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Researching Houses in Hawaii

Are you buying a house or condo in Hawaii? As a new home or an investment property? Check out these three sites to get started!

Tax Tips for Home Sellers

Selling your house? Make sure you adhere to tax guidelines and take advantage of tax saving opportunities. The IRS has some tips for you.

What’s Great About YOUR Hawaii Neighborhood? How About Kapahulu?

What makes YOUR Hawaii neighborhood unique? What should potential homeowners in your neighborhood know before they purchase? Here’s the scoop on Kapahulu…

Ugly Houses in Your Neighborhood – What To Do?

Are ugly houses dragging down your Hawaii property value? Is abandoned property an eyesore? Is your neighbor’s house falling apart? Here’s how YOU can help…

Hey Maui – Go Get Some Real Estate Deals!

If you’re on Maui, don’t worry – you have good real estate deals in your own backyard. You don’t have to live on Oahu to start picking up good flip properties or cash flow rental units in Hawaii. Want a rehab job in Kihei or Kahului or a fixer upper along The Road to Hana? [...]

Assignment of Contract

Would you like to make $10,000 by the end of April? Have you ever heard someone mention that they ‘assigned a contract’ to a rehabber or investor here in Hawaii? It’s actually not that complicated. What’s more, it’s often an easy way for someone to make some quick cash. Here’s how it works:

How to Make a Strong Offer to Buy Property

There are a lot of people out there right now looking to buy real estate in Hawaii — it’s a buyer’s market with low prices and low interest rates. Yes, interest rates are rising somewhat but they are still at historically low levels and are projected to stay low for the next year at least according to most sources. But just because the market is ripe for qualified buyers doesn’t mean that it’s easy to get that dream house. Here are a few quick tips to snag that beautiful 3br/2ba Honolulu single family house with the ocean view…

Real Estate with Aloha or Technology?

On this Presidents Day 2011, mobs of runners are participating in the annual Great Aloha Run as I write this post enjoying my morning tea. I’m an avid weekend hiker of Oahu’s many trails, but an 8-mile run from Aloha Tower to Aloha Stadium is not for these knees that have seen their wear and [...]

Embracing Ethnicity in Real Estate

It’s Chinese New Year again, so Kung Hei Fat Choi to all Hawaii Housing News readers! I was at the Empress restaurant the other night in the Chinese Cultural Plaza with some friends for a super fun dinner event, full of delicious Chinese food and talented performances. But I also started thinking about business, of [...]

Know Your Hawaii Neighborhoods

I was reading a well-written article this morning about how national numbers and metrics are by and large meaningless when it comes to trends in real estate and housing. The editor made a good point. How much does activity in Michigan or Tennessee affect your business in Hawaii or California? Yes, there are some markets [...]