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Sequim Real Estate Buyer’s Agent

by Chuck Marunde / Thursday, 09 December 2010 / Published in Buyer's Agent, Sequim Real Estate

Buying Sequim real estate requires money and knowledge.  The knowledge involves an understanding of local Sequim real estate issues, and knowledge of real estate transactions.  I recommend hiring a Sequim real estate buyer’s agent who has the knowledge and experience and professionalism to represent you without any conflict of interest.   We all know life is full of conflicts, and that is certainly true in the real estate business.  This video lays out six major reasons you will benefit by hiring a Sequim buyer’s agent to find and negotiate to buy your retirement home.

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When you hire a real estate agent to help you find a home, you either hire a dual agent or you hire a  Sequim real estate buyer’s agent.  If you have called the listing agent off a sign or an advertisement, and you hire that agent to write an offer on that house, you have hired a dual agent. A dual agent represents the seller and the buyer. While this is legal in the State of Washington, it is in my opinion a legal conflict of interest.

I believe there are six huge reasons you will find it in your best interest to hire your own buyer’s agent.

1.  You have an agent who represents only your interests without a conflict with the seller.  Here’s an honest way to look at dual agency.  In the video I share an honest way to look at dual agency that will clarify the problem.  Now if you hire an agent to represent you as your buyer’s agent, you eliminate those conflicts that can work against your best interests.

2.  You can find and hire a buyer’s agent who has the experience and professional abilities you need as you get ready to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars.  You undoubtedly are very careful when you selected a financial advisor to invest your money for your retirement.  Isn’t it just as important to hire a qualified buyer’s agent to advise you as you spend a very large sum of your hard earned money on your retirement home?

3.  A buyer’s agent has a focused interest in protecting you, and that means bending all of his resources, knowledge and experience to help you find the best home, negotiate the best price, handle all contingencies appropriately, protect you from legal liabilities and contract ambiguities, and in being your transaction coordinator from mutual acceptance to closing.

4.  Because your buyer’s agent does not have a legal or fiduciary duty to protect the seller, he can negotiate the price and terms entirely with your interest and preferences in mind.  This is not a small thing.

5.  A Sequim real estate buyer’s agent has no financial incentive to act as your dual agent and make twice his regular commission.  More about this on the video.

6.  A Sequim real estate buyer’s agent has a desire to help you do your due diligence on your home to avoid problem areas, bad septic systems, polluted wells, standing water in the crawl space, and a hundred other potential problems that could crop up in the wrong location or in a house.

Sequim Real EstateA good experienced and professional buyer’s agent will help you find the ideal retirement home without biases, provide you with the best local information to help you make wise decisions about location and other local issues, help you negotiate the best possible price and terms without conflict, and guide you through the contingencies and coordinate transaction details all the way to closing.

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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.

1 Comment to “ Sequim Real Estate Buyer’s Agent”

  1. Sara McMurray says :Reply
    December 10, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    Spot-on Chuck! As a former attorney myself the idea of dual-agency makes me cringe. Each party needs someone representing their side of the deal and negotiating on their behalf. I’m thrilled to be doing the same thing in Chicago that you’re doing in Sequim. Keep up the good work!

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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.

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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.

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"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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