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How to Sell Your Home: 7 Myths Part 4

by Chuck Marunde / Sunday, 29 September 2019 / Published in Selling Your Home, Sequim Real Estate
How to Sell Your Home

Introduction to 5 Installments: Selling your home is no small matter, and since I’ve been in the real estate business going back four decades and transitioned from traditional marketing to powerful Internet marketing technologies, I’ve seen a lot of changes. While consumers are quite aware of the changes in how they search for homes and do online research, and how they do not respond to old print advertising and other worn out sales gimmicks, the real estate industry itself has lagged far behind. I’ve watched too many good people get caught up in the nonsense of agents’ gimmicks and listing presentations. Having written many books for buyers, I finally could not contain myself any longer, and I decided to share what I’ve learned that home owners definitely would want to know if only someone would tell them. This is the fourth installment of five from my book, The Seven Myths of Selling Your Home.

My point in often referring to traps for the unwary in real estate is that I have spent a lifetime in real estate as a broker and as a real estate attorney, and I’ve seen thousands of good people get caught in traps for the unwary. I’ve watched sellers make wise decisions, and I’ve watched sellers make disastrous decisions. In 37 years, I’ve seen all kinds of good and bad decisions, and I’ve seen far too many good people get caught in traps that end up hurting them financially or causing long delays in their plans. And then there is the stress. What price can you put on unbearable stress?

When I was practicing law, after one to two years of litigation with a trial at the end, clients would often tell me it wasn’t primarily the $20,000 to $40,000 they spent on legal fees and costs that really bothered them the most. It was the tremendous stress that lasted so long and never let up until the end. Save yourself from the costly and stressful lessons from the school of hard knocks, and simply take my lifetime of experience and use it for your own benefit.

I’ve been helping clients avoid the traps, and teaching them to separate myth from fact for decades. I love what I do, and I’m passionate about helping people. This is what qualifies me to write so boldly about myths in real estate. I’ve written thousands of articles and published them free for consumers so they can apply the lessons of many who have gone before them. I’ve written many real estate books, and I give them away to prospective clients to help them avoid the mistakes others have made.

In real estate sales, myths abound. It is in the lack of knowledge and experience that myths are born. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard myths repeated by well-meaning people concerning how to sell a home, how to advertise it, how to negotiate the price, how to handle due diligence issues, and so on. These myths are believed and repeated by very intelligent and successful people.

For centuries people thought the world was flat because they lacked knowledge of the whole truth. And more recently, a lot of people were angry with Steven Spielberg when they saw an old photo of him leaning against a dinosaur prop from the movie Jurassic Park. The prop appeared to be a dead dinosaur. Apparently many people sincerely thought Steven Spielberg had killed a dinosaur. I don’t know what to say about that, except our public education system is sorely lacking.

In real estate the myths are usually more subtle and far less dramatic. But that only makes them harder to recognize. Even if the average person is not wrong about what they know in regard to marketing and selling a home today, their knowledge and experience is still very limited if they have not been a real estate professional for decades. It takes at least 10 years as a full time professional to become an expert, and it really takes much longer to digest a large amount of knowledge and experience through several real estate cycles, and apply that experience consistently with wisdom. An experienced professional will also gain the experience of thousands of his clients over the years.

This is Part 4 of 5 installments. For more information about my book, which you can get in either the Kindle version or the paperback version, you can preview it on Amazon at The Seven Myths of Selling Your Home.

Read the next installment at Part 4 of How to Sell Your Home.

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About Chuck Marunde

After practicing real estate law for 20 years in Washington, Chuck opened iRealty Virtual Brokers covering the Sequim and the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. Chuck is the author of numerous magazine and Internet articles with a primary focus on real estate. He is also the author of over a dozen books, mostly about Sequim real estate. Chuck is a photographer, videographer, and Registered FAA Drone Pilot. Chuck has combined his love for real estate and technology to create a growing Internet presence in his market, and enjoys building his websites and blogs, including SequimBlog.com and Sequim4Sale.com and LuxuryWaterViewHomes.com. Chuck has degrees in Economics, Law, and Education.

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125 Olympic Ranch Ln,
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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.

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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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