Keahi Pelayo's (honolulurealtoranimal) Blog

August 29th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Sir John Templeton died on July 8, 2008. For the uninitiated, he was arguably one of the greatest stock investors of all time. According to the New York Times, “The flagship Templeton Growth Fund reported a 14.5 percent average annual return from 1954 t...

August 29th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs I am always looking for good news and yesterday’s report on durable goods orders was great to hear. A Honolulu Advertiser Article states the following.   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST.

August 28th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs I was surprised to read that the LA Times has done away with its Sunday Real Estate Section! I have heard that the Times has been bleeding red ink, but this was shocking. A recent Blog post by LA Realtors, Merrie Kung & Noelle ...

August 25th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Negotiating Sara MacLennan and Sheldon Johnston, real estate agents in Edmonton, recently wrote a great article regarding the problems created by Buyers making offers on their new home before their old home is sold. They say the following. C...

August 21st, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs Find your courage. If you are a long-term investor, now may be one of the best times to buy real estate. A recent Wall Street Journal article talked about an investment bank in San Diego that sees opportunity amidst the town’s ...

August 20th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Hip-hip-hooray! The Honolulu Board of Realtors has finally adopted a lockbox system that is consistent with the technological age in which we find ourselves.   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST.

August 6th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101, Rants & Riffs There is an old saying that goes something like this, “The time to buy is when the blood is in the streets!”  The blood is not necessarily in the streets in Honolulu, but values are down some, selection is up some and there are ...

August 5th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Hooray for Alaska. Alaska is suing the Department of Interior in an attempt to have it reverse its recent decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species. They are not threatened! The decision was based on a projection that they might become thre...