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ROI and Real Estate with Rock Realty · Ask The Experts

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Speaker 1: Hey, thirty four thirteen ten wib A and Ask the Experts,
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Speaker 1: brought you by Rockrealty Online, Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's
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Speaker 1: Rock R O c K Wisconsin at dot com. Joined
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Speaker 1: in studio this morning by mister Matt Iman with Rockrealty. Matt,
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Speaker 1: how you doing today? Doing good? You've got the Samsung
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Speaker 1: the foldable phone.
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Speaker 2: I do do you do?
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Speaker 1: You love it?
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Speaker 2: I love a lot about it.
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Speaker 3: A little heavy, Okay, a little heavy, but for the
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Speaker 3: most part, especially when you're, you know, showing real estate photos,
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Speaker 3: opening that bad boy up, you can show a good
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Speaker 3: look almost like an iPad.
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Speaker 1: Very very cool. Big announcement by Apple today. We'll see
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Speaker 1: what they're doing with their phones as well. And speaking
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Speaker 1: of technology and great things in the palm of your hand, Uh,
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Speaker 1: you've got to mention the website Rock Wisconsin dot com.
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Speaker 1: But you've also we have a mentioned for a while,
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Speaker 1: you've got a convenient app for folks as well. If
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Speaker 1: you go to MLS dot Rock slash app you can
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Speaker 1: download that. And that's a nice I know for a
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Speaker 1: lot of folks. Just having the the ability to just
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Speaker 1: open a simple app and scroll through things makes lif
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Speaker 1: a whole lot. EASi doesn't it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, it's a really good app too.
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Speaker 3: We've gotten feedback that it's better than those online platforms
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Speaker 3: like real turn Zilo and then yeah, if you just
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Speaker 3: mls dot rocks and then some forward slash app you
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Speaker 3: can download it. You can do map searches, you know,
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Speaker 3: searching specific areas, look for exact things like condos or
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Speaker 3: something with a lot of land. And the nice thing
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Speaker 3: about it is you're not gonna get your phone blown
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Speaker 3: up by you know, a bunch of agents over at
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Speaker 3: realtor dot com.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, thats do happen.
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Speaker 1: Hey, I was gonna ask you before, and we've got
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Speaker 1: We've got a great conversation had We're gonna be talking
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Speaker 1: about investment proper and investments to make in your property,
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Speaker 1: to return on investment things, you know, the upgrades and
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Speaker 1: things you can do to improve the overall value of
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Speaker 1: your home. And of course got a future listing. But
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Speaker 1: I do want to ask you too about about that
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Speaker 1: online experience. I mean, for a lot of folks, that's
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Speaker 1: really where they're kind of getting on the on ramp
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Speaker 1: now for for looking at homes. Isn't it just going
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Speaker 1: to the website?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, a lot of people are obviously searching through homes,
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Speaker 3: being a little more you know, focused on what they're
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Speaker 3: looking for before going through a house. So there's there's
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Speaker 3: you know, advantages and disadvantages of that.
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Speaker 2: The advantages is.
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Speaker 3: Uh, you know, for realtors and such, when you go
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Speaker 3: through a showing, you know that they're pretty serious, right, Yeah.
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Speaker 3: The disadvantages sometimes people buyers are limiting themselves and they
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Speaker 3: you know, they may not come across something that wasn't
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Speaker 3: on their radar if they aren't open to going and
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Speaker 3: seeing a few more homes than that are a little
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Speaker 3: outside of the criteria I think they want.
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Speaker 1: I do a show with a with a guy that
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Speaker 1: owns a remodeling business, and one of the things he
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Speaker 1: often talks about is there's obviously remodeling websites out there
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Speaker 1: about making use of those, not necessarily for a specific remodel,
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Speaker 1: but to kind of get an idea for folks tastes.
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Speaker 1: Can that help too, Like for people saying Okay, I
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Speaker 1: like this home or I like this area and kind
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Speaker 1: of almost putting together like a little portfolio of like
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Speaker 1: flagged houses that kind of give your agent an idea
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Speaker 1: of what it is you're you're looking at and what
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Speaker 1: you're looking for.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, if someone is open to the idea
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Speaker 3: of making improvements, it really opens up the you know,
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Speaker 3: the table for the different.
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Speaker 2: Different properties you can look for.
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Speaker 3: You know, it's definitely a good idea to get an
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Speaker 3: idea of what each sort of project costs. Right, And
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Speaker 3: you know when I would when we are shopping for
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Speaker 3: our own first, first and second house, you know we
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Speaker 3: bought something that didn't look pretty. Yeah, I mean our
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Speaker 3: first house head lions heads on the front door. Oh
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Speaker 3: and our second house had pink carpet and evergreen.
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Speaker 1: Oh classy, really classic.
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Speaker 2: When you know it's only a few thousand to replace carpet,
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Speaker 2: not much to do paint, you can get some value.
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Speaker 1: And we're going to talk about that very topic with
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Speaker 1: Matt this morning. Of course, Matt comes to us from
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Speaker 1: Rock Realty Online Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's Rock R
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Speaker 1: O c K Wisconsin dot com. Before we talk about
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Speaker 1: some of the fancy carpet options and of course the
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Speaker 1: removal of fancy carpet, let's take a look at this
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Speaker 1: week's featured listing, which is a really great opportunity here
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Speaker 1: in Madison under three hundred thousand dollars, which is nearly
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Speaker 1: impossible these days to find, but you have a great one.
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Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, Lexi has a fantastic opportunity
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Speaker 1: for folks right on Vernon Avenue. Let's talk about this property.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's nine seventeen Vernon Avenue in Madison, and it's
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Speaker 3: just located off of Highway fifty one near Cottage Grove Road,
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Speaker 3: so super convenient to get to the east side, any
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Speaker 3: of the restaurants over there, get down to the belt line,
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Speaker 3: over to the Interstate. I can kind of get you
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Speaker 3: anywhere you need to go in a short period of time.
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Speaker 1: Quiet community, a well maintained area as well. And I
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Speaker 1: look at the even the outside pictures, it's it, just
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Speaker 1: it and what it was the year was got the
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Speaker 1: AAR for the because it looks almost brand new to me.
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Speaker 1: I don't have the year in front of me, but
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Speaker 1: looks very very new.
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Speaker 2: It's very well updated.
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Speaker 3: Okay, you've got you know, newer flooring, and you've got
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Speaker 3: the white cabinets and all that attached to one car garage.
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Speaker 1: You know.
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Speaker 3: The big thing is it's an affordable place. Right It's
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Speaker 3: listed at two hundred and seventy thousand dollars for a
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Speaker 3: condo and Madison two bedroom, one and a half path
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Speaker 3: and it has a pretty low condo fee as well,
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Speaker 3: which is getting.
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Speaker 2: Harder and harder to find.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so yeah, but yeah, it looks like it
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Speaker 3: was built in nineteen eighty four, but when you look
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Speaker 3: at those interior pictures, it looks a lot newer.
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Speaker 1: Amazing. Yeah, that was as I was saying that, I
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Speaker 1: caught it and I thought, how the heck am I
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Speaker 1: looking at the Yeah, it's really very very welming being there.
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Speaker 3: It's the first floor, it's got a nice little patio
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Speaker 3: area in the back and actually kind of looks a
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Speaker 3: little private too.
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Speaker 1: It looks great. Yeah, absolutely a fantastic property. Again. That's
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Speaker 1: right at nine seventeen Vernon Avenue. Lexi Wood, she is
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Speaker 1: the showing agent on that. Give her a call this
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Speaker 1: morning looking for a great condo right here in Madison.
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Speaker 1: I got to just give Lexi a call six so
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Speaker 1: eight two two zero zero five three to two. That's
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Speaker 1: two two zero zero five three two for Lexi Wood
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Speaker 1: at Rock Realty and Matt talking about some of these
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Speaker 1: home additions and home projects that can give you a
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Speaker 1: bit of a return on investment. You and I were
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Speaker 1: talking about this first topic before we came on the air,
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Speaker 1: which is installing a swimming pool at your home. This
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Speaker 1: is something that can give you pretty good returns, but
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Speaker 1: it can also cost a little bit upfront, can't it. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: I thought today we'd chat on some you know, premium additions.
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Speaker 2: Next share house.
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Speaker 3: Right, you can either go searching for the needle in
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Speaker 3: the haystack, or you can just make the house that
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Speaker 3: fits you have those amenities, right, And so I thought
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Speaker 3: we'd just chat on how much those things cost, and
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Speaker 3: you know, maybe if it's worth it.
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Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, And even ground pools a pretty that's a
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Speaker 1: pretty premium edition.
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Speaker 2: Isn't it. Yeah, that's a big one.
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Speaker 3: And you know, post twenty or twenty twenty, when we
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Speaker 3: had COVID, a lot of people were looking at having
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Speaker 3: a pool so that they always have something to do
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Speaker 3: if they ever get locked inside their house again.
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Speaker 2: Right.
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Speaker 3: And it used to be that pool's kind of a
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Speaker 3: you know, a fifty to fifty at best, Whether or
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Speaker 3: not a buyer would want that or not, probably more
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Speaker 3: like forty sixty right there. There weren't a lot of
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Speaker 3: buyers that wanted pooled did one of the maintenance And now.
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Speaker 2: That lifestyle has been you know, elevated a bit.
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Speaker 3: People are looking you know, for that more often, and
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Speaker 3: I think that they probably don't know how much.
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Speaker 2: These pools cost.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's and as we talk about those things,
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Speaker 1: is definitely something if you're looking to list your home,
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Speaker 1: something you want to talk with your agent about before
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Speaker 1: you start digging holes and trying to go to asthmatics.
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Speaker 1: I can't just dig a hole and dump some cement
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Speaker 1: in there, and you say it would work, but it's
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Speaker 1: probably not going to do much for your for your
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Speaker 1: property value. What about home gyms or spaces that can
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Speaker 1: be used for workout. You mentioned what we went through
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Speaker 1: with COVID and lockdowns and other things. Gosh, hope to
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Speaker 1: goodness we never have to have to do that again.
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Speaker 1: But I know for a lot of folks working out
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Speaker 1: at home just kind of it became part of their
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Speaker 1: routine then and continues to this day. That can add
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Speaker 1: quite a bit of value. And that's also a space
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Speaker 1: that can be used for a number of different things.
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Speaker 2: Anti.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that's definitely something that came up post COVID
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Speaker 3: as well. You know, whereas you know, an install of
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Speaker 3: a pool, you're looking on the extreme, very low end,
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Speaker 3: you're I look at forty thousand to fifty thousand to.
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Speaker 2: A high end of one hundred.
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Speaker 3: I mean I've seen people spend one hundred and fifty
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Speaker 3: to two hundred thousand on a pool, right, Yeah, A
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Speaker 3: home gym, it's a different, different sort of value add right,
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Speaker 3: A home gym usually is going to involve maybe finishing
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Speaker 3: off a space in the basement, you know. And if
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Speaker 3: you're doing that and you're remodeling your basement and maybe
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Speaker 3: just one section of the basement, it could be anywhere
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Speaker 3: from as cheap as like seven thousand dollars to twenty
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Speaker 3: five thousand. I mean, depends on what all is done.
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Speaker 3: If you just have to add some carpet, then you know,
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Speaker 3: maybe you're on the lower end of that. If you
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Speaker 3: have to put electrical and you have to put try
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Speaker 3: wall and insulation and all that, then something else. You know,
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Speaker 3: I would recommend that you do some some internet right
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Speaker 3: to the wall for a TV so you can stream
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Speaker 3: some workout withinows. Right, So it's just you know, if
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Speaker 3: you're going to be adding a space, it's just the
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Speaker 3: little things that you need to add plus the.
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Speaker 2: Equipment, right.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, And that seems to be like one of those
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Speaker 1: those spaces in a home that doesn't any generally probably
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Speaker 1: don't want it to take up a ton of space,
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Speaker 1: but really makes a nice impression. If you have an
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Speaker 1: area right now, maybe that in that basement or that
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Speaker 1: lower level that's maybe unfinished or maybe kind of minimally
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Speaker 1: finished for not a lot of money to finish that
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Speaker 1: off and kind of put a couple of you know,
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Speaker 1: you mentioned mounting the TV on the wall, maybe putting
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Speaker 1: some exercise equipment in there. It really makes a great
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Speaker 1: impression as well, just like the overall space making use
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Speaker 1: of it. Also, what about I think about different different
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Speaker 1: areas of your home to remodel, and I mentioned the
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Speaker 1: kind of basement space. I know that here in Wisconsin,
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Speaker 1: especially since we are lucky enough to almost universally have basements,
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Speaker 1: it's a good area that you can take advantage of
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Speaker 1: for really increasing square footage and a rather affordable comparatively,
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Speaker 1: a rather affordable project.
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Speaker 2: Correct.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, No, it's it's almost always worth it to you know,
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Speaker 3: finish space in your basement, you know, especially if it's
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Speaker 3: going to put you over one of those big round numbers, right, yeah,
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Speaker 3: two thousand square foot right Yeah, let's say you have
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Speaker 3: like sixteen hundred square foot ranch above and you finish
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Speaker 3: about five hundred below it. Really it really helps, especially
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Speaker 3: when you sell the house, because buyers sometimes will put
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Speaker 3: in that kind of minimum square footage in their search,
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Speaker 3: and if you're not meeting those those minimum searches, you.
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Speaker 2: Won't get as many buyers at the house.
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Speaker 3: So typically finishing off a basement is probably forty percent
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Speaker 3: of the costs of what it would have cost to
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Speaker 3: kind of.
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Speaker 2: Put that square footage above grade because.
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Speaker 3: The walls are there, or at least the concrete, I mean,
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Speaker 3: you don't have to put a roof on. So yeah,
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Speaker 3: there's a you know, you're probably looking at let's say
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Speaker 3: seventy to eighty dollars a square foot in the basement
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Speaker 3: versus two fifty to three hundred above.
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Speaker 1: So with that too, is you get full credit for
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Speaker 1: that right square footage wise, if it's if it's a
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Speaker 1: finished basement, that counts. If it's finished that's livable space,
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Speaker 1: that you get credit for it.
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Speaker 3: And it all depends what you mean by credit. Like
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Speaker 3: for instance, in the MLS, which is how most people search,
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Speaker 3: you know, the square footage counts in the basement, but
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Speaker 3: it's just going to be listed as below a grade.
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Speaker 3: You know, if you have a bedroom down there that
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Speaker 3: doesn't have an egress window, then that doesn't count as
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Speaker 3: a bedroom, but it would still count as finish square footage.
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Speaker 1: So oh interesting. As we talked this morning with Matt
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Speaker 1: Heyman of Rock Realty, great day to start that conversation.
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Speaker 1: Gets to know the team at Rock Realty. They make
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Speaker 1: it really to do. Head on over to the website
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Speaker 1: rock Wisconsin dot com. That's our ock Wisconsin dot com.
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Speaker 1: That's the main website. Of course, if you've got one
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Speaker 1: of those smartphones, and who doesn't, there's a great app
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Speaker 1: mls dot rocks slash app that's MLS dot rocks forward
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Speaker 1: slash app. You can download the app right there as well.
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Speaker 1: So speaking of a finished basement, and then that's kind
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Speaker 1: of kind of the baseline. Stepping it up things like
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Speaker 1: home theaters and other things. I know some folks are
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Speaker 1: like way into movies, which I'm kind of jealous. I
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Speaker 1: wish I were a little bit more into movies like that.
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Speaker 1: I'm fine with a little TV, but for folks that
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Speaker 1: are into that home theaters. You know, we're talking earlier
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Speaker 1: about gyms, things that can really make a space look
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Speaker 1: look very attractive. A home theater looks really nice.
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Speaker 2: Doesn't it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, I think that it's one of those things
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Speaker 3: that you can kind of imagine themselves using pretty often. Right,
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Speaker 3: it's not going to be dependent on weather. And just
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Speaker 3: like a home gym and a pool and everything else,
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Speaker 3: you know, there's a there's a big range of what
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Speaker 3: you can invest there.
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Speaker 2: It could be as simple.
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Speaker 3: As a room that you throw a couch in and
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Speaker 3: throw a big TV on the wall, right, and it
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Speaker 3: could be much more involved, you know, adding the candle
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Speaker 3: leaver stairstep to you know, couches and then adding surround
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Speaker 3: sound speakers and maybe some soundproofing and a drop down
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Speaker 3: projection screen and a popcorn maker.
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Speaker 1: Right, so you got it all.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, in general, they say, you know, you're
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Speaker 3: probably looking between two thousand and forty thousands on the
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Speaker 3: upper end, but that's obviously really high end. So I
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Speaker 3: would say, you know, in general, you can make a
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Speaker 3: pretty good home theater down there between five and ten
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Speaker 3: thousand dollars and that definitely adds value and I think
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Speaker 3: you get a much bigger reach and on your investment
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Speaker 3: and something like that.
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Speaker 1: They talk to more with Matt Heyman. You know, one
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Speaker 1: of the things I've loved seeing with the start of
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Speaker 1: the NFL and college football season is people that I
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Speaker 1: know that may not admit to knowing me, will post
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Speaker 1: pictures of like their their kind of their man cave,
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Speaker 1: and a lot of them have like these great theaters
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Speaker 1: with these great you know, nice bars, nice comfortable seating
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Speaker 1: and that stuff, and I just thank goodness if you
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Speaker 1: ever list that home, you better be highlighting that because
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Speaker 1: I think every person just can see themselves on a
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Speaker 1: Saturday or Sunday just relaxing with friends, watching watching a
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Speaker 1: game or two. And yeah, really really good, really good
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Speaker 1: option there if if that's something looking to add, and
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Speaker 1: of course if you are looking to have a home
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Speaker 1: with one, nothing better than give the folks at Rock
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Speaker 1: Realty a call say I want a home with a
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Speaker 1: great theater that I can entertain it or they can
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Speaker 1: definitely help you out at Rock Realty Dolphin number six
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Speaker 1: so eight six seven three fifty four hundred, that's six
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Speaker 1: seven their website, Rockwisconsin dot com. That's our ock Wisconsin
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Speaker 1: dot com. We'll contive you our conversation with that hymen
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Speaker 1: of Rockrealty. We also review. Our featured listing this week,
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Speaker 1: a great house here in Madison on Vernon Avenue. We'll
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Speaker 1: do all of that. Net has Ask the Experts with
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Speaker 1: the Rock Realty continues right here on thirteen ten wuib
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Speaker 1: I eight fifty one thirteen ten wib and Ask the
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Speaker 1: Experts brought you by Rockrealty, hanging out in studio with
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Speaker 1: Matt Hymen of Rockrealty. The website Rock Wisconsin dot com.
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Speaker 1: That's r O c K Wisconsin dot com. If you
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Speaker 1: are looking to list your home as well, check out
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Speaker 1: Looking for a buyer agents, you can Wisconsin Buyer Agents
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Speaker 1: You can also schedule an interview with them, an appointment
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Speaker 1: to get to know them a little bit more as well. Again,
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Speaker 1: that available to you at Wisconsin Buyeragent dot com. And
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Speaker 1: we're talking this week with Matt about some higher end
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Speaker 1: improvements you can make in to your home and get
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Speaker 1: a little bit of a return on investment in general,
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Speaker 1: and correct me if I'm wrong. A lot of this
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Speaker 1: stuff and we talk about return on investment, the reality
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Speaker 1: is some of these bigger projects are more I don't
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Speaker 1: know how to describe add more flash than return. Does
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Speaker 1: that make sense? I think of like I know we've
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Speaker 1: talked in the past. I think you've mentioned things like
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Speaker 1: entry ways and those type of things where you're really
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Speaker 1: seeing like a tangible like if you've got if your door,
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Speaker 1: your front door to your house is ugly, a couple
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Speaker 1: hundred bucks, putting a new front door on the house
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Speaker 1: can actually show improvement not just in action or interest
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Speaker 1: in your home, but ultimately kind of translate to more money.
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Speaker 1: Where some of these things are awesome to have and
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Speaker 1: they definitely make your house more attractive, but they may
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Speaker 1: not be like a certainly not a dollar for dollar
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Speaker 1: return on investment on some of the stuff. Or am
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Speaker 1: I am I off on that?
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Speaker 3: Man?
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Speaker 2: Oh, you're totally right.
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Speaker 3: I think that you know, in general, some of the
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Speaker 3: higher ROI things are similar to what you said. Door paint, carpet, landscaping,
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Speaker 3: all those things can get pretty pretty darn close for
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Speaker 3: a one for one or even higher return. You know,
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Speaker 3: when you're when you start throwing in these these specialty items,
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Speaker 3: it you know, depending on the item, it could make
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Speaker 3: some buyers just go nuts and want it right but
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Speaker 3: you have to remember that you want to appeal to
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Speaker 3: a broad base of buyers usually to get the most competition.
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Speaker 2: So you know, put it in if you enjoy it
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Speaker 2: in your lifestyle, right.
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Speaker 3: You know, if you're dealing with a workout room, Jim,
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Speaker 3: or you're dealing with a home theater room, those are
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Speaker 3: easy to convert back the other way. Sure, throwing a
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Speaker 3: big in ground pool in your backyard or you know
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Speaker 3: a spa.
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Speaker 2: Like we might be talking about.
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Speaker 3: Yes, you know that's a little harder to reverse, and
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Speaker 3: you're and you're limiting yourself. So you know, if you
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Speaker 3: want to do that for your own lifestyle and enjoyment,
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Speaker 3: then then go ahead. But you know, don't don't think
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Speaker 3: that if you if you list your house, you're going
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Speaker 3: to get an extra one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
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Speaker 3: extra because you have a pool and your neighbor doesn't.
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Speaker 2: It doesn't always work that way. O.
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Speaker 1: Good. It's important too. We talk about working with your
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Speaker 1: agent and building that that relationship and that trust word
16:43
Speaker 1: is important too. With that you were mentioning earlier about
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Speaker 1: maybe a new code of paint, new entryway, new carpet.
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Speaker 1: I know, if you talk if you've got, you know,
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Speaker 1: I think about like houses with like shake carpet or
16:54
Speaker 1: like cabinets that could use like a fresh quota paint.
16:57
Speaker 1: Your agent isn't just telling you to freshen that stuff
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Speaker 1: up for fun. I mean that really you see day
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Speaker 1: in and day out that those type of things really
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Speaker 1: do attract more potential buyers and ultimately attract more money.
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Speaker 1: And developing that trust in that relationship with your agent
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Speaker 1: is a pretty important thing to do, isn't it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, if you know, give our give us a
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Speaker 3: call here and have one of our agents out there,
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Speaker 3: we can kind of walk through the house and and
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Speaker 3: you know, give you an honest opinion of Hey, if
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Speaker 3: I was a buyer, these are the things that are
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Speaker 3: jumping out to me right and these are these are
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Speaker 3: things that if you were able to change that, you know,
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Speaker 3: if you were able to take these things off your wall,
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Speaker 3: you know, and maybe remove all the cuckoo clocks around
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Speaker 3: the house.
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Speaker 2: You know, there's little.
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Speaker 1: Little things like that, the room full of yeah exactly.
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Speaker 3: You know, you know that it would show better for
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Speaker 3: a buyer, and yeah know it's it's an important thing.
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Speaker 3: So if you can, you know, make a great first impression.
17:47
Speaker 2: The first showing.
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Speaker 3: Then you know not every buyer has the same vision
17:50
Speaker 3: and ability to look past things.
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Speaker 1: That's a great great to hear, and as meant Matt mentioned,
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Speaker 1: give them a call. Six O eight six seven three
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Speaker 1: fifty four hundred. That's six eight six seven three fifty
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Speaker 1: four hundred. I get to know the folks at Rock Realty.
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Speaker 1: They'd love to talk with you, help you list your home.
18:03
Speaker 1: Looking to buy home as well, they'd love to work
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Speaker 1: with you. You mentioned spas and saunas. Oh my goodness, I
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Speaker 1: would love a sauna. Oh my goodness, I would love
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Speaker 1: a sauna. I'll say it one more time. I would
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Speaker 1: love a sauna. But I know that they're a little
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Speaker 1: they can be a little cost, a little spendy, but
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Speaker 1: it is a nice upgrade to a home. Let's talk
18:20
Speaker 1: a little bit about about what we're seeing there as
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Speaker 1: far as some of the costs and some of the
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Speaker 1: potential return to those type of things.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean your average sauna it's around forty five
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Speaker 3: hundred dollars. Obviously, you can get kind of one of
18:32
Speaker 3: those just kits that they cheaper, and you can also
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Speaker 3: spend a lot more if you're if you're you know,
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Speaker 3: putting an entire room enveloped in sauna inside your house
18:44
Speaker 3: because there's other factors there obviously, something that is a
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Speaker 3: lifestyle choice.
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Speaker 2: Not everybody likes them, right where are those people?
18:52
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know, but you know it's something that
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Speaker 3: you know, with wellness becoming more important, it's something that is,
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Speaker 3: you know, being looked at a little more in a
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Speaker 3: positive light.
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Speaker 2: You know, people people.
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Speaker 3: Hearing all about you know, having sauna and different between
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Speaker 3: cold baths and hot soft Yeah, that it's good for your.
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Speaker 1: Body to feel those changes. So really really cool stuff too,
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Speaker 1: is as you talk about a cool bath and hot
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Speaker 1: sana and all that good stuff. You're looking for a
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Speaker 1: great home and look maybe looking for one with a
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Speaker 1: sauna or a perfect place to put it. Team at
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Speaker 1: four hundred. That's six o' eight six seven three fifty
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Speaker 1: four hundred. If you're looking at the Madison area. Oh
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Speaker 1: my goodness, what a great opportunity here this condo, two bedroom,
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Speaker 1: one and a half bath right at nine seventeen Vernon Avenue.
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Speaker 1: And we were talking about all of the all of
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Speaker 1: the the projects I've been done to keep this place
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Speaker 1: very well maintained. Not only is the is the condo
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Speaker 1: well maintained, the whole area is very very nice. So really,
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Speaker 1: really a great opportunity for folks. I would urge you.
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Speaker 1: I've been looking looking at finding a great condo here
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Speaker 1: Before we wrap up this week real quick, we mentioned
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