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Speaker 1: Thirteen ten WIBA and has the experts with Rockrealty online
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Speaker 1: Joining us this morning is Matt Heiman from Rockrealty. Matt,
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Speaker 1: how you doing this week?
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Speaker 2: Good morning, doing well, Good.
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Speaker 1: To see you and uh and we've got got a
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Speaker 1: really great conversation about fall home maintenance. And you know,
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Speaker 1: when it comes to that type of thing, you definitely
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Speaker 1: want to keep up this time of year on your
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Speaker 1: house because little things in the fall can turn into
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Speaker 1: big things in the winter, and nobody wants to deal
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Speaker 1: with them when it's bitterly, bitterly cold. And we'll talk
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Speaker 1: about some of the things you can do. But first
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Speaker 1: and foremost featured listing this week, Matt, it is a
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Speaker 1: no bathrooms. Most of the time you'd be like, oh,
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Speaker 1: that's a horrible, horrible listing. Why would you want a
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Speaker 1: listing with no bedrooms and no bathrooms. Well, this is
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Speaker 1: not a home. This is a piece of commercial property,
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Speaker 1: mixed use building to be specific. Let's talk about this
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Speaker 1: property in Fort Atkinson, right on Main Street too.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there you go.
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Speaker 3: It's a one o three South Main Street. It's in
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Speaker 3: between an Edward Jones and the flooring company that's right
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Speaker 3: there on Main Street. It gets about I think last
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Speaker 3: time I looked, it gets about eight thousand cars a
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Speaker 3: day traffic, so it has some great exposure right near
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Speaker 3: the river and in downtown Fort Atkinson. Yeah, it's a
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Speaker 3: commercial space on the lower level and residential above. And
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Speaker 3: the commercial space does have a little half bath. But
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Speaker 3: you know it's been completely remodeled on the on the
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Speaker 3: lower level, You've got your vinyl luxury vinyl plank down there,
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Speaker 3: you know, new hanging ceiling, lights and carpet, and it
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Speaker 3: got remodeled into a large space up front for an
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Speaker 3: office or maybe some sort of storefront. And in the
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Speaker 3: back has a as a room that could be used
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Speaker 3: as a conference room or maybe some sort of storage
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Speaker 3: or office if you wanted to run some retail there.
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Speaker 3: So the other neat thing about it is that you
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Speaker 3: know above you've got you got a one bedroom apartment above.
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Speaker 1: Really and that is that is that included in this
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Speaker 1: purchase price? And it is not like a like a contentrice.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, are you serious?
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Speaker 3: One hundred and forty nine thousand dollars, I mean this
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Speaker 3: feels like twenty eleven.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, at that price point.
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Speaker 1: It's and it's it's a beautiful storefront, it's right on
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Speaker 1: Main Street. It's a prime location. And the price, I'll
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Speaker 1: let you give the price on this one, Matt, because
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Speaker 1: I'm blown away by by that number there.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean over twenty five hundred square foot total
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Speaker 3: and it's only listed at one hundred and forty nine
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Speaker 3: thousand dollars. The wow looking to uh to offload this
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Speaker 3: and move on, So take advantage.
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Speaker 1: That is absolutely an amazing opportunity for somebody you mentioned,
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Speaker 1: of course, already got a tenant on the on the
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Speaker 1: second level right for you. Whether you're looking agent on
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Speaker 1: this one, Matt, who is that? Listing agents?
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Speaker 2: Michael Collins with Rockery.
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Speaker 1: Let's say Michael Collins his telephone number six oh eight
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Speaker 1: nine one eighty five thirty six. That's nine two one
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Speaker 1: eight five three six. Michael Collins is your listing agent
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Speaker 1: on this. This one is not going to last long.
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Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, as Matt and I wrap
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Speaker 1: up this show this morning, we'll we'll be talking a
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Speaker 1: little bit more. So you may have you may have
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Speaker 1: some competition. I'm kidding, No, you'd definitely call Michael, call
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Speaker 1: him right away against six eight nine two one eighty
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Speaker 1: five thirty six. That's eight five three six nine three six.
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Speaker 1: And again this this property located right at one o
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Speaker 1: three South Main Street, an amazing opportunity. So fall. Who
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Speaker 1: doesn't love fall? We all love fall things. Of course,
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Speaker 1: here in Wisconsin with all four seasons, we go through
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Speaker 1: these these months where colder temperatures arrive, which means new
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Speaker 1: pieces of equipment start to become in demand, like specifically
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Speaker 1: a furnace for example. It's also a good time to
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Speaker 1: have not just your furnace, but since you're going to
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Speaker 1: be winding down with the central air, having an HVAC
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Speaker 1: person come out and take a look at that whole system.
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Speaker 1: Right now is probably a really good time to be
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Speaker 1: doing that, isn't it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, definitely kind of a timely subject here now
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Speaker 3: that we're finally getting a little cooler weather. And yeah,
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Speaker 3: the h HVAC systems looked at on a yearly basis,
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Speaker 3: and specifically the furnace. So last thing you want is
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Speaker 3: that really cold front to hit in your furnace isn't
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Speaker 3: heating and you're you're paying that emergency visit versus the
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Speaker 3: little one hundred and change it would have cost to
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Speaker 3: have an HVAC earlier. So having your furnace looked at,
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Speaker 3: you know, in fall.
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Speaker 2: Compared to winters, it's a great choice.
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Speaker 1: And that's one of those things too. I was surprised that,
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Speaker 1: you know, when we when we first bought our house,
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Speaker 1: and my wife is very diligent about having the people
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Speaker 1: in town come in and inspect our system. I was surprised.
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Speaker 1: That's a really affordable service call that just obviously if
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Speaker 1: they find something that may cost a little more, but
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Speaker 1: to have somebody just simply check to make sure everything's
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Speaker 1: working good, it's pretty affordable and can save you a
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Speaker 1: big headaches.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and on top of that, it's nice that a
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Speaker 3: lot of these guys, these contractors will have the furnace
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Speaker 3: filters on them at least the most common ones, so
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Speaker 3: more likely than not you're not having to make a
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Speaker 3: run out to the hardware store and you know, saving
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Speaker 3: a gas and parts there.
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Speaker 1: So yeah, and replacing and cleaning ills filters really really important,
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Speaker 1: not just for the for make sure that your furness
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Speaker 1: is working, while it's also good for your overall health.
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Speaker 1: And speaking of cleaning filters and other things, this is
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Speaker 1: a task that I'm not a big fan of, but
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Speaker 1: I know what has to be done for really important reasons,
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Speaker 1: which is, got that dryer. You want to make sure
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Speaker 1: that those that those vents are clean and free of
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Speaker 1: free of lint and other things, don't you.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean obviously cleaning out the a little.
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Speaker 3: Catch or at the top of the dryer is important,
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Speaker 3: but people kind of forget about the back end, right
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Speaker 3: And if you've got if you've got a dryer vent
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Speaker 3: that's got a lot of bends and turns, if it's
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Speaker 3: too long, I mean, that can really build up in
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Speaker 3: there really quickly. I mean, just imagine how much that
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Speaker 3: the lint trap catches and just think about what's getting
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Speaker 3: into the vent over the years, So getting that cleaned
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Speaker 3: out and making sure that there's a clear path for
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Speaker 3: that to get out of that out of the house
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Speaker 3: is important.
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Speaker 2: Even check the exterior.
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Speaker 3: The exterior exit of where that dryer event leads can
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Speaker 3: sometimes get clogged up as well, or you can get
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Speaker 3: rodents in there. So just checking all those things just
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Speaker 3: to make sure that you don't have a fire hazard
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Speaker 3: on your hands.
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Speaker 1: You know. Real. Yeah, as you mentioned the rodents, is
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Speaker 1: you want to make sure. I know most of the
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Speaker 1: most of those vents have built in protection against them.
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Speaker 1: Rodents do like very warm places, and they will go
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Speaker 1: out of their way to find ways to either exploit
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Speaker 1: holes that are there or conveniently make their own.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, fun, fun story.
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Speaker 3: Two weeks ago, my internet went out and nobody else
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Speaker 3: in the block hit an issue, and so he went
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Speaker 3: outside and found out a rodent got into the electrical
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Speaker 3: box for the internet and ate through one of the wires.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I'll watch out for them.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they and this time of year they're looking
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Speaker 1: for those spots as well. I was saying, I don't
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Speaker 1: like doing the the dryer vent thing. One of the
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Speaker 1: things I do enjoy is I've got one of those,
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Speaker 1: one of those leaf blowers, the electric version, so I
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Speaker 1: can bring it in the house and I'll slide the
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Speaker 1: dryer out and I'll unscrew the little thing in the
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Speaker 1: back and i'll clip it on and.
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Speaker 2: Just so you know, that's fun.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, anytime you get to play with and I don't
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Speaker 1: know if that's there's probably somebody somewhere going you don't
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Speaker 1: want to do that, and there's probably I don't know.
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Speaker 3: Good real I think I feel like I've seen some
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Speaker 3: TX on that like something. I think it's fine, Okay.
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Speaker 1: Just keep rolling. So you definitely want to want to
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Speaker 1: do that. And obviously it makes your dryer work more efficiently,
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Speaker 1: it's cleaner, and there is there is a reduced chance
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Speaker 1: of other issues like fire, which you definitely don't want
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Speaker 1: to deal cat. We were talking earlier about about rodents
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Speaker 1: and little critters out there that are just looking for
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Speaker 1: ways in. Also just colder temperatures in general, you really
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Speaker 1: want to do a good, good inspection around the house
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Speaker 1: this time here. Make sure there's no cracks or gaps
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Speaker 1: or other openings, don't you.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's important. You know, it's one of
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Speaker 3: those things you don't notice even in the fall. But
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Speaker 3: the minute we hit like blow zero temperatures, you're feeling
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Speaker 3: that leak in the front door, you know, on the
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Speaker 3: on the lower edge, let's say. And you know, adjusting
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Speaker 3: the doors is a good idea to to to make
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Speaker 3: sure that it's it's plumbing square.
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Speaker 2: You know, they do have those little kind.
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Speaker 3: Of filler pieces you can get to, you know, online
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Speaker 3: right a local hardware store.
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Speaker 2: To you know, cover up some of the gaps.
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Speaker 3: But yeah, just taking a look everywhere from windows, doors, baseboard, ceiling, attic,
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Speaker 3: even electrical outlets and sometimes have a little bit of
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Speaker 3: a breeze that comes from so taking a look at
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Speaker 3: all of that is important, and you know, filling in
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Speaker 3: some insulation where needed, and just getting ahead of it.
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Speaker 1: Talking this morning with Matt Heyman of Rock Really Real
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Speaker 1: Tea online Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's Rock r O
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Speaker 1: C K Wisconsin dot com. Telp number six O eight
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Speaker 1: six seven three fifty four hundred. That's six oh eight
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Speaker 1: six seven three fifty four hundred. Talking about fall maintenance
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Speaker 1: for your home. Things to be looking out for. Matt
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Speaker 1: was talking about, of course, looking for gaps and cracks
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Speaker 1: and filling those things away. The other thing too is
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Speaker 1: and this can be this can be big if it's
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Speaker 1: if it's something that that you don't take care of,
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Speaker 1: which is your hoses in your outsidelawsets. You don't want
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Speaker 1: to just leave those on a tenant. Do you want
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Speaker 1: to take care of those? Get the hose off and
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Speaker 1: get those sealed up good, don't you?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to stow that hose.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, So yeah, it's important to uh not only detach
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Speaker 3: the hose from the house, but also drain it out
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Speaker 3: because you know, as obviously as water freeze as it expands,
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Speaker 3: and the more water do you have in your hosees,
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Speaker 3: the more likely you are to get some cracks in
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Speaker 3: that hose. And then you know, as it comes to
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Speaker 3: to the house, you know, even the the bibs that
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Speaker 3: say they're you know, kind of freezer freeze proof, you'll
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Speaker 3: want to try to get that water shut off to
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Speaker 3: that outdoor hose bib just to be safe. I know
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Speaker 3: I previously had an issue with with that and where
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Speaker 3: a valve ended up, you know, going bad because because
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Speaker 3: that wasn't shut off.
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Speaker 2: So it's important to do that.
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Speaker 1: And with that too is you know, sometimes it'll just
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Speaker 1: be a little a little here a little there. Other
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Speaker 1: times those pipes can just burst and you'll see I've
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Speaker 1: seen video of basements literally filling with water and flooding
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Speaker 1: because of that stuff. And I know some homes have,
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Speaker 1: like the newer homes, a lot of times that that
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Speaker 1: fauted will actually reach quite a ways in, so it's
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Speaker 1: behind that frost line. Got an older home, there's probably
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Speaker 1: a valve on the inside of your basement that you
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Speaker 1: want to steal that stuff.
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Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I've actually seen people will kind of wrap
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Speaker 3: the outside hose with with something too, just to give
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Speaker 3: it some more insulation.
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Speaker 1: But yeah, we've got a weird sock thing that I
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Speaker 1: put over there, and it's got like a little bit
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Speaker 1: of it seems to.
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Speaker 2: My year of the people that I've seen.
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Speaker 1: Okay, yes, my wife and I I love her to death,
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Speaker 1: and I think thankful for to think about this stuff.
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Speaker 1: This that's like one of those like you think about
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Speaker 1: like fears that people have. One of hers is that nursing.
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Speaker 3: Yes, I wake up at night it's yeah, exactly, I
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Speaker 3: don't want that.
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Speaker 1: So we're gonna put stole that hose to by the way,
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Speaker 1: a little more casual. You're just yeah, you love this stuff.
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Speaker 1: Yard furniture. Uh yeah, you want it. You want to
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Speaker 1: protect it, don't you.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I mean, if possible, you know, we used to have
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Speaker 3: like a little playhouse in the backyard, we'd throw the
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Speaker 3: yard furniture in there, which is really convenient, right, but yeah,
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Speaker 3: if you have a shed, or if you have somehow
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Speaker 3: some remaining room in your garage, uh, throw the throw
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Speaker 3: the furniture in there, you know, if nothing else, get
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Speaker 3: the get the the seat pads and all that inside,
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Speaker 3: just because you know it sitting sitting snow on those
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Speaker 3: it really effects it, you know, just colors it just yeah,
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Speaker 3: flands it out.
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Speaker 1: It's not good, does not do well. And the other
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Speaker 1: thing too, We're talking earlier about rodents. If you leave
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Speaker 1: some of those cushions out, rodents, well they really like that.
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Speaker 2: Still.
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Speaker 1: I really like that stuff, so definitely want to take
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Speaker 1: three fifty four hundred. That's six o' eight six seven
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Speaker 1: three fifty four hundred. We'll talk more with Matt about
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Speaker 1: some fall home maintenance tips. We'll also look back at
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Speaker 1: our featured listing, which is right now. It is still
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Speaker 1: on the market. Now you're gonna want to move fast
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Speaker 1: because there's one that's probably going to be going to
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Speaker 1: be moving pretty darn quick. We'll tell you a little
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Speaker 1: bit more about that next as Ask the Experts with
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Speaker 1: That's six oh eight six seven three fifty four hundred.
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Speaker 1: Talking this week about fall maintenance. Some little things that
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Speaker 1: you can be doing right now that can really save
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Speaker 1: you headaches during those winter months. And there is Matt
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Speaker 1: as a as a as a homeowner that probably occasionally
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Speaker 1: gets sent out to do some work around the house
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Speaker 1: and those debta winter months, there is something extra miserable
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Speaker 1: about having to work in those cold temperatures, isn't there?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, yeah. I don't envy contractors that have to
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Speaker 3: work over the winter.
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Speaker 1: It's as a tough gig. So you can save yourself
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Speaker 1: a lot of headache by taking care of some things
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Speaker 1: right now. Speak of things to take care of. Your
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Speaker 1: lawn is one of those things that as it's going
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Speaker 1: dormant for the season, there are things that that you
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Speaker 1: could be kind of touching up on to really make
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Speaker 1: sure comes springtime that that whole lawn really starts to pop,
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Speaker 1: aren't there.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there are some fertilizers that are kind
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Speaker 3: of designed for fall winter that you can put on
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Speaker 3: there so that you know next spring when it comes back,
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Speaker 3: it comes back to life quickly. You know a lot
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Speaker 3: of people suggest, you know, putting down some seeding, you know,
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Speaker 3: to kind of overseed if they as they say. And
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Speaker 3: then you know, something we just recently did is just
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Speaker 3: had our lawn aerrated too, so getting it getting it
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Speaker 3: a little more spongy, a little more room for that
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Speaker 3: grass to grow, and you know, once that snow melts,
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Speaker 3: it kind of fills it in and makes it a
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Speaker 3: little more plush.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's it's amazing for folks that have never
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Speaker 1: a rated their lawn once you I think, once you
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Speaker 1: start doing it, you're like, I don't know why we've
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Speaker 1: never done this before, because it's so many great benefits
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Speaker 1: to that and right now is a really good time
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Speaker 1: to be doing that. While you're looking down, take the
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Speaker 1: time to take a look up as well, because gutters
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Speaker 1: down spouts. You don't want to mess around with these
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Speaker 1: things during winter months either because a little bit of
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Speaker 1: a backup or a clog or any type of drainage
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Speaker 1: issue can cause some pretty significant problems, can't they.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would say, you know, the biggest issues that
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Speaker 3: we see as realtors in real estate is during those
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Speaker 3: early spring months right where you have like a thaw
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Speaker 3: and then a freeze and a thaw and a freeze,
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Speaker 3: and so what you end up having there is frozen
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Speaker 3: ground with that's being rained on right, And if you
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Speaker 3: have any sort of backup in your gutters, frozen gutters
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Speaker 3: at all, that aren't allowing the water to exit away
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Speaker 3: from your house, then you can actually have some water
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Speaker 3: seepage into your basement over the foundation.
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Speaker 2: It's never a good thing.
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Speaker 1: We were talking earlier, yeah, about a basement flooding. And
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Speaker 1: one of the things that you learn is like what
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Speaker 1: a significant difference at getting the water away from your
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Speaker 1: house and even things like not just gutters and down spouts,
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Speaker 1: but even like landscaping and stuff. If it's if it's
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Speaker 1: draining the wrong way and.
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Speaker 2: Slope towards the house here, you're in trouble.
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Speaker 1: It's definitely something that you don't want to don't want
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Speaker 1: to be dealing with. And speaking of that, cleaning out
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Speaker 1: things like your window wells and other things we for
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Speaker 1: some reason, and I don't know what it is. In springtime,
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Speaker 1: our window wells and we've got the covers all from
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Speaker 1: but the toads love getting in there. So I like,
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Speaker 1: every every couple of days, I'll go out there and
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Speaker 1: free a bunch of toads. Now, part of me is like,
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Speaker 1: you should just leave them down there, right.
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Speaker 3: So yeah, it's funny because my daughter will put ramps
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Speaker 3: for any animals that make it all there, right, and
16:39
Speaker 3: so have this little ramp system. I'll look out the
16:41
Speaker 3: window and what is going on there. It's like a
16:44
Speaker 3: little circus. But we had issues with salamanders. Salamanders are
16:48
Speaker 3: getting down there and apparently the oil that our screens
16:52
Speaker 3: or window screen was made of was attractive to the salamonders.
16:55
Speaker 3: They will eat through our screens. Oh no, yeah, really weird.
16:59
Speaker 3: And it was a known ish. So we got free
17:01
Speaker 3: metal screen replacements.
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Speaker 1: Who would have That's amazing. It's quite the story. And
17:07
Speaker 1: we were talking to about about gutters and those type
17:10
Speaker 1: of things. Folks, if you're not comfortable on a ladder too,
17:12
Speaker 1: that is a job that you want to call it.
17:14
Speaker 1: And one of the things too, I've learned my doctor,
17:17
Speaker 1: previous doctor had given me and I think a lot
17:19
Speaker 1: of us have probably gotten the same lecture about obviously
17:23
Speaker 1: cleaning gutters and other things is we're most injuries. I
17:25
Speaker 1: think you may have even echoed this at one of
17:28
Speaker 1: our programs as well. People don't think about this is
17:30
Speaker 1: like you think, well, if you're going to get injured
17:32
Speaker 1: on a ladder, it's cleaning a high gutter. It's oftentimes
17:34
Speaker 1: people with like ranches or first floors where it's like, ah,
17:37
Speaker 1: I can do this myself, and they kind of skip
17:39
Speaker 1: some of the precautions that they should be taking and
17:42
Speaker 1: ends up ends up hurting themselves quite badly.
17:44
Speaker 2: So you definitely want to be careful.
17:45
Speaker 3: Yah, Yeah, definitely. I mean at least twisting some ankles. Man,
17:48
Speaker 3: you're not going not heading down two stories, but still
17:51
Speaker 3: not gonna feel good.
17:53
Speaker 1: I'm not a golfer, by the way, but I'm gonna
17:54
Speaker 1: ask you fall golf times. It's not a bad time
17:56
Speaker 1: to be golfing.
17:56
Speaker 2: Is it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's nice, it's it's comfortable, but it's fair very
18:00
Speaker 3: hard to find the ball.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's going to make them leaves.
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Speaker 2: Yes, Oh, it's it's very frustrating.
18:07
Speaker 1: For me. I always lose golf balls that's partially why Golfer.
18:10
Speaker 1: It's not the leaves that fault there. Though, before we
18:12
Speaker 1: wrap up this week, we started our conversation talking about
18:15
Speaker 1: this great listing that Michael Collins has right on Main
18:18
Speaker 1: Street and Forida Atkinson and Matt, I've got to be
18:21
Speaker 1: completely honest with you. When I saw the listing, I
18:23
Speaker 1: thought it was just the store the lower commerce. I
18:26
Speaker 1: did not realize that is a huge benefit. This is
18:29
Speaker 1: a This is a it's got a storefront business front
18:32
Speaker 1: on the bottom and a rental unit on top, which
18:35
Speaker 1: is long term rental. It's a really good deal for someone,
18:37
Speaker 1: isn't it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's It's definitely something that's got the cash flow potential.
18:41
Speaker 1: You know.
18:42
Speaker 3: Uh, you know, the lower level was remodeled, brand new bathroom,
18:46
Speaker 3: brand new vinyl plank flooring, brand new carpet, brand new
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Speaker 3: hanging ceilings.
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Speaker 1: Uh.
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Speaker 3: You know, if you're interested in a storefront, that's fine.
18:53
Speaker 3: If you're interested in an office space, it already has
18:56
Speaker 3: two cubicles with electrical power wired in. It's already got
18:59
Speaker 3: a comfort table and chairs, but you know they're obviously
19:03
Speaker 3: those are kind of optional items. But hey, if you're
19:05
Speaker 3: looking to have an office space, right on Main Street.
19:08
Speaker 3: Eight thousand cars a day out in Fort Atkinson. It's
19:11
Speaker 3: only listed at one hundred and forty nine thousand dollars.
19:14
Speaker 3: And on top of that you got an upstairs tenant
19:16
Speaker 3: pan probably half your mortgage.
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Speaker 1: That is amazing stuff there. And he also mentioned a
19:21
Speaker 1: new front middle rubber roof as well, and a new
19:23
Speaker 1: backroof was done in twenty twenty four and the front
19:26
Speaker 1: middle were done in twenty twenty three. That is also
19:28
Speaker 1: I know as somebody who's recently had to look at
19:32
Speaker 1: Thank Goodness insurance covered most of it, but seeing what
19:34
Speaker 1: roast laws.
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Speaker 2: Especially the rubber ones, unbelievable. They're very expensive, so.
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Speaker 1: I can't again, what a what a great opportunity. Again,
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Speaker 1: that's one hundred and forty nine thousand dollars right on
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Speaker 1: Main Street one O three South Main Street and Fort Atkinson.
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Speaker 1: Give Michael a call this morning six oh eight nine
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Speaker 1: two one eighty five thirty six. It's six oh eight
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Speaker 1: eighty five thirty six of couras. You can learn more
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Speaker 1: about this listing and all the listings at Rock Realty
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Speaker 1: online Rock Wisconsin dot co. That's r O c K
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Speaker 1: Wisconsin dot com telphon number six O eight six seven
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Speaker 1: three fifty four hundred. That's six oh eight six seven
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Speaker 1: three fifty four hundred, Matt. It's always great hanging out.
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Speaker 1: You enjoyed this beautiful day you as well, Thanks sir.
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Speaker 1: More news comes your way next year on thirteen ten
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