Chuck Marunde

After practicing real estate law for 20 years in Washington, Chuck concentrates on residential sales in Sequim and Port Angeles on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. Chuck started in real estate as a salesman and associate broker in Alaska in the ’70’s before going to Gonzaga University Law School to specialize in real estate. 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 numerous magazine and Internet articles with a primary focus on real estate, including the premier Washington magazine, Pacific Northwest Home Owner Magazine. Because he has two sons who became professional athletes (Strongman and Mixed Martial Arts), he has also authored articles on the Strongman sport and has been a freelancer for Ultimate Grappling Magazine. In his spare time, Chuck is a sports photographer. The photography experience redounds to clients’ benefit, since photographs and videos are very important in marketing and selling today. 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 FreeRealEstateLaw.com and SequimPortAngeles.com and Sequim Real Estate and Port Angeles Real Estate Blog. Chuck has degrees in Economics, Law, and Education.

Port Angeles and Sequim Newspaper Online - Brand New


Sequim and Port Angeles now have a newspaper online with a new and exciting look and content that is driven by local interests, stories, and helpful news. This is bigger than it may sound for several reasons. What sets this newspaper apart from the Sequim Gazette or the Peninsula Daily News? A [...]

When Will Our Healthy Market Return?


There is good news and bad news. Let’s start with the bad. There are
left until the market begins the long process of a rebound to better days. That would be April 1, 2010. No one wants to hear that, but let’s face reality. We are in the worst economic slump, the worst real [...]

Is social networking really beneficial?

Is social networking really beneficial?

As a business owner and entrepreneur, you might expect my answer would be an instant, “Yes!” We are all taught from the beginning that we should be networking all the time. I actually agree that we should be networking all the time, but I’ve learned some things on my pilgrimage about networking.
I’ve been [...]

Port Angeles Business on the Internet


As a Port Angeles business owner are you using the power of the Internet?  Here is a brief video highlighting some important tips about using the Internet to market your products or services.  Notice that this video, which was created specifically for Port Angeles business owners on this site, is primarily an educational tool with [...]

Port Angeles Classifieds Major Upgrade


The online classified ads service for Sequim and Port Angeles has received a major upgrade and is more user friendly and even fun to use. This service is great for anyone selling anything, including real estate, cars and trucks, furniture, appliances, dogs, farm animals, electronics, sporting goods, anything. Of course, it’s great for [...]

Business Depression–The Perfect Storm


Let’s face it–we’re in a serious economic depression for all of us who own businesses in Port Angeles.  Imagine a scenario in which you have:

A national real estate crash (let’s not sugar coat this thing), and
A national crisis of epic proportions for financial institutions, and
A national economy that has been taking major hits from all [...]

New Free Online Classified Ads for Port Angeles and Sequim

New Free Online Classified Ads for Port Angeles and Sequim

Finally, there is a dedicated online classified ad service for everyone in Port Angeles and Sequim, businesses and individuals, and to introduce the service with a new promotion that benefits all businesses and citizens here, the service is being promoted absolutely free until next spring, May 1, 2009.
If you’re a business, and you want to [...]

A Blog is a Public Forum for Discussion


Apparently some folks are missing the whole point of a public blog.   Let me share a few thoughts on how I believe blogs produce very helpful dialogue in a community like Port Angeles.
A blog is a place where issues can be raised and discussed.  A question might be asked, and others might answer it, or [...]

Your Port Angeles Business Profile on the Internet

Your Port Angeles Business Profile on the Internet

This blog is devoted to the vision and future of Port Angeles and our mutual success as business owners. We will start (or continue) a dialogue on this subject, brainstorm here, argue (diplomatically), and share information.
But there is much more to the benefits to Port Angeles business owners, and today we reveal one of [...]

Challenges of Downtown Development