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.
Isn’t a buyer at a trustee sale responsible for the second? and other liens?
No, at least those inferior to it (chronologically)
I’ve been tracking that house on Cascadia for months and am waiting for the day when it shows up on the steps and has 200 bidders. They are going to have to build an extra parking lot downtown to accommodate everyone.
Scott
Recon Trust has been firing on all cylinders the past couple of weeks up here in North OC (mid range) with decent, fairly early opening bids that stick and actually sell. The others have been about the same. It makes me think the banks have been in a standoff, and BofA is taking the first shot.
“The others have been about the same”
I meant this to mean “The others have not picked up in activity”, not that they are the same as Recon.
Sound like the banks would give loans out to anything that breathed…
If I gave you the impression that banks are back to EZ-lending, let me correct.
It hasn’t been this hard to get a mortgage since 2002, but it’s because we’re back to the basic underwriting guidelines that were always in place, just ignored for years.
JtR – get out of the bike lane! i ride carlsbad blvd all the time!
I love these seconds that are much more than the full purchase price of my house.
Also, who the heck needs 6,200 square feet anyways?