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Prescott by the Numbers – August 2020

Not even the CDC can stop Prescott real estate!

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Prescott Breakfast

If you’re a breakfast person, Prescott has lots of delicious options. In this episode, we rattle off a list of our favorites as we begin the long digestion process.

Prescott has a thriving cultural scene – with artists and musicians and all the things that make a city vibrant and fun. This week we join our good friend, “Jeannie-Weannie,” who gives us a quick tour of Prescott’s Mountain Artists Guild facility and shows us some of her own works displayed there in her gallery.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello pickle peeps i am so excited to be here today with my good friend jeannie jeannie russo our fellow artist here she was a former client but now she’s just become a friend and we really enjoy spending time with her anyway we are here at the art guild right this is the mountain artist guild in prescott arizona and in this building we have the art gallery several rooms two rooms in the main room we have jewelry paintings sculptures lots of artistic things also housed in this uh building is the avapai symphony office so we’re we have lots of culture here we have private studios along one wall and a big workspace down below for uh for workshops so it’s it’s it’s just fabulous that even in a little small town like this they have an amazing uh culture here for art music and jeannie has been able to exhibit all of her work here which is absolutely gorgeous so we came down today we get a chance to see all the artwork here and see genies as well so it’s really great here if you are of an artistic bent if you love music if you love painting ceramics whatever we actually have a niche here for you people can come here and share their art and and and develop their skills right yes definitely and right now we’re open um tuesday through friday only from 10 in the morning until four closed on the weekends and the art walk is not happening because of copenh but one of these days we’ll get back into full swing and we’ll be open every day of the week that’s right there’s an art walk here uh on the first friday of every month uh in the past all the galleries were open and it’s a beautiful little walking tour throughout downtown prescott and you can see all kinds of different galleries right now we’re on lockdown right hence the mask my face shield and my genie also complies but she wants you to be able to hear her so anyway uh if you’re making a trip to prescott make sure you check it out and see what our little small town has to offer you in terms of the arts right so if you need any help looking for a home or buying a home selling call us we’re the ones to contact you and we’ll hook you up with all these cool places to check out here in town okay thanks bye

Haunted Road Trip

What better way to celebrate an anniversary than sharing a burger with some local ghosts? Well, during our latest road trip in the Pickle Van, there were indeed some spirits… but no apparitions. Join the fun as we visit one of our favorite haunts with some very good friends in the Asylum.

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hello hello hello oops this is randall and i am bro here driving through our lovely prescott and our pickle van in our pickle van yahoo hope for the pickle van starting to get some waves now from people who recognize the pickle van which comes by and we try that’s right boy these people are so friendly what’s up yeah and then i realized they just like the pickle so i wave hello so we took the pickle van out to jerome uh we did this past weekend with some wonderful friends of ours who are celebrating their anniversary was it 40 40 55 years 45 so we decided hey let’s take a ride up to jerome which is only 45 minutes away from our lovely town of prescott it’s um an old mining town yeah and a beautiful little ride gorgeous scenery so we all pile into the pickle time there a great time back yes there’s some great restaurants up there of course they’re no longer actively mining it is kind of um an abandoned mining town but it’s filled with cute little shops it’s filled with cute little galleries art galleries a lot of artists go up there and also uh great restaurants yeah they have uh historic things they’re you know like uh over from the mining days and you can kind of check it’s really kind of cool um i have to say i’d rather go i would recommend that you go in the fall or winter a tad hot it’s a little warm it’s a little warm but going in the fall is stunning um all the leaves are changing and you get to see that as you’re winding through uh the mountains and all that but great great food there uh haunted hamburgers is a big popular tourist destination yeah that’s kind of where we were planning on going but wanted burgers is kind of right in the thick of things right it was uh we were there on a sunday yes a lot of people there and i think the weight was like an hour and a half or something so we went instead to what was the old asylum they actually had an asylum apparently when you’re a minor you pretty much go nuts pretty quickly kind of like real estate yeah kind of like real estate no that’s it most real estate agents at one time used to be minors that’s your mother but anyway so they have uh uh an old place there that used to be the asylum where people would go and they’d be committed and spend spend some time so they come back to reality and anyway now it’s a great hotel and uh also a restaurant supposed to be haunted as well if you stay at the hotel supposedly you’ll see some miners the whole town’s supposed to be yeah you’re right i haven’t seen anything yet what’s nice about the asylum is it’s a little more off the beaten path yeah so you you kind of drive your car down this little alley kind of thing right and up this hill and you get out there and then you kind of beat the crowd don’t make the mistake that we did don’t walk over the hill yeah you might not want to walk that uh it is pretty high altitude and in the heat yeah we almost died but we enjoyed that first beer i’ll take the first beer when we finally made it up there it was awesome yeah so but anyway i might have seen some ghosts because i think i was slightly passing out hallucinating and that the hike up yeah but anyway uh great place it’s just fun it’s just a great place to go and it’s only 45 minutes from prescott yeah and there’s a nice little drive through the mountain yeah so if you want a nice little getaway a quick getaway and see some great art galleries uh have some good grub it’s just a very charming little place to visit and we were very lucky to go with our friends bob and karen you’ll see their pictures shortly they’re cute as a button and married 45 years so happy anniversary to you friends and um that is all that is helpful we just wanted to share with you our pictures from jerome and tell you about what a cute little day trip you could have yeah absolutely once you live here in corsica yep all right that’s all that’s all until next time have a good day bye

Appreciating Prescott’s Appreciation

Property appreciation is a powerful force in Prescott that people sometimes forget about… until it starts working against them. Join us in this episode for a better appreciation of appreciation, as we explore some of the dynamics of home values you may have missed.

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she wants them she wants to drink something out of the pickle cup hello hello hello peeps hello beeps we are here enjoying this great day on our deck up here with our pups with our young pup yes this is violet it’s frankie frankie’s making a shot it’s frankie might not make it but anyway we’re here enjoying the lovely day in the after in the afternoon here on our porch upstairs deck and we were thinking to ourselves wow you know we got this house at a great price right when things were changing and uh the appreciation here has been phenomenal yeah it’s been amazing uh i’m not even sure i could get it now yeah yeah that’s how much it’s gone up since we moved here yeah we’re in prescott prescott lakes presa lakes subdivision is by far the largest in the area and it gets appreciation pretty consistent consistencies consistently since i like 2012 something like that uh between uh eight and ten percent uh appreciation a year a year each year which is one year which is phenomenal yeah so if you’re looking to buy a home and and say will this be a good investment now’s the time because the price is just they’re going up it is really appreciating people yeah it is you know people will come in and they’ll take a look at a house that’s selling for let’s say that you know 700 000 dollars and they’ll say well wait a minute you know the the the seller paid 500 yes only four years ago welcome to 10 appreciation it’s real folks you know i just do the arithmetic if you take 10 or 500 that’s 50 000 a year times four yeah 700 yeah my math teacher would kill me because that’s really not the way you calculate interest if you’re not a geek if you you know you have social skills you can calculate it that way but uh you know just very roughly uh you look at the numbers that way and they’ll give you give you an idea and people are surprised they’re glad to get the appreciation when they own the home uh but they forget you know appreciation works for the other side too so don’t wait too long because you might outprice yourself yeah absolutely on certain homes that you may fall in love with so if you’re thinking i’ll wait a year or two and see what’s going to happen you might you might lose out you might lose out you might lose that particular yeah our buyers from california need to be really careful too because a big part of the reason that uh california is in in large part driving the prescott market and we call it the california arbitrage so you sell your home in california and you come to prescott you buy a home that’s as good or better and you bank like 50 of the cost of the home well if you’re in areas of california and there are still many where the homes are appreciation appreciating very rapidly well that’s fine your home’s appreciating and so are the homes here but some of the areas of california the appreciation is begin to slow down yep if that’s the case you’re going to lose your arbitration you know you’re going to use that extra bank that extra bank that you wanted to put into savings or for your retirement yeah so don’t wait too long don’t wait too long it’s a good time a good time to move we still have some great deals great deals yeah great deals and people for the most part coming in from places like california are amazed at what their money can buy oh yeah still a good investment still a good investment still gonna see some appreciation yeah so anyway we just want to kind of talk about that yeah we’re kind of excited about where we live now we really have never lived any place right great violet yeah yes violet says yes violence yeah where we had some nice appreciation yeah we appreciate appreciation we appreciate you appreciative thing yeah it hasn’t happened to us too often yeah that’s right in other areas where we live texas louisiana so for this we totally embrace it we are psyched yeah we are psyched and so was fighting yeah a beautiful home like this could also be a good investment that’s wonderful it’s a it’s a very nice win-win yeah absolutely so anyway if you’re thinking about it don’t think too long yeah now is the time to strike good time to act very low uh interest rates yes you can lock those in this is a really really good time to make your play don’t be afraid you’ll be okay that’s right all right so if you need any more information violet yeah she’s a little uncomfortable yeah go to pickle411.com for more information whether you’re a buyer or seller got lots of good stuff there uh relocation center oh my word storm’s a brewing anyway give us a call check us out again at pickle411.com we also have a prescott relocation center and for those of you who are thinking about listing call the pickle lady brigade oh yeah we are ready to list we’ll get the job done yeah if you’re seeing our videos that we send out to buyers then you know we’re bringing buyers in all the time oh yeah we can find buyers for it let’s replace the list all right well that is all for today say bye bye all right guys i hope to hear from you soon take care and have a great rest of your day bye

Prescott by the Numbers – July 2020

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LazyG’s Brewhouse

Check out one of our new favorite hangouts: LazyG’s Brewhouse. Classic ice house decor, delightful outside venue, delicious craft beer and other adult beverages… and pub grub to die for. Join us for a cold one!

Fires in Prescott

Arizona is known for Summer fires, and some of our viewers have expressed concern about Prescott. Short Answer: Although a lot of the fire fighting efforts come out of Prescott, we don’t get a lot of fires here – largely because Prescott manages fires… HARD! Hear all about it in this episode.

Prescott Music Festivals

Check out the latest music festival held on Prescott’s Town Square. Everything you love about small-town life comes out in full bloom… especially the Food Trucks.

Monsoons in Prescott

In this episode, we cover Prescott’s monsoon season — and the cooler weather it brings… and what that has to do with lemons… And there’s a pug.