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.
NSDCC Actives vs Pendings
Monday: 224 vs 205
Wednesday: 228 vs 192
With a bunch of closings this week, the pendings count might slip into the 170-something range
I’m surprised at the unwillingness to search wider. It isn’t as if technology is reversing making proximity a premium. In just a few years driving won’t be a thing for seniors.
It’s an extra plus to stay closer to home.
It’s hard to quantify but the last move isn’t as scary if you can return to your doctors and familiar spots if you have to. A travel-time of 60 minutes or less is probably the comfort zone, and they are probably expecting a driver by now (spouse).
Hopefully somebody is buying up all the desert land and planning for El Centro Estates! Driverless travel is right around the corner:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211126-how-driverless-cars-will-change-our-world
Though there are always the doomers:
Despite all the developments and innovations the next decade is likely to hold, some experts still feel we might be a way off from full deployment of driverless vehicles. By 2031, “full-self driving – human-level or above, in all possible conditions, where you can put kids by themselves in the car to send them to arbitrary locations without worrying – is not something I expect to see,” says Ozay.
Wait until seniors figure out they can pool transportation resources. Ten houses can share 4 vehicles. One can be the autonomous truck for going to the Home Despot. Another a citi-car for errands and the doctor. The third holds six for getting to the Padres game to watch them lose to the Red Sox. Again. Etc.
All that said there will always be people absolutely wedded to the La Jolla lifestyle and such. Personally those extreme experiences are best visited not invest in.
The LA City bus we take to the Hollywood Bowl gets arrival priority. I expect it won’t be long before large venues accommodate autonomous vehicles and once deluged, start charging for it.
I predict it will only be a few years before the close in cenurbs start applying “No Autonomous Vehicle Parking” to their streets. The inner urbs will equally prohibit autonomous vehicle loitering.
I’m all for the communes. This is a great solution – expand this into commune size:
http://www.casagogo.com
The standard of all-time, and I’ve been here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania