This week’s episode started off in Waikiki as an assassin took out a special agent for a foreign diplomat. This gorgeous white sand beachfront home is on Waimanalo’s picturesque coastline! This Waimanalo oceanfront home, (MLS# 1000409), is just minutes from the old Magnum P.I. “Robin Masters Estate,” and also nearby where McGarrett’s two raids took [...]
We decided to give our feet some much needed R&R at beautiful Makaiwa Bay in the Big island’s Mauna Lani Resort. We have found that outside of the Captain Cook monument area, Makaiwa Bay has some of the best snorkeling on the island. There is an extensive reef in the bay with lots of fish.
Golf anyone? Water hole on the 6th Fairway Playing golf on the Big Island is always fun, but in Waikoloa Village you can play for really great rates! Did you know that as a property owner, a round of golf with a cart is only $36.50? Probably the best deal on the west side of the [...]
Reduced to $196K, (MLS# 217717) is the closest oceanfront to Kahalu’u Beach! Price: $1,099,000 Yes, I still surf, and nearly every day. I love to go diving too! Keeps my head screwed on straight in that crazy world out there somewhere (not here)…Ahhhh to get in the ocean. It is amazingly warm. Silky ocean water [...]
There was no activity at our courthouse in Lihue on Thursday, Veterans Day, but the foreclosure auction totals for this week was similar to those in previous weeks because of a development in foreclosure. Of the 67 auctions scheduled through November 12th, 12 of them were for Poipu Aina Estates, a land development of multi-acreage [...]
Hawaii Life is thrilled to announce an entirely new facet of our business: Property Management. For years, we looked at property management companies and thought “What If?” What if we applied the same intense focus on exposure and marketing as we do in real estate sales to Property Management? What if we were able to [...]
Resort living fronting the new 18 hole Ernie El’s designed golf course and country club at Ewa Beach is now available “For Sale!” Hoakalei Resort Marina Master Plan You can choose from 4 different “Golf Course Frontage” models with custom designed floor plans…all on display at Ka Makana model home village. The high end “resort” [...]
I’ve only lived on Kauai for six years, and yet the Irons’ family is one of the most famous because of all the surfing fame they have brought to the island. Today there was a truly moving tribute to one of the greatest surfing legends who has ever lived. It was a picture perfect day [...]
Roberta Haas, R, and I are thrilled to offer the Bali Built Estate at Kalihiwai Ridge on Kauai’s north shore. As featured in the Robb Report’s Vacation Homes magazine, this Balinese-inspired estate “takes shape in one of Hawaii’s most dramatic settings.” Situated at the base of Mt. Namahana, and on the reservoir at Kalihwai Ridge, [...]
Enjoy the largest two bedroom\two bathroom floor plan at Emmalani Court in Princeville, Kauai. Offered for $479,000 Emmalani Court 415 offers a covered lanai with views to the well-manicured landscaping This is the BEST of Emmalani Court! This ground floor condominium offers 1,456 square feet, plus a covered lanai. It includes a roomy kitchen with a counter [...]
Until yesterday, the entry level price for a condo at Hualalai Resort, home of the Four Season’s Hotel, was $1.295 million, (MLS# 223930), for a short sale condo. If you wanted to avoid the complexity of a short sale you would be looking at purchasing the condo pictured above (MLS# 236599), priced at $1.84 million. [...]
Good news!—I just noticed that First Hawaiian Bank is offering an “Energy-Smart” loan. This special loan is to finance the installation of solar water heating systems. As if right on cue, I just wrote an article for the Maui News giving Maui homeowners some tips on how to save on your electricity bill. The biggest [...]
A crowd gathered for the Hawaii Five-0 Premier The streets were abuzz for the premier of the all-new Hawaii Five-0 television series. 42 years to the day, this program returns to Prime Time. It got me thinking about all the great movies and TV shows that have used Hawaii as the backdrop to the stories [...]
If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a vacation home on Kauai, I found one the other day that is a gem! It is a stunningly furnished and decorated 5 bedroom/5 full-bath home, with over 3,300 sq. ft. of luxurious living space so close to the ocean that you can hear the waves crashing, and smell the [...]
Alewa Heights is one of the older neighborhoods on Oahu, just west of Nuuanu, and minutes from Downtown Honolulu. This Alfred Preis mid-century modern home, (MLS# 1013256), is one of several architectural gems Many of the Alewa Heights homes listed in MLS are built as far back as the 1920′s and 30′s, which is “old” [...]
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