This youtube video describes a new business venture for Klinge Realty that might produce 2-3 deals over the next two years. We’re not looking to take over the market, or change the status quo – just to help out a few buyers, and possibly pick up some blog entertainment along the way:
That was a master? My closet is bigger than that. I cannot believe someone paid over $3 mil for that.
It’s Windansea dude, best surfing in La Jolla….
Are we talking no signs for REO property only? There was an open house sign on the street in La Jolla last week 1/4 from the cove – is there a certain area were the signs are not allowed? Maybe the property was a FSBO (can’t remember).
I saw one yesterday too – there are rogue agents operating in LJ!
Jim, is the no signs thing a REBA mandate? That is, if you’re not in REBA, you can put a sign up at will?
Jim, Open house signs have been allowed in La Jolla for about a year now. But still no for sale signs allowed. All signs must be taken down after the open house is done.
Open House / For Sale. What’s the difference 😀
I know a carpet store here in Montreal that’s been holding a Going Out of Business Sale for the past ten years. So yeah, there are plenty of ways to play with the sign laws. 🙂
BTW Jim, which camera were you using? That didn’t look or sound like any camera you used before.
It is great that you think the second house needs “finishing touches”. You sure do look at the world through rose colored glasses. That is why I love you!
I never knew that about La Jolla and the unofficial ban on “for sale” signs.
Some googling shows it goes back to an anti-semetic intent. I couldn’t find anything codified in law forbidding ‘for sale’ signs… so maybe it’s a REBA thing. Seems like it’s a rule that has no current value.
It’s Windansea dude, best surfing in La Jolla…
BUT….so crowded, not worth the effort. All the real people are heading north to get a way from the “new” non-beach goers moving in. Even Jerry Lopez moved to Bend.
I wouldn’t want to be the one to finish off the slice house. Your neighbors are more likely to slash your tires as talk to you.
La Jolla is just a mall at the beach. It is no SB/Montecito.
Yeah, La Jolla was charming some 40 years ago. I can’t fathom why someone would want to be packed in like a sardine just to be close to the beach.
Tiffany & co painted on the wall in the video, gotta love. Wonder what scam the former owner is working on now. Probably still drives a benz, but can’t afford to fill the tank.
I think La Jolla would be nice if you were rich and retired, so that you didn’t have to drive in and out of it. But there are only a couple access roads and they are usually clogged.
Also, the La Jolla attitude problem is real and can be grating. Like always, it’s only a relatively small minority of people, but I have more memorably bad LJ incidents than from, say, Solana Beach or almost as rich but friendlier Del Mar. For example, there was the time driving out of LJ at rush hour and traffic was crawling (as usual), so I stopped before I entered an intersection on a yellow light to avoid blocking it. The guy in the black Porche behind me screeched around me on the right (in the turn lane) to zoom in and block the intersection as the light turned red. That’s La Jolla for you.
Here’s a good read on how La Jolla Realtors kept Jews and other “undesirables” out for so many years. Jews also weren’t allowed to join the La Jolla Country Club and the Beach and Tennis Club. In fact, my friend’s dad worked a desk job at the Beach & Tennis Club back in the 70’s and he was told to discourage any Jews from staying there.
http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/jewishnewsstory.html
I too take exception to windansea being the best surfing in La Jolla. It isn’t a bad wave, but it’s shallow, dangerous as hell, and you have a bunch of psycho locals running around trying to vibe people off of it. That being said, I don’t think you intended to be fully serious with your statement.
La Jolla is an awesome place though, and I’m surprised to see so many people down on it. If I had a couple mil sitting around I would reside there happily.
The people I’ve run across in Del Mar so far are awesome. I just wish the homes weren’t so damn expensive.
Ah my old hood – Used to live on Kolmar. Su casa is steps away from that first place. I would love to live there.
I’ve been accused of being a bad engineer because I don’t submit a legend with my data, so let me clarify.
1. When I make a comment with a …. series of periods after it, that means it’s supposed to be funny or tongue-in-cheek.
2. Any time I use the word “dude” anything that comes after that is supposed to be funny.
3. Any time I say anything about surfing, it’s supposed to be funny, because I don’t know a lick about surfing.
When I lived in Windansea in the late 1980s, Su Casa was my hangout. It wasn’t trendy or glamorous, but the chips and beans were the best, and the bartender was gracious.
Also agreed that if you lived in Windansea or Bird Rock, best to be retired, because if you need to get out of La Jolla to work, the traffic is a living hell.
I just think its pretty funny that they don’t do lockboxes. If I was trying to sell my house, I would fire a realtor that made it hard for people to view it.
Jim, the little old guy behind the bar makes a mean house rita. The bean dip, house ritas and fish tacos plus the proximity to the beach makes su casa a nice little laid back gem.