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Kapalua Plantation Estates Bankruptcy Sale

Rustin Singleton, RS — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00:39 +0000

197 Plantation Drive in The Kapalua Plantation Estates – I blogged about this beautiful property when it first came out last August. It was a beautiful property (MLS# 349062) listed at $4,800,000 in the Kapalua Resort area.

Since this home was first listed the circumstances have changed with ownership. It has now become a bankruptcy sale and is listed at an amazing $3,500,000. This sale will be subject to court confirmation, but can be a great value for the right buyer.

Kapalua Plantation Estates

Plantation Estates sits on 720 acres with 52 total estates ranging from 2 to 7 acres in size. It was completed in 1990 with hand built Kapalua blue rock walls and streets lined with Norfolk Pine trees, which is a unique Kapalua Resort signature.

I have a lot more information and photos, please contact me with any questions.

Rustin
808.281.1625
rustin@hawaiilife.com

Kona Heavens Home Under $1 Million with Salt Water Pool and Swim Up Bar

Michele McKinley, RS SFR — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:39:11 +0000

Well, here I am dreaming about another favorite subdivision of mine – Kona Heavens.

Kona Heavens Subdivison

Kona Heavens is in the 1,000 feet elevation area north of Kona town before Kona Palisades, which is right above the Kona International Airport (KOA).

The views and climates are awesome. Kona Heaven homes are all on 1 acre plus lots with cool breezes and beautiful views!

Kona Heavens Home For Sale

This home has a beautiful kitchen great for holidays, parties, or just for family with everyday living

I stumbled into this property when looking for a home for some clients and fell in love! Then I saw a price reduction of $390,000 and I said to myself, “Are you kidding me, my favorite million dollar subdivision with a home for only $998,000? WOW! WOW! WOW!”

This home (MLS# 229383) is a 4 bed/4.5 bath with 4,449 sq.ft. of living space – this has all I could ever want! More important, it has what my client wants – everything on their checklist! With a pool, game room, beautiful kitchen, and peaceful master bedroom, what else could they ask for? I want to give my clients the best opportunity out there to buy their dream home and this might be the one!!

I love the real feel of the waiting area off the side of the pool!

Kona Inventory

Inventory in Kona is getting very tight, believe it or not, and I don’t have a crystal ball, but there are a lot of positive changes happening with the Kona market. Less time on market, multiple offers, over bidding, etc.

Kona Heavens has been through a few bumps with a few REO’s and short sales these last few years and when you see a buy like this one (MLS# 229383), you say to yourself, “WOW – that’s a good buy it’s time to make a move in the market!” Yes, this property was overpriced when it was first listed, but now we are talking!

Aloha for now! See ya next time!
Michele Mckinley

Kahului Custom Built Mini Mansion Gets Price Reduction

Kathleen Wilson, R(S), SFR — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:15:10 +0000

An amazing custom built mini mansion (MLS# 349632) is back on the market and priced to sell…a steal at $579,000! Many unique design features, please call for a list.

Pool parties, BBQs, stand alone quarters for out of town guests, Koi pond, and waterfalls can all be enjoyed from this home. Nothing is spared in the design…details and love were both put into this exquisite home.

Compact, easy access kitchen with plenty of room and a sunny breakfast nook!

This home has a separate dining room, family room, and living room all with recessed ceilings, special lighting, and room galore.

Connect with my blogs on foreclosure properties (and more) and how to find the best value for your property purchase, which includes a step-by-step process on “How To” purchase your bank owned property.

Our offices are working upwards of 30 pre-foreclosures (properties not listed in the MLS) at any given time. To protect homeowners and tenants currently still living in bank owned properties, and because of MLS rules, we are unable to give out addresses of our unlisted pre-foreclosures.

As bank owned properties are able to be listed on the MLS, and if you answer a few questions below, we will contact you when a property of your dreams is about to be listed. Also, be sure to check out my blog series on foreclosures.

Please call with or send the information below:

Assets you desire in a property (i.e. acreage with a house and cottage, condo, 3 bed/2 bath, swimming pool, vacation rental on the golf course, etc.)
Pre-approval letter or proof of cash. I would be happy to send you names of loan officers, so that you can be pre-approved and ready to make an offer
Preferred location (i.e. W. Maui, S. Maui, or an actual town such as Haiku, Kapalua, Kihei, Wailea, or a zip code)
Phone number, name, and email address

Kathleen Wilson, SSCP – Short Sale Certified Professional – Five Star Institute, RECP – REO Certified Professional – Five Star Institute and SFR – Short Sale Foreclosure Resource

Live Among The Stars at Sunset Beach Colony on Oahu’s North Shore

Benjy Gilholm, RA — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:52 +0000

Looking for oceanfront property on the north shore of Oahu?

If you’re a north shore oceanfront buyer, be sure to check out Sunset Beach Colony (MLS# 1107402), offering luxury north shore living! Sunset Beach Colony is the premier gated community on the north shore of Oahu. This home for sale is a 3 bed/3 bath with 2,400 sq.ft. of living area. It is priced at $3,200,000. This home offers amazing ocean views and the ability to live among the stars!

The Tastes of Hawaii – Recipes From Kauai’s Old Plantation Days – Chocolate Mint Mudslide Cookies

Lucy Adams, RS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:30:21 +0000

Week 27—Chocolate Mint Mudslide Cookies!

Chocolate Mint Mudslide Cookie Recipe

3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. cake flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. powdered instant coffee
1 Tbsp. boiling water
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. peppermint extract
7 oz. unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
8 Tbsp. unsalted butter
6 oz. bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
7 large eggs
2-3/4 cups sugar
2 cups chopped walnuts
1-1/2 cups chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray cookie sheets with cooking spray, or line them with parchment paper. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl and set aside. Combine the instant coffee and boiling water to make a paste. Blend in the vanilla extract. Melt the unsweetened chocolate, chopped bittersweet chocolate, and butter in a saucepan over low heat, or in a bowl in the microwave in 15-to-20 second intervals. Gently stir to blend. In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat together the eggs, sugar, peppermint extract, and coffee paste mixture on high speed until light in texture and thick, 6-8 minutes.

Add the chocolate mixture with the machine running on medium speed. On low speed, mix in the dry ingredients until just blended. Mix in the walnuts and chocolate chips until blended. Scrape down the bowl as needed during mixing to blend evenly.

Using a 1/4 cup measure or a small ice cream scoop, fill with the dough, level it and drop onto a prepared cookie sheet, leaving 3-4 inches between the cookies. In batches, bake the cookies until they are cracked on top but still slightly moist, rotating the pans as necessary to bake the cookies evenly, around 14 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool slightly on the baking sheet before transferring them to wire racks to cool completely.

As mentioned in my first recipe blog, Hawaii is a wonderful mix of cultures and each of these peoples brought with them their customs and foodsduring the early plantation days. Because we have this rich Hawaiian heritage, I started this running blog that features recipes with a Hawaiian flair. If you love collecting recipes, please check back so that you can collect your favorites.

Collecting and sharing recipes of Hawaii is our hobby, but our passion is helping people with their real estate needs.Hawaii offers some of the most beautiful islands in the world and we believe Kauai has some of the very best real estate available.

Check this Luxury Craftsman Home (MLS# 250470) in sunny Poipu. This is a 4 bed/3 bath home for the family with an additional 2 bed/1 bath legal guest house, complete with black bottom lagoon pool, security system, and unlimited views.

My sister and I work as a team to help people make their dreams come true. Please contact us with your real estate needs, we are here to assist.

Ilona Coffey, RS
808.635.1495
KauaiAgent.com

Lucy Adams, RS
808.651.5676
KauaiAgent.com

Super Bowl Sunday (2012) Double Rainbow on Kauai

Amy Marvin, RA — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:39:37 +0000

This rainbow was a good sign on Super Bowl Sunday! What an amazing place we live to wake up to such a beautiful sight! I guess Eli Manning and the Giants were at the end of this rainbow collecting the pot of gold!

Kona Palisades Estates Home With Swimming Pool Offers Wonderful Place to Live

Michele McKinley, RS SFR — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:45:09 +0000

Kona Palisades Estates

Kona Palisades Estates is located on the western slopes of Hawaii’s third largest volcano, Mt. Hualalai, and no, it’s not active (FYI)…Kona Palisades Estates is comprised of 733 homes and built in habitats ranging from desert landscapes in less than 100 ft. in elevation to lush tropical gardens at 1,700 feet in elevation.

So, I was out showing property to some really nice people and stumbled into to a listing that I had not seen before (MLS# 248126). Really, I should have seen this listing before, but I thought is was overpriced at the time. When I showed it, I was amazed at the quiet, peaceful, and fun place that it was…and the best part is the property just had a price drop of $20,000.

The kitchen is the older style kitchen, but let me tell you, this would be a fun entertaining home! This picture doesn’t do justice to the kitchen, it has wide open, big window views of the ocean, living room, and pool.

There is a counter with a bar that has a separate ice maker and wet bar sink great for entertaining. The center island is great and wide open. The kitchen has tons of cabinets, and if you are like me, I have way too much cooking utensils because I love gadgets and cooking, so this kitchen is built perfect for someone like that.

The rooms are very open as well. This home is now vacant, and when you walk in, the openness gives you such an “ahhh” feeling. So many ideas were going through my mind…This home was so clean and spick-and-span, you could eat off the floor. This home has a lot of upgrades like central AC, lush landscaping, a great laundry room, the list goes on!

I really think this is a great buy and it is in my favorite place, Kona Palisades Estates…

The Kona Real Estate Market

Inventory in Kona is getting very tight, believe it or not, and I don’t have my crystal ball, but there are a lot of positive changes happening with the Kona market; less market time, multiple offers, over bidding, etc. Kona Palisades Estates has been through a lot of distressed properties these last few years and when you see a buy like this (MLS# 248126), you say to yourself, “WOW, that’s a good buy! It’s time to make a move in the market.”

Aloha for now! See ya next time!
Michele Mckinley

Golfing and Living My Hawaii Life at the Keauhou Country Club

Michele McKinley, RS SFR — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:32 +0000

I’ve lived in North Kona on the Big Island for seven years and I had never played golf until this year. Last Sunday, I realized what a beautiful place and how reasonable the kama’aina prices are at the Keauhou Country Club on the mauka (mountain side) course. My next goal is to play from the makai (ocean side) course. That course is a little harder from what I hear, but I am ready for the challenge!

I was sitting here browsing through homes, looking at all the great deals in Kona, and stumbled on this beautiful condo (MLS# 250601) at the Country Club Villas with a lanai overlooking my next challenge….

I thought to myself, this could also be my year to buy a retirement property while prices are so low….is it wishful thinking?

I don’t think so, I just have to put my mind to it, just like I am trying to put my mind to my next challenge at the Keauhou Country Club…I can dooooo it!! It’s definitely worth trying for the serenity of my Hawaii life!

Here I go…see ya next time! Bye!

Michele McKinley

North Shore Oahu Home For Sale Oceanfront to Sunset Beach

Benjy Gilholm, RA — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:15:21 +0000

North shore oceanfront buyers, don’t pass up this super specatuclar oceanfront gem (MLS# 1112626) located in front of the world-famous Sunset Beach. 59-017 Kahauola St. 017 is part of a two unit CPR. The other dwelling, unit 2, is currently in escrow, per listing agent Roberto Lopes agent remarks in the MLS, priced at $2.695M.

This home has panoramic views of the setting sun over surfing’s Gold Coast. Built in 2001, this luxurious home has been hardly used. Located on a sandy beach on one of the north shore’s most desirable neighborhoods, this is the perfect beach house. This property is discounted to sell!

Features

High quality finishes
Over 4,600 sq./ft. of roofed area
3 bedrooms
3.5 bathrooms
A large garage
A ‘bonus area’ with 2 bedrooms + bathroom + exercise + game room

Cost of Living the Kohala Coast Resort Lifestyle – Part 2

Catherine Klug, RS — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:52 +0000

If you read my previous blog – Cost of Living the Kohala Coast Resorts Lifestyle, Part 1 – you probably got inspired by the homes and settings at Mauna Kea Resort that defined some of the resort lifestyle on the Kohala Coast. Today, I want to help you discover what’s going on just a few miles south at Mauna Lani Resort. This resort also offers exceptional amenities, recreational activities, and real estate opportunities.

Sunset at Mauna Lani Resort

Mauna Lani Resort

Mauna Lani Resort is renowed for its devotion to preserving and enhancing the cultural history of Hawaii. The resort is nationally recognized for its successful honu program, cultural activites (i.e. full moon “talk story”), indigenous plant life, and historic fishponds. This land is a 3,000 square acre luxury resort and provides a place where visitors can still seek refuge from a fast-paced world.

The name of Mauna Lani is synonymous with golf and this resort features two championship golf courses and a private beach club located between the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and the private residential developments on a protected bay with white sand and coconut palms.

The Mauna Lani Beach Club

Golf Villas

Fifteen developments within the resort provide a variety of home and condominium options, some of which are offering incredible prices. Golf Villas is set right on the golf course and features a fitness room, pool, spa, and BBQ area, and a 3 bed/3 bath (MLS# 205506) for $577,000.

The Fairways at Mauna Lani

The Fairways at Mauna Lani, located on the 4th and 12th fairways of the beautiful north course, has 7 townhomes for sale and the lowest price for the larger 2 bedroom (1,646 sq.ft.) is $469,000 (MLS# 248024). And it’s an easy walk to the Shops at Mauna Lani and the Fairmont Orchid Hotel.

The Fairways at Mauna Lani Lagoon Pool

49 Black Sand Beach

Those seeking the ultimate in luxury resort living may turn to one of the most exclusive gated communities, like 49 Black Sand Beach, where owners enjoy a private beach club and spa with a 25-meter lap pool, a tennis court, a concierge service, and a work-out facility. It overlooks the Honokaope Bay and its exotic 800-year old black sand beach.

An example of the best this resort has to offer is the 8,178 sq.ft. 6 bedroom/7 bathroom remarkable estate set right on the golf course with coastline views (MLS# 250311) offered at $8,800,000.

Come “e komo mai” and live your island dream. Come and experience Mauna Lani. Call me for a tour of the Hawaii luxury resort living. Those who thrive on activity, events, and shopping may find Waikoloa Beach Resort to be their favorite. If so, watch for my next blog!