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.
I think the article premise is wrong. I believe that with value range pricing the auto-populate sites (redfin, Zillow etc…) typically list the price as the top end number not the bottom number, thereby potentially taking the house out of some searches (especially if they straddle a major price-point. 979,000 – 1029000 won’t show up for someone searching a million or less, for example. Maybe the big sites have fixed that glitch, but it used to be that way.
Can’t imagine any buyer not thinking that the low end of the range is the number. Of course, it is up to the agents to make sure everyone knows that the ‘real’ price is the number right smack in the middle. If the listing agent didn’t price it that way, shame on them.
I’ve always wondered, if an agent brings a ready, willing and able buyer with an all-cash offer right on the low number, and there are no other offers and the seller refuses, is the buyer’s agent entitled to the commission?
The article was written in 2012, and portals have grown since then. She was referring to the MLS picking up the listing based on the lower price, which is accurate today and about the only good, factual reason to do the range. The rest are theoretical, like ‘it starts the conversation’, or range houses sell faster or for more money.
Ok, but still, specifically, Redfin’s site searches and reports based on the high number, not the low number, and doesn’t show the range. Not sure about Zillow since it is so littered with outdated info and only captures a fraction of what is really on the market I don’t look at it anymore (except to keep a mental note of which agents try to double end deals by posting to Zillow a few days or weeks before it hits the mls…)
Yes it is a mess now with the portals.
Realtor.com shows the range at the very bottom, and the rest don’t show it at all so it is a(nother) surprise to buyers if they see it on marketing materials at the house.
You’ve known my views since the days before I guest hosted this blog that long ago. Why would I want to so much as deal with someone who when asked what time it is takes your answer of 2PM and decides it is between 2:30 and 4 in the afternoon?