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September 30th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Okay they aren’t sins, but I got you to read the post! Forbes on-line has a very interesting article regarding 7 things to consider when you are thinking about selling your home yourself (without an agent or broker representing you).  All ...

September 30th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Condominiums Diamond Head vintage home. As you know I am a bull on most of core Honolulu.  As I see it long term, 2 bedrooms and bigger, with 2 baths or more and 2 parking, priced under $500,000 fee simple, is a sweet spot in the Honolulu condominium real...

September 29th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Classic Coconut Ave. Kamaaina home Hip, hip, hooray!  California is generally considered a bell weather indicator for real estate and the economy.  A recent article in Pacific Business News shows that California’s number of months of remai...

September 26th, 2008 categories: Buying Honolulu Real Estate, Honolulu Real Estate 101 Diamond Head Light House An article posted at Bloomberg.com is divining that the Federal Reserve may be close to reducing interest rates.  Rates are already very low and any additional reduction in interest rat...

September 25th, 2008 categories: Honolulu Real Estate 101 Many people see buying foreclosures as a great vehicle to make their fortune.  Flips have become very difficult to do, so this leaves turning houses and condos into rentals.  The challenge with rentals is the ongoing maintenance and manage...

September 25th, 2008 categories: Reasons To Sell Morning sunrise over Koko Head The renaissance in Waikiki continues with Queen Emma Foundation’s plan to redevelop the famous or infamous (depending on how you look at it) International Market Place (IMP).  IMP is dead center in the middle of Waiki...

September 24th, 2008 categories: Buying Honolulu Real Estate, Honolulu Real Estate 101 Here is another reason to buy a Honolulu rental house or condo.  According to today’s Honolulu Advertiser… “Median monthly rent was $1,194 in Hawai’i last year, meaning half of all renters paid more and half pa...

September 24th, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Ewa city lights from my house. In this election season it is appropriate to talk politics.  Our nation was founded on the view that all men are created equal and should be free.  It is incumbent on every citizen to be politically involved because, be...

September 23rd, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Let’s take a lesson from Warren Buffett, his bet of five billion dollars on Goldman Sachs shows his belief in the company and, I believe, our economy.  Let’s take his lead and start believing too! CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE POST.

September 23rd, 2008 categories: Rants & Riffs Forbes has a great summary of the proposed $700,000,000,000 Federal Government bank bail out plan.  Below is the first of ten very clear observations. “1. Who gets to participate? The outlines of the plan call for the creation of either a branch of t...