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.
“Tall flipper”! Ha! Good observation Jim. You weren’t a fan of Ellory Queen books about 40 years ago were you? 🙂
just about everything in there I recognize from home depot
the flippers are so predictable these days, they all expect to make $100,000 on every deal:
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/7124-Caminito-Quintana-92122/home/4890581
Ellory Queen? No, I was brought up on Hardy Boys and Rockford Files, plus a few spagetti westerns!
Worse than an electric stove is electric heat. At least you can replace the stove with induction. Not sure about this one but a bunch of the places in UTC and that part of La Jolla have no natural gas (heating a house built with no energy standards and $.30/kwh electricity is not cheap). While at UCSD I went a few years with no heat at all.
“plus a few spagetti westerns!”
OK, now you’ve got me jonzing for a “the good, the bad & the ugly” themed video.
flippers are good for the market.
Parking is a big problem there, as Jim mentioned. The street is little more than a driveway because it’s so narrow. On trash day, watch it turn into an obstacle course.
I-5 is less than 100 yds. away. Easy access.
Looks like the flipper wants $94K on this one. Spray wood stain? Seriously?
Does this price work to buy it and simply rent to UCSD students?
Rent it out for the next 10 years before my son (or 14 for my daughter) goes there for school. . .