I took my dog whale watching along the oceanfront near Hawi this morning. Technically, it was his daily run, but this time of year most of our favorite places to walk offer fabulous opportunities to spot whales. From home I can see whether the windmills n [...]
Hawai'i Life's Big Island Broker-in-Charge, Katie Minkus, sent me an email inviting me to download the LocalMind "app" to my smart phone. Evidently, she thinks it will be useful for my real estate practice "to send questions to people checked in around yo [...]
Real estate buyers who have looked elsewhere on the Big Island—Kailua Kona or Waikoloa Village for example—often get sticker shock when they fall in love with Hawi-Kapaau in North Kohala.
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For 2010 and 2011, Canada has taken over for Japan as the #1 foreign country investing in residential real estate in Hawaii.
I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Michael Sklarz of Collateral Analytics speak today at the Hawaii Convention Center about [...]
North Kohala Coastline near Kauhola Point
One of the reasons I love living on the Big Island of Hawaii so much is the fact that there are so many diverse areas to explore. As a member of E Mau Na Ala Hele, today I had the rare opportunity to walk b [...]
The Kohala Coast of the Big Island is green and gorgeous!
One of the many ocean views from this Kohala Ranch lot for sale. Asking $488K (MLS# 241653)
All the wonderful rain we’ve been enjoying has been soaked up by the land which is now vast [...]
Readers of this blog will know that the small (13 lot) gated oceanfront community near Hawi, known as Ranch at Puakea, is a favorite of the Hawaii Life Big Island team. Up until now, all the non-oceanfront Puakea Bay Ranch lots have been priced over $1 mi [...]
Just listed—a new REO in South Kohala (MLS# 238668) offered at $309,900. This 4 bed /2 bath has 2,060 square feet of living space, and has plenty of potential. Included are a spacious kitchen with hardwood flooring, a lovely breakfast bar in the ki [...]
Wednesday morning our local newspaper's front page reported that for the month of November 2009 real estate sales on the West side of the Big Island were stronger in most areas and categories than in the same month a year ago. I know the Hawaii Life Big I [...]
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