July 27, 2025 • 14 mins
Mindy speaks with Dixie Lundquist and Melinda Peters Elliot!
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
All right, Mikayla stepped out of the studio, but she's
been replaced by two blondes, bombshell blondes, who one of
them made me look really bad because she strolls right
into the studio with a big old birthday present for Mikayla,
and she looked at me and she's like, ce Mindy,
I don't forget.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I did not. I know, I just didn't.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
But you're so good at remembering that.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
And to be very honest, Mikayla, if she's listening right now,
you actually remembered a reminded me last year. Just to
put a bug in your ear. Mikayla's birthdays either tomorrow
or is the day of I'm like, oh, I knew,
but thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Next year, I'm on it. I've got you girl.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
July twenty fifth, the day before my nieces were born
of Pacey and Corey.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
So I'm Melinda Peters Elliott with Fine.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Designs and Interiors in studio alongside Dixie Lundquist with a
Lunkquist Royalty group. They are in here together every other month,
and you guys make such a good team because when
you're selling someone's home, it's got a look good and
there's something called staging that you do, right.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, we do, and it can make a big difference.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Yeah, Like what do you do to stage a house
to make it look better or more appealing to somebody?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Well, it all depends.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
You know, you want to kind of neutralize it. You
want people to be able to picture that it's their own,
and you make sure it's clean and crisp and very spacious.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
So Melinda, with fine designs and interiors, you make people's
everyday homes look like that.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
R Yes, I sure do. I try.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Now do you work with real chops as far as
they need you to go in and help stage a home, yeah,
I have.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
I have had a couple people. A lot of realtors
actually need help with like paint consultations. So I have
a really good friend who calls me and says, I
need a paint consultation, and you know, when can you
be here. We're going to put the house up for
sale in two weeks and they're going to paint tomorrow,
and you know, sometimes at the last minute. But I
can do I can run by or sometimes even do
(01:56):
it online, like through texts and things like that. So
I know my colors and I know like, you know
what the market is doing right now, so I can
kind of, you know, get to the bottom of it
pretty fast. And it's a really really great transition and
when it gets done, it sells like that.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Well, the whole thing is people's lives get busy, dam
I will say that firsthand, and you don't have a
lot of time to divulge into making your own space
look better. That's where it's so important to hire someone
like Melinda, the professionals who you do this every single day.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yes, exactly. And you know a lot of people do
the DIY stuff, but they can they can waste so
much money and so much time trying to figure it out.
So we kind of cut through the chase. We do
this every day. It's like the back of our hand,
and we can get to it faster and quicker and
more you know, right on the money what needs to
be done. So if you like saving money and you
(03:00):
like to save time, you need to hire an interior designer.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
So you just had like one hundred percent of the
people listening who doesn't like to save money and save time.
And Dixie I would say the same thing with you,
because dealing with this little house that.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
We're buying at Indian Lake.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
I cannot believe all the ups and downs and where
you think you're in contract and then something else happens.
I can't imagine doing this without a real estate agent.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
Yes, we are like a counselor for that, because it
is it's so emotional. It's such an emotional process, and
probably ninety five percent of the transactions don't go smoothly.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
So you need an expert.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
To walk you through it and let you know how
it should be and how we can make it work.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Otherwise you'd have no idea.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
What's one of the number one, two or three reasons
that a house sale wouldn't go through?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (03:50):
Well, number one, when you first start, the first weeks
are going to be an inspection, So it might not
go through based on the inspection. If something happens within
the first week of the contract, you kind of know
it's probably the inspection.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
And that lies on the person who's buying the house
if they want to get the home inspected.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Not everybody does that, right.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
They don't.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Well, when the market was so hot, a lot of
people waved inspections. I wasn't really big on that. I
could see that you come in and you do the inspection.
But you know, I always say, do the inspection, but
plan on not nickeling and diming everything. Yeah, because if
I always tell people, I'm like, if you just read
the inspection report, you probably would.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Never buy a house.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Yeah, seriously, truly because they sound horrible. And I'm always like,
you really need to talk to the inspector and talk
it through because it's something easy, but the way they
write it up and I kind of think it's a cya,
it sounds horrible. So I'm like, really, honestly, I promise you,
if anyone read an inspection report, you probably wouldn't buy.
You'd be like every house because you're not going to
find a perfect house.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
So what's another reason.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
The other reason's financial, really, if your finances don't go through,
if as the house doesn't appraise, you know, for the
that's always a renegotiating tool, or you can't get the
funds to do it.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So I know one of the things that you wanted
to talk about too, because we see so many of
those ads and we get phone calls or emails about
I'll give you cash for your home before we get
to that topic, because it is a very important topic
because a lot of people do fall for that. Welllinda,
you wanted to show, and I say show because we
are on Facebook live on Mikayla's page and I'm going
to share it to mine later. You want to show
(05:26):
blinds because blinds are totally different these days.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Yeah, they really are. It's not your mother's roller shades anymore.
I brought a black one in today and it is
a it's a cordless pull down, which is like what
we used to have. You know how you would pull
it down it like you had the like spring tension
it and then it would like fly up and break
and you've got this ugly roller and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
So there, my.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Sample is locked up. So yeah, let me try to
figure this out.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So see, that's what's the matter with it. It breaks,
it even breaks.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
This one is okay, there we go, okay on Facebook,
like you can see exactly what she's talking about.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Okay, so you pull it down, and this is really
cool because we can also get these with black backgrounds.
This one has a white one, but all of the
people putting black windows in their home right now, you
can have black face facing the road, so it will
not like impede the the black transition for the windows.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
I had no idea people were putting black windows.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Black windows are hot right.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Right now?
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Yeah, so this so this is a really cool like
this is a cover for the roller as well, and
so you don't you have this really clean look in
the window and then when it comes up it just glows.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
That's sharp, It just glid.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I love this.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
I put these in my camper actually, and we use
these in a lot of homes, Like it is really.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Hot to see why they look sharp.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Yeah, there's a lot of modern it's going to show
you these are some of the fabrics and it's going
to be really hard to see on Facebook Live, but
we have all of these colors and textures and they're
really really pretty. So there's like linen weaves, and there
are like different types of I don't know, it's just
(07:25):
screen kind of things, but they're all very light and airy.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Are people going more towards a solid look as opposed
to patterns, Yes, yeah, we do see that, and that
keeps it so you don't have to replace those things.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
These things are warrantied for the lifetime that you have them,
so if there's anything that ever breaks you just call
me and I get them repaired and back on your window.
So a lot of people spend a little bit more
on custom shades and stuff like that. But over the
period of time, they last longer and they can be
serviced and you know that, and then you keep them
(08:02):
neutral and you can put change your decor around it
ten thousand times. So this is another blind that's really popular.
It's a vignette.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I like that.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
And this is a it's like a Roman shade, but
it actually when it goes up, it's stacks, So a
lot of people like that. Look, you can use this
as a standalone window treatment, or you can put like
draperies around it. So this is your privacy up and down.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Do they have them to or they can be remote control?
Will you press a bunch?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Everything is remote control, Evan of course, even shutters. Yeah,
even shutters. We have remote controls for shutter veins opening
and closing. So I've got some really great options on
blind shades and shutters right now, and I've got two
different companies that I represent. I have the Hunter Douglas brand,
which I'm a I can't get it out an online
(08:53):
dealer for that, which is very unique and then Norman
Window Coverings is another line that tends to come in
a little bit less and the quality is just as great.
So I really like what we're doing here. And it's
really we've got some great promotions and it's free for
us to come out and measure and give you a quote, Dixie.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
When you see these blinds and we look at windows,
is that a big selling factor when you're selling a
house or buying a home.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
It does make a difference because it adds to it,
you know what I mean. It just makes the room flow.
And then people do care about the window, you know, yeah,
the light coming in?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Can they get it out?
Speaker 5 (09:30):
Like is it going to fade their furniture or aid
the flooring or is it in the bedroom and can
I darken it out so I can sleep and stuff
like that.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
So you wanted to give people a heads up because
we do see a lot. I still get texts or
emails from people, Hey, you want to sell your house
on Legacy Drive whatever, And I'm like, no, but a
lot of it is these cash for house sales.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yes, And I'm not being negative about it at all.
I just think sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
And a lot of people think it's just an e fix.
And I ran into this a couple of times and
it was really I was kind of blown away because
they were going to sell their house. Well these people,
(10:11):
they were like, oh, this is easy, So and so
did it. They're just going to come and give me cash,
no fees, which you just have to make sure because
a lot of them do have fees, even though they
say they don't.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Oh really, I didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
But they came and gave them cash.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
But it was like eighty thousand less that if they
would have spoke to a realtor that they left on.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
The table with eighty that's a lot. Yeah, yeah, and
that's even after all the fees.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Like I could have ran numbers on what we could
have sold it with, and some people it could be
easy fixes.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
You're like, oh, I have a couple holes in my wall.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
You don't want to deal with it?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Come, but no, I.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Mean for eighty thousand dollars, I think.
Speaker 5 (10:44):
I would deal with Oh my gosh, because you know
they're trying to make money too, and I get it,
that's their business, but this is your home and let
a real it or an expert come in and just
tell you first, give it a chance. Don't just be
like no, I'm just going to do this. And this was,
you know, a younger couple and I was just blown away.
I'm like, you've really lost eighty thousand. That's a huge
(11:05):
amount of money.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
How is the market right now?
Speaker 1 (11:07):
I know interest rates are staying even, and I know
President Trump really wants that to change. I don't know
if it is going to change right now according to Powell.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
But how's the sales for homes?
Speaker 2 (11:19):
You know, they're staying great? Okay, good, they really are.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Things are things are balancing out, so there are more
houses on the market, and they're staying on longer. What
I want people to understand is, sometimes the way the
market had been going, if a house stayed on longer
than a weekend, people start worrying what's wrong with it?
Speaker 2 (11:38):
But that's not the case.
Speaker 5 (11:39):
Now that's good, you know, So like, don't neglect a
house just because it's been on the market for a
week or two.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
A week or two.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
I think the house I got at Indian Lake was
on the market for months.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
You know, I'm scared I'm buying.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
You know, you should be the smart one.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
You're right, there's still there's gems out there, but people
have the mentality that, you know, if it's still people
watch what buyers. That's what I said, the buyers are
driving the market. So you have a house. Let's say
you go look at the house and there's ten other
people there looking at it. What are you going to think, Oh,
my gosh, this is a great deal. I better get
get an offer. True, And that's what happens even at
(12:14):
an open house. There's a lot more open houses than
we've ever had. And you go to an open house
and you've got a load of people there, you're like,
oh gosh, I better get an offer in. But that
you know, things are changing, there's more on the market.
So if it's been on the market a little while,
it's still okay because it's probably a gem.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Well I hope, so I hope this one.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I think you found it hidden ja.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
I'll let you know in a couple of months for
a year or two. So congratulations Dixie.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
The Lundquist Relati Group. We just got a top ten
ranking with your company.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Yeah, yes, John did last year. We've been staying in
the top ten, which is huge. We have a very
large company, so it's an honor.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
And it's growing, Melinda. She keeps adding more and more
women to this company. That just when you watch a
company grow like that, you know they're doing something right.
So give your information if people are looking looking for
a real estate agent and you are outstanding.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
I've known Dixie forever.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
If I didn't have my sister helping me with this,
it would have been Dixie. In fact, I was still
bending your ear on so many questions.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
Yep, my number six one four two six six one
three one two. Or you can go to our CB
Lundquistgroup dot com. Or we're really big on social media
because your daughter Morgan is our marketer and she's outstanding.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Just look up the lund Quist Realty Group and they
are everywhere.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
So congratulations in that.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And you've been named in all kinds of publications too,
Melinda with fine designs and interiors.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Yeah, I've been around thirty four years, so not even
thirty four years old.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Why are you guys laugh at that?
Speaker 2 (13:40):
No, that's your turn for your birthday. Exactly.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Best way to eat to you, Mikayla or Melinda is what.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
I best way is? Phone actually seven four oh eight
five two six two two six, or you can go
to our website find designs and Interiors dot com. So
we are in downtown London, Ohio, which have a great
design showroom, and everybody's welcome to stop at any time.
You know that we're there. We would love to talk
(14:10):
and we can do free consultations for blinds and window treatments,
so give us.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
A call, all right, Mkayla and I have a question
or two for you guys coming up after the break,
so can you stick around, sure, another ten minutes, that's.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
It, absolutely all right, we'll be right back. Everybody
All right, Mikayla stepped out of the studio, but she's
been replaced by two blondes, bombshell blondes, who one of
them made me look really bad because she strolls right
into the studio with a big old birthday present for Mikayla,
and she looked at me and she's like, ce Mindy,
I don't forget.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I did not. I know, I just didn't.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
But you're so good at remembering that.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
And to be very honest, Mikayla, if she's listening right now,
you actually remembered a reminded me last year. Just to
put a bug in your ear. Mikayla's birthdays either tomorrow
or is the day of I'm like, oh, I knew,
but thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:38):
Next year, I'm on it. I've got you girl.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
July twenty fifth, the day before my nieces were born
of Pacey and Corey.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
So I'm Melinda Peters Elliott with Fine.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
Designs and Interiors in studio alongside Dixie Lundquist with a
Lunkquist Royalty group. They are in here together every other month,
and you guys make such a good team because when
you're selling someone's home, it's got a look good and
there's something called staging that you do, right.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Yeah, we do, and it can make a big difference.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Yeah, Like what do you do to stage a house
to make it look better or more appealing to somebody?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Well, it all depends.
Speaker 5 (01:12):
You know, you want to kind of neutralize it. You
want people to be able to picture that it's their own,
and you make sure it's clean and crisp and very spacious.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
So Melinda, with fine designs and interiors, you make people's
everyday homes look like that.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
R Yes, I sure do. I try.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Now do you work with real chops as far as
they need you to go in and help stage a home, yeah,
I have.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
I have had a couple people. A lot of realtors
actually need help with like paint consultations. So I have
a really good friend who calls me and says, I
need a paint consultation, and you know, when can you
be here. We're going to put the house up for
sale in two weeks and they're going to paint tomorrow,
and you know, sometimes at the last minute. But I
can do I can run by or sometimes even do
(01:56):
it online, like through texts and things like that. So
I know my colors and I know like, you know
what the market is doing right now, so I can
kind of, you know, get to the bottom of it
pretty fast. And it's a really really great transition and
when it gets done, it sells like that.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Well, the whole thing is people's lives get busy, dam
I will say that firsthand, and you don't have a
lot of time to divulge into making your own space
look better. That's where it's so important to hire someone
like Melinda, the professionals who you do this every single day.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yes, exactly. And you know a lot of people do
the DIY stuff, but they can they can waste so
much money and so much time trying to figure it out.
So we kind of cut through the chase. We do
this every day. It's like the back of our hand,
and we can get to it faster and quicker and
more you know, right on the money what needs to
be done. So if you like saving money and you
(03:00):
like to save time, you need to hire an interior designer.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
So you just had like one hundred percent of the
people listening who doesn't like to save money and save time.
And Dixie I would say the same thing with you,
because dealing with this little house that.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
We're buying at Indian Lake.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
I cannot believe all the ups and downs and where
you think you're in contract and then something else happens.
I can't imagine doing this without a real estate agent.
Speaker 5 (03:25):
Yes, we are like a counselor for that, because it
is it's so emotional. It's such an emotional process, and
probably ninety five percent of the transactions don't go smoothly.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
So you need an expert.
Speaker 5 (03:37):
To walk you through it and let you know how
it should be and how we can make it work.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Otherwise you'd have no idea.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
What's one of the number one, two or three reasons
that a house sale wouldn't go through?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (03:50):
Well, number one, when you first start, the first weeks
are going to be an inspection, So it might not
go through based on the inspection. If something happens within
the first week of the contract, you kind of know
it's probably the inspection.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
And that lies on the person who's buying the house
if they want to get the home inspected.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Not everybody does that, right.
Speaker 2 (04:09):
They don't.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Well, when the market was so hot, a lot of
people waved inspections. I wasn't really big on that. I
could see that you come in and you do the inspection.
But you know, I always say, do the inspection, but
plan on not nickeling and diming everything. Yeah, because if
I always tell people, I'm like, if you just read
the inspection report, you probably would.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Never buy a house.
Speaker 5 (04:29):
Yeah, seriously, truly because they sound horrible. And I'm always like,
you really need to talk to the inspector and talk
it through because it's something easy, but the way they
write it up and I kind of think it's a cya,
it sounds horrible. So I'm like, really, honestly, I promise you,
if anyone read an inspection report, you probably wouldn't buy.
You'd be like every house because you're not going to
find a perfect house.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
So what's another reason.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
The other reason's financial, really, if your finances don't go through,
if as the house doesn't appraise, you know, for the
that's always a renegotiating tool, or you can't get the
funds to do it.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So I know one of the things that you wanted
to talk about too, because we see so many of
those ads and we get phone calls or emails about
I'll give you cash for your home before we get
to that topic, because it is a very important topic
because a lot of people do fall for that. Welllinda,
you wanted to show, and I say show because we
are on Facebook live on Mikayla's page and I'm going
to share it to mine later. You want to show
(05:26):
blinds because blinds are totally different these days.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Yeah, they really are. It's not your mother's roller shades anymore.
I brought a black one in today and it is
a it's a cordless pull down, which is like what
we used to have. You know how you would pull
it down it like you had the like spring tension
it and then it would like fly up and break
and you've got this ugly roller and stuff like that.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
So there, my.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Sample is locked up. So yeah, let me try to
figure this out.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
So see, that's what's the matter with it. It breaks,
it even breaks.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
This one is okay, there we go, okay on Facebook,
like you can see exactly what she's talking about.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
Okay, so you pull it down, and this is really
cool because we can also get these with black backgrounds.
This one has a white one, but all of the
people putting black windows in their home right now, you
can have black face facing the road, so it will
not like impede the the black transition for the windows.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
I had no idea people were putting black windows.
Speaker 4 (06:34):
Black windows are hot right.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
Right now?
Speaker 4 (06:39):
Yeah, so this so this is a really cool like
this is a cover for the roller as well, and
so you don't you have this really clean look in
the window and then when it comes up it just glows.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
That's sharp, It just glid.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I love this.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
I put these in my camper actually, and we use
these in a lot of homes, Like it is really.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
Hot to see why they look sharp.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Yeah, there's a lot of modern it's going to show
you these are some of the fabrics and it's going
to be really hard to see on Facebook Live, but
we have all of these colors and textures and they're
really really pretty. So there's like linen weaves, and there
are like different types of I don't know, it's just
(07:25):
screen kind of things, but they're all very light and airy.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
Are people going more towards a solid look as opposed
to patterns, Yes, yeah, we do see that, and that
keeps it so you don't have to replace those things.
Speaker 4 (07:40):
These things are warrantied for the lifetime that you have them,
so if there's anything that ever breaks you just call
me and I get them repaired and back on your window.
So a lot of people spend a little bit more
on custom shades and stuff like that. But over the
period of time, they last longer and they can be
serviced and you know that, and then you keep them
(08:02):
neutral and you can put change your decor around it
ten thousand times. So this is another blind that's really popular.
It's a vignette.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
I like that.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
And this is a it's like a Roman shade, but
it actually when it goes up, it's stacks, So a
lot of people like that. Look, you can use this
as a standalone window treatment, or you can put like
draperies around it. So this is your privacy up and down.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
Do they have them to or they can be remote control?
Will you press a bunch?
Speaker 4 (08:31):
Everything is remote control, Evan of course, even shutters. Yeah,
even shutters. We have remote controls for shutter veins opening
and closing. So I've got some really great options on
blind shades and shutters right now, and I've got two
different companies that I represent. I have the Hunter Douglas brand,
which I'm a I can't get it out an online
(08:53):
dealer for that, which is very unique and then Norman
Window Coverings is another line that tends to come in
a little bit less and the quality is just as great.
So I really like what we're doing here. And it's
really we've got some great promotions and it's free for
us to come out and measure and give you a quote, Dixie.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
When you see these blinds and we look at windows,
is that a big selling factor when you're selling a
house or buying a home.
Speaker 5 (09:20):
It does make a difference because it adds to it,
you know what I mean. It just makes the room flow.
And then people do care about the window, you know, yeah,
the light coming in?
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Can they get it out?
Speaker 5 (09:30):
Like is it going to fade their furniture or aid
the flooring or is it in the bedroom and can
I darken it out so I can sleep and stuff
like that.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
So you wanted to give people a heads up because
we do see a lot. I still get texts or
emails from people, Hey, you want to sell your house
on Legacy Drive whatever, And I'm like, no, but a
lot of it is these cash for house sales.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yes, And I'm not being negative about it at all.
I just think sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
And a lot of people think it's just an e fix.
And I ran into this a couple of times and
it was really I was kind of blown away because
they were going to sell their house. Well these people,
(10:11):
they were like, oh, this is easy, So and so
did it. They're just going to come and give me cash,
no fees, which you just have to make sure because
a lot of them do have fees, even though they
say they don't.
Speaker 3 (10:19):
Oh really, I didn't know that.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
But they came and gave them cash.
Speaker 5 (10:23):
But it was like eighty thousand less that if they
would have spoke to a realtor that they left on.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
The table with eighty that's a lot. Yeah, yeah, and
that's even after all the fees.
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Like I could have ran numbers on what we could
have sold it with, and some people it could be
easy fixes.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
You're like, oh, I have a couple holes in my wall.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
You don't want to deal with it?
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (10:42):
Come, but no, I.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
Mean for eighty thousand dollars, I think.
Speaker 5 (10:44):
I would deal with Oh my gosh, because you know
they're trying to make money too, and I get it,
that's their business, but this is your home and let
a real it or an expert come in and just
tell you first, give it a chance. Don't just be
like no, I'm just going to do this. And this was,
you know, a younger couple and I was just blown away.
I'm like, you've really lost eighty thousand. That's a huge
(11:05):
amount of money.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
How is the market right now?
Speaker 1 (11:07):
I know interest rates are staying even, and I know
President Trump really wants that to change. I don't know
if it is going to change right now according to Powell.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
But how's the sales for homes?
Speaker 2 (11:19):
You know, they're staying great? Okay, good, they really are.
Speaker 5 (11:21):
Things are things are balancing out, so there are more
houses on the market, and they're staying on longer. What
I want people to understand is, sometimes the way the
market had been going, if a house stayed on longer
than a weekend, people start worrying what's wrong with it?
Speaker 2 (11:38):
But that's not the case.
Speaker 5 (11:39):
Now that's good, you know, So like, don't neglect a
house just because it's been on the market for a
week or two.
Speaker 3 (11:45):
A week or two.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
I think the house I got at Indian Lake was
on the market for months.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
You know, I'm scared I'm buying.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
You know, you should be the smart one.
Speaker 5 (11:53):
You're right, there's still there's gems out there, but people
have the mentality that, you know, if it's still people
watch what buyers. That's what I said, the buyers are
driving the market. So you have a house. Let's say
you go look at the house and there's ten other
people there looking at it. What are you going to think, Oh,
my gosh, this is a great deal. I better get
get an offer. True, And that's what happens even at
(12:14):
an open house. There's a lot more open houses than
we've ever had. And you go to an open house
and you've got a load of people there, you're like,
oh gosh, I better get an offer in. But that
you know, things are changing, there's more on the market.
So if it's been on the market a little while,
it's still okay because it's probably a gem.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Well I hope, so I hope this one.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I think you found it hidden ja.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
I'll let you know in a couple of months for
a year or two. So congratulations Dixie.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
The Lundquist Relati Group. We just got a top ten
ranking with your company.
Speaker 5 (12:42):
Yeah, yes, John did last year. We've been staying in
the top ten, which is huge. We have a very
large company, so it's an honor.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
And it's growing, Melinda. She keeps adding more and more
women to this company. That just when you watch a
company grow like that, you know they're doing something right.
So give your information if people are looking looking for
a real estate agent and you are outstanding.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
I've known Dixie forever.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
If I didn't have my sister helping me with this,
it would have been Dixie. In fact, I was still
bending your ear on so many questions.
Speaker 5 (13:10):
Yep, my number six one four two six six one
three one two. Or you can go to our CB
Lundquistgroup dot com. Or we're really big on social media
because your daughter Morgan is our marketer and she's outstanding.
Speaker 4 (13:24):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Just look up the lund Quist Realty Group and they
are everywhere.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
So congratulations in that.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And you've been named in all kinds of publications too,
Melinda with fine designs and interiors.
Speaker 4 (13:33):
Yeah, I've been around thirty four years, so not even
thirty four years old.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
Why are you guys laugh at that?
Speaker 2 (13:40):
No, that's your turn for your birthday. Exactly.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Best way to eat to you, Mikayla or Melinda is what.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
I best way is? Phone actually seven four oh eight
five two six two two six, or you can go
to our website find designs and Interiors dot com. So
we are in downtown London, Ohio, which have a great
design showroom, and everybody's welcome to stop at any time.
You know that we're there. We would love to talk
(14:10):
and we can do free consultations for blinds and window treatments,
so give us.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
A call, all right, Mkayla and I have a question
or two for you guys coming up after the break,
so can you stick around, sure, another ten minutes, that's.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
It, absolutely all right, we'll be right back. Everybody
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