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Should I Buy a Home in Sequim Before the Election?

Tuesday, 22 September 2020 by Chuck Marunde

Many retirees are wondering if they should buy a home in Sequim WA before the elections in November of 2020. Today I answer that question. While my opinion has plenty of room for difference of opinion, I thought you might appreciate the thoughts of a long time Sequim real estate buyer’s agent and real estate

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Should I Buy Land

Should I Buy Land in Sequim to Build a Home?

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 by Chuck Marunde

Most people still prefer to buy a home rather than go through what can be a long and potential nightmare of buying land, drilling a well, installing a septic system, and then building for 6 to 12 months with change orders and lots of uncertainties. I’ll answer the question that comes up all the time,

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24 Secrets to Buying a Country Home

Wednesday, 19 August 2020 by Chuck Marunde

Are there really secrets to buying a country home? Yes, there are, at least many which buyers do not know. We are very excited to announce Chuck Marunde’s latest book written and narrated specifically for buyers moving to the country from the city, and of course, Chuck practices in the country known as the Olympic

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Buying Real Estate Now Before It’s Too Late

Saturday, 19 October 2019 by Chuck Marunde

I strongly recommend buying real estate now, and of course you want to be wise about where you buy your real estate. I would not feel comfortable with a majority of my retirement account in the stock market or in the bond market right now. We are living at a time when the market is

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Buying a Home with a Revocable Trust

Thursday, 13 September 2018 by Chuck Marunde

If you are buying your retirement home in Sequim or Port Angeles (or anywhere in the U.S. for that matter), and if you are going to apply for a loan, you will be required by the lender to make the loan application in your personal name, not the name of a trust.  The real estate

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The Home Buying Process

Saturday, 01 September 2018 by Chuck Marunde

The home buying process can be a bit intimidating if you haven’t bought a lot of homes. Even if you’ve bought a couple of homes in different parts of the country, the home buying process is always unique to a local real estate market. This podcast gives you an overview of the home buying process

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How to Buy a Home in Sequim

Sunday, 24 June 2018 by Chuck Marunde

How to buy a home in Sequim is a query of many retirees who are currently living all over the continental United States and Hawaii and Alaska. If you live in Temecula, Denver, Honalulu, Miami, or Fairbanks you will undoubtedly have many questions about the Sequim real estate market. Every market has its own unique

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How Does a Bump Clause Work?

Saturday, 26 August 2017 by Chuck Marunde

A bump clause is a special clause in an addendum to a purchase and sale agreement that gives a seller the right to continue to accept other offers and possibly bump the first offer out of the picture entirely. This means a bump clause can either help a seller or hurt a buyer. In this article

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A Home With Privacy

Sunday, 30 April 2017 by Chuck Marunde

Do you want a home with privacy? Many couples who move to the Sequim area do want a home with privacy, although how that is defined may vary slightly. When buyers tell me they would like “some privacy,” I asked more questions. This article will share some insights on what a buyer’s options are when

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Buy a Home in Sequim Sight Unseen?

Saturday, 08 April 2017 by Chuck Marunde

The idea of buying a home sight unseen is most likely not your first choice. Normally, I would not recommend buying a home until you’ve walked through it and around it yourself. But the Sequim real estate market is a strong seller’s market with a very low inventory, and demand far exceeds supply. Buyers from

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Buying a Home? Disaster Strikes With Bad Advice

Thursday, 30 March 2017 by Chuck Marunde

Buying a home is no small matter these days. I’m using the phrase “no small matter” like the Vikings used it. In the movie The 13th Warrior starring Antonio Banderas, his Viking friends used the phrase “no small matter” to describe situations that rose to the level of life threatening. If something was a small

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The Importance of Unambiguous Real Estate Contracts

Saturday, 28 January 2017 by Chuck Marunde

Ambiguous real estate contracts can turn into a nightmare for a buyer like you. Real estate contracts are an important part of buying a home, and normally your Realtor drafts your real estate contracts. These are binding agreements, and if your Realtor doesn’t draft clean documents that are unambiguous, you could end up with a nightmare.

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Home Defects Haunt Buyers

Friday, 06 May 2016 by Chuck Marunde

Home defects can haunt a buyer long after moving into their home. We can’t all buy a brand new home, and the cost of buying land and hiring a home builder to build a new home is substantially more than buying an existing home, but an existing home may be on the perfect piece of land in

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When You Find a Home

Monday, 25 January 2016 by Chuck Marunde

When you find a home that you love, and your Realtor drafts the offer, after what may be a counteroffer or two, once you have mutual acceptance, it is a happy day! I just helped buyers from Texas find a home, and when I called to tell them their offer had been accepted, they were

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Where is Wisdom?

Wednesday, 18 November 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Where is wisdom? This is the rhetorical question I have been asking for a couple of decades. This is a real estate blog, so I write about all the issues that concern buyers and sellers of real estate. With over 1,900 articles here, I strive to help buyers discover the answers to their most important

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Buying a Home: The Biggest Problem

Saturday, 10 October 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Buying a home used to be much easier. A purchase and sale agreement was one page. Your loan application was two pages, and a few weeks later the transaction was closed in the real estate office with two or three signatures. Now the purchase and sale agreement is 14 pages with all the required addendums.

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Little Things to Look for When Buying a Home

Thursday, 27 August 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Buying a home is a massive undertaking, and if you’ve read some of my earlier articles about doing your due diligence as a buyer, you have a good checklist of major items to review. Things like the home inspection, the septic inspection, the well inspection, irrigation systems, traffic noise, driveway easements, view easements, the quality

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Buyer Beware

Saturday, 18 July 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Buyer beware comes from a latin phrase (“caveat emptor”) that has been a rule for hundreds of years. The phrase is actually part of a longer statement: “Caveat emptor, quia ignorare non debuit quod jus alienum emit,” which is translated as “Let a purchaser beware, for he ought not to be ignorant of the nature of

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The Dream of Buying a Home in Sequim

Sunday, 07 June 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Buying a Home in Sequim is a dream come true for many from all over the United States. It certainly was for John (not his real name). John went through some challenging times. He shared with me that, “life doesn’t go according to plan,” and he then said, “that’s not the exception; that’s the rule.”

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Buy a Home You Can Sell

Tuesday, 02 June 2015 by Chuck Marunde

Would you buy a home if you knew you could never sell it? Probably not, but people do it all the time. Of course, they don’t buy their retirement home saying to themselves, “We will never be able to sell this home,” but maybe they should be asking, “Is this Sequim home sellable some day?” [This

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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.

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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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