Big Island What the Recent STVR Study Reveals: Implications for Hawaii County’s Economy If you live on the Big Island or follow local news, you likely remember the heated debates last year over … Jan Nores, RS August 27, 2025
Big Island Economic Impact Study – Big Island Short Term Rentals I have written about a dozen times since 2018 about proposed and passed regulations on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi … Beth Thoma Robinson, R(B) August 19, 2025
Buying Advice Vacation Rentals: What Big Island Homeowners Need to Know About Short-Term Rentals In my 25 years of living on the Big Island, I’ve seen several changes to short-term vacation rental regulations, but … Akemi Rubenstein August 12, 2025
Activities In Escrow! Renovated Puako Condo #105 — And a New Opportunity May Be on the Horizon Exciting news from Puako! Puako Beach Condo #105 is officially in escrow. It’s easy to see why this one didn’t stay … Jan Nores, RS July 9, 2025
Buying Advice Maui Airbnb Rules and Zoning Restrictions: What is the Minatoya List? If you are interested a buying a Maui property that can be used for short-term vacation rentals, you may have … Tom Tezak March 3, 2024
Hawaii Island Do We Really Need This? I love Harry Kim. I mean, who doesn’t? At the recent wastewater meeting, he offered a sensible approach to the … Hawaii Life March 3, 2024
Latest News Whatʻs Next for Short-Term Rentals on Hawaii Island? Meet TAR My past blog posts on Big Island short-term vacation rental registration will become outdated in 2023. I have been saying for … Beth Thoma Robinson, R(B) November 23, 2022
Buying Advice Recap: Buying a Short-Term Vacation Rental Property on Hawaii Island When Hawaii Island (the Big Island) implemented regulation of unhosted short-term vacation rental properties in 2019, I wrote about the … Beth Thoma Robinson, R(B) November 3, 2021
Education State Land Use Commission to Rule on Hawaii County Vacation Rentals In 2018 Hawaii County followed in the footsteps of the other islands by passing an ordinance regulating unhosted vacation rentals. … Beth Thoma Robinson, R(B) July 30, 2020
Big Island Tips for Preparing Your Big Island Vacation Rental Registration In my previous blog post on the new Short Term Vacation Rental registration process for Big Island properties, I posted … Beth Thoma Robinson, R(B) June 8, 2019
