Featured Agent Erik Rasmuson with Rock Realty

Episode Transcript

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Thirteen ten dolwu ib a and askthe experts. Hanging out this morning with
Matt Hepman of Rockrealty online Rock Wisconsindot com. That's Rock r O c
K Wisconsin dot com. They're telephonenumber six oh eight six seven three fifty
four hundred. That's six oh eightsix seven three fifty four hundred. Not
only are we joined this week byMatt Hepman of Rockrealty, we've also got

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Eric Rasmussen, realtor with Rock Realty. And Eric is not only a realtor,
he is the top seller for thepast two years. Matt, you
brought company along this week as well, so it's a little more we got
a little less elbow space. Yeah. I thought i'd introduce everybody to Eric
Rasmussen here and Eric Good Good Andyou're a realtor with with Rockrealty, aren't

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you that? I am? Yep, among other things. Your drummer,
am I right on the amag drummer? Yeah, let's talk. Tell us
a little bit about yourself. Ohboy, oh, where do you want
me to start? This is born? Yeah, I mean I live out
in sun Prairie, got two teenagers. All of a sudden, I don't
know how that happened. But yeah, junior and a senior coming up.

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So I'm in a band. Yes, I played drums in a local local
rock band in town here, Madison. So did I see a note that
you're into pickle ball? By theway, I have gotten into pickleball lately.
I come from a tennis and pingpong background, so it was a
logical Uh, you know, Ihad to go there eventually. Exactly.

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Well, it sounds like it's somethingyou can stick with for a long time
as well. And by the way, I'll ask both of you guys if
you sold the house with a pickleballcourt yet, either of you. Yeah,
I sold a house with a picka ball court across the street.
Oh, adjacent, So I thinkthat's a real state term. It's an
adjacent, Yes, an adjacent adjacentto a park, public land. Does
that stuff? By the way,and completely off track, does that go

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on listings? Like if you seesomething like as a realtor, like you're
gonna list somebody's house. Obviously you'retalk about the features of the home,
you talk about the school district.Do you mention things like hey, just
so you know, and especially somethingthat's hot like pickleball. It's pickleball course
right across the way. Is thatmentioned in that? Absolutely? I did.
Yes. I mean it speaks toyoung and old, so I definitely

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put it in there. Oh thatis that is perfect. So I got
to ask you to Eric, isyou point out here kind of vacation Let's
talk about ideal vacation spot that cameup, that came up in your notes.
I'm not I'm not gonna I'm notgonna overlook that part. Uh yeah,
okay, I mean it's a goalof mine someday to get to Italy.
Yeah. So I'm a big pizzaguy, so you know who isn't.

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But I've lately have gotten into makingthe Neapolitan pizzas on my my outside
pizza oven. So I'm even morenow like I got to go to Naples
or or something and like, youknow, get the real deal and maybe
bring home some knowledge on how toeven be better. Oh that is fantastically
along those lines too. Let's bringthat back to circle that back to real

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estate. Do you find people youmention that you're you know, if you're
if you're making a specialty beats,I know, like wood fired ovens,
those type of things. That's anotherpopular thing for folks saying, you know
what, I'm looking for a specifictype of house. I'm a baker,
I'm this type of you know,I'm as a guy. Oh I need
a big I need a big garageor a big shit. That's something that's
important to potential buyers, isn't it. Absolutely yep. Kitchens are you know

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where most people congregate and you knowyou got a double oven or a deluxe
you know, chef's kitchen as theycall it. It's it's always a big
seller. Fantastic bonus. Talking thismorning with Eric Rasmasin he's a real tour
with Rock Realty. Of course MattHetman along as well. Of course,
if you haven't been to the websiteyet, what's wrong with you? Get
out over there now Rock Wisconsin dotcom. That's Rock R O c K

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Wisconsin dot Com. Telephone number sixso eight six seven three fifty four hundred.
That's sixty seven three fifty four hundred. Let's talk about the culture and
a little bit about what it's likeworking at Rock Realty before we actually get
to that, this one to askhow we've been Is this the first real
estate agency work for You've been inreal estate previous? Is that no,
uh, this is my first Oha goo, Yeah, I was in
healthcare for twenty years. So what'swhat's the culture like at Rock REALTYA and

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what kind of attracted you to getinto real estate? Oh, it's incredible,
Yeah, I mean it's Matt andMike have really you know, they've
focused their vision on ensuring that thefirm is the highest quality and not just
of you know, the agents,but as people. You know, so
you're working with with just wonderful peoplethat we all show up for each other.

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We're all there to help each other. It's kind of just like one
big team. Yeah. Are thereparallels you think about I think about people
that work in healthcare? Is reallywanting to help people? Is you know
you want to be that assistant?You know a lot of times people you
think of when you're you know,whether you're at the doctor's office or wherever
you really need somebody to kind ofguide you. You're not at the doctor's
office. You know that if you'relucky, other than a check up,

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you don't go into the doctor's officeregularly. So when you go in there,
having people that you trust you canrely on that can really help you
kind of blaze that trail. It'sgot to be helpful. And I've got
to guess some of those skills translatevery well over to the state side.
I would agree. Yeah, Ithink that's why I've been, I don't
know, as successful as I've been. I guess I just I really I

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do care. I care about people, and you know that comes from my
background and wanting to help them,being being educational in the job to you
know, communicating. But yeah,I mean a big part of my job
is a when I was in healthcare, was you know, just communicating.
Yeah, yeah, that's something wefound and educating clients and going through the

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steps and making them feel like they'renot at it alone. Yeah, and
so yeah, it comes through.Yeah. I was gonna say that's something
we found in general for newly licensedagents, those that are in healthcare,
some some that have you know,I had a teaching background, people that
just really like assisting others do reallywell in real estate. Is that And
I'll ask you this too, Matt, is I think of sometimes folks say

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I felt like like people that mayhave had like a bad experience, I
felt like I was literally being soldand that's not something you know, that's
something if you're if you're at theuh, you know, if you're if
you're going to buy, like let'ssay I'm trying to get something where countertops
for example. Sometimes there'll be aperson that's maybe a little a little too
when it comes to buying the wholehome. You don't want that, do
you? You want somebody else?And a lot of times you have to

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really take the sales aspect out ofit. In our opinion, right,
it's better to do right by theclient, right, I mean, obviously
there's some negotiation and pointing out goodand bad things, but it's all about
the relationship with the client, notnecessarily about making the sale. It's fantastic
stuff. So we talked this morningwith Eric Rasmussen and Mike matt Heyman.
Excuse me, Mike's not with usthis week. Whereas is he on He's

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he's out on the road, he'sdoing work. Of course, you can
learn more about Rock Realty online RockWisconsin dot com. That's r O c
K Wisconsin dot com. TELF numbersix eight six seven three fifty four hundred,
that's six seven three fifty four hundred. Talking this week with Matt and
Eric and Eric. One of thethings we do each week with Matt is
we have a featured listing, andyou brought one in for us this week

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on Creek Road in Darien, right, yes, yeah, a little bit
about one one nine zero four EastCreek Road in Darien, which is actually
it's Dairian mailing address, but it'sin the town of Bradford, which is
Rock County, so it has veryvery low taxes that listing. It's a
yeah, thirty two hundred square footthree bedroom, three and a half bath

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with us. It's on six pointfour acres of gorgeous you know, woods,
wild grasses, mode grasses, andit has four hundred feet of frontage
on Turtle Creek, which is Idon't know if you know much about Turtle
Creek, but it's not really acreek. It's more of a river in
the area. And it's beauty.I mean like tubers and kayakers go down,

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and I mean it's it's absolutely stunning. And the house was built in
two thousand and seven, and Imean it's a five car garage's yeah,
it's got a three car tandem attachedand then they built another two car detached,
so all in all, you gotfive car garages, five spots,

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brand you know, new roof inthe last six years, brand new patio,
brand new driveway, new hot tubwhich is like a I think it's
like an eight seater. Wow thatthey're that they're keeping there. Yeah,
two fire pits. You're gonna needthose garages that put all your accessories for

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all those fantastic things. Talking thismorning with Eric Rasmasin. He's a realtor
with Rock Realty. Of course MattHepman along with us as well the website
Rockwisconsin dot com. That's Rock Wisconsindot comtel for number six so eight six
seven three fifty four hundred. That'ssix seven three fifty four hundred. So
Eric, let's talk a little bitabout some Obviously, every sale, every

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opportunity to meet with somebody, it'sa unique experience. It's a special experience.
It's a big experience not only forthe for the buyer and the seller,
but it's a big experience for youas well. Let's talk about some
of the maybe kind of the morememorable experience you've had with clients. Oh,
kind of folks you've met in andrun into over the years, those
type of things. Yeah. Well, I had a wonderful relationship with some

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clients that were kind of looking allover the state. They started looking down
in the southern area and then theykind of expanded their search and we wound
up finding them home up and actuallywhere I'm from, in Sheboygan. And
that was a fun experience because wewere down in Puntakana on a trip and

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I want to I get a call, you know, a couple of Margarita's
in I check my phone and Ihave a call from the listing agent that
says, hey, I need youto get these these sheets initialed asap.
And I mean, without going intotoo much, that the house was being
sold by a relocation company. AndI learned very quickly that relocation companies have

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a lot of paperwork. So itwas over one hundred pages and they wanted
each page initialed, and there wasthree buyers on the property. So I
had to, you know, goback to the hotel room, you know,
load up the paper each page withthree signature boxes, make sure all
the i's were dotted, teas werecrossed. All while I was feeling a
little bit good down there on thevacation, and uh, I wound up

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having to get out a call witha with an inspector that was like out
of Indiana, I think he was, did you get the deal done?
And yeah, we wound up beingout another offer because we were the only
ones that had our all our youknow, stuff done correctly, even though
there was like evidently an offer thatwas that was better than ours. But
so yeah, it was. Itwas a very memorable one. And they,

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of course that was their first homeand their dream home. So you
know, the fact that I wasable to even down in Punta Kana get
a deal through that one really stuckwith me. Man, are you using
fax machines down there? Is thathow you're setting one hundred pages? Or
you that was on email? Yeah? Do you guys still get Matt,
You ever get facts or anything like? Oh? No, I mean especially
not a you know, an actualphysical one. We do have a phone

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line for a FAX that converts toa PDF, but no, I haven't
done for facts a long time,twenty years maybe from that probably more than
that I see, even new moderncopy you still have a fax option.
I'm it's like, who is usingthat? I thought maybe real estate apparently
not going to check that off,but you know, it essentially can fax
it through and then usually they convertthem to PDFs. And Matt, I've
got to ask you about this aswe as we talk about, you know,

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kind of getting the job done,and as you're as you're looking for
agents, you mentioned of course youknow people that are that are helpers and
that are you know, kind ofreally passionate about helping people. Is commitment.
That's got to be a big parttoo. As we talk with as
we talk with Eric here and he'skind of discussing, you know, he's
on vacation. Yeah, I'll tellyou this when I'm on vacation. I'm

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on vacation. Yeah, yeah,are you looking that well? And that's
the thing is as a realtor,you know, people get into real estate
thinking, well, good news isI know no longer have a boss,
per se and my my schedule freezeup. The truth of the matter is
is is you're kind of now beholdingto your clients right and you know,
if if it's the right time,you know, for you to be working

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and getting that perfect home for him, then that's what happens. And it's
it's it's neat that you know youcan be on vacation and do what Eric
did and still have the attention todetail to beat out the other offers.
He didn't have the attention to detail. So yeah, it takes the right
type of person. Great. Greatto hear talking this morning with Matt Heyman
and Eric Rasmussen with Rockreelte Rock Wisconsindot com. That's Rock Wisconsin dot com.
Tell but number six oh eight sixseven three fifty four hundred. That's

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six seven three fifty four hundred.Woks into our conversation with Matt Eric next
as ask the experts with Rockrealty continuesright here thirteen ten dou w U I
B A thirteen ten double U IB A and asked the experts hanging out
with the friends from Rockreelty. Wegot Matt Heyman and Eric Rasmussen in studio

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this morning. I had a chanceto check out the website. Head on
over now rock Wisconsin dot com.That's r O c K Wisconsin dot com.
Tell for a number six oh eightsix seven three fifty four that's six
three fifty four hundred. Again,the best way to make contact is get
to the office this morning. Justlog right onto Rockwisconsin dot com. A
lot of great details on are as. A matter of fact, I will

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review our featured listing from the week. It's a fantastic spot, a beautiful
spot. You're thinking about having somewater access and some other really cool things
with low taxes. We'll get thedetails from Eric again on that in just
a moment. But Eric, I'vegot a guess, and I think as
much as I think a lot offolks, as much as we may dread
what we do for a living,I think sometimes parts of it then I

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think of like challenges, those typeof things. I also think that those
are kind of the things that defineus and really make us actually strive.
And real estate's probably no different.There are probably days where you're like,
oh my goodness, there's so manychallenges, so much to it. Yeah,
there's always a challenge. Yeah,but seeing those resolutions, and especially
you think of the reward for thatresolution of you know, somebody getting that

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house and taking that stuff, it'sgot to be really, really a good
feeling. Let's talk about some ofthose challenges and kind of a significant one
that you've come across in your inyour experience as a realtor. Yeah,
I mean every I feel like everydeal, every transaction is different and that's
what makes a job great. Butthey all seem to have a challenge.

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It could be you could be smooth, you know, going smooth, smoothly,
and something will pop up inevitably.But yeah, I had one recently
that the of all things, thelender was being very difficult to work with
and you know, wanting more andmore, and the buyers were giving their

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giving them documents and then they twoweeks later they'd say, hey, we
need these documents, and well theyalready got them, and then it was
just it was just that going onand on, lenders dragging their feet and
then got to be downright rude tome, not not even educated on on
some things. I don't know howmany how much detail they want me to
go in. But it turned outthat eventually I got him hooked up with

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a different lender and like you know, at the eleventh hour, who was
able to make it work and weclosed on time. They were they were
looking at they were leaving their theirapartment or getting kicked out of their lease,
so they had no place to go, moving in with together with family.
So it was really important that thatthis got done and we were able

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to get it done. But ofall things, I didn't expect the lender
to be as difficult as that you'dthink they'd be. You know, you
work together closely with the lender,and I'm gonna I'm going to ask you
about that, is you know whenit comes to Okay, so folks listening,
maybe you've got somebody listening buying theirfirst house, or maybe somebody you
know, kids or grandkids looking tobuy the first off. Who how does

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that pro Should you contact the agentfirst? You get your lending set up
first. Matt also looks like hewants to chime in on this as well.
I mean, you know, inmy experience, you know, if
you're if you're dealing with a realtorthat's been in the business long enough,
they've gone through and got burned.Like here's experience here, right, they've
gotten burned in the past, andthey build a team around them that they
can rely on that the clients can, you know, respect and know that

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the deal is going to go inthe right way. So, yeah,
having a preferred lender in place isimportant, but make sure that you know
you're picking someone that someone else isrecommending. And if you work with an
agent that's the perfect person to ask. I've got to guess there's somebody you're
not recommending anymore. But with that, there's obviously yeah, those who those
who work. And I think what'swhat I think a lot of times people

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find interesting about that is lenders.Obviously they want to get the job done.
Also they will get I remember,like when we bought our house,
our lender giving us you know,don't go out and buy a I don't,
don't buy a new car, youknow, just hold wait till after
everything closes. But that type ofthing and working with with your agent kind
of letting you know, those typeof things to make everything move smoothly.

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Again, bumps are inevitable. We'retalking about buying buying a home. You
never know what's going to be uncovered, You never you know, you just
never know until you're kind of goingthrough it. Minimizing those those bumps and
distractions and other things. Working witha good real estate agent can really help
you avoid those pitfalls, can't absolutelyAnd going back to your question, I

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would say, first get a holdof a good agent, and then the
very next step is to get ahold of a lender. Like if you're
a first time home buyer. Yeah, that next step after talking to an
agent is to get get pre approved. Get that step done, because find
out how much you can afford.Yeah, that's true. It's only fair
to both both sides. So we'renot showing you homes that are out of

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your budget and they know what theirbudget is. And then you know,
in this market, it moves sofast that if you're not pre approved by
the time you go through that process, that home that you love is gone
well or you make it lucky andit may already be on the marketing,
not to say probably not. Let'stalk about speaking of really really cool listings
and great opportunities. Let's talk aboutthis week's featured listing one more time,

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because I feel like folks that arelooking for for a nice piece of land
with a nice, nice place tostore your stuff on water. These things
are hard to come by, andyou've got a great, great place down
in Darien or near Daryan for Yeah, it's beautiful again. The address is
one to one nine zero four EastCreek Road, Darien, Wisconsin. I

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mean it's you know, twenty minutesfrom from Delavan, Lake Delvan in the
Lake Geneva area. You know,not too far from Janesville. It's in
Rock County town of Bradford, soagain the taxes are very low. And
through a three bedroom, three anda half bath ranch finished lower level beautiful.
They just finished off a portion ofit that is like a wreck room,

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wet bar, you know, gameroom with a fridge and a kitchen
and seven point four acres six pointfour acres away on yep with four hundred
feet of frontage on the Turtle Creek. Sounds like a tough vine. That's
yes, a nice little spot.I'll airbnb that that someone else buys.
But one thing I just found outtoo. Evidently there's a bridge down there,
not too far from that that youcan maybe a few miles down from

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the house. That is the onlyfive arched stone bridge in the Western hemisphere.
Wow. Really Yeah, it's likethe one left. It's kind of
modeled after the old European aqua fors, those like arched arched stone things.
Yeah, so kind of anything peoplelike to go through when they when they
kayak. But yeah, you canput your kayak in right from your own
property. And are there ever housesthat As an agent, you just want

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to make an offer yourself. Youwalk in you're like, you know because
as you're talking this, gosh,how you don't that was a great opportunity
for you right now. All youhad to do is pick a phone,
give McCall six oh eight six seventhree fifty four hundred for Rock Realty.
That's six oh eight six seven threefifty four hundred. The website Rock Wisconsin
dot com. That's r O cK Wisconsin dot com. By the way,

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Uh, Matt, we've got totalk Airbnb's one of these, one
of these weeks on a feature program, because I think there's a lot to
it. Matt Heiman and Eric Rasminson, thank you both for hanging out this
morning. You have a great day, all right, You're welcome. Thank
you for having us. News comesyour way next right here on thirteen ten
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