News for Hawaii Life Agents
You are in a hurry to get to that Realtor caravan, or to make it on time to meet with clients when you jump out of your car and shut the door. Immediately you realized you’ve locked your keys inside your car. Does that sound familiar to you? A similar situation happened to me last [...]
This week, I received a full price all cash offer closing in 5 weeks on one of my listings! Sounds good, doesn’t it? I asked the buyer’s agent to provide “proof of funds.” As the seller’s agent, it was not in my client’s best interest to present an offer without proof that the buyer actually [...]
Jene Green, R(S)—Specializing in South and South-East Big Island properties for sale… I don’t know about any other agents, but I know lately I have had an extraordinary amount of inquiries! To me, that’s a very positive outlook to what I hope is to come.
Tax time—it’s not all fun and games. I have a love/hate relationship with the IRS and it’s that time of year again when I have to come face to face with “my year on paper!” I keep great records, and organize my data well, but over the years I have come to understand that there [...]
Beautiful ocean, cliff, and tidal views overlooking Whittington Beach Park in the district of Ka’u Hawaiian Ocean View Estates is located on the southern side of the Big Island in the district of Ka’u. It is deemed the “World’s Largest Subdivision” with over 10,500 1-acre lots and over 150 miles of paved roads, yet it seems so [...]
Last month, Hawaii Life finally ventured past the center dividing line of the Big Island and hired our first salesperson in Hilo, Wailana Herbst, R(S). Wailana is a 3rd generation Realtor born and raised in Hilo who knows the area like the back of her hand, is connected to just about everyone in town, and [...]
I am proud to say that Hawaii Life has an official “brick and mortar” presence on Oahu. On February 18th, we opened our new office in the heart of Oahu’s luxury real estate market - Kahala. We’ve come a long way…I was the first agent to join Hawaii Life in the fall of 2009. Since then, [...]
Pre-foreclosures and other Maui real estate secrets. Catching a flight to Maui from L.A. in 2005, I overheard a light-hearted conversation between two young couples take a darker turn. The “obviously successful” couple from L.A. was on their way to Maui to purchase their second home and assumed that every couple in Hawaii owned their own home, [...]
Pro·vin·cial·ism/prəˈvinCHəˌlizÉ™m/Noun 1. The way of life or mode of thought characteristic of the regions outside the capital city of a country, esp. when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded. 2. Narrow-mindedness, insularity, or lack of sophistication. There’s a lot of provincialism in Hawaii, especially in the real estate industry. I travel all over the State. We [...]
Jean de la Fontaine, the most famous French fabulist from the 17th century, would have probably named this story “the tenant and the centipede.†The Hawaiian centipede As realtors getting listings, we all go through this situation: you succeed in getting the best town home on the Kohala Coast Resort, with perfect views and location, priced [...]
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