About Us

President and Escrow Manager, Michele Kibbe 

President and Escrow Manager, Michele Kibbe has been in the escrow business since 1985.  Michele is a California Escrow Association Certified Escrow Officer with extensive escrow and real estate experience in the San Diego markets.  Education is a continual process for Michele by regularly attending escrow and real estate classes and seminars conducted by the California Escrow Association and the Escrow Institute of California.  Michele has served on the local and state Board of Directors of the California Escrow Association “CEA” and is slated to be the 2017 CEA President.

Co-owner and Vice President James Yi

James Yi is the Co-owner and Vice President of Pacific Homeland Escrow.  He is the company’s Administrative Manager and focuses on marketing and sales.   James worked in management at several global corporations such as Samsung, LG and ZTE USA.  In 2012 he decided to be independent and went on to set up his own successful company doing sales and marketing.

After living in San Diego for several years and making acquaintances within the San Diego Real Estate Market in the Korean Community, in 2015 James met Michele Kibbe and decided to start an independent escrow company.   Partnering with Michele’s top level escrow experience and James’ know how as an entrepreneur, they formed their partnership and moved forward with opening Pacific Homeland Escrow, Inc.