ll have to look up the name of it or
whatever but how much was it like ninety
dollars no well not even that i think i
paid maybe 60 70 bucks
for this little gadget that i connects
to your phone
uh through bluetooth i believe
and you you scan it and it will give you
the number of the closest
matching color that showroom williams um
sells it’s like a miracle really it
really is because we’re like i don’t
even know they don’t even have the
original paint to this house anymore
what are we supposed to do how can we
figure this out without having the house
look polka dotted yeah with the wrong
color paint and we discovered the guy
said you you should try this it’s this
little gadget and he was telling me
about the gadget and i’m thinking yeah
it’s going to be you know 500 or
something it’s not it’s not it’s amazing
it’s pretty easy to use if you’re not a
high-tech person you can hit us up we’ll
try to give you some guidance
but it’s not wasn’t that hard to figure
out yeah
you know not only is it good for man
that’s usually we’re matching pink
that’s usually what the issue is there’s
been a uh there’s been some sun
uh but let’s say you are decorating yep
and you have a pillow
that you love and you would like to
match
one of the colors in your floral pillow
and make a feature wall of that color
you know you can pick out one little
tiny spot on the pillow match that color
into a feature wall yeah so
from a design perspective is really
interesting uh what you can do in
matching colors so it’s an amazing
little gadget and not that expensive
and well worth it so for all of our
people moving here if you’re like you
know like what he said i want to change
the color of this wall and match it to
my new sofa or i want to do uh match the
existing color but i just need to touch
up a little area how do i find that this
is the gadget for you and sure williams
also has technology that allows you to
get sort of a
virtually paint a room to see what the
room would look like painted yeah that’s
cool too yeah i i played a little bit i
know less about that i have seen it
around
but yeah they’re doing some really cool
things with color so i’m sure
so if you’re moving here give us a call
and you want to do some painting and
you’re like tell me about that thing
again we’ll help you we’ll show you what
it looks like how it works
um it’s been very instrumental and
really saved a lot of expense and buying
gallons of paint that didn’t match and
then you got to go start over again
so uh something we learned and we wanted
to share this uh tip
i don’t know if it’s a design tip a
listing tip but i’m not gonna it’s all
of it but color matching can be a
powerful thing color matching can be a
beautiful powerful thing
there’s no denying it
having had to buy a 50 gallon of paint
and it didn’t match good match i wish i
had this little gadget it would have
been amazing
so anyway if you are looking to list or
buy a house give randall and i call we
are at pickle411.com
we have all kinds of information about
life here in prescott as well as our
contact information we would love to
help you and we’d love to help you get
one of these color matching doodads yeah
to get you started you might want to
check out pickle411.com
that is our free information center all
things prescott all things real estate
yep and uh
insightful and mildly entertaining
somewhat insightful yeah somewhat i
don’t know if it’s more entertaining or
more insightful i think it’s 50 50.
somewhere in between all those things
we try you’ll enjoy we try we can only
do the best we can people
all right nice to see you and we hope
you have a good day and we hope to hear
from you soon take care bye
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.Video Transcript
bonjour my fellow pickle peeps how did
we get so french
i decided to put a different
difference
yeah
correct
anyway
no you’re not wearing soccer blue right
now
and she’s the pickle lady i’m randall
her sidekick that’s right and uh we’re
realtors here in prescott arizona our
lovely town
today we’ve got another restaurant plug
yes my favorite restaurant plugs
restaurant plugs rice around plus we get
a lot of restaurants so that’s when it
was actually surprising how long it took
us to get i know why
our restaurant today is
because as as you may know we’ve spent a
fair amount of our lives in texas yes i
keep wanting to call it the lone star
star i know we do but that’s
evidently could be called the broken
boot the lone spur as you would yeah you
would it would a lone spur would mean
you’re missing one and it’s a broken
boot you’re all right you’re right
mostly a bird
which is part of the reason why i think
it took us so long to uh get to it
because we we don’t eat out for
breakfast a lot but it’s a big breakfast
town they’ve got all kinds of breakfast
yeah
uh so we we need to get out a little
earlier
and uh and check some of them out and
this one is right in the square yeah of
prescott right around the square right
in the heart cute as can be yeah and i
do recommend if you go on a weekend they
do not take reservations yeah
so it might be a little crowded you
might have a little weight
uh but it’s well worth the wait yeah it
was well with the great weight that the
uh all the food was delicious we went
yum yum yum pretty big group and
everyone ordered some you got chicken
fried steak i got the chicken fried
steak it was probably the best chicken
fried steak i’ve had in town it was
i don’t know but mine was good too i
forget yeah oh yeah they do they do
lunches wild burgers and such i don’t
know i don’t think they’re open for
dinner no
uh but they do go into lunch
uh being a breakfast place if you are
trying to get there on a sunday morning
it’s going to be crowded yes yes really
popular on saturdays and especially
sundays so
just keep that in mind so it’s yummy in
your tummy though all kinds of omelettes
and waffles and pancakes whatever you
name it really captures the
whole western thing prescott being a
such a western town it’s cute as can be
yeah cutest can be cute as a button yeah
very nice so i recommend it but no
reservation so keep that in mind and
when you go you might have a little
weight but
we gave it a five star yeah yeah i think
so breakfast place absolutely i’m
getting kind of hungry thinking about it
how are you thinking about it chicken
fried steak no they do they did
something good fancy they did a little
technology there which oh yeah unusual
they’re pretty cutting edge yeah you did
the uh
the the qr code menu thing yes and uh
then they you paid over your phone yeah
you pay over your phone i felt like i
yeah i was like wow we’re getting
advanced here yeah it’s kind of unusual
such a western old-fashioned
restaurant to have such high-tech stuff
but but they’re cutting edge and it was
good it’s very effective you’re getting
it out quicker yeah absolutely anyway if
you’re here in town visiting and uh
coming for a house tour hopefully with
us
we highly recommend try breakfast at
lonesome
you’ll love it
you’ll love it for more information
about randall and i uh if you need help
finding a home or you need to sell your
home
check us out at pickle411
information hotline information you’re
just looking for we got good restaurants
we have so many restaurants
it’s our favorite thing it’s our
favorite thing so check it out we
love it we love it
all right my friends hope to see you at
lonesburg next time you’re in town take
care bye
we get so french
i decided to put a different
difference
yeah
correct
anyway
no you’re not wearing soccer blue right
now
and she’s the pickle lady i’m randall
her sidekick that’s right and uh we’re
realtors here in prescott arizona our
lovely town
today we’ve got another restaurant plug
yes my favorite restaurant plugs
restaurant plugs rice around plus we get
a lot of restaurants so that’s when it
was actually surprising how long it took
us to get i know why
our restaurant today is
because as as you may know we’ve spent a
fair amount of our lives in texas yes i
keep wanting to call it the lone star
star i know we do but that’s
evidently could be called the broken
boot the lone spur as you would yeah you
would it would a lone spur would mean
you’re missing one and it’s a broken
boot you’re all right you’re right
mostly a bird
which is part of the reason why i think
it took us so long to uh get to it
because we we don’t eat out for
breakfast a lot but it’s a big breakfast
town they’ve got all kinds of breakfast
yeah
uh so we we need to get out a little
earlier
and uh and check some of them out and
this one is right in the square yeah of
prescott right around the square right
in the heart cute as can be yeah and i
do recommend if you go on a weekend they
do not take reservations yeah
so it might be a little crowded you
might have a little weight
uh but it’s well worth the wait yeah it
was well with the great weight that the
uh all the food was delicious we went
yum yum yum pretty big group and
everyone ordered some you got chicken
fried steak i got the chicken fried
steak it was probably the best chicken
fried steak i’ve had in town it was
i don’t know but mine was good too i
forget yeah oh yeah they do they do
lunches wild burgers and such i don’t
know i don’t think they’re open for
dinner no
uh but they do go into lunch
uh being a breakfast place if you are
trying to get there on a sunday morning
it’s going to be crowded yes yes really
popular on saturdays and especially
sundays so
just keep that in mind so it’s yummy in
your tummy though all kinds of omelettes
and waffles and pancakes whatever you
name it really captures the
whole western thing prescott being a
such a western town it’s cute as can be
yeah cutest can be cute as a button yeah
very nice so i recommend it but no
reservation so keep that in mind and
when you go you might have a little
weight but
we gave it a five star yeah yeah i think
so breakfast place absolutely i’m
getting kind of hungry thinking about it
how are you thinking about it chicken
fried steak no they do they did
something good fancy they did a little
technology there which oh yeah unusual
they’re pretty cutting edge yeah you did
the uh
the the qr code menu thing yes and uh
then they you paid over your phone yeah
you pay over your phone i felt like i
yeah i was like wow we’re getting
advanced here yeah it’s kind of unusual
such a western old-fashioned
restaurant to have such high-tech stuff
but but they’re cutting edge and it was
good it’s very effective you’re getting
it out quicker yeah absolutely anyway if
you’re here in town visiting and uh
coming for a house tour hopefully with
us
we highly recommend try breakfast at
lonesome
you’ll love it
you’ll love it for more information
about randall and i uh if you need help
finding a home or you need to sell your
home
check us out at pickle411
information hotline information you’re
just looking for we got good restaurants
we have so many restaurants
it’s our favorite thing it’s our
favorite thing so check it out we
love it we love it
all right my friends hope to see you at
lonesburg next time you’re in town take
care bye
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!)Video Transcript
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
Event Calendar – February 2022
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.
Video Transcript
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
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.Video Transcript
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