About Adam King

Adam King is a San Diego realtor and Clairemont native specializing in investment property, home sales, and the neighborhoods west of the 163. He holds a 5.0 rating across every Zillow review, with 22 sales spanning $650K condos to a $2.4M Del Cerro home. CA DRE #02218555, NewTown Real Estate, Side, Inc.

My approach

I got into real estate because I kept watching people make six-figure decisions with less analysis than they’d put into buying a car. My background is construction and investing, so when I walk a property I’m not seeing staging. I’m seeing the panel, the sewer era, the unpermitted addition, and what the rents on that block actually run.

That changes how I work in three ways.

I tell you the downside first. Every client review mentions some version of this, and one said it best: I highlight “both the upside and downside of every home” and never push to just get a deal done. Deals I’ve talked clients out of have earned me more referrals than deals I’ve closed.

I negotiate with evidence, not volume. A $30,000 seller credit happens when you can document what the repairs cost before you offer, not when you ask nicely.

And I answer my phone. I run a deliberately small business built on referrals. About half my clients come from past clients and their friends, which only works if the last deal was handled right.

Where I come from

Born and raised in Clairemont, and I still live here, smack in the middle of the city I sell. My office is on Clairemont Mesa Blvd in 92117. When I say a street floods in January or a block hums with freeway noise at 5 pm, it’s because I’ve stood on it, usually more than once.

These days I’m also a hands-on dad, which shaped my business more than any sales training. My schedule flexes around real life, mine and yours. Showings happen when you can actually make them, and nobody gets a hard sell after bedtime.

Who I work with

Investors. Buy-and-hold buyers, house hackers, and first-deal investors, many from BiggerPockets or referred by past clients. I underwrite with real rents and real expenses, and my construction eye is the difference between a value-add and a money pit. Start here: the San Diego Investment Property Guide.

Sellers. Pricing, prep triage (what’s worth fixing, what isn’t), and negotiation. You get one first week on the market. I make it count.

Buyers who want a straight answer. First home or fifth, I’ll tell you what the house is worth, what it needs, and when walking away is the win.

Credentials and compliance

California DRE Salesperson #02218555, licensed since 2023. NewTown Real Estate, a San Diego team affiliated with Side, Inc., CA DRE #02014153. REALTOR®. Equal Housing Opportunity.

The communities I know

Clairemont is home turf. Pacific Beach, La Jolla, Point Loma, Bay Park, and Ocean Beach round out the coverage: central San Diego, the beaches, and the mesas above them. Guides to all of them live under Communities.

Get in touch

Read the reviews first if you like. Then call or text (619) 568-2649, or send a message. I’ll give you a straight answer about your situation, even if the right answer is to wait.