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.
Nice listing. Those are in such a convenient location, easy access to torrey/UCSD, freeway and del mar without the crush of crowds. Handful of restaurants right at the bottom of the hill and a couple minutes back to Carmel Valley and the ‘big’ mall. I like how you straight-up address the drunk mis-zestimate. A lot of agents just turn their nose up ignore it, which is silly since its the first thing out of buyer’s mouths.
Thanks, and that mis-zestimate is so drunk that it belongs in jail!
The lowest sale nearby in the last six months was a fixer down in Sea Point that needed full renovation, and it closed for $1,075,000 – which was over list.
How can a zestimate come in at $900,000??
That’s a very nice condo, in a very nice location. From the light it seemed like rush hour. Which means the road noise wasn’t bad and would likely be even less at different times of the day.
Agreed about the zestimate. It’s garbage.
Zillow comps are whacked, that’s why. They use the little condos next to Rudy’s and a dump SFR backing to the 5 on Portofino as comps. If a guy with JTR’s status in Zilloworld (FYI, not a movie starring Yul Brynner) can’t get it “corrected”, then nobody can.
A meltdown of the zestimate algorithms could open the door for realtor.com.
It wouldn’t take much for consumers – especially sellers – to doubt everything about Zillow if zestimates in Del Mar are dropping $200,000 in 30 days.
Mine’s dropped 45% over the last 6 months; still falling. West of the 5 is in the toilet! I can’t give it away! Get your bargains now! Actually, its ok since they forecast a 1.5% increase over the next year, so that’s good news.
About 3 months ago, I decided to add my $300+k remodel information on my 1970-built home to Zillow, figuring it will surely increase my Zestimate… After doing so my Zestimate went down $8,000! So much for that.
I think as more people do what I did, they will learn to rely less on Zestimates as valid data.