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Is Zillow a Good MLS?

Thursday, 05 September 2019 by Chuck Marunde

First, Zillow is not an MLS (multiple listing service). Zillow syndicates listings from hundreds of local MLSs around the country, and the way they make money is by selling advertising space to real estate agents. Their primary client is the real estate agent, not you the buyer, and not the sellers either. They make their

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Are Zillow Zestimates Accurate?

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 by Chuck Marunde

Are Zillow Zestimates accurate or inaccurate, or somewhere in between? This is a big question all across the United States, and it’s a hot topic. Some homeowners are downright angry at how Zillow Zestimates have underestimated the value of their home while they are trying to sell it. Some buyers came to rely on Zillow

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  • Published in Appraisals
Tagged under: appraised value, fair market value, Zillow

Sequim Homes on Zillow

Saturday, 14 November 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Zillow homes in Sequim can be viewed online, including homes sold. You can even enlarge a Zillow map of homes sold and open specific homes to see the history, the sales price, the photos, and more. Here is a Zillow map of homes sold by Chuck Marunde. Click on the map to go to the

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Zillow or Trulia or Sequim-Homes.com

Wednesday, 03 September 2014 by Chuck Marunde

Zillow or Trulia are used by millions of buyers around the U.S. to shop for homes, and many buyers are using Zillow or Trulia to look at homes in the Sequim and Port Angeles area, too. I’ve spent many years using both Zillow or Trulia and many other online MLS sites, including dozens of MLS syndication sites.

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  • Published in Sequim MLS
Tagged under: Sequim MLS, Trulia, Zillow

Zillow Acquires Trulia – What Does it Mean for Buyers?

Wednesday, 06 August 2014 by Chuck Marunde

Zillow is buying Trulia, so what does this mean for buyers like you? First, if you don’t know already, in the real estate industry the two elephants in the room have been Zillow and Trulia. Millions of buyers search these two sites for their homes and land. But when one elephant acquires the other, what does

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  • Published in Buyer's Agent, Sequim Real Estate
Tagged under: Trulia, Zillow
Find a Home

How to Find a Home: Do Not Rely On Zillow, Craigslist, Trulia, and Real Estate Portals

Wednesday, 07 May 2014 by Chuck Marunde

This article is about how to find a home, or how not to find a home. If you are a buyer scouring Internet sites to look at homes in Sequim, and if you are smart and doing your due diligence on values and other data available on a home, let me share some inside Sequim

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  • Published in Buying Real Estate in Port Angeles and Sequim, Sequim Real Estate

Does Zillow Have Bad Data?

Wednesday, 26 March 2014 by Chuck Marunde

Does Zillow have bad data? Many buyers around the country are using the Zillow site to search for listings and look at Zestimates on properties. As an insider in the real estate industry for 37 years, I have seen just about every gimmick and and many good and bad marketing strategies. Buyers and all consumers

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Tagged under: Zillow
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Sequim Real Estate Videos Organized in an EBook

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 by Chuck Marunde

Sequim Real Estate Videos is Chuck Marunde’s latest book, and it’s packed full of incredible Sequim videos and real estate videos answering buyer’s questions about living in Sequim. You’ll also get lots of questions answered if you trying to decide if the Sequim area is your ideal retirement location. And because Chuck has been in

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  • Published in Sequim Real Estate, Videos
Tagged under: Sequim Real Estate, videos
Sequim Home

The Six Steps to Finding Your Sequim Home

Wednesday, 03 February 2021 by Chuck Marunde

Is it possible to find the perfect Sequim home with a water view ready to move into? This almost sounds too good to be true, but it isn’t, and this is another true story with a few bumps along the way and with a happy ending. It is possible to find a gorgeous water view

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  • Published in Sequim Home For Sale, Sequim Real Estate
Tagged under: Sequim Water View
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The Best MLS: The Northwest MLS and the Olympic MLS

Friday, 15 January 2021 by Chuck Marunde

What is the best MLS for the Sequim, WA area? This has been a hot topic among real estate brokers for at least a decade, and the big battle has been between two MLSs, the Northwest MLS, known as the NWMLS, and the Olympic Listing Service, known as the OLS. Which system is the best

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Real Estate Books

Real Estate Books

Thursday, 14 January 2021 by Chuck Marunde

Is it true there are Sequim real estate books that can help me learn more about Sequim and more about finding and buying a home in Sequim, WA? Where would I find such books, and who in the world would write such books? There are several excellent Sequim real estate books written specifically for buyers

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  • Published in Sequim Real Estate
Tagged under: Sequim Real Estate
Sequim Real Estate

Sequim Real Estate: How do I find a Home in Sequim

Saturday, 02 January 2021 by Chuck Marunde

Sequim real estate is hot, and has been the target of retirees from around the United States for years and even decades. But if you’re retired or planning to retire, and you’re looking at Sequim homes online, you may be asking, “How do I find a home in Sequim?” I will tell you exactly how

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  • Published in Sequim Real Estate
Tagged under: Sequim Real Estate
Sequim MLS

New Sequim MLS App for Smartphones and Tablets

Saturday, 26 December 2020 by Chuck Marunde

There’s a new Sequim MLS App that works nicely on desktops, tablets, and smartphones, and it was designed especially for buyers.  This app and the desktop version are yours at no cost, and you’ll get full access to both Sequim MLSs, including the Northwest MLS (NWMLS) and the Olympic Listing Service (OLS). You can still

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Sequim Water View is Stunning and Pending

Friday, 03 July 2020 by Chuck Marunde

This Sequim water view is just stunning from the main deck and from the master bedroom deck upstairs, too. We live on the gorgeous Olympic Peninsula in the great Northwest only two hours west of Seattle. While we are surrounded by water on a “peninsula,” finding a stunning Sequim water view is not easy. The

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Sequim Buyers Agent

How Can a Buyer Find a Home in Sequim?

Monday, 16 December 2019 by Chuck Marunde

How can a buyer find a home in Sequim? This is a loaded question, and I get some great questions from retirees around the United States who are searching for that perfect place to spend the rest of their lives. Thousands of people are doing online research on Sequim every month, and every single day,

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Sequim MLS

Sequim MLS Update on Sequim-Homes.com

Saturday, 16 November 2019 by Chuck Marunde

The best Sequim MLS site has just been upgraded to make it more powerful and easier to use, although it was already the best Sequim MLS site for buyers who are searching the Sequim MLS from all over the country. Here’s the good news for you if you are searching online for your home in

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Find Your Home

How to Find Your Home in Sequim

Wednesday, 02 October 2019 by Chuck Marunde

How do you Find Your Home in Sequim? If you’re a buyer in a state other than Washington, and you’re looking at Sequim as your retirement destination, you probably could use a checklist that will help you find your ideal retirement home. Guess what? I have your checklist. What’s my credibility in offering you a

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Tagged under: Sequim Homes

How Do I Search Online?

Thursday, 05 September 2019 by Chuck Marunde

Searching online for your home is no small task, but I want to share a few brief tips here. Don’t think for a moment that Zillow is accurate and that you can rely on the data or the Zestimate. Sometimes they get it right, but a broken watch is right twice a day, too. I

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How to Search Online For A Buyer’s Agent

Thursday, 05 September 2019 by Chuck Marunde

This is a good question, but believe it or not few people ask it, and fewer still know how to do online research in this day of fake news, exaggerated claims, sales gimmicks, and outright misrepresentations. It really takes a great deal of skill to know how what phrases to search, how to use the

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Buyer Timeline

The Buyer Timeline

Saturday, 04 May 2019 by Chuck Marunde

Understanding the buyer timeline and what is involved in buying a home is important, and there are many details that are critical in order to protect yourself and get to closing safely. There are only about 1,000 things that can go wrong. Lawyers make their living based on things that go wrong. I wrote an

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Chuck E. Marunde, J.D.

Sequim Buyer's Agent
(Atty Ret.)
Founder and Broker of
Sequim & Port Angeles Real Estate dba iRealty Virtual Brokers
125 Olympic Ranch Ln,
Sequim, WA 98382
(360) 775-5424
ChuckMarunde@gmail.com

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From Los Angeles

It's rare, but once in awhile life provides the perfect collaborator for an important endeavor such as buying your new home. For me that person was Chuck Marunde. His two decade background as a Real Estate Attorney, his prolific career as an author of articles and books on Real Estate and his forthright and moral character made choosing Chuck a no-brainer. Chuck is dedicated, thorough, incredible at the negotiating table, knowledgeable about all local laws & regs but, most importantly, Chuck loves what he does. And what he does is find his client the perfect property. Chuck isn't about making the sale, he's about making the sale that is OPTIMUM for his CLIENT and this makes Chuck a rare bird indeed. I love my new home in Sequim and I am indebted to Chuck for making it happen. Kevin E.

From Seattle

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Chuck over the past three years in selling my parent's estate. It was a tough time to sell during the housing recession, but Chuck always kept things on the positive side. With his real estate law background, he offers sound, practical advice. He helps you along with the process using discussions and reason, rather than opinions and speculations. If Chuck doesn’t know the answers, he will get them for you. In several instances, Chuck took the initiative to meet with county officials to get up-to-date facts about zoning and regulations. I was always impressed with his company’s tech savvy communi-cations and internet presence: weekly email updates, blogs, videos, links, Linked-in networking, etc. He is truly pioneering the future of buying & selling real estate. Brian M.

From California

"Andy Romano is a successful motion picture character actor with over 40 years in 'the Biz.' Mr. Romano has a home in beautiful Santa Barbara, California, but he chooses to live most of the time in Sequim, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula in the great Pacific Northwest. Why? In his own words, 'Because it's even more beautiful and surrounded by more beauty in this incredibly peaceful and quiet place. With respect to real estate agents or brokers, well my friend Chuck Marunde, owner of Sequim and Port Angeles Real Estate, is hands down the best there" Andy R.

Intro by Chuck Marunde

From Florida

We do our homework for the task at hand and we look for and expect to enlist partners that do the same. It was our good fortune to select Chuck Marunde of Sequim and Port Angeles Real Estate to represent us as a buyer's broker in our search for a home in the Sequim/Port Angeles area. Chuck's site is all encompassing and super fast compared to many others, he knows the market at every conceivable level and his guidance through the process of selecting and purchasing a home is priceless - above and beyond that of anyone with whom we have ever worked. Add to all this his 20 year background in real estate law and you have discovered a superb asset in the adventure of purchasing a home. Greg and Marilyn

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