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The When To Do It Game

There is an optimum time for every aspect of the home-buying process, and doing things in the wrong order can have BIG costs. Watch today’s video to find out what that means for both buyers and sellers.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps this is a midday hello midday hello from Rand and Di day we are your local husband and wife team here in thank you in Prescot uh happy to show you guys around show you what our life is like here we love it and today we are here to talk about when to do it yeah so this is uh another game so we did we did our in games and so I thought we’d do another game this game is when should you do it yeah so a lot of times we run into trouble in transactions When Buyers try to do something at the wrong time yes there’s a there’s a place there’s a time for every purpose and so that is never more true than when you’re buying a house yes so uh the first thing on our wi Todo game is views views when do when do you decide whether the views of a home are are are appropriate or not like they’ll make you happy what views do you want when do you decide that well I you know you go look at the house and if it’s something you really fall in love with I would recommend hey come at sunset too yeah you want to see the sunset you want to see the sun rise you want to see where is the you know am I east facing west facing what you know um those are all important things to think about and if you’re like I’d like to really see how the Evening Sun is here make another appointment yeah go back in the evening in particular if you’re an outdoor person you spend a lot of time on your porch and that’s your thing you should feel it at all hours of the day yes and see how expansive the view is uh I don’t know is there traffic in the afternoon that all of a sudden your view is bumper to bumper traffic you won’t have that but I’m just saying something like that what are your thoughts well in terms of deciding what kind of view you want you should be able to do that before you put in a contract you know you looking at different homes get an idea of the different kinds of views that are available get an idea of the money it’s going to cost you to upgrade to different views there are some views that will drop $150,000 on a home yep boom that’s what you’re gonna pay so decide are you okay with a peekaboo view a peekaboo view like what is you know and do that in your mind before you decide and you know before you put in a contract that’s right you should kind of know what kind of view you can afford or want to afford what kind of view you demand um how important is it to you are you okay with a peekaboo are you okay with rooftops behind you yes some people they they see a mountain in the distance and then they’re like but I can’t stand these Ro this this houses below me I don’t want to see those rooftops so things to think about what Will bide that after you’ve gone under contract and you already passed in inspection y you should know what you want want before you make an offer absolutely in terms of looking at what it looks like in the evening versus the morning if it looks like it’s going to work go ahead with the contract once it’s under the contract then you can do your due diligence on The View as part of sure the inspection period then you’ve taken the mo the home off the market and you won’t lose it while you’re trying you’re waiting for Sunset that’s right yeah that’s right fuse fuse that was a good one okay okay next up Sol solar solar so first off S leases are a pain in the butt they are a pain in the butt you got to know that they are a pain in the butt yeah so you should decide beforehand whether you’re even going to do that or not right um certain information should be given to you uh upfront about the solar a lot of Agents don’t though uh we will not be able to if the information on the solar lease is not provided by the listing agent we will not be able to get that information until we’re under contract and the seller has called The Solar Company and told them that we’re under and give them permission they will not talk to us they will not discuss the terms I’m I’m a big fan of owned solar so if you own a home and you’re thinking about listing it and you already have paid it off that’s great that’s easy peasy it’s an easy transfer you give permission you the owner give permission to the buyer to put it in their name simple title handles it it’s beautiful yes one thing to consider if you have solar consider paying it off most people do not want to assume your solar loan yes they just don’t I think solar can be great it’s not really necessary here in presca though our utilities are very reasonable so uh keep that in mind if you are have a solar maybe consider paint it off before you put it on the market because most people will walk away they will walk away they don’t want to do it they don’t want take it on if it’s own they’ll love it yeah if they’re own then they’ll love it if if you are the buyer if a solo lease is a deal stopper for you you can determine that before You’ even put in a contract the reality is though if you’re amenable to a lease you just need to see the specific terms you’re probably not going to be able to do that until inspection period correct yeah so don’t try to do that by the way you can’t get so we’ve had yeah we’ve had uh buyers that insist like they will not do a contract until they get all the terms of the lease well you know the listing agent did not have that information available right it took you know a week to pull that information together and we lost the house because someone else came and got it so inspection period And if you are an owner and you do have a lease provide all that right away to your listing even if your agent doesn’t ask for it provide provide it because people always want and they want to know some of it stays steady the monthly payments some increase over time and you should also make considerations yeah you should also make your utility bills available yes your electrical utility bills available right so that people can see the impact it’s had on okay next one all right next up proof of funds pre-qualification always do this before you even come in uh before you come in just do it short answer that’s it uh short answer yes um because if you do see something and you want it um then we lose a day or two while you’re getting that uh you know handled we have a local lender here who can spit it out in like 30 minutes it’s not hard to do but it’s also important for you to understand financially how much can you truly afford you kind of think I think I can do 800 and then you go get your prequel and you find out it’s really six so there’s no sense in wasting your time looking at homes in the eights when when you can only afford a six yeah so always get yourself pre-qual get your ducks in a row doesn’t cost you anything no any contract you have to write must have a pre-qual attached it’s not us we don’t make the rules it’s the State of Arizona you have to prove as you’re putting this contract in that you truly can afford to do this and you’re in good Financial standing um and if you’re paying cash you have to have proof of funds so make sure you have all that ready because if you see something you fall in love you might lose it while we’re trying to get these other things together I we try to do some tricks to try to try to get it for you before you have all that in place there’s only so many things we can do only so much just so easy to come in that’s a no-brainer you got the gun loaded you’re ready to Sho get it get it going all right Family Ties Family Ties this is something we run across a lot always uh we have a lot of people who come in and say I’m not going to tell my kids about this and they fall in love they put an offer in and then the kids are back home how can you do this to us how can you leave us how can you leave your grandchildren and then they break the contract so just be honest and open with your children um we want to start a new chapter we you know need to preserve our funds explain to them why you’re doing this and then they can start to adjust to the idea of mom and dad moving on or moving away it’s very important yeah absolutely CLE they came in uh we worked with them over the course of two years uh they came in three or four times yeah lovely we finally found a house for them uh and they were so happy yeah they were so happy really happy and through the inspection uh we were getting to the point where I I think all of the repairs were going to be done it’s like the last day of inspection period if I go any more then they’re going to lose their earnest money and I get the call I can’t break up this family we my kid put the guilt trip on me my kids put the because they hadn’t said anything to the kids until it too they were under the contract yeah it was a shock and so you know so the sellers had to take their home off the market you know we had all these buyer trips and everything this was going to be a non-starter from the beginning uh and it was never going to go any other place so obviously that wastes our time and our effort but also the family I mean you’re coming in you’re looking around you’re getting excited it’s not going to happen yep uh family have Frank discussions have Frank discussions yep and be very transparent to your family to your children let everybody know because you know you might fall in love here and then you got to go back home no we mean a lot of people that that they’re their children will never have that kind of say so about where they go and that’s very clear to them you may be in that situation but if you’re not if you’re like this other couple and you know the kids will have a lot to say about it don’t keep it a secret don’t wait until the end yep do it up front Okay Okay that was a good one uh half bath so this uh the the home either does or does not have a half bath off of the main room so when is the best time to uh figure out what you want and whether the home has it or not well before you go on the home tour yeah it’s a must have you need to say that communicate that quite clearly to your agent this is a must have I some people can Overlook it some people have got to have it anything whether it’s a halfbath anything in the home that’s super super important to you just say it’s a it’s a deal breaker for me if a B and C are not there yeah we let us know before we we we don’t want to show you five or six homes and none of them have a half bat yeah none of them have a half bat and then you decide into the inspection period suddenly you absolutely have thought about it and now I absolutely have to have half that’s right don’t do that do that don’t do that so sit down and make a list of everything that is so important it’s very easy to determine whether our home has a half bath or not what we can’t do is tell you whether you want one or not and the time to decide whether you have to have that or not is really before you start looking at houses and we can’t create one for you I can’t poop you a half bath I can’t do that we can put a body in the front you know it either Haz it or it doesn’t uh decide that up front so that’s it so everything for every everything there is a purp there is a time for every purpose what is that that’s a that’s a song Ecclesiastes I don’t know and a and a Bible thing a Bible thing yeah Ecclesiastes okay so that’s our little tips for the day as you’re thinking about uh buying or selling like the game thing yeah do some more games okay all right that’s all we hope to hear from you soon give us a call we’re here to help you on the next steps bye view_moduleinsert_chart

Event Calendar – March 2024

Prescott (Pinehurst Estates) Home Sold for $475,000

What can you buy in the $400,000s?
This home sold for $475,000.
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Spec Homes

What’s a “spec?”

Today we explain the differences between a custom home and a spec home – and what that means to your buying process. Check out today’s video to learn the pros, the cons, and why you may or may not want one.

Video Transcript

Good morning morning peeps Diane and Randall bro here hello hello hello we are here to share with you uh some of our some information about what a speck home is yes a lot of people don’t seem to understand the concept Speck home yeah so Speck home is short for speculative yep right so the uh it’s not speculative on the buyer part it’s speculative on the Builder part so this is a home they don’t have a buyer for they uh design the home they build the home in anticipation of finding a buyer while it’s under construction while it’s under construction so a lot of this is a lot of the parts of the home are predetermined yes the paint color the exterior the elevation of the home the interior I like Speck homes because sometimes they add a little bit more extra yes it’s not necessarily A stripped home actually sometimes they add in some some pretty good extras that if you were to build it yourself you might cost you more money yeah um so they kind of are betting uh that you know they start construction they are floating alone while they’re building yes so they’re going to make it special and nice to attract that buyer to come in and snatch it a lot of the a lot of the money or the the the the cost associated with building a home is driv driv by the custom process so people come in and they want to change things and those things need to be redesigned redrawn um and you know you need to get the change of materials you got to find suppliers you know all that takes time and effort and money and but if they do a speck home they they don’t have to go through all that that’s right they call the shots they usually get an interior designer to come design something beautiful have a beautiful color scheme it all Blends together and then they can just spit it out they just follow the the the program and get it out and give you a quality home yes with a lot of nice extras yes so but you should know that with a spec home you cannot make a lot of changes yes most Builders are like we will not pro quote right so you’re getting a lot of house for a good price uh your home’s going to have broad appeal a lot of times when people build custom homes they think they know better than the builders and they make changes and when it comes time to sell sometimes it’s it’s harder because the home does not have broad appeal right it’s so specific to that owner back homes will always have broad appeal correct the the choices that they make will have broad appeal yes uh and Builders they kind of know what they’re doing because if they screw up they lose money so they learn pretty fast yeah so you get a lot for your money the quidd pro quo is that you can’t make a lot of changes you really can and we know from building our own home uh yeah I was like do you think maybe we could move this window no uh can we do this no no no because it just uh loses time in the build sometimes they can’t find whatever you might want to change um again you lose more time which is money to them you know because they’re still paying on this loan while they’re building and they’re like we can’t find this item you want yes so you know know when you sign on a spec it’s a spec for a reason yeah you cannot do a lot you cannot make a spec home a custom home um some Builders may work a little bit with you if if you come in yeah if you come in early in the building process they might let you pick a different color or you know things like that but for the most part they don’t even like to do that because if you fall through for whatever reason that’s you can’t buy then they’re going to have to sell a home and you you’ve picked out the color right so a lot of may not attract the other which may not attract a lot of people so a lot of times in spec homes you know we’re going to put in Builder grade carpet can I change the floor no can you just leave the carpet out no we’re going to put the carpet in and you’re immediately going to have to tear it out and put the floor down that’s the process that’s the spec home and a lot of Builders will hold you to that yes it it’s kind of it doesn’t seem to make sense but the reason why it does is because you’re not costing them money you’re not costing them time they’re able and in in exchange for that they they kind of give you a barn yeah you do you get more of a loaded home I think yeah so when you’re considering a spec home the the pluses are you know not a lot of problem or decision makings that you have to make it’s made for you um so if you like the product and you like what they have it’s like this is awesome great maybe some things may not be your cup of tea maybe they’ll work with you a little bit but you should know you’re probably going have to get exactly what they offer you because that is what a home is get out of their way let them finish the home and then make whatever changes after your closes that’s right that’s our advice to you and bu but you can get something really beautiful with really beautiful one of the things we wanted to clarify is that in a lot of people’s mind a speck home is stripped no usually it’s the opposite usually the speck homes are dulled up yeah they add some kind models us up yeah to entice you yeah all right so that is our tidbit on Speck hom so if you’re thinking about it know that you know you pretty much have to go with the product they have selected unless you get before they’ve even poured a slab then maybe you might have some different colors to pick from you know but most of the time it’s like here’s your four colors that’s it what do you want that’s right so keep that in mind because you don’t want to be disappointed will try really hard to make everybody happy the buyers and the we want everybody happy and enjoy their new home so just go with the process and try not to fight it too much it’ll you know help you with a a better stress level definitely yeah definitely so anyway that’s our Spiel on Speck homes they can be amazing you can get a lot of stuff uh for a great price yep and uh it takes out like I said a lot of the decision making and pulling your out so it’s kind of nice yep all right so that’s our deal oncc Speck homes specom that’s our tip of the day that’s our tip of the day if you’re into tips the place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain inform yep all those things overwhelm all of it all right Kajol Kajol that’s a good word that’s a I don’t even know what that means I like that word convinc yeah alred alred Alfred all right friends we hope to hear from you soon and H make sure you visit Prescot we’d love to see you absolutely bye bye

Prescott Lakes (The Estates) Home Sold for $975,000

What can you buy in the $900,000s?
This home sold for $975,000.
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The State of Chicken

Being from The South (TM), good chicken – be it fingers, fried, or atop a waffle – is crucial. Check out today’s video to find out what’s hot, what’s not, and which chicks we are eagerly awaiting here in Prescott.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps I’m just chuckling at this latest topic that Mr bro has decided we’re g to talk about uh this man comes up with crazy ideas uh today this is Diana Randall bro by Rand bro Prescot Arizona we’re real estate agents talking about real estate and life here in Prescot Arizona that’s right we’re your friendly husband and wife team yes so today we have a very important topic to discuss the state of chicken state of chicken state of chicken chickens and we’re very excited here going on chicken some folks who come here to Prescot and they think it’s little cowboy town we don’t have a whole lot here to offer yeah well that was well it was true when we first moved here so we moved from uh the Texas area Texas people love chicken fingers they’re into chicken fingers some of the best chicken fingers you’ll get are going to be in Houston God I was just looking for chicken fingers we get to preset the only chicken that was available was Kentucky Fried chicken Y which which is good I like I like Kentucky you know you can you can make it work yeah and then uh or you could get chicken fingers from fries the fries grocery store which is your you like those actually I thought that their chicken fingers were the best in town at that time at that time it’s grocery store chicken I mean it was nothing to shout shout about but they were good you get a good sauce or whatever but now the world has gotten much better so since we’ve been here we did a video on it yep we got a Popeye’s now we have two popey yes now we have two Popeyes one in Prescot Valley and one in Prescot now being from New Orleans she and I both remember you know the spicy spicy delicious wheny the cartoon popey used to be in the commercials popey spicy delicious chicken yeah yeah so honestly the thing about Popeye’s Chicken is it’s not about the chicken I’m just going to be honest it’s not about the chicken it’s really about the sides red beans and rice cage and rice which is not available here I know uh onion rings not available here chicken levers not available here yeah yeah a lot of the really good sides now the biscuits are delicious always will be the french fries are good french fries are very good green pretty good the crust the crust of the chicken is pretty good yeah but uh can’t go wrong yeah some sides missing so we were a little disappointed but we still hit Popeyes up from time to time the chicken fingers are okay but then we got uh Yummy Cookies cockies oh yeah cockies we talked about cockies earlier so we talked about cockies good stuff good stuff now cockies has been I might want to get that today let’s get that today yeah that’s what I’m saying let’s get that for Lun we’re on we’re on for cockies yeah so here’s the here’s the cockies arc so cocky first came out and it was wonderful we were I was anxious you know cocky chicken I was like oh my God I can’t wait for this place to open they opened up in what was a Burger King probably the worst Burger King I’ve ever been that wasy bad so that was definitely a step in the right direction we go there the chicken fingers are intense yep they also have really wonderful southern fried catfish yep just really excited about all those things yeah Mexican Corn’s really good we told a whole bunch of people about cockies and then they went and then they changed the recipe yeah so all our friends were mad at us I don’t know what they were going through or whatever long story short they’re back they’re back they are back so we call this cocky Redux and uh we can we can definitely recommend cockies again they’re backed in fighting form yep fighting cockies got it so cockies is good good stuff uh new place just open Chicken and Waffles chicken and waffles so we’ll talk briefly about chicken and waffles good stuff good chicken not so much on the waffles well it just depends you know they’re they’re working at some Kings but still pretty good uh we need to go back and revisit revisit but there’s certainly an alternative lots of people Square by them yeah I’m not a big chicken and waffles guy I just like the chicken waffles is kind of weird and to me the waffles weren’t anything to speak of but I they’ve got some really good chicken fingers I had like an Indian dish like the kind of Curry like uh which was really good but just their basic uh chicken fingers very very good so uh but we’re also we’re excited super excited super excited because out in PV we are getting a Raising Canes Raising Canes which is fast food I started in Louisiana born in Baton Rouge Louisiana y our kids used to hit us up for raising can ra yeah they’re down in Phoenix we have we’ve had some of it there but they are excellent yep so the state of chicken state of chicken in the city of we got it people we can offer all kinds we got the chicken we got the chicken yeah so anyway we’re just excited we get into that you know let’s go let’s go hit that for a good lunch or something yeah so we just wanted to share with you some Local Chicken Places of the local chicken places that you perhaps could enjoy as well absolutely all right so if you I’m getting kind of hungry but uh if you want to bite grab one of these places one of we also have Chick-fil-A don’t forget oh yeah Chick-fil-A the infamous Chick-fil-A my also second you know one of my other favorites can’t go wrong there either yeah you never go wrong never chuit the chicken biscuits chicken biscuits we call it a chuit that’s your tip for today if you’re into tips the place to go is pick 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound educate entertain um plagiarize no won’t plagi it’ll be good stuff it’ll do all those things and it’s absolutely free that’s right everything’s free so we hope to hear from you soon give us a call we’d love to show you where some of these chicken places are yep not a problem all right have a wonderful day thank you for listening bye bye

Prescott Valley (Unit #19) Home Sold for $503,000

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Prescott by the Numbers – January 2024

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More Staging Games

Just when you thought you knew everything about staging, we’re back with another batch of tips on how to show your home to its best advantage (and help it sell FAST). What do tchotchkes and bathtubs have in common? Tune in to today’s episode to find out!

Video Transcript

bour Mami oh you’re so French correct yes you’re the do they say pickle in French I don’t know I don’t know youell yes you Bell youell Dian and Randle bro here coming to you live from the beautiful beautiful mountain town of Prescot Arizona AR it’s the most unique little town in all of Arizona we can vouch for it yes it is we’ve been here seven years we love it okay so last time we did uh staging a staging game staging game number one we’ve had so much fun we decided to do it again I got staging game number number two number on my handy D we got it let’s do it uh so first up so so just so you know how the game works I’ve got a list of things that you may consider doing before you put your home on the market and we’re going to pontificate on whether we think that’s a good idea or not okay first thing up is D personaliz personalization dep personalization 100% yes yes uh people come in they want to see their they want to they want to Envision themselves in the home so uh take down a lot of you know family pictures pictures yeah they want to Envision their family there they don’t want to get distracted by your family yes take down and put away your mom and dad’s ashes yeah that’s pretty person crazy we seen them we’ve seen them on lot of houses there they are and that wigs people out that wigs people out and then it opens the discussion did that person die here are they is are they a ghost are they still in this house yes um well they will they say will they repeat anything I say through a seance you know yeah put put Mom and dad your spouses your your cat your dog all their any ashes of any living creature hide put away take away in terms of pictures um if some are okay some are okay so here’s here’s the a rule of thumb if it would be easy for someone to put themselves in the picture and the picture is about what you’re doing for example okay you take a picture of you and your spouse in front of one of the rock formations in Sedona cool that’d be okay that’s cool because it’s like here we are we’re in Sedona sedona’s close enjoying their Liv you could be here you know that’s easy uh a picture of your dead husband in his military uniform not a good idea okay that’s you know and then the and then the folded up flag because he died in service but you know most people do not object to that because they’re very patriotic but some people it’s uncomfortable they’re like oh this person was you know maybe died in service or just Mak it it it adds a a downer you know you have death to look forward to and you know that’s only happened a couple of times and you know we we understand and we honor we honor those people but of course not when you’re staging at home not a good well you know people will see it and they’re like did that person die in the line of duty it opens up another discussion focus them on the house suddenly we’re answering questions about a dead husband instead of you know the counter or a dead wife or dead wife yeah dead wife the same way sure so yeah watch things like that they things like that doesn’t bother me but other people kind of watch religious stuff particularly if it’s kind of heavy if you have a lot of like a cross collection you know some people are not uh religious some people aren’t Christian you know it’s going to make them not connect with the house it’s not like they will complain about it but they oh there’s something about this house I don’t like you’re absolutely right that might be it it’s not that they’re opposed to it but they just they just maybe won’t connect so think about depersonalization always a good idea here’s one that should be a little more what I’m G to depersonalize you yeah that’s say yeah yeah how do we do that I’m very personal I’m unique how can I do that I am one of a kind they broke the mold I gotta look that up next up an extra laundry room oh extra laundry room oh yeah I have this in my own life and uh I’m going to correct this uh single level homes you just have one laundry room no problem it’s on the main level everybody loves it it’s all great uh however if you live in a home like we do where we live on Main level but we also have a lower level it’s kind of cool to have maybe a stackable upstairs and then another laundry room down stairs because nobody likes schlepping up and down the stairs and I can speak person uh on that and so my goal I think that’s a goal for me for 2024 is I’m going to get a stackable in my master closet yes I know right do it that’s a great answer um you have a twostory home yep and the laundry room is not on the main level definitely if you have a place to put it if you can uh the place to put extra laundry rooms is in the master closet yes that’s a new trend yep uh it’s wonderful to have it makes it very easy to throw Dirty Laundry into the the LA the the washing machine and then when you’re finish you’re already in the closet that is a big feature people like that people love it it’s a real ding if you don’t if you only have one laundry room and it’s downstairs it’s downstairs in particular because that precludes you from using the magic words tell me what the magic word is main level level living yes so for instance I cannot claim my home as having main LEL living level living I’m gonna get ding ding ding um because some people God forbid what if you need to have a hip replaced or a knee replaced you don’t want to go down those stairs you’re not going to be able to so but you still want to have one downstairs like when we have company it’s great to do all the sheets and the bed covers when company leaves I don’t want to go upstairs to do it either yeah so consider really consider doing it on both levels that’s our goal for 2024 I’ll let you know at the end of 2024 if that happened so if you have a single story home you should be hearing no you should not don’t don’t bother adding an extra laundry in your master closet if you have a single story home no two stories think about it two story if if it’s not on the the main level then yes yes uh next up replacing the tub with the shower yeah this is is a good one especially I would especially in Prescot because uh we don’t have a lot of young families they don’t need a tub um and so I would get rid of those little you know those load of the ground tubs they’re useless anyway it’s not like a good soaking tub pull that sucker out and make it a nice spacious walk-in shower everybody loves it huge selling feature in especially in the you know Hall bathroom um we’re finding more and more people even in the master want a shower they do not want a tub yeah so I in particular in the hall bathrooms I would really consider that because they’re kind of useless those little tubs yeah yeah one caveat might be uh if you’re removing the tub from your master bathro uh and you don’t have a tub in any other bathroom you might hesitate on doing that that’s only because someone buys your home and they have grandchildren yeah it’s good to have a tub for little kids maybe I’ve heard that from buyers problem not mine well that’s your seller I mean I mean that’s your buyer so you’re trying to sell to them I don’t know if if that means removing the removing tubs completely from your home you might want to rethink that but maybe I don’t know yeah but definitely most people are looking for showers and tubs are kind of dying if you’re GNA have a tub if it’s shallow do a Soaker people do like soakers yes if you’re going to keep the the the tub do a nice Soaker tub not those little bitty yeah people who do hot tubs now so so tub is important okay next up Landscape oh hands down without a doubt uh we bought our house it was not landscaped nicely as soon as I landscaped it beautifully everybody thought we were putting it on the market I’m like no I’m not stop saying that we’re staying put we’re not selling um it I cannot tell you the thousands of dollars of uh money you’ll get extra for doing that Landscaping yeah the backyard yeah you might be able a lot of new homes don’t have Landscaping in the backyard you might be able to get away with that if you’re your backyard’s not landscape just make make sure it’s functional yes but in terms of the front yard in particular if you have things that are overgrown get rid of them oh it’s a beautiful old tree but it’s overgrown kill it y okay just kill it uh we had a client they bought the house is beautiful such great curb appeal uh you know but you would never have they had enormous bushes that were over 20 years old covered the whole house so they bought the house they had the vision to see past that they have slowly but surely pulled out every one of these enormous bushes and now everybody’s like I had no idea what a beautiful home this is didn’t even know you had a front porch had the home sat on the market for a long long time probably sold yep $80,000 lower than it should have something like that it guess yeah it’s it’s uh we’re talking about because curb appeal is everything hug and when people say curb appeal you think oh that’s people driving by and seeing your home it’s more than that when you put your home on MLS the the it’s called the hero picture the main picture of your home that everyone is going to see first is going to be the front of the home it has to be it can’t be anything else it’s got to be the front of your home yep so if you’re not able to take a pict sure your front of the front of your home that attracts interest not going to work that’s the first thing it’s it’s like taking a good shot on your on your dating website you know what I mean gotta look good yes gotta look good all right we might play this again I to come up so I like this game I have to come up with some more of these all right this is our last one last one for game number two removing chachkies oh yeah I I mean I’m guilty of this myself um a lot of people over the years mom and dad died you inherit their yard Ro collection they God forbid your precious moments collection yes those red glasses from the red depressing glass uh your you know and too much of chatskis just shuts people down yes uh we went to see a beautiful home recently love the home it was so chalk block full of chatskis not one square inch was open we could not get our buyers P we couldn’t the buyers were like my God there’s so beautiful home because we we we showed it before these the the the current owners bought it so we were very familiar with the home we knew was a magnificent home we could not get by it was stuffed with so it was stuffed with house plants it was stuffed with I can’t even uh Crocs uh old statues from the 50s I mean every every square inch I think Chach chachki is like a polish term and it means remove okay anything you can call chachki is kind of Kit I guess that’s yish K it’s something cheap just it’s GNA cheapap in the home so anything that you can call a chachki is probably something you you’re GNA want to remove anything that you could call a collection yes remove it yep because people get transfixed buyers get transfixed with your collections and again and they want to talk about the collections yeah I’ve done it myself I’ve gone in and like suddenly I’m just staring at the wall looking at a collection of this or collection of that uh uh sports memorabilia any of that stuff it’s going to detract from the house remove it remove it that’s it other than that we have no opinion we have no opinion I mean but listen folks you should know we are just as guilty of all these things oh yeah yeah yeah as other people so I get it uh you know there’s a lot of sentimental attachment to things and your home and I get it but basically it look needs to look like nobody lives here yeah we don’t live here we’ve never Hotel think Hotel unfortunately you just kind of have to start shifting and adjusting things so absolutely people get that feeling that’s our tips a lot those are our tips for today cheers that was a lot we covered a lot there okay do you want more tips if you’re not exhausted from tips already go to pickle 411.com that’s our information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound inform educate entertain and persuade I don’t know what else I could do to you yeah and it’s all free it’s all free it won’t bankrupt you and we’re happy to share happy to share yes okay my friends I hope to hear from you soon and have a lovely day bye bye

The Staging Game

Most savvy home sellers have heard of staging – little things you can do to make your home more appealing to potential buyers. Check out today’s video where we play a game to teach which are worth it, and where they’re most important.

Video Transcript

good afternoon hello peeps Randall and Diane bro here we’re so happy to spend a few minutes with you and talk about uh real estate and life and life we always throw in little asides yeah we got a little sides here and there throw little things in yeah sides so today we’re going to talk about staging staging so we thought we’d play a a little game called the staging game staging game so on my trusty Dusty uh little pickle card here I’ve got a list of things that you might consider doing in anticipation of putting your home on the market okay so the question is would it make sense to do that or not should you bother doing that to put your home on the market 100% yes you don’t know what they are yet oh Well I can tell you any staging is a good thing any stage is a good thing but always all right first one number one repairs yes why do you think think repairs out well people if they see something that’s damaged or you know not working it gives them concern they’re like is this house in good operating order what am I buying I don’t want to take this on if I’ve got a ton of Repairs repairs to do yeah so we recently got a lovely listing here in Prescot lakes and love these folks shout out to them you know who you are yep on Solstice yep the mcclures lovely lovely folks and we recommended always always have your home pre-inspected before you go live on the market just in case you find something you didn’t even know you had wrong you know it’s always good to find out before not when you’re under contract and they agreed they did it they had a few cracked tiles on the roof immediately fixed it beautiful beautiful so now when I show their home I can tell everybody this home was pre-inspected there were a few little things that they had to repair they’ve already taken care of it gives a high yeah it gives people a high level of confidence that this home has been well taken care of and that they are buying something they can move in without having a lot of repairs later on down the road highly advis repair repair repair repair repair repair so so a couple things here first of all you may have repairs to make that you don’t know about that’s why you do a pre-inspection if your home is over four or five years Pre-Inspection do a pre-inspection yep and take care of it all excellent selling feature uh people love the confidence of you know we’ve had this inspected we’ve already done everything they love that you’re good to go you got we have a clear report if you have less than a few years you know you may not want to spend the money on the pre-inspection I think it’s still a good idea it’s not that much three or $400 it’s not a big investment it’s not a big investment really uh puts a feather in your cap in terms of selling the home if you have repairs that are visible we once went to a home yeah there was a wire hanging from the ceiling of the master bedroom yes yeah yeah with nothing else no light fixture no wire wires yeah anything like that oh God it dists people yeah they’re like what’s wrong is that is that safe is that is that a Live Wire yeah I actually found a problem with the home without even having an inspected you should probably have that repaired before you call your agent so if you got you know ripped carpeting or you know a lot of broken tiles and you’re flooring just address it yeah address it because people will tag you for that it will also not help you in terms of getting top dollar yeah you know people will be like well you know I need new carpeting it’s gross you’ve got broken tile so I’m gonna ding you for five grand yep so you know all things to keep in mind yep what’s our next one paint oh well we cannot ever say enough about pain I keep saying it paint paint paint pain if you have and your agent should be able to tell you this if you have a relatively contemporary color then you don’t need to and it’s recent I it looks good you don’t have to paint but if you have faux finishes oh yeah if you have anything that’s Peach yes if you know anything like that that people might think is weird mint green mint green Paint yeah paint it just do it it’s cheap it’s easy fast gives a whole new look and it also makes your house look super clean again um I know I have dogs so you know they hit the wall and you have marks and things like that so absolutely that’s the easiest cheapest thing you can do yeah and if even if your pain is up to speed yeah uh any dings on the wall paint them if you’ve taken don’t leave picture picture hooks on the wall yes if you’re taking all your pictures down take them down seal the holes seal it and lightly touch up yep these are this going to be harder okay uh oh okay what about adding a fireplace uh well I I’m a mix bag on that and I’ll tell you it’s an investment you might have to pay about five grand I this is my opinion um if I had a lot of money and I didn’t really care maybe I would consider hiring somebody to come install a fireplace you should know most homes you don’t have to go through the roof and punch a hole or anything you can vent it out through sidew wall so don’t get wigged out by that um but I would also consider just saying I’ll give you a fireplace um allowance allowance thank you I couldn’t dat word we’ve done that in the past uh we did a fireplace allowance and then I did um a a virtual uh virtual stadi picture where we added a fireplace so you can see what it looked like um that worked reasonably well but a lot of people they’re they home alert fireplace they looking for fireplace they specifically are requiring it they’re requesting it in their searches Fireplaces they want to only homes with fireplaces so something to consider especially in Prescot we’re a little mountain town people enjoy their fireplace love fireplace um it wouldn’t stop me from buying a home but I we’ve had buyers that did not buy because there was no fire and even though we say look you can add it it just seems to overwhelm them so um think if you got yeah if you got a huge wall that when you don’t have a fireplace might be a good idea you’re looking at $5,000 as just sort of an entrylevel fireplace if your home is in Phoenix no if your home is in Las Vegas on half the year it’s 120 degrees all right so people aren’t going to be looking for firls but we have four seasons here and there’s nothing more fun than sitting with you know your wife and the dogs and coffee fireplace depends on your wife I guess depends on the day it depends on the day but uh yeah that that’s a that’s part of prescot’s charm part of the charm sit in front of a warm fireplace when it’s snowing outside it’s lovely so yeah I’m I’m kind of sometimes I think yeah just add it sometimes I say just offer an allowance to make it happen yep but that’s my two cents on that two cents next next one granite countertops or Gran countertops it doesn’t have to be Granite the uh what is it quartz is really so upgrading the countertops what do you think yeah I think that’s a good one um we bought our house and immediately upgraded imately upgraded um and so had it been upgraded I would have appreciated that a whole lot more yeah um so yeah it certainly W especially if you have verica countertops or coron nobody wants that it screams dated dated dated my house your no the house it’s old so if you upgrade and you know you know you can get a reasonable s it’s not like you have to get you know the most Expensive Fossils expensive with fossils in it or something like that we don’t need to have a Bill Gates type of gr here you can just get some nice and people just think wow okay this is current this is current now if the homes in your neighborhood uh generally don’t have Granite uh you might be able to get away with it but it would give you an advantage here’s the thing about granite countertops a lot of agent and people in general use the countertops as an indicator of the upgrades of the whole home true so you could have everything upgraded if you’ve got formica they’re going to think of your home as not being updated right and that’s true yeah very dated and that’s true in the bathrooms too so if you get the counter marble in in the bathrooms I agree that’s a big indicator that people use you know because people don’t they’re not in the business they’re not in construction they don’t know what upgrades look like but they know what Countertops countertops look like yeah so a lot of people use that as a proxy if you’re spending seven or 800,000 you don’t want to see cultured marble count tops in the bathroom especially in the master y so just do it yep it’ll help you get top dollar yep okay this one’s harder uh oh lighting lighting uh well depends if you have a really dated like brass light fixture please get rid of it it it screams old I’m dated anything that’s you know not a current light fixture most people now want caned lights if you have them um change out the thing so it’s the the closed so the bulb isn’t hanging out you know that will be a little update up cans you can get cans now that led and you can dial we did a a video on this you can dial in the color of the light how bright it is yes we did one thing that people like a lot uh is bright yeah now there was a time people wanted cozy you they wanted it dark you know that’s when they had popcorn ceilings and all the rest and all of that will come back eventually people Popcorn Back start putting popcorn back on the ceilings probably before we die but um right now hopefully they want bright they want bright so some of the homes like we’ve seen homes where they added a cover on the back porch and it made the home dark yes the the interior the interior got dark be aware of that yeah so if you need to brighten it up with some cans do that get some new ceiling fans with a nice lighting kit none of that brass and little flowery looking you know that’s all dated get current fans current light fixtures and upgrade your can l yep absolutely none of that will hurt you ever ever and if your house is dark turn on the light when you’re having a show for every single show Absolutely you want to come in when she and I are showing homes that’s my job he’s the light guy yeah I’m the light guy so I will run through the house and I’ll quickly turn on any lights that I think need to be on and I’ll shut them all down before we leave yep uh most agents won’t do that so if you’re home particularly if your home is dark uh turn on the lights it’s a pain in the butt light up yeah now if your home is bright you know don’t turn them on and sometimes that actually plays in your favor because it’s it’s so bright and they don’t even have the lights on but if you don’t have that turn on lights okay all right final one final one I got a bunch of others we’ll do another game okay yeah final one okay tearing down the furniture yes yes and I actually had this happen to us in our in our house in Texas yeah we went out and Showroom on the floor the showroom uh the sofa and the love seat looked fine we got it home huge tremendous yeah it it dwarfed the room yes it fit it fit fine but it it was just too tall too big it was like the whole room was just sofa yeah so always uh it’s better to remove some furniture if you’ve got a lot of pieces if you have a lot of end tape sofa table this that this table that table the in the hallways pull it out you want spacious clear clean areas yes particularly if your square footage is below say 2,000 square fet that’s right it’s you get down to 1,500 and you got a lot of furniture yeah yeah you need to pull furniture out to make that sucker look as big as possible yeah some people have a huge master I’m sorry primary bedroom suite um with huge dresser and mirror and then another chest on chest and then GI and then the room just you know you just have a little room in front of the bed to walk pull some of that out and put it in storage um it just will show more spacious it looks cleaner it looks uh great to walk in you feel like oh yeah this is a nice siiz room this is lovely so it never will hurt to kind of purge some of the furniture even we did it in Texas just go put it in storage for a month or two till you sell it’s well worth it yes look especially in hallways entranceways foyers uh anywhere where people are walking through a room pull it out pull it out pull it out that’s what she said and yeah that is what she said so I can’t take her anywhere one thing also one piece of furniture that will always be suspect in my mind is anything called the hutch hutches are tend to be Generation To Generation Big Y they tend to be passed down from generation to generation and people keep them because they feel they have to yep they take up a lot of space uh and you get used to seeing it you don’t realize how big it is usually you should remove the Hut yeah people come in and they’re like well there really isn’t a lot of room in in these spaces um it seems crowded yeah and that is the wrong impression that is and they’re not going to buy they’re not going to buy can tell them oh but this piece is really big they’re not going to buy they can’t see it they can’t see they can’t see it yeah all right so I think that was a fun game I think we did Gooding game number one staging game number one we actually agreed on pretty much we did we’re winners ding ding ding ding ding ding so those I like this game no rules no rules I like that yeah you can even make uh offhand you know dirty jokes that’s right pardon me if that offends anybody offend you I’m sorry we’ll pair down it’s just funny yeah I mean you know all right so that is our our staging tips of the day if you like tips place to go is pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound delight and form and Entertain You did I say entertain educate educate educate educate yeah yes overwhel go overwhelm yes yeah it’s a lot disparage dispar we don’t dispar it’s all free too it’s all free we don’t even charge you for this that’s all good we’re happy yeah all right my friends we hope to hear from you soon please look out uh and check us out and give us a call we’re happy to help you on your search here in Prescot take care and have a wonderful afternoon bye bye

Prescott Lakes (Astoria) Home Sold for $615,000

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Event Calendar – February 2024

Prescott Pilot Pleasures

We had the extraordinary opportunity to go up in a light aircraft, and learn a bit about Prescott’s regional airport – thanks to Bob Treadway, our new pilot friend.

It was a blast! Alas, it wasn’t until after we shot this video that we learned the lingo of hangars and tarmac, rather than garages and asphalt. 😅 But you’ll have to tune in to find out the most exciting part of the journey!

Video Transcript

hello hello hello peeps Rand and diam bro here your friendly local realtor couple that works together she’s pickle I am the pickle lady and we had the most exciting trip that we wanted to share with all of you and something you should know especially if you are a small plane you know pilot if you love to fly um we won at a social event a beautiful plane ride on a private plane yeah um over Sedona and mile crater donated by Bob Treadway Bob Treadway cheers to you shout out to Bob appreciate that he has his own private plane it was fascinating uh he called us up and said today’s a good day not so windy let’s do it so off we went into the wild blue yonder yep right yeah um it was the coolest experience honestly it was really neat I had that we had the headsets in so you can hear the talking between the tower and uh and that’s right and Bob and the tower and other Pilots that were there and he’s chatting with us and pointing things out below and had a lot of kids from Embry Riddle that’s the local University that uh trains a lot of pilots and you could hear the kids uh you know I’m gonna do a touch and go I’m gonna do a touch and go touch and go is when they come down they land they immediately take off uh they need to get a certain number of takeoffs and landings under their belt for their credential it was fascinating yeah was watch about two hours yeah and um what we’ve learned is first of all we saw where you park your planes he’s got this amazing garage I mean I had no idea this whole infrastructure existed out in our little local Prescot Regional Airport yeah they have rows and rows of private uh garages where people Park their planes and what we found out is there is a ton of people who live here who love to fly and own their own ples so if you are one of those people you should know this is the place to be immediate access like our friend Bob Treadway who took us out he goes you know I belong to a big group of guys we all fly we were all career you know either military or pilots and we still fly it’s our passion so they get up they go grab a burger they fly out they go fly to Sedona they go to any of these other small airports and go on a little trip sometimes they just fly out for an early lunch late dinner and they just come back to Prescot how cool is that all these little airports have great cheeseburgers oh yeah they all have good yeah theyers diners are great so he said it’s you know it’s just our passion and we have a little group and we get together so if you are a serious flyer and that’s your your passion you should know that you have the ability to park either in this nice garage or just park on the ground where as as yeah some people don’t have it but anyway um it’s a pretty extensive system they have out there yeah so a lot of people are attracted to that and own their own planes and they love to build here in Prescot so they can fly and have it right in their backyard yeah and uh keep their plane nearby and go on nice trips and explore the world one of the things we learned is there’s a a whole Market out there for uh plane rentals yep and uh plane char ing so if you don’t have a plane but you’d like to kind of pretend that you do yeah you don’t have to own one you don’t have to buy one you know how to fly you can rent there’s a lot of people out there who are happy own a plane or want to own a plane one of the options available to you is to rent it out to defas some of the cost of Runing and operating a plane uh so little little things that you learn or you could just you know do like us and just kind of Charter I guess yeah officially we were a charter we were a charter we had a lot of fun yeah we got to see a lot of neat things and he was telling us all about it and he said yeah you know I fly two or three times a week yeah just with some friends we get out there and enjoy the beautiful sites and the weather and and they come back and it was just fascinating I’ve never seen that side a lot of fun a lot of fun we flew over mile crater which I had never been to tell them about mile crater mile crater is uh south of I40 it’s probably if you drove it it would probably be a three-hour Drive something like that you have to go up to 40 and then head east then you got to go down to where the crater is but yeah big ass Rock just hit the earth and uh I don’t know how many years ago it is millions yeah a long time I mean yeah not it’s unbelievable it is literally a mile across the hole in the earth that this thing hit so yeah so it’s amazing we’re here in Arizona absolutely it’s so big it’s quite impressive and it’s really cool to fly over it and look down and see how big and how deep it is yeah pretty cool yeah so if you are interested in perhaps learning how to fly too there are all kinds of people out there to teach you how to fly and get your hours in and you can get your own plane we are not going to do that we don’t have time but I would be happy Bob hint htin to go on another flight yeah or hire somebody to take us out it was something to do something really cool we we got to get boots on the ground over at uh yeah mile crater as well it was really cool flying over it and seeing it from the air but having done that I I’d like to actually go and walk and you can walk around the crater so if it’s a the dinosaurs thought when they saw that thing coming they must have been like well goodbye forever yeah get the hell out of here yeah I think they said goodbye forever goodbye for well that’s not the one that killed them that was just a warmup is that a warmup yeah I don’t know if that one dates back to I I don’t know I don’t know 65 million years is the dinosaur I don’t know when that mile crater hit but uh might have been the start yeah so if you if you so you can go down into the middle of it yep you can walk around the perimeter of it so I guess if you if it’s a mile crater and you walk around the perimeter of you know the edge of it all the way around I guess that would be a mile and a half I guess I don’t know we’ll have to think about it that’s a high school geometry oh yeah I don’t know I don’t want to figure that two pi r who cares it’s just a cool place to go who cares two no two pi r would be uh three three miles oh my Lord three miles okay there you have it there you have it folks uh anyway we cannot say enough about what a cool cool cool airport we have and how many people out there we didn’t even know own their own plane yeah it’s like a whole you know whole culture yeah it was there we go Cheers Cheers on Jinx yeah jinxes jinxes yeah it was pretty cool we really enjoyed it so anyway if you are a pilot and you’re you know thinking of where can I land where I could keep my plane close by Prescot is a really good Contender yeah it’s a really good Contender or if you even want to learn they have plenty of instructors because you know we have Embry Riddle and that’s where the pilots come to tr so if you’re thinking about trying something new or you want to bring your plane with you when you move think of preset yeah we’re thinking about getting into flying you know Char our flight absolutely you know just Char our flight and see if you’re into see what it’s all about yeah it was cool it was so cool we had a good time and thank you Bob Treadway absolutely for taking us out we had a lovely time so anyway that is our Spiel for the day so for all of my fellow Pilots out there or would be Pilots presc could be presc could be it a winwin for you so if you’re thinking about uh moving here check us out on our website and our information site is absolutely free and you can find it at pickle 411.com there you whether you a buyer or seller or somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain and inform so make sure you come visit us and fly the beautiful blue skies of Prescot presc AR all right bye friends have a great day bye bye

Prescott Lakes (Pinnacle Views) Home Sold for $750,000

What can you buy in the $700,000s?
This home sold for $750,000.
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Outlook for 2024

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello Peeps and happy happy New Year’s to you 2024 baby we here at the pickle team Randall and I would like to wish you the happiest and warmest wishes for the upcoming year here’s to good stuff happening for all of us it’s supposed to be a good year 2024 is a lucky number if you add up in numerology it adds up to eight which is infinity good for love good for good luck so that’s what I’m betting on how about you leap year leap year plus leap year always an auspicious event correct keep the uh the Mercury retrograde thing yeah I don’t know I don’t know I’m not that well versed and all of that but we wanted to wish you the happiest of New Year’s you’re probably getting this a few weeks into the month of January yeah but we’re recording it near the front you know that’s right got to edit and all that takes a little time so all of this is uh you get it a few weeks after we actually film so here we are we want to talk about 20124 we’re super excited everyone was gloom and doom about 2023 it wasn’t bad folks not so much it was not bad at all yeah prices were very stable y uh we’re back to a buyer Market uh inventory was low but you we managed to find some good homes for our guys yep uh so brought in some new blood in the city lots of really nice people great year and no regrets they were glad they were scared of the interest rate but they made the jump anyway yeah they know that they can refinance so they didn’t let it hold them back and now they’re living the dream and our beautiful town of Prescot yep so it’s uh pretty exciting times yeah a lot of Gloom at the front of 2023 as every we recall we predicted that none of that would come to pass and it has not yep uh more gloom and doom for 2024 or what are people saying I don’t even know well they’re a little more encouraging because interest rates are dropping which is good yeah so we’re super excited about that so if you’re contemplating you know Now’s the Time our folks who did it in 2023 no regrets yeah don’t put your life on hold yeah grab that gold ring go for it yeah in terms of interest rates so um the expectation is that interest rates will go lower uh for 2024 what is low what is not low is two and a half okay yeah yeah I think that’s over those days are over and all indications are that uh us of a certain age tends to be people interested in presc it uh we’re not going to see that again U and the reason why we saw it is that we had lots of baby boomers who were not retired yet uh they were making lots of money and they were investing lots of money well that created a supply a very large supply of investment money and that drives down interest rates uh now most of the Baby Boomers are retired uh when they retire they stop investing so aggressively they get very conservative uh they start consuming money uh so those funds will no longer be there and that means Supply goes down that means your interest rates go up so I I would say you know you know a healthy economy is five or six uh with a few points of inflation and it looks like that’s exactly where we’re heading so that that’s actually really broad picture here that’s very healthy very healthy so uh if you’re waiting for two and a half then you’re gonna you’re not gonna make it don’t yeah don’t give up on life waiting for two and a half yeah move forward get out there make your move here our cost of living is amazing in presc your money will go much farther than you know some of the other places uh people are moving from California Washington Oregon you’ll be pleasantly surprised yes how far your dollar goes yes here in Arizona so we’ll have some other areas of the country that might suffer um so you’ll hear bad news about real estate Phoenix may be one of those areas um I don’t a few other other areas that got built up really fast uh with markets that are much more sensitive to interest rates um that won’t be presc uh presc is a relatively small town we are a very viable alternative to all of the uh retirement destinations that people talk about um so I I I just don’t see anything happening in presc for the foreseeable future we we’re just totally leveling off and holding strong holding strong holding strong plus we’ve got amazing weather Four Seasons uh you don’t have to worry about hurricanes you don’t have to worry about fires you don’t have to yeah well we can get a little baby little had a baby earthquake we had a baby earthquake supposed to have one every 50 years and it’s in Chino Valley which about 20 miles north of here yeah and I think it was a three or two and a half or something so I mean this is the time you want to try something new come to our town interest rates are starting to drop everything else is great here you might enjoy a new chapter right yeah don’t you think yeah I think so so we would love to help you with uh your search take you on a tour of our lovely town and uh show you what it’s all about for 2024 so we hope you give us a call 71332 11964 or you can go to our free information site that’s pickle 411.com whether you are a buyer seller or somewhere in between there will be something there waiting for you that will amaze down and informed that is so true all of the above chck Chuck Chuck and it’s all free so we’d love to see you we wish you the very best for the start of your New Year we’re off to a good start we’re very excited our daughter’s getting married in a week got a lot of things going man can’t wait uh so we’re looking forward to a lot of beautiful things happening for 2024 and we wish the same for you give us a call let’s get together talk to you soon bye bye

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Zen Decoded

Call it zen, call it hygge, call it whatever you like; some houses just have that “it factor” that gives buyers a warm fuzzy feeling. Today we talk about the simplest ways to take your house from zero to zen before putting it on the market.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps Diane and Randall bro here I’m Randall she’s the Presa picin that is correct uh we are your local uh mom and pop Realtors pop Realtors sure yeah I gu yeah she’s a mom I’m a pop I guess yeah we’re parents yeah we’re parents we can identify as that yeah absolutely um but anyway we are we live here in Prescot we love it we came here 7 years ago have not looked back um we’ve gotten into real estate and we absolutely love it we’ve met so many wonderful people we’ve been in so many beautiful homes and one thing that we always mention when we go in with our buyers there are certain houses that just hit you right in the heart as soon as you walk in and it’s the zenfield zenfi and we have been in multi-million doll homes does not feel z y and we’ve been in little tiny Cottages that are very you know low priced homes that has the perfect as the Zen feel here’s the thing if a buyer describes your home as Zen they’re halfway to buying that’s right if they use the zword they like it the zword it’s an emotional feeling when people walk into a home it’s the emotion and the feelings that it evokes in them either it’s a connection from a child childhood home in the past it’s a smell from a home in the past a happy time in their life and it connects with them and the key to Zen is it doesn’t have to have Buddha statues it doesn’t have to be although those are my favorite as you know I got a Buddha we got Buddhas I got a big I got a big fat wooden Buddha yeah yeah which I got from I don’t know how Zen he is but he makes me feel good I rub his tummy every time I leave for good luck um but anyway um it’s really not just you know whatever Buddhist chanting in the background it’s just a good feeling what’s the Danish word remember there’s something hug Huga Huga is too I don’t know if I’m saying that right it’s like a cozy so we like Huga we like Zen and the key to all of those things declutter declutter declutter honestly it’s not about the palet it’s not about the Buddhas it’s about Simplicity yes and people see a home that is simple but but functional you have everything you need and not a bit more yep uh and there’s space and and it’s a peaceful feeling and people want to have that life now they will buy your Zen home and they will fill it with all our trash and it won’t be very Zen which is what we do which is what we do yeah but in terms of selling you’re going for the Zen Zen is uh get rid of the brick of bre yeah the Zen is a good place to be yeah get rid of the Bricker Breck get rid of anything extra and I mean I’m just as guilty as everybody else I I I somehow I have things from my parents house from my in-law’s house from every person that has died somehow grav it lands in my house well also I have two malan NOS I would not describe them as Zen they’re not Zen yeah but when we’re buying we like Zen but yeah when I go in a house that is properly you know just decluttered it just just feels so refreshing yeah it feels like it doesn’t you know what it is it doesn’t feel chaotic yes it’s like this home is calm this home is cool and collected another key to Zen is a a pallet that coordinates throughout the home now if you have kids you know I want a purple room I you know you have some of that but a home where all of the rooms may not necessarily be the same color but it’s on the same palette all the pictures go together it gives a a coordinated sort of Harmony to the home that is Z yeah yeah and it’s a very calming thing I love going in a house like that especially when I’m showing 10 houses and I go in one it’s like I mean you cannot you really feel it it’s a it’s a it’s a real feeling it’s a visceral thing I mean you get in there and you’re like you know what I mean um you you just feel it in your shoulders so try hard to be Zen and Zen can be beautiful flowers and plants and you know nature a lot of nature not too much of anything not too yes simp not too much of anything not too much of just enough of everything that’s it yeah and it could be a complete lie you Mayan not live that life that might not be you but we’re telling you as Buyer Agents if our clients say Zen they’re probably going to buy you they’re like oh I love it I love how I feel I love how I feel in this house and that’s how everyone should feel you know so I’m working out of my own house it’s it’s a work in progress work in progress but I do appreciate a good Zen yes what’s the other word hooi h Huga Huga H yeah either one of those it makes me feel good cozy I dig it I dig that cozy is another good word yeah yeah okay my friends so I hope that you’re planning a visit soon I’d love to take you into some beautiful Zen Hogie houses I like saying that Hogie houses houses and uh show you what it’s all about so give us a call are you going to fill in here what am I filling in 411.com oh the pickle 411.com I forgot what’s wrong with you are you losing it I’m lost my Cube yeah yeah if you want tips the place to go is our free information site pickle 411.com doesn’t matter if you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something waiting for you that will Astound Amaze in warm and delight and it’s all absolutely free so go there right now go there right now anyway give us a call hope to hear from you soon take care and have a wonderful day bye bye

Winey Cats

In case you’re wondering, no; that’s not a typo, or a misspelling. Winey Cats is a winery in nearby Chino Valley that also supports cat rescue activities. We had a grape time at one of their events, and today we’re bringing you the lowdown on why you should wine down there as well!

Video Transcript

hello and good midafternoon well it is mid afternoon mid afternoon mid afternoon so I want to say hello hello hello that’s right uh I am Diane bro this is my sidekick Randall bro that’s me uh we are a a I think a lovely real estate team here in Prescot lovely in the sense that we’re good at what we do maybe not always the most attractive but well we try to have fun we try to make this as stressfree and easy as possible for you we trying to be attractive it’s I’m not I don’t really care about that I’m trying to move away from that did you not pick up on that by the way she’s the pickle lady she’s prescy pickle lady and as she mentioned I am her psychic I’m trying to steer him away and he brings me right back no you got to follow my lead okay Follow My Lead follow your I’m steering you away from that what are we talking about I don’t know if you’re going to leave you need to know where we’re going we’re going me lose my my we are here to talk about whiny cats whiny cats and you’re not going to believe what this is about yeah it’s not about whiny cats it’s actually a lovely lovely Winery out in Chino valleyin Valley yes and it’s actually called whiny cat cat w i NE y you get the play on that cats and don’t they also like rescue cats too yeah they do they rescue cats and I think some of the they they uh uh some of their funds go to the care of of cats so we’ve had several friends I’m going to give a shout out to Lori and John and uh Jim and Laura yeah they uh have rolled Us in rolled Us in R Us in that’s the word I word they have roped Us in us in a couple times a couple times and they said you got to go try this place whining CS I’m like never heard of it um these of course folks are are luckily retired so they have a much better life than us yeah so they discover these great things and they tell us all about it they cut us in and then they cut us in and they’re kind enough to invite us and we go out and have a great time so whiny cats recently had a big event and you could uh buy some tickets and they had a battle of the bands and you sit under these gorgeous giant trees were they cotton Woods I don’t know what kind trees beautiful shady and they set up tables and you can have a reserve table and this time you could have they they provided lunch but most of the time if you go out there just to listen to the live music they have wine and ciders and beers and you can bring your own food yeah bring your own food so you can bring your own food your own Sherie boards and just sit out there under the beautiful trees and enjoy the weather and great music yeah and dancing some really great bands yeah so we were tickled uh to be invited with the cool kids yeah John and Laura Lorie or the the cool kids Cool Kids yeah they’re always out there partying and teaching us new things so um this was a good one without your shair absolutely right down the road at Chino you don’t have to drive far not a far drive I don’t know maybe a 30 minute drive yeah but it’s just a a delightful time just to while away the afternoon especially now that fall is here it’s just beautiful you need a little break get away from it all be outside in nature whiny cats whiny cats yeah great little I mean who would think that you’d have this great Winery out in the middle of Chino but there it is try the cider try oh I love The Cider with lavender yeah good stuff so we have a good time and of course we love hanging with those folks they’re good friends and um they paid us you know they said would you mention our names I said okay what do you want from us so no they didn’t do that no they didn’t what are you talking about he’s like are you serious no you shouldn’t know no no I no but we appreciate a good invite cuz we need a break every now and then and it’s great this was a good one yeah it was good very relaxing just very just hanging out and all Outdoors yeah was a beautiful day under in the shade yeah some really good music so we just want to give a shout out to whiny catsy cats plus they they they do a lot of good for the homeless kitty cats homel kitty cats so we’re happy to be uh part of that too yeah absolutely so we want to just uh mention it to you so if you’re new here and you’re living here and you want to go have some wine some good wine check out whiny cat check out whiny cat I get some other some other Vineyards around too there are several yeah there’s a lot we’ll do some more Vineyards in the it’s a lot of fun it’s good times at different times yeah kind of thing absolutely absolutely that’s our tip of the day if you like tips place to go pickle 411.com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buy or seller somewhere in between there’s something waiting for you that will amaz Astound entertain and inform and it’s absolutely free he keep mentioning that I like things that are free I think other people like things that are free okay you can send me money if you want you don’t have to swipe swipe that card swipe it right swipe it right okay my friends hope to see you one day out at whiny cats and we’ll share a glass of wine together okay have a great rest of your day bye bye

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Lockboxes 101

Lockboxes aren’t sexy, but if you’re selling a house they’re a necessary evil. If you’re getting ready to sell, tune in today learn the importance of having the right lockbox, in the right place, at the right time (and why call-before-showing, or CBS, boxes are a terrible idea).

We’ve all heard the adage “location, location, location!” when it comes to real estate. But did you know the location of your lockbox can be almost as important as the location of your house? Tune in today to learn the best location, and a host of other tips to help you avoid losing a potential sale due to a bad lockbox.

Video Transcript

no we’re very French to lot of guttural sounds trying to sound French I’m Randall this is Diane our last name is bro we’re sort of French mostly cajan mostly K she’s the pickle lady we’re here in Prescot Arizona we’re both real estate agents and we’re here bringing you Vital Information very vital yes VV very vital very vital VV yeah VV today we’re going to talk about lot lock boxes which doesn’t sound like an exciting thing and it isn’t and it isn’t I hate lock boxes I’m going to be honest I they are the bane of my existence um but as an agent and and so this is really directed towards our clients who are getting ready to sell yeah um we’re going to give you some advice because they always say I don’t want a lock box on my front door I don’t want my neighbors to see it I don’t want this I don’t want that and I get that but as an agent showing many buyers many homes in one day there’s nothing worse than arriving at a home and you cannot find the lock box yes where is it where have they put it I found it in a tree I found it uh on the gas meter which can be dangerous if you do that sometimes you can pop something off on that I found it I’ve had one agent who put it between the security door and the main door and when you closed the security door it got trapped and then you couldn’t open the door yes so uh it gets rather dicey and especially when it’s uh snowing or it’s broiling and you’re like where is the lock box unlike a lot of the unlike a lot of the listing agents in the preset area we do a lot of buyers too yes we do do both so we know the buying process really really well and we’re here to tell you that lock boxes and the way you do your lock boxes is very very important it’s kind of part of the selling process it is if you have an agent like me and I’m standing there and some people have much older lock boxes and I’ve actually had one agent you know because I see you had trouble with the lock box again well you know what at some point I’m just going to give up and not even show your house so it’s important um have your lock boxes you know working and functioning and it really sets a bad example or a bad Vibe when you show up with a buyer and it takes you 15 minutes to get in the house they lose it they’re like okay I don’t even want to see it now yes cuz your home might be like number seven that day you know yeah so uh for our future sellers if we say hey let’s put the lock box someplace convenient my other favorite thing is when they put it on the on the um railing of a porch and then you have to get on your hands and knees and bend over that’s great that’s a lot of fun too so try to make it easy convenient tell when we tell you we have a nice little cushion thing that we put on the back of the door so it doesn’t bang on your door and Mark it um you know just try to put it someplace convenient and uh so people can get to it easily do not do combo boxes H nobody wants to have to call the agent oh my God I’m standing out here what’s the code what’s the code always it’s l so the basic the basic process is you you you know you make the appointment you you the appointment’s confirmed you go up to the door you punch in the the the you know the connect to the door it opens you’re in the house that’s what you want don’t do a combo box because most agents that you know they don’t notice that there’s a combo box they lose the combination or they don’t know to ask for the combination now they’re calling the selling agent trying to get the combination box listen lock boxes are cheap you think they’re like $300 a piece they’re not they’re like 50 bucks or something you don’t have to secure them nobody’s going around stealing lock boxes you know sometimes you said they chain them to things I’m like oh my God you know so this is really uh dedicated and directed to our future sellers so if you’re calling us to help you sell um we’re going to advise you where to put your lock box and how to do it and just follow our lead um and let’s not do anything special now wor comes the wor just put it on the ground beside the front door but that’s silly too no nobody’s going to walk up what that’s better than the railing the railing I gotta bend over you know just if it’s on the ground I can pick it up I can deal with and put it right back down and so I think for a lot of our potential sellers out there too there’s a lot of fear like people will be able to get the key and get in my house they really can’t um it’s all designed through your phone uh they have special codes that they have to enter it communicates to the lock box and you have to punch it in and it’s a whole process and then you can release the but the key um and it’s all logged yes so you know which agent is doing it at what time what day and and how long were they in there looking at your house which is another thing we do have some clients who do not want to lock box at all it’s important to have it we want to be able to see who’s in your house and how long so if you’ve got a buyer who goes in there and they’re in there 45 minutes that’s a good buying signal so we know they’re interested if you got somebody who goes in and and they’re out in five minutes then we know that didn’t go well so it’s kind of also a psychological thing and kind of see how your home is being received by other buyers so and don’t do a CVS code oh my God defeats the purpose of the lock box don’t put a CBS code well you need a CBS code for contractors for contractors not for the Don’t Force the agents to do agents don’t want to have to like a combo box it defeats the purpose of the lock box that’s a lot of work it is a lot of work when you’re out there showing 7 to 10 homes it’s tiring so you want to be able to get up there and knock it out and and the vast majority of sellers do not require CVS code so you’re not looking for CVS code again your house number seven and yours has a CVS code yeah not a good idea yes so anyway for our future sellers give us a call we love to sell your home we’ve got a lot of different little um plans to help you sell and uh some of our advice about lock boxes and stuff like that and we want to make it as simple and painless as possible if you’re interviewing selling agents listing agents ask about the lock boxes they’re more important than you think absolutely and just you’re asking about the lock box will uh signal to the uh the listing agent you know what you’re talking about that’s right you’re Sav it’s important you’ve been schooled yeah okay friends um if you’re thinking about selling give us a call we you we got plenty of lock boxes we got plenty of lock boxes we know how to use them that’s right and we do it the right way all right nice to uh well I guess I haven’t seen you but anyway nice to have this little hear my voice maybe not but nice to visit with you and we hope to hear from you soon take care bye bye