Designing and Building Mid-Illinois: Realtor segment with 1st Choice Realty Pros

Summary

In this engaging realtor segment, Chris and Kaitlin with Lisa and Lydia from First Choice Realty Pros share a mix of spooky stories, funny encounters, and valuable insights from their experiences in real estate. They discuss the importance of being aware of the energy in homes, the humorous side of showing properties, and the personal connections they build with clients. The conversation flows naturally from light-hearted anecdotes to deeper discussions about the significance of home blessings and the realities of the real estate market.

Takeaways

• Spooky stories can be a fun part of real estate.
• Animals can create unexpected challenges during showings.
• Realtors should consider buyers' comfort regarding pets.
• Personal connections with clients enhance the real estate experience.
• Humor can lighten the mood during stressful transactions.
• Weird incidents can lead to memorable stories in real estate.
• Understanding the history of a home can be crucial.
• Being in tune with the energy of a space is important for realtors.

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Transcript

SPEAKER_04 0:00

Welcome to Design and Building Mid-Ellinois, one home at a time with Big Dog Construction.

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The podcast you didn't know you needed.

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It's Chris Hartzuck and Caitlyn Morgini. Join us as we explore the stories, expertise, and project shaping the future right here in Mid-Ellinois.

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Whether you're planning to build, curious about the latest trends, or just love innovative ideas, we've got insights and inspiration coming your way. And some laughs too.

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Let's go.

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Big dog.

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Hey there. I'm Lisa Miller, managing broker and owner of First Choice Realty Pros. We don't just help you find a house, we help you discover home. My team and I are passionate about taking care of your needs, making the process smooth, and ensuring you get the personalized attention you deserve. Ready for the next step? Call us at 217-825-3999. With First Choice Realty Pros, you've got a team that's got your back.

SPEAKER_04 0:56

Hey, welcome back to Designing Building Mid-Illinois One Home at a Time. This is our Realtor segment with our 10X partner, First Choice Realty Pro with Lydia and Lisa. Now we are we're using today just kind of like let's talk about things that have happened in the past at showings and closings or are weird incidents or whatever little ghost maybe. Who knows, right?

SPEAKER_06 1:18

So everybody knows, like I I love like spooky scary story times, but also just weird incidences. That this is like a big thing. So I think by you us talking about this, it's gonna get gonna go far. Especially Lisa, you've been doing this for 19 years. What is one thing that maybe that you can think of that you can remember that maybe was a little bit weird that happened to you showing?

SPEAKER_07 1:44

This is when I first really started out. I walked into a home, I could feel something that wasn't like an air. I was just uh it was just a yucky feeling. And so, and the further I got into the house, it just didn't feel feel good. And so I thought, it's just you, it's just you, you know.

SPEAKER_06 2:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 2:03

And uh so I waited for the people to get there. And when they walked in, they felt the same thing. And so uh they were like, We don't wanna, we don't wanna go any further, and we're ready to go. And I said, Me too.

SPEAKER_04 2:16

What did you feel?

SPEAKER_07 2:16

What what was it was just like there was just a heaviness. I was just a heaviness. Did you even walk through the house? I went up, oh I started turning on lights, and I kept thinking, Oh, Lisa. And the further I got into it, you know, it was just that heavy, and I was just like, maybe I got up on the wrong side of the bed, whatever. Right, yeah, right. And now, I mean, as a Christian, there's demonic things out there. No, I was just gonna say that. Yeah, yeah. And so I was like, okay, but you know, God gave us that discernment for a reason, and so we gotta use it. And so anyway, I thought, well, get that second, you know. Yeah. And they came in and they were like, mm, no. That's wild. Yeah. That they felt it too. The only time that ever really happened was at that, at that house. And I remember the house.

SPEAKER_06 3:04

And I wonder, you know, you wonder like what happened there. Because you can feel stuff like that.

SPEAKER_07 3:10

Yeah. Yeah. You do, you wonder. I mean, it was it's an older home. Um, probably, I bet it was close to a hundred years old. So you don't know what is gone on. Stories, right?

SPEAKER_06 3:20

And you also don't know what's could be buried underneath there, guys. Like that. My parents' house is built on an old Native American burial ground. Wow. And now my mom audit garner. Yeah, uh-huh, yeah. And my mom has seen several things walking in the night. Really? Oh, yeah. And she I know I'm laughing because you guys like she's always seen stuff. So this is why I'm so into this too, because I've been like raised like this. I do not open my eyes to it. I'm too scared. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 3:51

No, you close that out. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 3:54

She's like, I'm out of this conversation. I'm not there.

SPEAKER_07 3:56

No, I'm no. Would I do I go and look for that? No, but do I have the sense to turn around and walk away?

SPEAKER_04 4:04

People that that have they're not true mediums, but there are people that have that sensory about them that they can feel that other plane of existence. And, you know, that's when again, so I'll dive a little bit. When I was younger, we lived in a house, my parents got divorced, a lot of just bad energy.

SPEAKER_06 4:23

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 4:23

Well, we had found that the house we bought, this was out in Indiana, that a 98-year-old man had passed away, he had a heart attack on the living room floor and he died in the home, right?

SPEAKER_03 4:31

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_04 4:31

You know, I don't want to know that stuff. I'm a kid, I don't want to know that crap, right? Well, when the divorce happened and all that negativity and all that stuff was happening, it started rearing its head. He was fine with the loving family that was living there, apparently, but then with all this negativity, he started becoming known. Oh so, and I started freaking out and told my mom, like, I'm scared, I don't want to be here anymore, right? Yeah. And she's like, Look, if you just go into your room and say, This is my room, don't come in here. Yeah, they will not bother you if they're a friendly entity, right? And and the problem was, or not the problem, I guess the problem, my bedroom was the full depth of the house, front to back, ranch style home, front to back. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then you had to go through my room to get to the garage. It was kind of like a bonus room type thing, but I turned it into my bedroom.

SPEAKER_06 5:15

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 5:16

And so apparently it would stay in the garage. And because I said it stayed in the garage, it wouldn't come in the rest of the house because I created a barrier for it.

SPEAKER_07 5:24

But I would say my parents my home in the name of Jesus, and you are not welcome. Yeah. That is all demons flee in the name of Jesus.

SPEAKER_04 5:32

And so I don't want to tell too much, but my mom, when they got divorced, she low the kids because she was afraid she's gonna lose us and other kids. So she let all the kids for all her friends come over to the house and stuff. My sisters were older. Right, right. Well, one of one of my sister's friends, this guy had injured his hand at work really bad that day. I mean, like we was killing him there, and they were at the house, and I was gone. I was out, I think, out here visiting my grandparents in Illinois at the time. So he was free in the whole house, right? And so they were sitting there, and they were sitting like we are in a circle right now, and my sister saw that his face kind of changed part way, and then it just went through him, and all the pain was gone out of his hand. It was just really weird. I just got goosebumps. Okay, so anyway, that's the type of stuff. So I am in tune to the stuff that's a good one.

SPEAKER_03 6:19

Well, maybe he was an angel.

SPEAKER_04 6:21

So so I'm in tune to that type of stuff, and I agree with the stuff. I've been around some negative crap that I'm like, stay away.

SPEAKER_07 6:26

Stay away, yeah. And so because the Bible says don't mess in that. Don't mess in any of that. Oh no.

SPEAKER_04 6:31

So when I when I when you know as a kid, they always had the Ouija boards and stuff like that. And mom's like, don't mess with that stuff. Why is it in the house? Get it out of here, blah, blah, blah. My sister's a bull. I'm like, oh, look at this stuff.

SPEAKER_07 6:41

No way. I did it all the time. Stay all away. Yeah. I'm not asking for nothing. We did it all the time when we were little. No, I'm a weenie. I'm you're a weenie.

SPEAKER_04 6:49

So, and here's the thing, though, when I got married, right? And had my new wife come to the house. I live in a house that's 139 years old. It was built by my great-great-grandfather. It's seen some things. The front parlor of the house is where you would have the casket if you have a death in the family, right? That's right.

SPEAKER_06 7:06

They put it like on the kitchen table, wouldn't they?

SPEAKER_04 7:08

No, nothing. Not this house. It has a separate parallel. Oh, okay, okay. So if you come in the front, big part, you're right to the parlor that's separated from the rest of the house. Anyway. So, but yeah, so I, you know, make sure, but my house is very comfortable and and there's nothing, there's no feelings or anything like that. And this, it's just I can feel that, and you obviously can feel that too. And you're like, I'm out. Lydia's like, I'm out.

SPEAKER_06 7:29

I don't do good with this stuff. Well, what about this recent movie? I just want to ask, like, and I can't even remember what it's called, but it has Amanda that Amanda's cipher. Oh, with Sydney's house. No? Oh, no, but that's really good.

SPEAKER_03 7:43

That's really good.

SPEAKER_06 7:44

That was so good. And they're made, I guess they're making a second one. But so her and the husband, they get shown the house. He loves it. It's up on a hill.

SPEAKER_04 7:52

So it does involve real estate. I love it. Okay. Let's make sure we're still there.

SPEAKER_06 7:55

I don't know. It doesn't involve real estate. I don't watch scary movies. And maybe it is called The House on the I don't know. We're gonna have to Google it, but it's it's fairly new. So they they the realtor takes them to the house, you know, just talks it up. Beautiful home, beautiful home. She's walking through. I mean, you can tell the realtor knows something though about the house. The history, right? Yeah, but the husband, you know, like a typical husband, he's not even caring. He's I love this house. Look at this fireplace, look at this mantle, look, baby.

SPEAKER_04 8:26

That's awesome. You're great. I love it. Just checking.

SPEAKER_06 8:29

And then the wife, you know, she's looking around, she's she's liking how it looks. It's an old, older house with craftsmith style. And um she's kind of getting something off, but she goes with it for the husband. First couple days, things are fine. Are you trying to find it? House tour or house on the hill. Yeah. House on the hill, I think it is. Okay, so a few days. Well, she's washing the dishes, and all of a sudden her ring is gone off of her hand. Okay, so she's looking, she reaches down into the it turns on. Yeah, it's yuck. Nothing happened. She got it out right before. Okay, so little things like this are starting to happen with the ghost. Yeah. I'm not gonna give the whole thing away, but things that she tries to call the realtor. Okay, please, the realtor's like, you know, not answering. She tracks her down in the town. What is this house going on? It turns out, I mean, I I don't want to give away too much, but if in case you want to watch it, but there was a wife, a husband and wife that had lived there, and the husband had abused the wife for years and years and years. So ended up killing her. The husband I think he killed himself or died or whatever. So, in fact, the couple that moved into the house, the husband was abusive as well. So, this ghost was actually trying to help and protect the woman.

SPEAKER_07 9:52

There you go.

SPEAKER_06 9:54

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 9:55

Well, here's so sci-fi or real, right? Yeah, versus so to me, you would pray. I you should bless your home. Right. You should pray over your home. And you should, I mean, I I walk through my house a bajillion times. Raise your kids, pray over those kids, pray over those rooms, anoint those doorways. Yes, all my all my doorways are have a cross. Yeah, you don't want any of that. Uh-uh. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 10:21

As long as you don't go home and they're upside down.

SPEAKER_06 10:22

Yeah. Dude, I swear to you, and I I'm not even kidding.

SPEAKER_07 10:28

Oh my gosh. No.

SPEAKER_06 10:29

I we're not doing any of that. No. But I I'm serious. And I do think that people should, when they're getting shown a house, I think they should slow down a little bit.

SPEAKER_04 10:39

If if if they're if they're in tune to it, worry about it. You know what I mean? So like Lydia doesn't want to have anything to do with that. She doesn't think about it. So she doesn't, it's it's it's it's she's not in tune with it. It's out of her.

SPEAKER_07 10:51

But I think I think she she's never hit that. I think if she if she felt that she would say something's off with this house, right? She'd probably call me and she'd say, something like that. Yeah. But but that's one of those things that if the person says they want to leave, then you go on and share that with the listing agent, or you just say they weren't interested. They weren't interested. Okay.

SPEAKER_04 11:16

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 11:16

I didn't know if I mean because if it's something like House on the Hill that's been on the market Mexican last night, and we, you know, we just felt nothing. And so anyway. And so so you don't want to bring things that maybe isn't there. So yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:36

Okay. Yeah. All right, cool. Well, hey, on the on the flip of that, right? Ghosts, all I so the big thing with that is like either believe or you don't. Yeah. Right. Right. And if you believe in the Holy Ghost and all, then you're taking the Holy Ghost. But what I mean is that means if there's a Holy Ghost and you believe in the Holy Ghost, there's others.

SPEAKER_07 11:50

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 11:50

That's just putting that out there. So anyway. Right. Well, that's what I mean. I've I've had I've had discussions with family members like I don't believe in ghosts. Well, do you believe in Holy Ghost? Well, yes. In the Holy Spirit? Yes. Well, then there's other ghosts as well. So, well, anyway, long distance. Okay. So funny stuff. So funny stuff is showing. Have you had anything like, uh huh, like they open a closet door and like there's like a mannequin, you know, or well, taxidermy. Those could be fun.

SPEAKER_07 12:19

I was showing a house and I walked, it was the first time I'd been in the house, and my client was behind me, which was a youth pastor that was moving to work at our church. Anyway, I am walking around the corner and there is a bear.

SPEAKER_04 12:35

And life size full bear.

SPEAKER_07 12:37

Oh, life-size full bear. And I screamed and jumped into his arms. And his wife stand by and they cracked up. It was the funniest thing. That's the cutest thing. You know, that I jump in this. But that, and so that just taught me like if I saw any taxidermy in the house when you first walk in, be looking around the corner. Right. So the same house, the same house. So freak out over the bear. Then I go into another room. And I'm thinking, it should be fine by now because the bear scared me to death. And there was a like a jaguar sitting on a log or something. No, on the desk or just your drawers. And it was sitting there. And it's it's eye level. Okay, I'm not very tall. Right. So it's eye level. And man, I let out a scream again. I wish so bad I would have been there.

SPEAKER_04 13:33

I'm glad you have a strong bladder.

SPEAKER_07 13:35

Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_04 13:36

Well clean up L1.

SPEAKER_07 13:38

Way back when, because I don't know what would happen today as an older.

SPEAKER_04 13:42

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_07 13:43

But that was crazy.

SPEAKER_06 13:44

You know, that's those are like because really you never ex you never know what to expect, really, if you're walking.

SPEAKER_04 13:52

Yeah. Have you had any closet moments or anything that you're like necessarily that, but was house in town was it in iguana?

SPEAKER_05 14:00

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The day we're closing and we went there. I don't, you weren't with that screen. No, they had it out on the floor, running around and playing with it. And I'm like, I don't, I don't do reptiles, anything like that. And the kid came up to me and he's like, Do you want to pet it? And literally has it right here by me. And I'm like, no, I don't. I want you to get away from me. I don't do reptiles.

SPEAKER_07 14:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 14:22

Oh my gosh. Warm-blooded only. I don't do that.

SPEAKER_07 14:25

And then so, okay, mine were dead and they scared me. Yours was real.

SPEAKER_05 14:30

This one's alive and in my face.

SPEAKER_07 14:32

I went into one house, and you know, people always say, you know, don't mind the dog. Yeah. Because he's very friendly or she's very friendly. Okay, that dog likes you, uh-huh, but I'm a stranger coming in. That's okay. So you think about the dog, the ankle biters and all of that, you know. So you think about a dog. Okay, cats. Cats usually take off and hide.

SPEAKER_04 14:55

No, not all of them.

SPEAKER_07 14:56

Oh, not all of them. They love all of them. I'm allergic to all animals, so all of them want to say.

SPEAKER_06 15:01

Cats? They do that on purpose. Yes. To people like you.

SPEAKER_07 15:04

So this cat, I walk in the door and I see it, and then I turned and it's on the back of the couch and it's growling at me. And then people do that. Yeah, oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_04 15:22

I've seen cats act like dogs before. Yeah, I see. And will attack like dogs. It's crazy.

SPEAKER_07 15:26

And I just said, I'm out. Because I'm like, no, I'm not gonna get I'm out.

SPEAKER_04 15:33

Finger up, I'm gone later.

SPEAKER_07 15:35

People were like, Lisa, it's fine. And I was like, that cat is what? So this cat is nuts. So anyway, they go ahead. I stand pretty much by the door because I'm running.

SPEAKER_04 15:51

That segment is that cat is nuts. That's your cut. You're gonna do it.

SPEAKER_07 15:55

This is huge. So every every room that I would walk into, the cat would get there first and you know I call I did call the listing agent, which is a friend of mine.

SPEAKER_04 16:09

You gotta put the attack cat away.

SPEAKER_07 16:11

I will never show that house again. She cracked up. I said, it sold pretty quick, but the cat was staying here. I don't know.

SPEAKER_04 16:20

Maybe, maybe that was a demon cat. The Holy Spirit.

SPEAKER_07 16:23

And that cat was like, oh with the demon. Yeah, it was a cat.

SPEAKER_04 16:29

I'm just saying. All right.

SPEAKER_07 16:31

It was a nut cat that just didn't like anybody in its house. It said, I'm not moving. Very territorial.

SPEAKER_04 16:38

Right. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 16:39

Yeah. Very yeah.

SPEAKER_06 16:40

Well, no, I people are like that about their animals. And and and it is a little bit scary. And I am a huge animal lover, and I will walk up. I would walk up to a real jaguar, probably.

SPEAKER_07 16:53

But when I was like boop its nose.

SPEAKER_06 16:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 16:57

But yeah, me not. No.

SPEAKER_06 16:58

But I will maybe not. There was this big dog, you know, not not crude. Not this big dog, but that I was going into a house to to film, and I was a little nervous. And it's barking at me.

SPEAKER_04 17:12

But they sense that too.

SPEAKER_06 17:13

And then I know they sense that. So I had to really try to compose yourself. And and and it followed me around. It was so nice, you know, so wiggly and and licking me, but you never know when they could turn because that my dog, but from before this dog.

SPEAKER_04 17:29

Right.

SPEAKER_06 17:30

He could be like the nicest. He could just be laying there and then all of a sudden Psychotic break. Yes, dude. Well, what is their job?

SPEAKER_04 17:37

Protect.

SPEAKER_07 17:38

To protect. Protect their family, their home. I am a stranger. I'm bringing more strangers. But you're the smiley face on their house. That cat did not care.

SPEAKER_06 17:48

They say get your face out. That's what he said. It wasn't Garfield. So I'm mad. It's like cute aggression because Lisa's face is too cute.

SPEAKER_07 17:56

My gosh. So then let's see. What's something else? Another animal. Oh, I love the animals. The goose. The goose. We'll go to that. The goose. You don't mess with a goose when it has eggs. Well, I thought it was fake. Yes, she did think it was fake. It was not fake. And then I had a little girl that came to see the view of the house with her parents. And um she goes down to the pond and she's it's a goose. That goose was not happy. She goose, you know, just oh yeah. Wings out, the flapping, flat head down to come after kissing.

SPEAKER_03 18:34

Yes.

SPEAKER_07 18:35

You know, they're scary. No, they're scary. And she ran back up to the house.

SPEAKER_03 18:40

Wow.

SPEAKER_07 18:40

Another one was I walked in a room. They did not tell me. They the agent forgot to tell me that there was a dog in a kennel. Okay. And they had the kennel covered because if the dog sees, then they might fall out. If he hears, they bark.

SPEAKER_04 18:55

Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 18:56

So I'm not ready for that. And like and it was a big, like Rottweiler bark dog. Man.

SPEAKER_04 19:05

That can come out of those kennels, actually. Yeah. They can get through those gates.

SPEAKER_07 19:09

Sometimes you do need husky breaks out of his.

SPEAKER_04 19:12

That's what I mean.

SPEAKER_07 19:12

Yeah. That bark just, I mean, I backed right out of that room. But it was a little bit more.

SPEAKER_03 19:17

Okay, here's another room, folks.

SPEAKER_05 19:19

I showed a house in town. I don't, I don't know if you've shown this one, but it's not on anymore. One of the bedrooms they kept their dogs in whenever showings would happen. They were home, but we couldn't go in the bedroom because they're dogs. And I'm like, we need to get in there to see. We couldn't. And the dogs, the entire time we're in there showing the house, is literally trying to get out and just growling and barking. I'm like, And probably scratching the door. We're gonna get attacked.

SPEAKER_04 19:40

Yeah, and the floor.

SPEAKER_05 19:41

The entire time they're in there doing that. And they wouldn't, we couldn't go in there and see the room.

SPEAKER_07 19:45

We just yeah. And you know, sellers, people, they love their animals, buyers love their animals and all that. But other people walking in when you're trying to sell your house, you have to think about I want to make that buyer as comfortable as I want to make their agent as comfortable as possible.

SPEAKER_06 20:06

I'm not the clients, it's about the agent. An animal, not even a cat.

SPEAKER_07 20:11

Yeah, yeah. You gotta you gotta think about those things.

SPEAKER_04 20:14

I'm glad you brought that up because again, you know, this is the realtor segment, and you know, this is we're freewilling it today, but still it's comes back to sellers. Come on. Yeah, you know, not everyone likes your same likes.

SPEAKER_07 20:26

Right.

SPEAKER_04 20:26

And if you really want your home to sell, be thinking about the the other agents and buyers, potential buyers coming through.

SPEAKER_07 20:34

I had a seller who had snakes in in the basement. He was uh professor at Blackburn, and that was what he did was all the reptile stuff and fish and all of that. And he had what 20, I think there was like 27 aquariums in the home and with fish and all snakes and food sources. There was snakes. Yeah, and they were telling me because I said ice over here. When do you want to come see it? We're getting ready to move, and then we want you to come see this ass. And I said, when all the reptiles are gone. My finger are gone. All the reptiles are gone.

SPEAKER_04 21:09

Well, they're all gone-ish.

SPEAKER_07 21:11

Except for the one we lost. We lost one. That's what they said. Is that what happened? That's what they're doing. Oh my god. Dude, what?

SPEAKER_04 21:18

Just being goofy and you're like unreal.

SPEAKER_07 21:20

And I said, It's still in that house somewhere.

SPEAKER_04 21:22

It might be in the ductwork.

SPEAKER_07 21:24

I'm telling you right now, if one falls out of, you know, like the seal, you know, they have the nightmare.

SPEAKER_04 21:32

Fat snake.

SPEAKER_06 21:34

If you were going to the bathroom and it came up through the pipes.

SPEAKER_07 21:43

Yeah. She's gonna think about it.

SPEAKER_06 21:44

She's gonna be able to do that.

SPEAKER_04 21:45

Every time she now sits on the toilet, she's gonna be like Dude, every night I think of it.

SPEAKER_06 21:49

I already think of it every night. You do it why? Because I'm a weenie. I already said it. I don't do it. Did we think did something happen when we were little? We have trouble.

SPEAKER_04 21:58

So we have identified a lot of things in the This episode, and I love that we did this now, right?

SPEAKER_06 22:02

I love it.

SPEAKER_04 22:02

Middle is a weenie, right? We've got that. I'm a big scary cat of cats.

SPEAKER_07 22:07

Of taxidermy. I'm a taxidermy. Cats don't like me. Yeah. I love it. This is great. This is awesome.

SPEAKER_04 22:15

I love the stripped down. We're showing that first choice reality pros. They're real people.

SPEAKER_06 22:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 22:23

They're real people. They have real phobias. They have real likes, dislikes, right? Yeah. And they have real life experiences to help you sell and buy your home.

SPEAKER_06 22:32

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 22:33

I mean, that's what this is what this turned into today. This is awesome. And just to let our listeners know. That's a good point. We do we did have a special guest supposed to be joining us today. Yes. Thanks to First Choice Reality Pros. That person unfortunately was ill and not able to make it. Right. We'll have them on a future episode. Yes. And so we kind of like, look, let's just go back to curtains. Let's just talk. Let's roll. Right. So this is great. Yes. Because it really lets everyone know who you guys are. I love this. This is awesome.

SPEAKER_06 22:58

I do too. And I think that that's an important thing to be able to. Sorry, when I work with people, I want to be friends with them. Like some people don't like that, you know, but like you're my friend. You know, I I'm on days kids. I don't want it to just be like a business transaction. I know some people are like that. Right. I'm not. You guys aren't like that. She's the mother. Yeah. Yeah. She's the mother. I'm the realtor mom and realtor aunt. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 23:22

For Lydia? Yeah. Daughter, realtor. Daughter daughter.

SPEAKER_07 23:26

So many funny, crazy things. And if you can't laugh it off, you know, and and move forward and help make the buyer or the seller not feel bad for whatever. It reminds me of a seller. She's walking me through her home. This was years ago. And you know, she's she worked really hard at getting everything clean and trying. She's a single mom. So she can't do a lot of things on her own. Right, right. So then she opens up a door and the doorknob falls off in her hand. So okay, one. Okay. And so she's putting, and I said, Oh, that's an easy fix. No, no big deal. So we walk into the next door and the doorknob falls off into her hand. Yeah. And she was like, Oh my gosh. She said, I don't even remember this ever happening before. So then we go to the third door, the doorknob falls off. And I'm like, I called it the doorknob house. This is the doorknob. I see. This is like, yeah. It was just crazy.

SPEAKER_04 24:27

And it was the cellar showing you. It was the cellar for a listing. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 24:31

The knobs were falling off. So of course we got that fixed, you know, before we ever left the buyer go in. But it was just an odd, it was like three in a row doorknobs. That is that's really yeah, it was just weird. I'm glad you didn't know. I wonder if somebody came in and was like messed with her.

SPEAKER_04 24:46

So it wouldn't sell.

SPEAKER_07 24:47

Yeah, so it wouldn't. And so I don't know, but it was maybe the ex-husband. This is crazy.

SPEAKER_04 24:53

This is Lydia's like, she's it's someone crazy.

SPEAKER_07 24:55

Oh no, she won't even look at you. Eye contact is not happening right now. No, she doesn't want to open up her soul to it. But it's been super busy, Chris. Boy. Super busy. We have been busy. She's got a new listing coming out. I've got three. I got one new one out. I got two. Two stuff on the market. We got coming soon coming on. Awesome.

SPEAKER_04 25:18

You know, so can you tell locations like Carnival, Gillespie, where?

SPEAKER_07 25:23

Oh, Carlinville. Yeah. Okay, all Carnival. They're all Carlinville. Right here in mid-Illinois.

SPEAKER_04 25:28

Let's go. Yeah. Wait, wait, wait, wait. I've got to ask. Is that because the seasonal time, school ending, college is out, time to people are getting ready, yeah. Get settled through the school.

SPEAKER_07 25:40

Interesting. Yeah. I just had a mom say we want to be able to be out and be into the next place before school starts to get the kids.

SPEAKER_04 25:48

So that opens up market here. They're already into their new market and stuff. So that's exciting. So three, you said four? How many hit the market?

SPEAKER_07 25:56

Yeah. I got three coming soon, and one just hit the market. She's working on one. So then awesome. Yeah, we got things, and we got other things coming in. We're still got those buyers that's looking for that perfect you guys have a you guys have a pipeline of buyers, I'm sure. Don't you? Four right now, just finally feel feel free.

SPEAKER_04 26:17

We want to, you know, when they hit the market, let's talk about them.

SPEAKER_07 26:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 26:21

Right?

SPEAKER_07 26:21

Yeah. 156 Harrington. That was that 156.

SPEAKER_04 26:28

Well, if not, someone else's house on 156 Harrington's gonna get on the market.

SPEAKER_07 26:31

It's not, and I should have it in my brain as many times as I that's the one you that's the one. You did the staging. We did the staging. Oh, it looks so nice. That's a cute little house. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 26:41

Do you still have the one at the country club?

SPEAKER_07 26:42

I do, but there is a contract. We are we are pending going on.

SPEAKER_04 26:47

That was a beautiful house. It's because of the video, isn't it?

SPEAKER_07 26:50

It is. It was the video. I am so happy, Lee. So I mean, we're in the first stages, so you know, anything can happen. Yeah, so what? What'd you say? 156. 526. 526, yeah. I have the numbers. All right.

SPEAKER_04 27:04

Sorry about if you live at 156 Harrington.

SPEAKER_07 27:06

Yeah, I won't sell your house unless you call me. But 526 Harrington.

SPEAKER_04 27:10

I don't think there's a lot of things.

SPEAKER_07 27:11

Yeah, it's a three-bedroom, one bath. The grass is like carpet.

SPEAKER_04 27:16

Ooh. It always is. The scissor thing.

SPEAKER_07 27:17

Yeah. Oh, it was very well maintained. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_06 27:20

The inside's cute.

SPEAKER_07 27:21

Yeah. It was just a it's a very well-maintained house. Uh Lydia showed it the other day, and I had a showing yesterday. Um, and they they were interested. So let's sell or buyer know. And so 829 East First North is coming out.

SPEAKER_04 27:39

Ooh. Ooh, you hear it here first, folks.

SPEAKER_07 27:41

Yeah, it's a craftsman home, beautiful 1920s home. East First North, you said 800 block. 800 block.

SPEAKER_04 27:48

So eight blocks away from the courthouse. Yep. Okay. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 27:53

And and don't say names.

SPEAKER_06 27:54

Is that the home? Is it a home right now?

SPEAKER_07 27:58

Yeah. Yeah. And so, um, and then that's a beautiful home. Oh, I have number one crestwood hit yesterday, it's coming soon. Oh, that's beautiful. I sold it to them. Oh, sweet. They came back and said back in 2020. And then now they're getting a bigger house. They're having another baby. Need some more room.

SPEAKER_04 28:16

Are you selling them the new house? Are you looking the new house for that? I mean, you're you're not going to be able to do that.

SPEAKER_07 28:21

Look at that. Look at that. I'm all over it. Heck yeah.

SPEAKER_04 28:24

So um and that's why everyone needs to get a hold of First Choice Relief Pro. Yeah. They just have to.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 28:30

You guys are phenomenal. And so today's been great. I love that we're able to do this.

SPEAKER_07 28:36

We scared Lydia.

SPEAKER_04 28:37

What's fine? Now you brought it back up.

SPEAKER_07 28:40

Look, she's sitting with her arms crossed.

SPEAKER_04 28:44

Any last parting words? Lydia. Any last parting words about tell our listeners and followers something about you. Real estate aside, something about Lydia.

SPEAKER_05 28:55

Put me on the spot, Chris.

SPEAKER_04 28:57

That's what I'm hearing about. I know. I at least I know my name.

SPEAKER_05 29:01

Or real estate. Yeah, real estate.

SPEAKER_04 29:03

No real estate. Something about you. I want to know. I want our listener to know something about you.

SPEAKER_06 29:07

Well, I'm a weenie. That's a good idea. Well, they already knew that. Lydia, I'm gonna tell you something that she can't think. I didn't realize like that you did your balloon. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 29:17

She has her her her side business. Yes, eventually. West events. I just do balloons, party decors, events like that. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 29:25

West events.com. What's how do we do that?

SPEAKER_05 29:27

West Events and Co. I do balloon garlands and decorations, a lot of graduations, parties, things. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 29:33

I love it. See, and that that is what we want to know, right? You're not just selling real estate. No, you can put a nice, beautiful balloon arch over that deal over the red carpet.

SPEAKER_03 29:43

Oh my god! You're welcome for that. You're welcome for that.

SPEAKER_04 29:47

The red carpet, balloon arch, compliments of the city.

SPEAKER_06 29:50

Next Wednesday, I have a closing. Well, let me know. Okay. It's in Nicomas. So we can make a road trip out of it all the same.

SPEAKER_04 29:57

And and you want to share a quick tidbit about you before we wrap up with our listeners?

SPEAKER_07 30:03

I work all the time. So just for that time kind of work all the time. We're here for you.

SPEAKER_05 30:09

Well, I think one of the things 217-825-3999.

SPEAKER_04 30:12

Look at you.

SPEAKER_05 30:13

Lisa's up till 2 a.m. any night. So if it doesn't matter what time you call her, she's up.

SPEAKER_04 30:17

But let's share this. If people haven't physically picked it up from previous podcast episodes, that you are or were a youth minister.

SPEAKER_07 30:26

Yeah, I I have my pastor's credentials.

SPEAKER_04 30:29

So that's that's what that's what I meant. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 30:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 30:31

Because again, it's been brought up in conversation, but not focalized as in this is something to know about Lisa. Yes.

SPEAKER_07 30:38

I am a Jesus freak. So and I am not ashamed. But you know what you are?

SPEAKER_06 30:43

Is you are the least judgmental or in this lifetime.

SPEAKER_04 30:48

Yeah, because you know there are we know there are not this Jesus freaks that we're not seeing that. If you're not walking the line of Christ, you're a sinner in the world. You know what I mean?

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And that yes, I show Christ through my walk. Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_04 31:03

Love it. Love it.

SPEAKER_07 31:04

That is a that is a good one.

SPEAKER_04 31:06

Now you feel better, don't you?

SPEAKER_06 31:08

Lisa, I bet Lisa is the best youth pastor. I love those years.

SPEAKER_07 31:12

Yeah. We did that for 20 some years. That was the best life.

SPEAKER_04 31:17

And that's probably the best way to end this episode because look, such a high.

SPEAKER_03 31:21

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 31:21

Right? I love it. I didn't mean like, oh I did. Yeah. But hey, you know what? Thank you for being our 10x partners. First choice Realty Pros. Make sure you heard Lisa say the number. Let's let Lydia say the number.

SPEAKER_05 31:35

217-825-3999.

SPEAKER_04 31:39

Look at that. 217-825-3999. Or find them on that interweb at First Choice Realty Pros. That's a 1 ST Choice RealtyPros.com. Right? I did it right that time. Nailed it.

SPEAKER_06 31:52

Nailed it.

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SPEAKER_04 32:21

Your son's listening.

SPEAKER_07 32:22

Yeah, he's listening.

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SPEAKER_07 32:24

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SPEAKER_04 32:29

No, we're just doing fake stuff down here in this basement. No.

SPEAKER_06 32:31

No, but I think he probably meant like how it's like set up and everything. Oh, yeah. The content, probably. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 32:37

Well, you know what? I love it. Folks, again, tune in next time when we talk with our 10x partners at First Choice Reality Pros, Lisa and Lydia, and we will see you then.

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