Hella Rothwell, Broker Owner REALTOR®

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - (831) 626-4000 - CA #01772851 HI #RB-21268
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RECENT BLOG POSTS
OK, today I am messing with you. There was no way I can make this scene say "WORK", so I won't try.Today was all about being on a great beach with some great friends, a couple I know from California. The husband, Richard Wiens,  is now the managing editor of www.civilbeat.com - and if you haven't...
06/20/2015
About 800 members of the Honolulu Board of Realtors plus another 200 vendors and other wonderful people that we can't do without in our profession, gathered at the Hilton Hawaiian Village today for the Summer General Membership Meeting.I always have a great time because it is a mixture of timely ...
06/19/2015
It was Saturday and I have been in Honolulu for almost three weeks working on a variety of real estate transactions. Today was the day I needed to go see the ocean and take a little "down" time. My destination was the Moana Hotel's Banyan Court at the ocean where I planned to enjoy my favorite, a...
06/13/2015
Purchase this desirable corner end unit, plus an additional adjacent unit--a  double office condo- in Century Square on Bishop Street and Beretania. Easy in and out of Honolulu's business district,  just off the H1 Freeway.The two adjacent office condos, #1401 & #1402, have a total of 906 square ...
06/02/2015
This morning I woke up and did not have a voice. Well, it was like a bullfrog's croak. And it did not seem to be a good idea to leave the house in fear of spreading whatever was ailing me.SO WHAT DID I DO TODAY?1. Texted a lot. I mean a LOT! Anyone whom I hadn't been in touch with for a couple o...
05/29/2015
The 2015 Annual Lantern Floating Hawaii Ceremony at Ala Moana Beach Park on Oahu was very dramatic. About 50,000 people gathered at dusk to watch 6,000 candlelit lanterns being floated off Hawaiian canoes into the Pacific Ocean near the shore. The ceremony was led by Her Holiness Shinso Ito, lead...
05/26/2015
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Have I mentioned on my California blog that real estate is off the charts? Well, the same thing is happening here in my Hawaii brokerage. I will be writing about my new listing here early next week.In the meantime, check out the fabulous lychee tree in my backyard here in Mililani on Oahu. And th...
05/24/2015
This is just a friendly reminder that all real estate licenses in Hawaii need to be renewed by December 31, 2014. In case you have forgotten, you can do so electronically this year by accessing your account (you HAVE set up an account, right?) at https://pvl.ehawaii.gov However, you cannot do so ...
12/24/2014
My story is literally about learning to swim which explains a lot about my life and why I am now an independent real estate broker here in Hawaii as well as in California. Swimming and getting comfortable in the water has been the most difficult thing that I've done in my life. In comparison, rea...
05/04/2014
Is it just me because I am now working with a luxury market in Hawaii, or do more sellers approach us to market their property as a "Pocket Listing"? First, let's discuss what a "Pocket Listing" is: Plain and simple, a Pocket Listing is a listing where the seller does not want their property to b...
03/08/2014