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.
Congratulations! And you did it without get rich quick stuff or “10 things you must …” titles, unlike most on the list. Just by being informative, entertaining, and good.
Thanks Max!
Things I think I’ve figured out about achievement, for anything worth achieving:
1. Talent can do in a day, what can take years of due diligence and discipline from the less talented, but talent without those qualities, bankrupts itself, and the less talented will succeed, while the talented fail.
2. Speaking of discipline and diligence, mastering any task requires living, eating, and breathing the subject every day. Anything less will trip you up, sooner or later, by the talented and prepared. They’re out there… preparing for you.
3. Always do more than is reasonably expected of you. You’ll win a lot of games via forfeit by the other team, or you’ll be two steps ahead before they take the field, so you get to act, while they have to react. Makes kicking butt more fun.
As long as I’ve read this blog, Jim’s always conformed to the above criteria, via his own compass–and it’s always been fun to watch his success.
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