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...
Kelly keeps getting world-wide attention on the Crescent House:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/09/inside-the-23point5-million-house-that-may-break-local-california-record-.html
That curved purple line is probably previous inflation. Run this again with current inflation and get a far different answer.
I find no value in this “analysis.”
I’m just glad we’re in the middle so people don’t get alarmed.
None of these ‘expert’ opinions amount to much, especially compared to what you see on weekend afternoons.
Jim,
Do you remember the days when you’d make a post like this one and you’d get 20-30 replies? I remember those days and I really miss them.
Have you considered setting up shop as a Facebook Group? I setup a Facebook Group for my Class of ’71 reunion on the East Coast. I’m really surprised how much traffic I get with no marketing costs. Btw… we never had our 2021 reunion. Mostly politics. Both internal and national. We’re going to try again in 2023. I’m from PA and the national politics run thick in PA.
Facebook Groups are really easy to setup and maintain. No high-paid consultant needed. And you have total control of the postings. You can delete any posting you don’t like. And as a recipient of your delete button many times, I quit posting at your website.
sushibroker
The idea of having more discussion sounds great, but it turns negative so quickly that it isn’t worth creating a bigger forum for it.
Because it is anonymous, people think they can say anything they want. They’re not searching for the truth – they want to bash others.
If there was a way to have constructive discourse about the issues at hand, then it would be interesting. But you would have to end the anonymous part to stop the hating.
I guess at Facebook group would be non-anonymous but bubbleinfo has been on Facebook for several years and never built any audience. I don’t want to start over.