Land, Legacy, & Life in
San Diego County

Helping families buy, sell, and steward the land they'll build their lives on.

Ceo, FoUnder, Wife & MOM

For the last 10 years, Knelly Dettinger has built a top-performing real estate team... helping over 1,100 families buy, sell, and invest across San Diego County & the Midwest.

She's done it while raising her 9 kids with her husband and lifelong best friend, Jake, on their San Diego County acreage, where they run their businesses remotely, grow as much of their own food as they can, and give their kids room to run & play.

She knows what it means to build something real on a property you love.

Growing, gardening & outdoor living is what brought them to San Diego

County - and her clients enjoy the natural lifestyle on properties big & small.

It's the same care & strategy she brings to every family she works with, and the

heart behind TruLiving Birth Center, their passion project.

Her superpower is being a problem solver, a market expert & creative force

multiplier in by-design living.

WHO WE SERVE

Buying 99% of our clients are buying property to live a land lifestyle, on properties big or small, create a legacy property for their extended family or sell a longterm family property.

Buying or selling land in San Diego County isn't just about acreage and price points... it's about putting down roots, raising families, and building a life that lasts.

We are experts from La Jolla to Carlsbad, Carlsbad to Oceanside, inland to Bonsall, Fallbrook, Valley Center & everywhere in between. North San Diego County is where we live, work & uncover the hidden gems of San Diego that you didn’t know existed.

WHAT WE DO

Buying and selling homes and land across San Diego County
Multi-generational buyers, upsizing growing families, and legacy property sellers
Investment and land strategy
Relocation and out-of-area support

SELLERS

Strategic pricing, professional property prep & staging, Social media strategy, creates a calm process... so you sell for top dollar in the least amount of time.

BUYERS

Off market properties, creative strategy to zero in on the right home, land or investment

INVESTORS

Strategic guidance on monetizing land properties for agritourism, STR or multifamily use

LEGACY & ESTATE

Trusted guidance for families navigating inherited land, generational property, or long-held parcels ready for their next chapter.

Knelly Dettinger

CEO & Mom

People First, Property Second.

Behind [TRU]Living Real Estate is a team that treats your move like it's our own. We know big moves are life-changing, because we’ve done it. 13 times actually, over 25 years, because we know the power of building wealth through real estate and doing the best by our family. We can project manage your whole move, because we are experts.

We bring together everything a real estate decision actually takes... market knowledge (where it is going, not where it’s been) sharp marketing (property prep & staging that make photos & video look like magazine eye candy), anticipatory communication - (not just people who answer when you call, we anticipate at a high level so you rarely call). From the first conversation to the day you close escrow, we handle the details so you feel the overwhelm.

Our focus is simple: execute your vision, protect your decision, and help your family acquire or sell property that gets you closer to the mission of your life.