Many years ago, we purchased a home in Carlsbad, using a realtor that was recommended to us - Jim Klinge. Fast forward to 2025, we recently had the privilege of selling 2 homes in Carlsbad, CA and didn't hesitate to reach out to Jim and Donna Klinge of Klinge Realty Group to guide us through the sales. The transactions were very different, each with its own unique situation, opportunities and challenges. From start to finish, Donna and Jim helped navigate the pre-sale preparation, the listing, showing of the house, buyer negotiations, the final close and all of the paperwork and decisions in between. What stands out with both transactions is the professionalism of Jim and Donna (and their team), wonderful communication (timely, relevant, concise), their deep understanding of market dynamics (setting realistic expectations), their access to top-notch contractors, and last, their ability to guide us across the finish line successfully. We wouldn't hesitate to use Jim and Donna in the future and highly recommend them for anyone looking to buy or sell a property in North San Diego County.
Jim, I was checking out open houses and looking at some stale listing today to see if they might be worth an offer. Plenty of traffic and the conversations I had indicated that the buyers were ready if the price was right.
I thought it was a buyers market? wouldn’t people have to be pretty desperate to buy a house that close to the freeway.
It’s not a buyers market at entry level prices in really good areas, which is what this one is. Those usually get multiple offers if in good shape, often all cash offers.
Jim, the open had about the same number of people as Saturday. Finally had to turn people away around 5. Even had a few from the blog stop by. :}
Thanks for touring the place.
Nice house but the freeway killed it for me.
At least we can see where the HELOC money went in this one, it looks nicely remodeled.
Jaston,
There’s all kinds of buyers out there. Sellers just need to price low and watch the offers come rolling in.
The problem is most sellers think they’re in the situation of power for the deal. And if worse comes to worse they can be deadbeats and free rent for about a year before the banks foreclose.
This is a nice house. It’s hard if not impossible to find a house this nice for under $900,000 in this zip code.
At the right price, it should easily find a buyer who wants Del Mar schools and/or the Del Mar zip code and is willing to live with the freeway noise to get it. After all, the houses on Portofino sell, and they are usually no where near as nice as this.