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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 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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