The Good
The Klinge Realty Group operates like a finely tuned machine, with a very personal touch. We contacted them on a Sunday and they were talking to us about our family and our needs on our living room couch the following day. They carefully listened to us and worked with us to identify the best and quickest path to listing within 2 weeks to take advantage of the low inventory conditions in our South Carlsbad neighborhood. They knew our tract specifically and had many previous sales there over the years - they came prepared with a thorough analysis of comparative sales and recommended a pricing strategy that they felt confident would yield offers the first weekend on the market.
The Great
Over the next two weeks Donna coordinated a range of vendors who she knew from experience could get the preparation to list work we needed done on time and with high quality. Our light tune-up involved excellent experiences with their stagers, landscapers, contractors, electricians, and plumbers. Throughout this period Donna's daily communication was clear, concise, and responsive. Any time we had questions Donna picked up the phone or texted immediately - but almost always, she answered our questions before we even knew we had them.
The Outstanding
We had a tricky situation with a shared fence that could have delayed our escrow. Donna used superb mediation skills to negotiate the terms of replacement and was personally on site with the fence contractor to make sure everything went smoothly. The fence looks great and escrow closed on time.
The Truly Exceptional
Our house came on the market on a Wednesday and between then and Monday morning Jim was personally at all three open houses. He was in constant communication explaining potential buyer reaction and strength. As he predicted offers began to come in on Saturday and each one was incrementally higher than the last. At the end we had 5 offers, 4 of which were over list, and the final accepted offer was $100,000 over list. In addition to being over list it included rent back terms that met our needs.
The Recommendation
For all of these reasons we would strongly recommend The Klinge Team to anyone wanting to sell in North County Coastal San Diego. I had been reading Jim's blog for 15 years and knew when the time came to sell that he would be our first call. Jim Klinge is not your standard realtor. He is keenly aware of market conditions and sales strategies. And, works his tail off - though not as hard as Donna . At this point he's gone from realtor to friend and I plan to have him over to grill and chill at our new place to talk real estate, but also just about life and raising kids in San Diego. He's more interested in relationships than his sales numbers - and that's why his sales numbers are so high. We have already recommended the Klinge's to some close friends and another successful sale is on deck right around the corner...
If American voter’s follow Time magazine’s passionate financial advice, we can expect a lot of new opportunities for So. Cal home home buyers in the next few years via no-fuss Government auctions.
Anybody can move to Canada. It takes a real patriot to stand up, and lose their home in the name of Democracy. I want to see patriotic “Government Foreclosure” signs poppin’ up all over La Jolla!
Time to wipe the tears, get a new tattoo, and take action, imo.
http://time.com/4590994/popular-vote-tax-pledge/?xid=time_socialflow_twitter
Surprised that they printed that article…..if they want to start a revolution, then start one. Don’t just whine about it.
https://mishtalk.com/2016/12/06/time-magazine-promotes-illegal-nonsense-dont-pay-taxes-if-you-didnt-vote-for-trump/
Personally, we didn’t vote for either major party candidates.
But, I wonder if the Democrats would be so gung ho about getting rid of the electoral college if Trump had won the popular vote and Clinton had won the most states.
Most likely they would be extolling the virtues and the wisdom of the founding fathers for coming up with the electoral college system instead of having direct democracy, which we know the founders were not fond of direct democracy.
Didn’t you lot fight a revolution once over “no taxation without representation”? I thought not paying ones taxes on tea if you didn’t vote for the leader of the country was a tradition:)
“Didn’t you lot fight a revolution once over “no taxation without representation”? I thought not paying ones taxes on tea if you didn’t vote for the leader of the country was a tradition:)”
If you’re referring to “the Boston tea party,” that was the night we got mad about tea taxes, got drunk, dressed up like Indians, and trashed the harbor. It was the day the revolution began, but more importantly, it was the day Americans invented Halloween. And now you know the rest of the story.