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  hello hello hello hello peeps Happy fall and holiday season yeah getting into December now this is Diana Randle bro coming to you live from our beautiful festive town of presc Arizona Arizona she’s the presca pickle lady that’s right so we are decorated if you haven’t heard Prescot is called Arizona’s Christmas city and that’s for a good reason it’s beautiful you should definitely make a trip during the holiday season yeah absolutely Christmas through January and come see all the lights and all that good stuff and this (00:38) this is tying in believe it or not to our topic of today which is do-it-yourself decks do it-yourself decks so I would never try to build a deck I’m not a handy person if I put together a deck it would kill people mhm but there are people out there who think they know how to put a deck together Ian you look at a deck it doesn’t look very complicated you know so people think well I can build a deck I can build a deck you might want to think Twi you really can’t we love our deck yeah we love our deck We Love Our Deck and as I (01:14) was saying we’re talking about the Christmas lights we just decorated all of our Deck with Christmas lights decks are wonderful decks are a great thing if a professionally Contra a professional contractor does the work that’s exactly right so a couple things you need to know first there a lot of regulations associated with decks like the space between the little what do you call them little posts or whatever that’s right yeah they can’t be too big can’t be too small uh but the big thing is in the horror story we heard from Matt our (01:46) inspector shout out to Matt shout out to Matt best inspector ever best inspector ever he was inspecting a home that had a homemade deck and it was on a manufactured home oh and the guy who built deck attached it to the wall of the manufactured home oh decks weigh a lot they weigh a lot where is this going not good I destroyed the house yeah I completely undermined all of the uh what are the the boards or whatever the the uh railings the oh the I can’t think of the something with an R that’s how much we know about building we don’t know (02:25) about building not good to attach a deck onto a manufa Jo and all that were uh kind of pulled the wall off well it it it undermined the so the the support structure under the house was undermined and twisted and the joists were falling out oh uh so not only did Matt not approve the house but he said uh you can’t enter this house until this is fixed because it is dangerous it could collapse at any minute and all the guy did was build a deck and attach it to his house decks are heavy you have to be very careful are heavy you got to be (02:59) really really care careful so especially a two story if you’re up on the second level doing a deck I mean then there’s even more you know the the beams underneath have to be a certain width and dimension and with part don’t second don’t guess that on your own believe me you have to have a professional it looks easy it’s it’s a lot it’s a lot of weight and when you’re dealing with that much wood uh you could kill yourself easily people will put uh stucco around like the you know make it look nice or whatever oh yeah and water Gets behind (03:32) it destroys the wood and suddenly the deck collapses if it’s connected to your house your house collapses yeah you you you need to know you really need to know what you’re doing you need to have a licensed general contractor um who knows what he’s doing understands a debt contractor contract and they’re out there you just they’re out there and they’re not that much money and uh if you build it yourself and then you it comes time to sell your home uh there’s a really good chance the inspector is g to find something wrong with it very (04:05) expensive to fix and it can undermine other aspects of your home yes so don’t fool around with it uh you get what you pay for so if you do it yourself and you’re trying to cheap out and and make it as as reasonable as possible chances are you’re either going to kill yourself or a guest that’s exactly or your house so uh just let the professionals handle it ex it’ll be perfect and you’ll have a great time and many years of enjoyment that’s right decks are a great great addition to a home yes they are they add (04:35) a lot of value a lot they add a lot of value you will get your money back out of your deck so we’re all about decks we’re all about decks the bigger the deck the better yeah you want a Big Deck that’s what they say nobody wants a small deck that’s what I’ve heard yeah so but don’t build your deck yourself yes I could make so many good jokes right now but but yeah so decks definitely add value so it is worth the investment you will get it back on resale provided it’s done correctly and professionally um and also I wouldn’t (05:12) even do wood on the deck I would do um what’s the concrete no the flooring not the flooring oh oh not wood you want uh tracks tracks yeah there you go I knew he would get it TRS yeah you absolutely need TRS for sure so just spend a little bit of extra money you’ll get it back on resale and you’ll have many many years of enjoyment We Love Our Deck abolutely we have a great time sitting back there and absolutely talking to people and having a good time so all for decks just make sure it’s done correctly that’s it (05:46) and by a licensed contractor that’s our tip of the day if you like tips we got lots of free tips for you the place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer or seller or somewhere in between they’ll be be something there waiting for you that will amaz astound and provoke into happiness and action and I don’t provoke yeah so yeah this is Randall and Dian bro here in Prescot happy to share our deck tips and info Deck the Halls baby Deck the Halls ho ho ho so hope you’re thinking about a deck and uh call us if (06:23) you have any questions about that or if you’d like us to find you a house with a great deck oh absolutely we’re here M happy to help you all right so just give a call to the friendly pickle lady that’s me and the fellow pickle pickle cohort cohort Co cohort cockle cockle right here happy to help you and uh anyway thank you for listening and we hope you have a beautiful rest of your day bye bye

  hello hello hello peeps this is Randol and diam brro here your local she’s Diane she’s also the lady I am the pickle presc Arizona that’s right uh we are your local Friendly full service amazing customer service husband and wife real estate team that’s us that’s us also of other people too yeah I’m not married to any of them that’s right yeah so we wanted to talk to you about how to get more than uh how to get more than your home is worth there you go sellers tend to want to do that so why not we (00:39) all do right we all want the best we can get yeah I you know every now and then we come across a seller who thinks their home is worth less than than it really is right uh and I always love that they say no we’re going to sell your home actually it’s worth more than that yeah it’s worth much more than that you know I you always love to have those conversations but they’re relatively rare tend to think their children all brilliant and attractive and most aren’t you know same thing with uh with homes (01:08) that’s har yeah it’s just the way life is so uh so usually we try to uh we try to talk sellers we think that the best place to price your home is exactly where it’s worth so we will do the comps and everything we have to do a windown on how I do comps at some point that’s right we don’t like to underprice and especially don’t like to overprice guys Co is over yeah CO’s over you’re not going to get that money that you got in covid times yeah let go of that dream yeah uh but some people just (01:43) they just refuse either they have to get more money or you know it’s just a blow to their egos or something they have to get more money so we thought we might talk about what are the options available if you want to get more money from your home then it’s really worth yep and the easiest one to understand is what we call stupid money so stupid money is people who have buyers who have more money than cents typically they’ve just sold something in another state uh typically much more than what they’re buying here they’re (02:23) downsizing to go into retirement so they are flush with cash they’re used to negotiate prices of homes that are 2 million 3 million and then they’re coming here and now they’re looking at homes that are like 800 a million um so they’re used to talking about numbers that are really really high if your home is $100,000 priced $100,000 more than it’s really worth you get one of these guys to come in and their agent for whatever reason is out to lunch yeah it might just happen you might get lucky it (02:59) might get get somebody who comes in and says you know what you’re telling me it’s really worth $875 but I love it and it’s only 950 which to me is a bargain coming from where I’m coming from I’m not going to equival over $100,000 so it’s it’s yeah so occasionally you get lucky with a buyer flush with funds and they’re happy and they don’t mind and they feel like they’re still getting a deal yeah so you might get what we call stupid money they’ll come in and be like (03:26) I don’t care love it it feels good feels right and I could never get this where I lived before so yeah so it works out for everybody so if you’re GNA do the stupid money thing you need to be quick about it because if you overprice your home and it sits on the market a long time it’s going to get stale uh this Market relies heavily on Buyer Agents because most buyers aren’t here and when agents get tired of thinking about your home they won’t think about your home anymore yep not going to recommend it to clients it’s (04:02) hard to get your home back on their map right so you might want to try the stupid money thing for a couple of weeks not too long maybe a month and then if it doesn’t work then you can say major discount you know we’ve discounted $100,000 and then that will get agents interested again in your home uh we’ll be glad if if you’re listing your home with us we’d be glad to use that tactic with you to try to get you that um it is rare that but it does happen from time to time we’ve seen a it does it’s a nice (04:37) little surprise yeah so that’s and it works out for both parties everybody’s happy that’s the easy the easy one is stupid money the other one is not so easy and that’s really spending a lot of time and effort and some money to Stage the home beautifully staged homes always sell even when the market is really really bet they sell and they sell for good prices uh the money that you spend in staging you’re going to get back several fold uh the idea there is to create an emotional bond with the buyer (05:15) for your home and you’re not going to get that unless you stage it very very well uh staging will pay for itself in that regard again if you’re interested in doing something like that we can work with you to do that a lot you know obviously a lot more involved than just the stupid money thing those are the two ways that we know of that’s it I don’t know of another way to make that happen yeah I mean we can we we advertise heavily everywhere too but yeah that’s pretty much it so when you’re pricing if (05:48) you want to go over keep these two things in mind if you really want top dollar you might have to yeah you know uh hope for stupid money and or pay some money to have it staged so now that that message was really aimed at our sellers uh now if you are a buyer chances are you’re selling someplace else you can use these tactics wherever your home is now that and that’s fine if you’re our buyer coming in here to presc it rest assured you will not be stupid money we will tell you what it’s worth we run (06:20) numbers on’ll that we sell we make sure that it’s been Priced Right so Absolut you can rely on us to make sure that you will not be a victim because if you are and you move into your home your neighbors will laugh at you stop they will they will laugh at you they could they you know neighbors love to come over and say I think you paid too much for that house hey you paid too much for that house are you aware you paid too much for that house which I think is appallingly rude but you know uh hey this is society we (06:55) live in nowadays people love to tell you what they think you don’t want to be that guy do not so anyway just wanted to let you know keep that in mind if you want a price High you know these are two things you know that you have to kind of hope for or be aware of so anyway hope that this helps and we hope that you’re having a great day today and we hope to hear from you soon fall is a beautiful time to come visit and tour the weather is outstanding here so we hope to hear from you soon absolutely and uh check us out at (07:29) pickle 41 1 one.com whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there for you that will amaze us down educate and confused I I’m not sure hopefully not confused I got to come up with another we try to be pretty clear about everything but I I you know I bought myself a thesaurus in you did yeah but it’s terrible and it’s also terrible I get very old joke very old joke that’s funny all right fre all free so go and check it out pickle 411. (07:58) com I hope to see you soon and uh let’s get together let’s go on a tour take care bye bye

hello everyone hello peeps Welcome to our  quick little next series that we want to   chat with you about and Qui tip a quickie tip a  quickie tip so we just did a video on insurance   this has something to do with insurance but it’s  a little different and I didn’t want it to get   buried in uh because it’s very important a lot  of our clients take possession of their homes as   as a trust you know they have a trust set up and  they put the property in the trust that’s a good   idea uh talk to your estate planner or financial  planner uh probably a good idea for most people (00:43) I would say at least half of the people that we’re  dealing with will have a trust if you do that make   sure your trust the name of the trust is in the  insurance policy that you get it’s a beneficiary   of the insurance policy of your homeowners yeah  homeowners all that stuff yeah you did not know   this you want to ensure your trust also for  liability too uh the way it works legally a trust   is kind of like a corporation it’s like a a it’s  a legal entity almost like a person obviously it’s (01:21) not a person uh but imagine that a person owns  your property and you took out an insurance policy   uh that person would have to be on the policy to  be insured your trust is the same way it’s free   to put the name of your trust on your policy  so when you’re dealing with buying insurance   for your home liability insurance on your home  make sure you talk to your uh insurance agent   about your trust and putting the name on the trust  good agents will ask you you might not have a good   Agent or they might just forget if you end up with  a claim and you’re not able to collect because of (02:02) an issue with uh something that you could have had  done for free not so good so that’s our our quick   tip of the day I did not know this it’s good to  know yeah good to know good to know so ensure your   trust folks with your homeowners yes all right  it’s easy peasy yeah that’s our tip of the day   tip of the day if you like tips the place to go  is pickle 411. (02:25) com that’s our free information site   where you will find something of interest to you  whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between   it will Amaze astound and uh Etc exasperate  you uh to no end all absolutely free uh we do   take tips no we don’t take tips uh but we give  tips so if you’re into tips pickle 411c is the   place to go place to go all right my friends  have a great rest of your day take care bye bye

    hello hello hello beep good afternoon this is  Diane and Randall bro geez pickle lady we’re in   Prescot Arizona I am we are your friendly husband  and wife realtor team today we’re being friendly   yeah we’re being we’re friendly most of the time  we we’re pretty friendly to each other from time   to time we’re antagonistic but usually we’re quite  friendly today we’re going to talk about insurance   so this was By Request yes we get a fair number  ofest for different subjects so a lot of people (00:32) are talking about insurance right now because  it has become a major factor in homeownership   absolutely especially we have family in New  Orleans I know this affects a lot of people   in California as well California Florida um so I  guess the first thing to say is um you do not have   to you were not required to have fire insurance  or flood insurance in Prescot Arizona um we are   not it’s not we’ve never even been evacuated  here uh for threat of fire yes are there fires   but usually they’re about an hour or two outside  of town more the forest up in the mountain the (01:12) forest yeah not in presc well it might be within  the Incorporated boundary of that is Prescot but   prescot’s boundaries go up into the mountains  they have some pretty obscure areas that are   still considered preset so we have never in the  town itself uh you are usually you’re not required   to have fire insurance I know in other states  it’s mandatory especially with all the wildfires   happening um we do not have floods here there are  some sections and I mean a very small percentage (01:45) that during monsoons might have a little bit of  flash flooding um but those are more rural areas   or you know smaller areas generally not the house  I mean if you go into some a few neighborhoods   there will be are that says Don’t drive here when  there’s water right that’s because of monsoons   they have surges of water that need to be uh uh  gotten rid of very quickly that’s right and uh but   not in homes uh and in all of our years of selling  homes I can maybe think of one or two that FEMA (02:23) required them to have flood insurance because they  were near ow Ling areas low Ling areas it’s very   usual to find it um I’ve never so the majority  of homes here you’re not required to have flood   insurance um we’re a mile high so if it floods  here then the arc should be coming yeah yeah start   building Noah and his Arc are coming to save us  all because if we ever get underwater we got a big   problem going on it’s end of times basically so  and getting back to the fire thing too you should (02:53) know that a big part of the firefighting  effort in Arizona comes out of Prescot   they fly out of the Regional Airport here uh so in  the plains with the water go drop they go all that   comes out of presc so the idea that there’s going  to be a fire that’s uncontrollable in presc itself   is very very remote never even come close nor  have we ever had to been evacuated like nothing   so I want you to feel safe and secure about that  safe and secure about flooding don’t need to have   earthquake insurance as well yes so but if you  want to if you want to yeah if you want to you (03:32) can do it and it’s available it is absolutely  uh we just changed our insurance recently to   Travelers homeowners to Travelers and our Auto not  an issue um we don’t have anybody pulling out it   is getting a little dicey sometimes in some areas  but in maybe other cities in Arizona but here we   had absolutely no problem changing Insurance um  our home is about 3,100 square feet and I want to   say our homeowners is about 1,800 a year um but I  added some extra stuff on there so it it probably (04:08) be a little bit cheaper depending on the size  of your home and this that and the other now   just to be clear we’re not speaking for the State  of Arizona correct we are speaking for presc just   pres so there are areas in Arizona where they do  have fires down in the valley you know it gets to   120 degrees there in the summer they’re going to  have fires yeah and they do and our firefighters   FL you’ll see them flying out to go take care of  it I can’t speak for those communities whether (04:35) fire insurance is available or how much it is  or whether it’s required I honestly don’t know   uh Arizona is a pretty big state now I do know  like in certain areas in Louisiana some insurance   companies are starting to pull out and they  are cancelling people uh from what I have heard   here it hasn’t happened here yet yeah I don’t  expect it to for the most part that’s for her   I don’t know if a hurricane has ever hit  presc Arizona that would be a long shot but   uh you should know if you are considering other  communities uh moving to retire or otherwise (05:13) pretty much all along the Gulf of Mexico so that’s  all along you know galvaston Houston Florida New   Orleans all mobile all along the uh the Gulf  Coast and then the Atlantic coast maybe even   some of Texas too because they get a lot of lot  of Florida this is an issue for lot car Georgia   everything along the coast is starting to have  trouble with uh hurricane because of the hurri   and so the cost of insurance is going Skyhigh  and so a lot of insurance companies are having   to pull out is they simply can’t afford the claims  to help people anymore so keep this all in mind (05:53) so far so good here in Prescot Arizona uh very  reasonable we’ve been very happy haven’t had any   issues and it’s uh coming from the Deep South  it’s very nice not to have to have worry about   flooding or hurricane and and yeah we just there  was just a hurricane uh in New Orleans and we have   just moved my mother from New Orleans to Prescot  uh she’s uh staying in a community called touch   Mark and uh just a few weeks after she  got here there was a hurricane and she   was pretty happy she didn’t have to evacuate no  more worrying about that so so far so good folks (06:30) in terms of insurance here it’s pretty reasonable  um you’re not required to carry all the extra   ancillary Insurance such as earthquake flooding uh  fire um which is pretty refreshing so um anyway uh   this was a good question whoever asked us about  that we’re happy to chat about it and let you   know and reassure you that so far so good here uh  nobody’s pulling out and you can still get very   good coverage at a pretty decent price absolutely  absolutely so that is our tip of the day about tip (07:02) of the day if you want if you have questions you  want us to answer feel free to reach out to us   and we’ll cover them uh that is our tip of the  day if you like tips the place to go is pickle   411. (07:19) com that’s our free information site whether  you a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s   something there waiting for you that will Amaze  astound and educate you real estate things to do   restaurants to go to and all kinds of foolish all  kinds of foolishness happy it’s all there waiting   for you happy to share it’ll only cost you $10  no it won’t it’s all free okay on that note we   sincerely hope you’re having a great day today  and we hope to hear from you soon make a visit   fall is a beautiful time to come here we’d  love to show you around okay take care bye