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.
I can see the viabilty of driverless cars in master planned communities. San Elijo hills comes to mind. The cost of using autonomous vehicles could be rolled into your HOAs.
Tesla’s “auto dive” is already in effect, and is about as good as it’s gonna get. Sitting in the back seat while your car drives you to the office ain’t happening in our lifetime for at least a few reasons. A few well documented firey crashes will cure most rational folks of the people-mover delusion. “Driverless” cars are not secure, and ain’t never gonna be. Government controlled cars, which is the destiny of true driverless cars, is madness. That’s why California is trying to pioneer the idea.
We are nuts, and loving it.
I saw a few self driving cars cruising the streets of San Francisco in the rain after dark a couple of days ago and assumed they were doing some special testing during the heavy rain because it’s uncommon to see them around after dark period. The car managed to spot and avoid a black plastic bag that was lying in the middle of the street and even signaled when it was going to veer into the other lane—something a human driver would certainly never bother to do. Glad to see they’re making good progress.