Real Estate Questions and Answers

This is the place to get your real estate questions answered, but we have a very unique approach. Earnest Hemingway once wrote, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” I understand what he meant. Real Estate Questions I’ve been answering real estate questions for a couple

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Attic Ventilation in Sequim

Attic ventilation is one of the important items on a long checklist of things to watch for when you buy a home. It’s also important if you have a home built–the home should have the right attic ventilation designed into the home. I learned long ago that the answers you get in life are only

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Sequim Real Estate: A Buyer’s Guide All New 4th Edition

We are excited to announce the all new 4th edition of Sequim Real Estate: A Buyer’s Guide, which is now available on Amazon in either a paperback version ($24.95) or a Kindle version ($9.95). It is hot off the press as we just finished publishing this update this morning. Sequim Real Estate: A Buyer’s Guide

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Why Do Some Home Sales Get Terminated?

Some home sales are terminated before closing. A client from California asked me today, “What are the main reasons that would cause Sequim home sales to get terminated?” Why Home Sales Are Terminated There are three main reasons home sales get terminated. First, if the buyer’s loan is not approved because the buyer doesn’t qualify,

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How to Search the Internet for Real Estate

Do you know how to search the Internet for real estate? Today I want to share how to search the Internet for your next home in a way that gets you the best answers to your questions. The best search results will be direct answers to your questions, and they will be accurate and reliable. But

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Sequim on Your iPad or Tablet

This Sequim real estate blog can be read on mobile devices on your iPad or your Kindle or on any tablet. That’s been true for years, but we have something new you might like. It’s a magazine format for your tablet. You use your finger to turn the pages on your tablet just like a real magazine.

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Real Estate Questions and Answers

Do you have real estate questions? Questions about Sequim, Port Angeles, or Port Townsend? Questions about retiring on the Olympic Peninsula? What life is like on the Olympic Peninsula, what the cost of living is, and a hundred other questions? What if you could find one place, one source that would answer all your real

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Grateful for Veteran’s Day

Veteran’s Day is an important day, and I’m grateful for our veterans who protect this great nation and our freedom. Some use the word “freedom” casually, but there’s nothing casual about the word “freedom.” Many have given their lives for you and me, and many have come home severely wounded. I never served on the front lines,

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The Buyer’s Sequim Interview Deluxe

What’s a Sequim interview deluxe? It is the Buyer’s ultimate interview about Sequim. Let’s set the context so I explain the benefits of a Sequim interview like this. You’re either retired or about to retire. You’re in your late 50s or early 60s, and you have been doing a lot of research online to help

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Sequim Real Estate Checklists

Chuck Marunde created a number of Sequim real estate checklists over the past two decades, and buyers from around the country have been using these to keep themselves out of trouble and to make wise decisions about buying Sequim real estate. So today we will share some of our most popular checklists. (You might want

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Compare the San Juan Islands with Sequim

Let’s compare the San Juan Islands with Sequim.  If you’re planning to retire to the great Northwest from California or Arizona or Texas, you’re undoubtedly looking for a milder climate, but what else are you looking for?  Your online search may lead you to the beautiful islands of the Northwest outside the Seattle metropolis, the

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A Hot Sequim Property

This new Sequim property is right at the top of the Bell Curve for retirees moving to Sequim. One person said to me, “All the good homes have sold!” Well, that’s not true, but it can feel that way when you cannot find your idea of the perfect home and every time you see a possibility, it

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Dramatic Difference in Sequim Listings

Sequim listings can be dramatically different. Do not assume that all sellers and their listing agents are on the same sheet of music. Similar homes can be priced substantially different. I showed homes today to a couple from Iowa. We had a great time, and every home we looked at was totally different, although each

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Sequim Homes: Buyer’s Market or Seller’s Market?

Sequim homes are hot right now. Many buyers are experiencing some frustration, because when they find what they think could be “the one,” it is either pending or goes pending before they can get to Sequim. One of the advantages of using Sequim-Homes.com to monitor Sequim listings is that you can see the “Status” of all listings.

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Researching Real Estate on the Internet

Researching real estate on the Internet is now done by almost 100% of all buyers. Researching real estate for most people involves searching MLS sites, syndication sites, using the search engines for specific phrases, using Google maps (including Google satellite), searching city and county real estate databases, reviewing the county tax assessor’s site, and reading articles

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Sequim Real Estate Search Tool

[Update: While this search tool in this article still works fine, we have upgraded since to a better system which you’ll find in the search boxes on the home page of this blog, about in the middle of the home page.] This may be the most powerful Sequim real estate search tool on the Net,

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Sequim 3D Virtual Tour of Gorgeous

Here’s a 3D Virtual Tour of a very beautiful Sequim home with a view of Sequim Bay, Protection Island, Mount Baker, and the San Juan Islands. This home is located high above Sequim. Click on this 3D Virtual Tour below, and you can walk through this home on both levels. You’ll start in the kitchen,

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Is Radiant Ceiling Heat Good or Bad?

Radiant ceiling heat can be found in some Sequim homes, but for most buyers radiant heat is a mystery. Today we answer the question, “Is radiant ceiling heat good or bad?”  Radiant Ceiling Heat Misconceptions about radiant ceiling heat abound. For example, the conversation often goes like this. Heat rises, so why would you install

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Sequim Real Estate

Sequim real estate is a popular commodity of late, and buyers are enthusiastically coming to the Olympic Peninsula to shop for their ideal retirement home. Many retirees around the country have come to the same conclusion–that Sequim real estate is a bargain considering the lifestyle and cost of living in one of the most beautiful retirement

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Bell Hill Homes

Bell Hill Homes

Bell Hill Homes have always been in demand by people who wanted beautiful homes and great water views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sequim Bay, and the islands. Some Bell Hill homes even have a view of Victoria. Enjoy this virtual tour of a gorgeous custom built home, certainly one of the finest

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