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<title>Chuck Marunde - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After practicing real estate law for 20 years in Washington, Chuck concentrates on residential and commercial sales in Sequim and Port Angeles on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. Chuck has been an adviser to top producing real estate agents for 15 years, has personally closed 100's of transactions, negotiated many more, and litigated most real estate issues. He has been involved in many complex commercial properties and businesses, founded a free real estate law website in 1995, has been a legal adviser to real estate investors, and is a minority shareholder in an International technology company. Chuck is the author of ... ]]></description>
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<title>Real Estate Brokerage Is Changing to a Virtual Brokerage Model</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:36:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Real estate offices are closing all over the country. Real estate agents are hanging up their licenses in every state. The traditional bricks-and-mortar real estate brokerage is hemorrhaging, and all that keeps this archaic business model alive is consolidations. As offices close, some agents quit, but the survivors move their licenses to another sinking ship, a ship that looks just like the last one and often with the exact same name on the bow. There is an answer, and it means embracing technology, new marketing methods, new tools to reach clients, and mastering the Internet as a powerful medium.]]></description>
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<title>Not All Real Estate Brokers Are Members Of The Local MLS</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:21:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know that not all real estate brokers and not all agents are necessarily members of your local MLS (multiple listing service), wherever you may live in the U.S.? What does it mean if a broker is not? Let's consider the implications.]]></description>
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<title>Wetlands - A Losing Battle</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 08:08:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Saving wetlands is a losing battle! First, one must ask if the environmental fervor to save wetlands is based on real science. Second, if that question can be answered in the affirmative, the next question is, "can we save wetlands?" Third, if both of those questions can be answered in the affirmative, then one must ask, "how can we go about saving wetlands in a way that is cost effective, or is there another tactic in the bigger picture that makes scientific and economic sense in our ecosystem?"]]></description>
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<title>Should I Reduce My Price To Sell My Home?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:07:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When a home is on the market for a long time and it still has not sold, a homeowner might legitimately ask his agent, or himself if he is a FSBO (for sale by owner), do I need to reduce my price? Have I overpriced my home? ]]></description>
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<title>Real Estate and the Probate Process</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:18:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This probate lasted five (5) years, and the siblings' inheritance was eaten by attorney's fees and costs, and interestingly enough, by the black sheep's theft of much of the estate prior to their mother's death. That's too long a story to tell here. Create an indestructible estate plan now.]]></description>
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<title>How Realtors Can Cost You a Fortune</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:13:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Good people often have no idea how much money their professional adviser is costing them. There are three professions that are guilty of costing you, the consumer, a lot of money: lawyers, real estate agents, and financial advisers. (I've been all three.)  Today, we only have time to focus on real estate agents. How can a real estate agent cost a client (you) money?]]></description>
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<title>Why The Justice System is Broken</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:39:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do lawyers lie in the courtroom and distort justice? All the time, every day. Do all lawyers lie and distort justice? No. But in 20 years of practicing law in courtrooms throughout Washington State and in the military justice system, I saw so many cases of lawyers lying and distorting justice, I literally cannot say how many times it happened, but it was in the 100's. Perhaps it was more than a 1,000 times.]]></description>
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<title>12 Honest Insider Tips To Buying Foreclosures In Short Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:16:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Buyers are going to find some extraordinary garage-sale priced homes in this market as banks foreclose on some homes in the area, but long before the Trustee's Sale there will opportunities to buy homes through a process called the "short sale."  What is a short sale? A short sale is the sale of a home that is in foreclosure at a price less than the existing balance of the mortgage, which can only occur with the full cooperation of the bank holding the mortgage.]]></description>
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<title>How To Negotiate Like An Expert When You Buy Your Next Home</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:56:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Knowing how to negotiate the price and each term of a transaction could mean 10 to 50 thousand dollars to you. This is no time for a garage sale mentality. The last thing you want to do if you are representing yourself as a buyer or seller is to go up against someone on the other side who has 20 or 30 years of experience negotiating. You will lose, although your opponent will make you think you won.  To get your best price, you need to know how it works.]]></description>
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<title>Real Estate v Stock as an Investment</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:22:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why investing in real estate is 10,000 times as safe as investing in stocks.  Corporate fraud is alive and well, and the value of one's entire retirement fund (a lifetime of work) can literally go "poof!"  Real estate is dirt that cannot fly away.  How safe is your future?]]></description>
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<title>Should I Hire a Real Estate Agent?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:34:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're buying a home, you must ask and answer the question, "Should I hire a real estate agent?" There's only one reason not to hire one--to save the commission. There are several reasons you might decide to hire a Realtor.]]></description>
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<title>The Best Reason to Hire a Buyer's Agent</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:17:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why would you hire a real estate agent to work against you?  Dual agency is a dangerous practice, and if you are buying through an agent, be certain your agent is an exclusive buyer's agent.]]></description>
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<title>How Much Is My Business Worth?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:25:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How you operate your business and track income and expenses will determine how much you later can sell the business for.  Don't make the same mistake many small business owners make.]]></description>
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<title>The True Story Of The Prince And The Princess</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:16:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a parody of real life and how divorce is a gift that just keep giving.  See if it doesn't ring true with your experience!]]></description>
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<title>Seller Disclosure Nightmare - How To Avoid Getting Sued</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:56:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A real nightmare for sellers is brewing in Washington state, and it's real for the rest of the nation, too.  Seller's are being pressured to agree by contract to let buyers sue them after closing for unintentional misrepresentations.  This is lawsuit haven for lawyers.  Sellers need to know how to handle the sale of their home without getting into a lawsuit later.  ]]></description>
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<title>How Should You Hold Title To Real Estate?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:18:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How you take title to your  real estate will have major implications.  My recommendation is that you hold  title in a way that will avoid probate, which simply takes some of your estate  and gives it to attorneys, not to mention it delays the distribution of your  estate to your beneficiaries. ]]></description>
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<title>13 Keys to Sell Your Own Home</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:12:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Keys to selling your own home by a 30-year veteran Realtor and Real Estate Attorney.  FSBO's ought to read this one.  ]]></description>
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<title>Sellers Can Safely Finance a Buyer</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:10:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a buyer's market when selling gets tougher and mortgage financing gets tougher, it may be time to reconsider seller financing with a note and deed of trust or land contract.  Get a great rate of return on your money, and you are extremely well secured with the real estate.  If the buyer defaults, you end up making even more money.  Sell faster and at a higher price in this market.  ]]></description>
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<title>Creating a Successful Real Estate Joint Venture</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:45:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Creating a successful joint venture in real estate involves things you definitely want to avoid, and things which you should do because they are solid principles of real estate investing and business.  First, the things you want to avoid.]]></description>
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