Negotiating in Sequim
Tuesday, 02 July 2019
Negotiating price and the various terms of a real estate transaction is no small matter, and buying things like cars is not the same skill set as buying and negotiating the purchase of a home. In this article, I’ll explain how to avoid making the biggest negotiating mistake of your life. Negotiating Price & Terms
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The First Sequim Chrome Extension
Monday, 24 June 2019
Chuck Marunde has created the first Sequim Chrome Extension. What is a Sequim Chrome Extension? If you use the Chrome browser, you may have installed extensions before. Extensions are little programs that perform a particular task and do it conveniently in your browser. Sequim Chrome Extension First, what is the benefit to you as a
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Selling a Home and Simultaneously Buying a Home
Sunday, 23 June 2019
Selling a home as you simultaneously buy a home in Sequim, Washington is what 95% of retirees do when they move to Sequim. Even the Vikings would acknowledge that it is “no small matter” to sell a home in California, get through all the hurdles and contingencies, get your money, and at the same time
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Sequim Real Estate for Buyers eBook
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Sequim real estate is a hot topic among many retirees from California to New York and from Florida to Alaska. Sequim, Washington has been a favorite getaway for retirees because of its mild climate without temperature extremes (mostly between 50 and 70 throughout the year), with only 16 inches of rain compared to Seattle’s 45
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Sequim Real Estate Market
Saturday, 15 June 2019
The Sequim real estate market has been undergoing dramatic changes in the last 24 to 36 months after a long recession. Of course, Sequim’s buyers come from all over the United States, and when real estate markets change elsewhere, the Sequim real estate market feels the reverberations. If markets come to a halt in California
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Sequim WA: Sunny and Warm
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
Sequim WA is a hotspot for retirees and for many of us who refuse to leave Sequim. Today was a good reason for our loyalty. It was hot and sunny and absolutely beautiful. Hot in Sequim means 77 degrees. That seemed hot to us, but for those of you who are stubborn and still in
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Sequim Podcasts – Thousands About Real Estate
Monday, 10 June 2019
Sequim podcasts by the thousands! Who in the world would do such a thing? Who would create that much original content? And who would do thousands of Sequim podcasts? Golly gee, that would be me, aka yours truly, aka Chuck Marunde. Over 2,110 of a decade of Sequim real estate articles now live in the
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Private Well Testing
Friday, 07 June 2019
Private well testing is an important subject if you are buying land with a private well. You are not required to do any private well testing, but as part of your due diligence, you most likely will want to. Here I’ll explain what is involved and how you can do this. Private Well Testing We’re
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The Sequim Blue Hole
Sunday, 02 June 2019
The Sequim Blue Hole is real, and I have proof. This is a fun short video I did showing you the scientific proof the Sequim blue hole is for real, and giving you a view of Sequim from above from my drone. Don’t forget to make sure your Youtube settings are for HD quality and
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Sequim Bay to Port Townsend on a Sail Boat
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Sequim Bay is an extraordinary bay in the Northwest on the North Olympic Peninsula just two hours west of Seattle. John Wayne Marina, which is on Sequim Bay, is the local favorite place to dock your sail boat. In this video, you’ll take a ride on a sailboat, which is actually a MacGregor, a hybrid
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Sequim Tree Removal: The Sequim Arborist
Friday, 24 May 2019
Sequim tree removal is a popular search phrase, and it should be no surprise. There are a lot of trees on the Olympic Peninsula, and we have rich soil, rain, and sometimes wind. So trees fall down, which also means that preventive forestry is a good thing. But we also have such a rich climate,
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Private Airport For Sale: Sequim Valley Airport
Tuesday, 21 May 2019
A private airport for sale is a rare event, and in this case a unique Sequim listing. The Sallee family owned Sequim Valley Airport is for sale after all these years of outstanding service to the North Olympic Peninsula. Here’s an aerial video of the Airport. Be sure to hit HD quality in your settings,
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Sequim Washington Video
Monday, 13 May 2019
Sequim Washington is a hot destination for retirees from around the United States, and if you’re far away, like in Florida or Southern California or New Jersey (God forbid), or on the Aleutian Chain in Alaska, I thought you might appreciate a little video and photo tour of Sequim. Voila! Here it is. Be sure
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Buying Land in Sequim
Sunday, 05 May 2019
Buying land in Sequim is no small matter, and it will take a great deal of research on your part long before you even come to Sequim to view land. I’ve done a lot of work for you in advance over the past 25 years in Sequim, and I am here to help you through
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The Buyer Timeline
Saturday, 04 May 2019
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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Coastal in Sequim and Shopping
Friday, 03 May 2019
Coastal is a great store in Sequim, and because it is such a cool store, I wanted to share it here and also to highlight the answer to a question that comes up periodically, “What stores or shopping is available in Sequim?” Coastal Farm and Ranch is the official name of the store, but most of
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Where is Sequim?
Monday, 29 April 2019
Where is Sequim? is a question asked by people in California, Texas, Florida, and the east coast. Many people have told me over the years that they were sitting in a coffee shop somewhere thousands of miles from Sequim when they heard someone near them asked, “Where is Sequim?” That always ended up in a
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Escaping California to The San Juan Islands
Sunday, 28 April 2019
Escaping California is quite popular among the middle class and upper class of California, and they are escaping California in large numbers every single day of the week. The documented (as opposed to undocumented) exit from California shows how there is a net decrease in this segment of the population. So many Californians are moving
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Sequim Internet: High Speed Internet
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
You need Sequim Internet, or you will need it when you buy a home in Sequim, but you’re wondering about Internet speeds and how to find out the answers to your questions, specifically what areas in and around Sequim have high speed Internet, and what service providers to use and what equipment to buy or
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The Sequim Home Selling Process: The Seller Timeline
Friday, 19 April 2019
The home selling process is a bit complex, but I’ve created a seller timeline that shows the entire process from beginning to end. Each step has its own sub-timelines, and depending on your transaction, you can get some bunny trails or end up taking a major off-ramp on your way to closing. I have written
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