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HOA's and Being a Good Neighbor with Rock Realty · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: morning from Rockrealty, the one and only Matt Heyman. Are
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  Speaker 1: there other my Matt Heyman's out there? Have you met
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  Speaker 1: another Matt Heyman?
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  Speaker 2: You know?
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  Speaker 3: I I've googled it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's not a lot of them with two ends.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that's yeah, I think I found one.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe.
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  Speaker 1: What's your middle name? If I may inquire?
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  Speaker 2: That's Wayne?
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  Speaker 3: Is it really? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Like John Wayne?
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  Speaker 1: Oh you should go by Wayne. You look kind of
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  Speaker 1: like a Wayne. Yeah, it's a strong name. No, that's
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  Speaker 1: a that's a fan.
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  Speaker 3: I like that.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, start calling start Matt Wayne.
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  Speaker 3: Is matt Matthew Wayne? Matthew Wayne? Is that with your mice?
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  Speaker 3: Call you when you got in trouble too?
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  Speaker 1: No, get it here, We've got We've got some fun
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  Speaker 1: stuff to talk about this week. Fascinating topic homeowners associations,
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  Speaker 1: which we've never covered, and uh, I've never been part
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  Speaker 1: of one, but I have always been fascinated by him.
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  Speaker 1: I know some people absolutely, it's like they love them.
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  Speaker 1: They like that, and I get why. And then there's
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  Speaker 1: other people saying it's not my thing. And the cool
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  Speaker 1: thing about Homewer's Association is if you want one, they're
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  Speaker 1: out there. If you don't want to be part of one,
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  Speaker 1: find a great agent. They'll find you one without ones.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little it's.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit of a polarizing topic.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so it should be a good discussion, good conversation.
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  Speaker 1: But before we get to this week's discussion on homeowners associations, Uh,
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  Speaker 1: we've got a really really cool featured listing this week,
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  Speaker 1: and uh the listing agent TJ. Butler, And I don't
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  Speaker 1: know is he Is he a newer guy at Rock Realty.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: It's a few years, okay, And it's funny for folks
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  Speaker 1: that don't know when Matt says a few years that
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  Speaker 1: is a newer guy.
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  Speaker 3: People have been there a decade or more.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so, uh, this is a really great opportunity right
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  Speaker 1: here in Addison, a very very nice, nice condo. Let's
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  Speaker 1: talk about this house at one forty one Metro Terrace
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  Speaker 1: here in Madison.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know. The main important part here's
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  Speaker 2: it's a first floor condo.
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  Speaker 3: Right. A lot of people like that.
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  Speaker 2: The ability to just kind of you know, have that
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  Speaker 2: first floor and not go up to many steps, easy
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  Speaker 2: easy access, you don't have to wait for any sort
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  Speaker 2: of elevator, right, Yeah, but you owns. The second thing
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  Speaker 2: is the price. I mean, you know, it's one of
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  Speaker 2: the more affordable things to get into now. And if
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  Speaker 2: you can get into a condo, and this one's listed
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  Speaker 2: at two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 3: Wow, that is amazing.
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  Speaker 1: And it in Madison, in the city at City of Madison,
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  Speaker 1: and it's a it's a beautiful building and the interior
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  Speaker 1: and the exterior grade And I love this. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't know what the term is, but it reminds me
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  Speaker 1: kind of like like the city. Look where you've got
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  Speaker 1: the kind of even though you're on the first floor,
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  Speaker 1: you still have a nice little staircase and we'll walk
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  Speaker 1: up to get into your front door.
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  Speaker 3: It's got a.
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  Speaker 1: Very very cool feel to the to the property. And
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  Speaker 1: this place is definitely great as well. Two bedroom bath
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  Speaker 1: walk in closets. I mean this a newer property as well,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I mean that looks like the association or the condo
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  Speaker 2: units were built in two thousand and six. You know.
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  Speaker 2: Some of the nice features also is that it you know,
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  Speaker 2: it gives you the ability to rent out a clubhouse
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  Speaker 2: and they also have an exercise room in there.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, who needs a gym membership when you've got
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  Speaker 1: an exercise here.
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  Speaker 2: There's people out there that actually exercise, so that's a
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  Speaker 2: good ideal for those people.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I have a couple of gym memberships and they work
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  Speaker 1: perfect for scraping the frost off my window and not much.
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  Speaker 3: On those cold mornings.
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  Speaker 1: If you're interested in checking out this fantastic condo unit again,
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  Speaker 1: it's right at one forty one Metro Terrace here in Madison.
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  Speaker 1: And I gotta just pick a phone. Give TJ a
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  Speaker 1: call this morning.
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  Speaker 3: TJ.
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  Speaker 1: Butler his telephone number eight one five two nine one
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  Speaker 1: thirty six thirty seven. That's eight one five nine thirty
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  Speaker 1: six thirty seven. We'll talk a little bit more about this,
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  Speaker 1: about this condo a little bit later in the program,
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  Speaker 1: and again if you want to see this place or
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  Speaker 1: other places always had on over to rock Wisconsin dot com.
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  Speaker 1: It's our o c K Wisconsin dot com. So does
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  Speaker 1: that condo was obviously it's got it's got as part
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  Speaker 1: of your as part of your your what's the term dues?
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  Speaker 1: Of course you've got you've got these benefits. Is that
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  Speaker 1: count as a homeowners association? Are we talking about something?
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, there would be a condo association fee for
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  Speaker 2: that as well, you know, and part of the benefits
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  Speaker 2: of living in a condo is you know, not doing
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  Speaker 2: your lawn and a shovel snow or more importantly, and
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  Speaker 2: you know, it covers that as well as you know,
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  Speaker 2: things like the clubhouse and you know taking you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll go over the details, but you know, taking care
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  Speaker 2: of other things related to the condo unit.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that's fantastic. And that's also great.
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  Speaker 1: As we talked about two bedroom to bath perfect, you
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  Speaker 1: think two of folks that are maybe downsizing kiddo's are
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  Speaker 1: off started their own they've launched their we've got families
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  Speaker 1: and other things and just a great space for you.
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  Speaker 3: So check that out.
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  Speaker 1: And so as we talked this morning about homeowner association
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  Speaker 1: what exactly kind of just broadly, what are they?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and I wanted to differentiate between homeowners associate
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  Speaker 2: and covenants and restrictions. Yes, sometimes that's kind of confused, right,
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  Speaker 2: So any sort of subdivision can have covenants and restrictions,
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  Speaker 2: whether that's like a single family homes or condos, and uh,
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  Speaker 2: those are something that's you know, kind of put you know,
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  Speaker 2: on the deed related to the deed at the county.
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  Speaker 2: So you can have covenants restrictions on whether or not
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  Speaker 2: you can have fences, covenant restrictions on whether or not
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  Speaker 2: you have sheds. Homeowners association, however, is you know, a
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  Speaker 2: a group of owners that banned together and uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: make sure to enforce you know, rules and regulations and
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  Speaker 2: and take care of that community. Whether it's a residential
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  Speaker 2: single family home homeowners association subdivision or it's a.
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  Speaker 1: Condo, kind of like an elected body for the for
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  Speaker 1: the private properties of the of the people in that
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  Speaker 1: in that area.
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  Speaker 3: Right, perfect description.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting, So when when we think of that about about that,
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  Speaker 1: but it is it is especially I think with a
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  Speaker 1: lot of newer developments, maybe a little a little more upscale.
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  Speaker 1: This seems to be a pretty common common factor in those,
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  Speaker 1: isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean.
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  Speaker 2: The whole goal really of a homeowners association is to
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  Speaker 2: maintain a certain level, a certain level of quality, a
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  Speaker 2: certain level of amenities. In some cases, right, there's some
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  Speaker 2: associations that have have pools, right, or water parks even right.
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  Speaker 2: I think we've got that down in Bergamount and such, right, So,
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  Speaker 2: I mean there's there's different associations and depending on the
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  Speaker 2: amenities will affect your monthly price, and it will also
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  Speaker 2: affect you know, what things you can enjoy from that association.
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  Speaker 1: Do we see people looking I mean you mentioned you know,
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  Speaker 1: there's obviously you mentioned Bergamont up the road here, and
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  Speaker 1: you know some of the great great things that come
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  Speaker 1: along with with home ownership there that's got to be
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  Speaker 1: for for for people a really desirable you know, I
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  Speaker 1: think two of you know you've got like Kiddo's, you're
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  Speaker 1: looking for a great communit unity, a great neighborhood, a
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  Speaker 1: place that not only has parks, but also has water parks.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, those type of things got to be a
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  Speaker 1: great selling point. And then the ability to have input
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  Speaker 1: in the decisions being made being part of that, that
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  Speaker 1: association's got to be greatly beneficial as well to the
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  Speaker 1: property owners.
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  Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, and you know it can it can maintain
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  Speaker 2: a certain level of quality and or expectation if you will.
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  Speaker 2: You know, to know that you're never going to have someone,
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  Speaker 2: you know, keeping their RV in the in the driveway.
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  Speaker 2: They're nineteen seventy four rusted.
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  Speaker 3: Out RV, right, I mean, so there's advantages to that.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 3: The fees are what you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, most people worry about, right, and the home owner's
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  Speaker 2: association fees can really vary. So you know, I've seen
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  Speaker 2: things as simple as like fifty dollars a year, right,
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  Speaker 2: and that's just like, hey, we're going to take care
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  Speaker 2: of this peer for everybody and maintain the different spots
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  Speaker 2: on the pier for your boats, right to fifteen hundred,
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  Speaker 2: two thousand dollars a month, I mean, depending on and
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  Speaker 2: what sort of amenities they have some of these some
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  Speaker 2: of these have indoor water parks that you're paying for, right,
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  Speaker 2: so you know, up in the dells, right. So it
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  Speaker 2: all depends on, you know, what sort of level expectation
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  Speaker 2: when amenities come with it.
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  Speaker 1: With and I think of specifically condos but I know
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  Speaker 1: some developments as well. With homewres associations, they also get
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  Speaker 1: involved with even things like like some of the siding
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  Speaker 1: and some of the other things as well. Am I
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  Speaker 1: am I thinking of that, writer, am I am I
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  Speaker 1: off based on that?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So in general, so if we're talking about like
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  Speaker 2: a condo association, you can have your you know, condo
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  Speaker 2: and or apartment insurance and that typically covers drywall in right,
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  Speaker 2: the interior components of the house. You know, if you
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  Speaker 2: have any sort of internal flooding maybe or you've gotten
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  Speaker 2: you know, damage or theft or something inside that that's
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  Speaker 2: covered by that insurance. And then the entire building though,
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  Speaker 2: will have an insurance policy and then that will cover
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  Speaker 2: the exterior typically sometimes or sometimes not, it'll cover the windows,
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  Speaker 2: usually it covers the roof, right, And you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's those policies that we've actually seen a lot of
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  Speaker 2: you know, occurrences lately with all the with all the hail.
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  Speaker 2: Oh sure, we're seeing a lot of different special assessments
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  Speaker 2: and stuff, and we can talk about that, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: all of a sudden, these kind of associations are like, well,
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  Speaker 2: now we have to get a new roof yeah, And
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  Speaker 2: a roof on a large condo building is not cheap.
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  Speaker 3: No, they're not. And that's uh.
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  Speaker 1: That's one of those things too, is as you work
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  Speaker 1: with your agent and understand the stuff. The great thing
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  Speaker 1: about working with a great agent they can help you
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  Speaker 1: and guide you and help you make those educated and
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  Speaker 1: informed decisions. Is a homeowners association right for you? Is
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  Speaker 1: that something that they I think too of of folks
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  Speaker 1: with whether they're very active, busy lifestyles or maybe folks
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  Speaker 1: that may be a little older and the prospect of
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  Speaker 1: maybe doing some of these things on their own is
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  Speaker 1: not necessarily in the cards. A homeowners association maybe something
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  Speaker 1: perfect for you. The other area, too is values and
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  Speaker 1: valuations and and homeowers associations do have an impact on
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  Speaker 1: property values quite a bit, don't they.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they do, and you know a lot of it
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  Speaker 2: kind of depends on the fees and what's what all
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  Speaker 2: is included, but that does have an impact, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So when you're trying to compare apples to apples, some
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  Speaker 2: people are looking for the lowest kind of condo feed
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  Speaker 2: that they can find. Other others are like, well, I
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  Speaker 2: want a kind of that has an exercise room. I
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  Speaker 2: want to be able to enjoy the clubhouse and rent
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  Speaker 2: that space out for birthday parties and such. So it
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  Speaker 2: all depends on the buyer themselves, but it does affect
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  Speaker 2: the price of the condo depending on how high or
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  Speaker 2: low the fee is.
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  Speaker 1: I jumped over this question, but it's important the Homer association.
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  Speaker 1: Who is the association? Who's it made of? How do
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  Speaker 1: how does that? How does that process work?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all of the local homeowners, right, and there's
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  Speaker 2: a board involved typically and different levels to that board.
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  Speaker 2: Some people are in charge of the money, some some
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  Speaker 2: people are in charge of the maintenance.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: And you know you can actually get elected to the
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  Speaker 2: board and join join the board and contributor as well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, very very cool stuff to talked this morning with
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  Speaker 1: that mid Matt Heatman, owner of Rock Realty Online Rock
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  Speaker 1: Wisconsin dot com. That's our Ock Wisconsin dot com. Great
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  Speaker 1: day to check out properties there again, even if you're
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  Speaker 1: not looking to buy your list, it's really good. I
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  Speaker 1: always have fun just checking out things going on at
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  Speaker 1: rock Wisconsin dot com seeing what's out there. One of
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  Speaker 1: the great properties our feature property this week right here
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  Speaker 1: in Madison at one forty one metro Tears You can
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  Speaker 1: learn more again online at rock Wisconsin dot com. There
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  Speaker 1: are obviously some benefits too, as we've touched on some
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  Speaker 1: of those. And you think about marketability of a home
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  Speaker 1: having a homeowners association, I even think for something as
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  Speaker 1: simple as as showings is probably great. But there's also
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  Speaker 1: great for a lot of folks. It's a very desirable
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  Speaker 1: feature to a property.
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  Speaker 3: Isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it depends on each association. Sometimes it
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  Speaker 2: involves like gated entries and some security patrols, right and
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  Speaker 2: guessing the fees on those that are going to be
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  Speaker 2: a little higher, right assumption. But it also you know,
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  Speaker 2: also offers a little certain level of safety in those
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  Speaker 2: those those cases, right, you know, professional management of the
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  Speaker 2: association that kind of reduces the burden for homeowners to
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  Speaker 2: you know, do maintenance administrative tasks. You've got someone else,
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  Speaker 2: you know, making sure that the lawns being taken care of,
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  Speaker 2: making sure that that underground parking garage door gets fixed, right,
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  Speaker 2: and uh, you know, take those headaches off of homeowner.
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  Speaker 1: Can they help with remediating disputes too, obviously, you know
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  Speaker 1: they always wants the old line about fences and great neighbors.
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  Speaker 1: I'll speak for myself, love all my neighbors. But there
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  Speaker 1: are some times you're kind of looking at going what's
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  Speaker 1: going on over there? And I sometimes see him looking
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  Speaker 1: back at me, going on is he doing? Sometimes there
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  Speaker 1: can be discussions or disputes or or just concerns between neighbors.
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  Speaker 1: Can this kind of help, having this this home association
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  Speaker 1: maybe help remedy some of those some of those concerns,
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  Speaker 1: or some of those disagreements or just kind of different
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  Speaker 1: different perspectives.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they're going to be the final say
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  Speaker 2: if you will, right, so you can you can throw
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  Speaker 2: it their way and you know, see how they interpret
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  Speaker 2: the rules and whether or not that particular party is
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  Speaker 2: following the rules, and it'll kind of take it out
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  Speaker 2: of your hands. So they can be a bit of
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  Speaker 2: a mitigator.
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  Speaker 1: Can I live in a place that's got a homework
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  Speaker 1: association and opt out? Or is that something that if
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  Speaker 1: you're if you're going to live in a particular neighborhood
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  Speaker 1: or a particular building, this is this is part of
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  Speaker 1: the deal.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's typically part of the deal. You know, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's something that you're made aware of and you are
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  Speaker 2: given time to review the documents, look on all the rules.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you actually have a little bit of time
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  Speaker 2: even after offer acceptance to kind of make a final decision.
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  Speaker 2: So it is that important and it's all part of
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  Speaker 2: the offer documents when you have a homeowners association involved
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  Speaker 2: that you can take a look and make sure that
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  Speaker 2: you comply.
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  Speaker 1: Do you do you hear from folks that may have
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  Speaker 1: like an attorney kind of not that again, not that
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  Speaker 1: we're talking about something that's over litigious, but just curious
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  Speaker 1: to kind of I know sometimes contracts and those type
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  Speaker 1: of things can get a little for a LAFE person
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  Speaker 1: a little thick. Do you ever hear from folks are
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  Speaker 1: like I we just want to have our an attorney
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  Speaker 1: just kind of read through, so we also get a
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  Speaker 1: perspective on how to handle it. ORF that's something your
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  Speaker 1: agent can generally really guide you through.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean it's always advised when you're dealing with
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  Speaker 2: legal documents, have an attorney take a peek at it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we can do our best and you know
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  Speaker 2: what we what we see in there, but we can't
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  Speaker 2: advise legally regardless, Right, I'm not one of our rules. Right.
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  Speaker 2: We can explain what we think each section means, but
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  Speaker 2: you know a legal attorney would have to actually give
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  Speaker 2: you the final say.
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  Speaker 1: Fascinating stuff this morning as we're talking Matt Heyman of
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  Speaker 1: Rock Realty talking this week about homeowners associations, some of
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  Speaker 1: the great benefits, some of the challenges and some of
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  Speaker 1: the areas that they can help overcome, and some of
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  Speaker 1: the reasons why they're so desirable by folks for folks
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  Speaker 1: in their homes. We're talking this morning about those. Don't forget.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get in to our featured listing as well. In
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  Speaker 1: the meantime, you've been to the website, I hope you
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  Speaker 1: get on over there Rock Wisconsin dot com. That's our
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  Speaker 1: a bunch of great lists for Rock Realty. Else get
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  Speaker 1: to know some of the agents as well. Again, that
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  Speaker 1: all available to you at Rockwisconsin dot com. Continue your
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  Speaker 1: conversation with Matt, we'll talk a little bit more about
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  Speaker 1: some homeowners associations, some of the benefits and some of
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  Speaker 1: the things that you need to know about. We will
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  Speaker 1: do that next as ask the experts with Rock Realty
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  Speaker 1: continues right here on thirteen ten. Dou wuib I eight
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  Speaker 1: fifty two thirteen ten Wi b A and ask the
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  Speaker 1: experts with Rockrealty hanging out in studio with Matt Heyman
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  Speaker 1: of Rockrealty.
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  Speaker 3: Don't forget. You can learn more on their website Rock
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  Speaker 3: Wisconsin dot com. That's r O.
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  Speaker 1: C K Wisconsin dot com. Great website and resource again
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  Speaker 1: that's rock Wisconsin dot com. Talk about home owners associations,
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  Speaker 1: some of the benefits and some of the things to
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  Speaker 1: know about about being part of one. And you had
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  Speaker 1: mentioned special assessments and I don't know what that is, Matt.
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  Speaker 1: What is a special assessment? How is that important to
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  Speaker 1: this conversation?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean it's important to know that you know,
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  Speaker 2: there is the future risk of a special assessment that happen, right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, normally on your on a monthly basis, you've
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  Speaker 2: got a portion or fee going to just your your
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  Speaker 2: long care and the snow removal and some of it
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  Speaker 2: is you know, being set away for potential issues in
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  Speaker 2: the future. But if something arises that wasn't expected that
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  Speaker 2: maybe it was a weather event, let's say hail, right,
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  Speaker 2: then a special assessment could be levied in like an
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  Speaker 2: emergency like that or maybe even frozen pipes. And if
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  Speaker 2: a major project needs to be undertaken that the normal
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  Speaker 2: HOA fees aren't covering. At that point, they're going to
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  Speaker 2: get some some quotes and figure out what it's going
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  Speaker 2: to cost and figure out when that's divided amongst all
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  Speaker 2: these HOA members. What does that mean? Right? So it
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  Speaker 2: can be pretty hefty.
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  Speaker 3: Are there insurance products to help?
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  Speaker 1: Do you know about for for folks that may you know,
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  Speaker 1: let's say a part of an association and you know,
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  Speaker 1: I want to just kind of ensure myself against something
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  Speaker 1: like that.
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  Speaker 3: Is there is there? Is that?
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  Speaker 1: Or is that something that's just kind of part of
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  Speaker 1: the deal.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a good question.
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  Speaker 2: I think it Maybe it's something that you could add
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  Speaker 2: as a writer on your apartment assurance, but it's definitely
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  Speaker 2: something I have. I don't know that I'd like to
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  Speaker 2: find that.
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  Speaker 1: Out because I think of, like, you know, with just
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  Speaker 1: general homeownership, I know that there's obviously certain products out
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  Speaker 1: there that you could that you could add on to
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  Speaker 1: cover cover certain things that may not you know, I think,
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  Speaker 1: I like flood insurance, are the things that may not
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  Speaker 1: necessarily be covered by your fires?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I'll find out as.
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  Speaker 1: Charles, Oh, fantastic, Yeah, it's it's and it's such a
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  Speaker 1: cool area. As we talk about homeowners associations and all that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of really really good benefits
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  Speaker 1: of it. And we you know, we started this week's
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  Speaker 1: conversation with this week's featured listing as well about you know,
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  Speaker 1: a condo, and I think two of like some of
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  Speaker 1: the some of the things that sometimes hold people back
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  Speaker 1: from buying is things like maintenance and things like you know,
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  Speaker 1: mowing lawns and snow blowing. And you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: for everybody that first time you you mow the lawn,
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  Speaker 1: it's a whole lot of fun. When it's your house
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  Speaker 1: the three hundred and four hundred thousandth time and it's like,
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  Speaker 1: this is no fun anymore. Some of the great things
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  Speaker 1: about about you know, whether it's condo living or those
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  Speaker 1: type of things, is having those having those amenities covered
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  Speaker 1: and having that stuff take care of. Let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: speaking of having that stuff taking care of this week's
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  Speaker 1: feature listing, of course, TJ. Butler is our is our
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  Speaker 1: listing agent on this and it's a beautiful house. And
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  Speaker 1: again we talk about about the conveniences of being part
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  Speaker 1: of a part of a condo and part of a
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  Speaker 1: condo association. The property as well is great and I
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  Speaker 1: love I saw the underground parking, uh and storage. You
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  Speaker 1: mentioned the word hail, I as somebody who recently had
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  Speaker 1: to have two vehicles repaired after hail damage. Having underground
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  Speaker 1: parking is is something that that you don't want to overlook,
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  Speaker 1: is it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: I mean whether it's winter or summer, you could have
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  Speaker 2: some weather events there and having your your car covered
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  Speaker 2: is a great option. Yeah. It's similar to going to
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  Speaker 2: the airport and Dean County. You're hoping you don't have
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  Speaker 2: to be on that top floor just in case. In
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  Speaker 2: this case you're always always covered, so and and no association.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to cover things like any issues with the
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  Speaker 2: garage door, making sure everything's working for that. So having
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  Speaker 2: that underground parking is a big deal. And you know
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  Speaker 2: this particular condo. I mean, another thing that I like
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  Speaker 2: about it is the convenience to being close to the
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  Speaker 2: east Side. Yeah, you've got close to the mall, maybe
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  Speaker 2: close to some prayer if you need to go there,
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  Speaker 2: and quick quick trip anywhere just off I ninety, so.
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  Speaker 3: Literally a quick trip anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: This property again right at one forty one metro terraces
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  Speaker 1: even at one oh five. Of course, as you mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: of course with that one, that means it's it's a
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  Speaker 1: ground level. The other thing too, I really love about
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  Speaker 1: and this place is no exception. You talk about spacious,
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  Speaker 1: open concept, they also it's it's they've gotten so good
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  Speaker 1: with these condos.
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  Speaker 3: Of like they really have like a very high.
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  Speaker 1: End and I don't know if I'm guessing that's what
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  Speaker 1: the market is is demanding really a high end quality features,
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  Speaker 1: high end feel to these to these condos.
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  Speaker 3: And this place is no exception.
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  Speaker 1: Is it's no slouch when it comes to you talk
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  Speaker 1: about some of the great amenities and some of the design.
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  Speaker 1: It is really a fantastic, fantastic space. Do we see
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  Speaker 1: a lot in the condo condo space now? Is is
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  Speaker 1: buyers are expecting it's no longer like lamin at countertops
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  Speaker 1: and that like saying, you know, we want quartz, we
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  Speaker 1: want you know, we want some of the higher end finishes.
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  Speaker 3: Are we seeing that a lot in condos? I'd say so.
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  Speaker 2: I mean with condos, you're dealing with a smaller square
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  Speaker 2: footage or unit, so you can kind of finish those off,
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  Speaker 2: you know, at not a huge additional costs. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you're talking one small island or you know, a couple
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  Speaker 2: of vanities versus like an entire house, and so you know,
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  Speaker 2: as a result, you're getting a lot of you're getting
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  Speaker 2: a lot of luxury vinyl plank, you're getting that quartz,
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  Speaker 2: like you said, the under mount sinks, things like that.
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  Speaker 2: So it's pretty common.
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  Speaker 1: It's very very cool stuff. Great day to give TJ
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  Speaker 1: a call TJ Butler, he is a listing agent on
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  Speaker 1: this property.
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  Speaker 3: Again, it's right at.
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  Speaker 1: One forty one Metro Terrace, Unit one oh five. You
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  Speaker 1: can get the deep tales at Rock Wisconsin dot com.
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  Speaker 1: TJ's telling phone number eight one five two nine one
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  Speaker 1: thirty six thirty seven. That's eight one five two nine
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  Speaker 1: one thirty six thirty seven online Rock Wisconsin dot com.
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  Speaker 1: That's r O c K Wisconsin dot com. I mentioned
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  Speaker 1: too about TJ and being a quote unquote newer guy.
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  Speaker 1: He's been there a couple of years. One of the
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  Speaker 1: cool websites you also have is Wisconsin buyeragent dot com.
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  Speaker 1: What a great resource that is for folks looking to
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  Speaker 1: to pair themselves with a really good agent at Rock Realty.
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  Speaker 1: Nice little profiles and bios and then You can, of course, schedule,
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  Speaker 1: which I think is really cool, schedule a conversation with
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  Speaker 1: the agent before you commit.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's important to get matched up with
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  Speaker 2: the right agent.
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  Speaker 3: M hm.
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  Speaker 2: So I thought, Hey, we've got thirty five agents to
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  Speaker 2: choose from. Yeah, let's let's let the home buyers shop.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, let's let them shop.
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  Speaker 2: For an agent they think is a good fit. You
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  Speaker 2: get to learn a little bit more about each agent
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  Speaker 2: and then make the decision to maybe interview a couple
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  Speaker 2: of them and choose one.
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  Speaker 1: It's a really really cool website. Again, that's Wisconsin Buyeragent
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  Speaker 1: dot com. Wisconsin Buyer Agent dot com. Matt, it's always
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  Speaker 1: great talking with you. You enjoyed this fantastic day. We'll do
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  Speaker 1: it all again real soon.
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  Speaker 3: Sounds good.
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  Speaker 1: We had a thousand dollar winner yesterday. Let's see if
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  Speaker 1: we can make it two days in a row. Vicim
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  Speaker 1: kinda has your chance next right here, I'm thirteen ten
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