We have known Jim & Donna Klinge for over a dozen years, having met them in Carlsbad where our children went to the same school. As long time North County residents, it was a no- brainer for us to have the Klinges be our eyes and ears for San Diego real estate in general and North County in particular. As my military career caused our family to move all over the country and overseas to Asia, Europe and the Pacific, we trusted Jim and Donna to help keep our house in Carlsbad rented with reliable and respectful tenants for over 10 years.
Naturally, when the time came to sell our beloved Carlsbad home to pursue a rural lifestyle in retirement out of California, we could think of no better team to represent us than Jim and Donna. They immediately went to work to update our house built in 2004 to current-day standards and trends — in 2 short months they transformed it into a literal modern-day masterpiece. We trusted their judgement implicitly and followed 100% of their recommended changes. When our house finally came on the market, there was a blizzard of serious interest, we had multiple offers by the third day and it sold in just 5 days after a frenzied bidding war for 20% above our asking price! The investment we made in upgrades recommended by Jim and Donna yielded a 4-fold return, in the process setting a new high water mark for a house sold in our community.
In our view, there are no better real estate professionals in all of San Diego than Jim and Donna Klinge. Buying or selling, you must run and beg Jim and Donna Klinge to represent you! Our family will never forget Jim, Donna, and their whole team at Compass — we are forever grateful to them.
One reason they are stepping-up–RATES!!!!!!$500 per $100K financed–I thought $700-750 per $100K was cheap a couple years ago!!! Let’s face it, today’s buyer can write a 15 year loan at 3.75 for about the same payment that a 30 year loan would have been a few years back. When you own it in 15 years, does it matter if you time the bottom–just sayin’.
I think rates are in my Carlsbad tour/rant – wait until tomorrow, your neighborhood is cooking!
Best Places to Live, 2010 – Irvine is the first California city, ranked #22:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2010/top100/index.html
Yeah, when I saw Saint Albans go pending, I nearly fell over. Unbelievable!
(That’s for you, MB Mike.) 😉
Irvine makes me throw up in my mouth. It’s like Stepford Wives, but throw in fascist HOA’s and fascist cops.
Local boy – that’s exactly what my refi ended up at 3.75 on a 15 year.
I’m thrilled at the idea of being paid off in 15.
I love these “Best Places to Live” articles. They give the best argument why it never pays to rely on numbers to make a life choice. Any evaluation listing anywhere in Texas as a “Best” has never actually spent any time there.
I use to work for JD Power (well a company that JDP bought) and the criteria they use to select the “Best Places” lists are ludicrous.
We are re-fiing as well. However, I’m not going to be surprised if rates continue to go down–can you say 2.5% in 2011.
Leucadia/Encinitas is an excellent place to raise a family. Strangers say hello to you on the street and in the stores. The schools are excellent. AND – for the people that don’t feel their school is good enough, then the DISTRICT IS FREE CHOICE!!!!!!!!!! That means if you live in Leucadia you can send your kids to El Camino Creek 957API 2 miles away. Very attractive.
Also – Leucadia has the 101 remodel coming in the next few years and more remodel with roundabouts on Leucadia Blvd.
I am refi’ing as well, and paying as little in closing costs as possible, because it is likely that I will be refi’ing again next year.
Clearly I’ve been visiting this site too much. When the video started and I saw all the Tyvek, I immediately said to myself, “Ah, he’s at Nantucket again…” *eeek!*