remax kai lani: Where do we go from here? - 07/05/08 07:36 PM
Well, here we are on the day after a "safe and sane" July 4 holiday. Back to reality for awhile. Crude oil prices are now our top economic concern, outweighing the housing market and credit problems. I guess this means we can now focus on selling homes in a new environment? … (13 comments)
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remax kai lani: We Have a New Agent - 06/18/08 09:40 PM
Are we lucky or what! Denise Saunders has just chosen RE/MAX Kai Lani over all of the other real estate companies in Kailua. She already has three listings! Sometimes it feels like she sucks all the air out of the room when she walks in. She is a veritable dynamo. We … (17 comments)
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remax kai lani: Property Managers are RICH, RICH, RICH!!!! - 06/13/08 05:19 PM
Yup, it's said that we Property Managers are rolling in money. I know that I am having a hard time making it to the bank every day with all of the money I earn.
According to AOl's Find a Job at http://jobs.aol.com/article/_a/high-paying-work-from-home-jobs/20080605143209990001 Property Managers are number seven in their analysis of … (7 comments)
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remax kai lani: Maui and Lanai are having a Hard Time - 02/11/08 08:32 PM
Sales of single-family homes on both Maui and Lanai fell dramatically to their lowest point in several years in January. There were only 56 homes sold last month, 55 of which were on Maui and only one on Lanai. This compares to 106 that were sold in January of 2007.
This … (4 comments)
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remax kai lani: Surviving in a Buyer's Market - 02/06/08 05:19 PM
Surviving in a buyer's market is tough at best. At times like this, it is imperative that one makes themselves and their companies indispensable to the people they serve. We must all become the "must-have" provider of solutions for our clients and for those who will be buying, selling, or leasing property. This means that … (1 comments)
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remax kai lani: Reducing Commissions - 02/04/08 03:05 PM
Like buying and selling agents, property managers also run into landlords who want to negotiate our commissions. I recently had an opportunity to reduce my commission in order to manage a very exclusive home that the owner wants to place on the rental market because he has been unable to sell … (4 comments)
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remax kai lani: California Home sales off 1/3 in December!!!!!! - 01/29/08 07:52 PM
Wow, it's worse than I thought, According to the California Association of Realtors home sales are off 33% in December as compared to December of 2006. Prices are not off that bad, dropping only 16 1/2 per-cent. Prices in the Bay area are holding better with a comparable drop of only … (6 comments)
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remax kai lani: MeMe - 01/28/08 01:01 PM
HI! Having been "MeMe'd" I was first impressed that I should just back out of this "wonderful" opportunity, but thinking more on it, I thought, why not be a good sport and enter five things about myself in a blog as requested. So, here goes.
My wife of fifty-one years and I … (17 comments)
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remax kai lani: Kailua Sunrise - 01/19/08 09:08 PM
A Sunrise in Kailua is like none anywhere in the world! It is just and absolutely splendid.
It is not unusual for us to awaken to a site like this from our home in Kaimalino in Kailua! What a wonderful place to live. We are generally favored with this kind of … (23 comments)
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remax kai lani: Hawaii "Big Island" Home Sales - 01/14/08 01:57 AM
Just by way of comparison with the earlier report on the home market on Kauai, Sales on the Big Island of Hawaii show a very different trend. Sales of single-family homes there fell 20 percent and prices are off 6 percent. Condos show a similar trend with sales off 31 percent … (2 comments)
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remax kai lani: Kauai Real Estate Market - 01/14/08 01:42 AM
Some pretty interesting stuff going on in the real estate market here in Hawaii. There are some indications that off island money is starting to come into the market in increasing amounts as evidenced by some recent advances in prices. Kauai is noteworthy in this regard as condo prices there are up … (2 comments)
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remax kai lani: Bureau of Conveyances to Automate - 01/11/08 02:30 PM
It appears that we may get our Hawaii State Bureau of Conveyances to move into the modern era as they are planning to convert to an on-line records system. This will allow owners to opt out of a manual process beset with bureaucratic logjams of the first order. This may also help … (0 comments)
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remax kai lani: Tax Legislation Kicking In in 2008 - 01/04/08 03:15 PM
There are a couple of new laws taking affect this year in Hawaii that we all need to know about. Our legislature passed two tax cut laws last year that will grant a tax credit up to $160.to our low end wage earners
The state will try again to regulate health insurance rates. I … (6 comments)
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remax kai lani: Home Sales are Off, Prices Up - 01/02/08 07:35 PM
According to the Honolulu board of Realtors, HBR, single family home sales on Oahu are off 10% in 2007. Condo sales were off almost 14% in the same period. Median prices for Single Family Homes were up 2.1% and Condos up 4.8% for the same period. This kind of reduction in the number … (4 comments)
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remax kai lani: Hawaii Hotel Room Occupancy Drops - 12/31/07 09:16 PM
Our hotel room occupancy in December was approximately 9 per-cent lower than in December 06. As of last week our occupancy was just over 60 per-cent. This is not good. Kauai increased their occupancy rate to 56.6%, just behind Oahu and Maui dropped 8.7% to come in just a little higher … (2 comments)
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remax kai lani: Mortgage Rates - 12/29/07 01:07 AM
Mortgage rates trended upwards again at the largest banks in Hawaii. After dropping below 5.75% last week, we saw rates offered at 5.875 percent and 1.5 -1.625 points on a thirty year fixed rate loan. American Savings Bank and Central Pacific Home loans both offered a six percent rate with 1.75 points. This followed … (0 comments)
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remax kai lani: Identity Theft - 12/28/07 02:08 PM
It appears as though the government, particularly here in Hawaii, has a lot to do with protecting our identity. I had mostly thought it to be a personal problem, but a report issued by Hawaii's Identiy Theft Task Force identifies a ton of things the city and state government can do to … (0 comments)
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remax kai lani: Home Prices Down for TEN Months - 12/27/07 02:24 PM
Home prices continue to drop in the good old USA for ten months now. The latest drop of 6.7% was the largest drop since April of 1991. This is discouraging consumer spending, and we might soon see it impacting our tourist industry here in Hawaii. I guess this could impact our home sales … (2 comments)
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remax kai lani: For Rent Honuakaha - 12/26/07 06:24 PM
RE/MAX Kai Lani; 25 Kaneohe Bay Drive #109; Kailua, HI 96734 -- www.remaxkailani.com
We have a fantastic studio apartment rental available in DOWNTOWN HONOLULU! And, with covered secure PARKING! It is just plain hard to find a unit in the Downtown area of Honolulu on Oahu. It can be available as a … (1 comments)
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remax kai lani: SHORT SALE CLASS OFFERED IN KAILUA!! - 11/27/07 01:59 AM
Short Sales for the Real Estate Agent: Jeannie Wenger, VP Commercial Escrow Division will conduct this class defining the short sale and it's process for the real estate professional. Jeannie will show you why you should consider a short sale when taking the listing, what Lenders consider, understanding the Seller, issues … (3 comments)
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remax kai lani: Founder of RE/MAX in Hawaii - 11/20/07 02:39 AM
RE/MAX Kai Lani is proud to announce that Dave Liniger, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of RE/MAX International and Margaret Kelly, the CEO of RE/MAX will be in town Tuesday, November 20, 2007 and will be doing a presentation on Agent Profitability in Any Market from 9:00AM to 12:00Noon at … (10 comments)
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