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Homebuyer Tips

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 23, 2019 | About the author, Documentary Film, Jim's Take on the Market, Thinking of Buying?, Why You Should Hire Jim as your Buyer's Agent

Great news about the doc-film - it will be available on iTunes on June 4th. Here is Giorgio's blooper reel of my actual homebuyer tips (and the first time I've cussed on video - beware):

Documentary Film Local Premiere

by Jim the Realtor | Mar 23, 2019 | About Kayla, About the author, Bubbleinfo TV, Documentary Film, Jim's Take on the Market

Giorgio's documentary film makes its local premiere today after nearly six years of anticipation! To acknowledge in a small way those who participated, here are my videos: https://www.bubbleinfo.com/2019/02/25/doc-film-san-diego-premiere/

Doc Film San Diego Premiere!

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 25, 2019 | About Kayla, About the author, Bubbleinfo TV, Documentary Film, Jim's Take on the Market, Klinge Realty

IT'S OFFICIAL! The San Diego premiere of Owned, A Tale of Two Americas is scheduled for a matinee showing on Saturday, March 23rd at the La Costa Cinepolis! The producer, Giorgio Angelini, will be here and we'll do a Q&A session after the film. I'm hoping to...

NRT Rips Compass

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 21, 2019 | About the author, Compass, Jim's Take on the Market, Realtor, Realtor Training, Realtors Talking Shop

Today, Ryan Gorman, the CEO of NRT which owns Realogy (Coldwell Banker, Century 21, Corcoran, etc.) took a major shot at Compass. He released this two-page 'questionnaire' for his agents to use when interviewing with Compass, but he sure comes off as desperate and...

Airplane View

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 20, 2019 | About the author, Jim's Take on the Market, Local Flavor

My mom fell and broker her hip last week, so I've been visiting her in the Bay Area over the last few days. It was a clear day on the way up, so I took a few photos - note the water discoloration from the runoff (click to enlarge):

Gary Thompson, RIP

by Jim the Realtor | Feb 11, 2019 | About the author, Jim's Take on the Market, Klinge Realty

Yesterday, we celebrated the life of Gary Thompson, the greatest salesman I've ever known. Gary and I worked at ReMax by-the-Sea together for a couple of years, and then he was with us at Klinge Realty for 10+ years. Gary honed his craft by selling cookware...

Bidding War!

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 22, 2019 | About the author, Bidding Wars, Jim's Take on the Market, Listing Agent Practices, Why You Should List With Jim

We ended up with three offers on our Gladstone listing, and a bidding war! Bidding wars don't just happen; somebody has to spur them on, coordinate them effectively, and keep the focus on winning and losing, and not the price. The home had its foibles too. It only has...

Jim in Business Insider in 2014

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 21, 2019 | About the author, Jim's Take on the Market, Market Conditions

This was published on April, 2, 2014. The SD Case-Shiller is 28% higher today than it was then, and the trading hasn't thinned out much, at least not yet. We had 2,850 NSDCC sales in 2014, and 2,801 last year: Below is a Q&A with Jim Klinge, the head of San...

Carlsbad Affordable

by Jim the Realtor | Jan 17, 2019 | About the author, Bubbleinfo TV, Carlsbad, Why You Should List With Jim

Here's our first listing of 2019 that is undergoing a full tune-up in time for open house this weekend - we can move quick but not in a hurry! (John Wooden) On Sunday we won a bidding war between contingent offers, and one of the stipulations was to get this home on...