This conversation is brilliant! Honest. Detailed. Realistic. So valuable and you three seem very nice, fun, and happy there. I’m thinking of retiring there so when the time comes I’ll be contacting you! Thanks!
Aloha!!! Just got back from Big Island and was dumped on with 12 inches of snow. Just a quick question what is real estate like on the southern end of the island? Mahalo.
Talking about jobs, I live in the heart of Bay Area one exit away from my office and yet I go into work maybe twice a month. I own a house in Kona and could easily work remotely full time from there. The main reason I don’t do that is because the schools and extra curricular opportunities there for my kids is not even close to what we have here. But I will certainly move to Kona once my kids move out. Until then I don’t want my house to be a dead investment though and that brings to my next point that you didn’t cover. The house that I have there is paying for itself by renting it out short term. The returns for STRs in the west side is one of the best in the country! There are very few properties with permits on the east side, the property management that operate there are not very sophisticated, it’s harder to find contractors etc. So even though the properties are cheaper, they are not necessarily a better investment.
Thanks for pointing that out. We get most of the tourists and Kona does not have many hotels, so there is a demand. I am hearing that STVR's are not doing so well in other parts of the country due to too many people buying them all at once. At least we have a limited inventory here.
Why are the HOA’s so high for Condos there? I see some fees as high as $1800. I’ve only been to Oahu, Maui, and Kauai. The Big Island is next to. Hopefully this November
@@365HawaiiRealEstateInfo thank you. I think I’ll be a visitor for life. My wife and I thought about buying a condo out there , but reconsidering at the moment. We love your channel. You bring wonderful insight about the Big Island
We have owned a home on both sides. Lost two homes in Kapoho to the 2018 lava flow. I loved visiting the east side for two weeks at a time, a great place to unwind and enjoy the highlights of the island, waterfalls and volcanoes. We now live full time in Kailua Kona. Tourists everywhere, and everything is just too expensive. Planning to move back to the mainland and just visit our vacation home in a regular basis.
What about the solar industry, or since your on a volcano, geothermal??? Hawaii should be producing all their own solar equipment. Then it could create an industry to have them installed on 90% of homes or allocate enough land on the big island for a solar farm. They could become inovators for volcanic geothermal energy. Wind farms too. Create a technical institute for mechanical, appliance repair, etc. And the people of Hawaii should mandate that whoever they elect to go to Washington to represent the state of Hawaii, they need to make it priority number one that shipping needs to stop in Hawaii BEFORE heading on to the mainland, and drop the taxes for shipping from the mainland to Hawaii. Any representative not advocating for these things should not be representing Hawaii in my opinion. The Governor should enact laws to set up technical institutes and making it attractive for these industries to grow. A law could be passed that no Native Hawaiians pay tax or at least a reduced tax. ???? Is this going to solve everything? Absolutely not. But…..MORE CAN BE DONE!
Your points are very good and well thought out. My two cents: people move to mainland because of lack of employment opportunities and high expenses (right?) You bring up the technical side and I think of the farming side. What if sugarcane farming (and…) etc could come back and Hawaiians could produce more, relying less from imports, make everyday life more affordable… Our state representatives should have such goals.
I think that the big island is so big and not enough people to pay for all the big upgrading, with only 200 k or so living on a island and Oahu have a million people paying for the same upgrading (cost less per person) with much less land.
Coqui have been on BI since the 80’s. You forgot the mosquitoes. I Love Puna but it is not for everyone. I will however be buying a lot this year. Probably Ainaloa. No permits 😊 just a tree house for retirement. Running super successful Air Bnb near Yosemite currently. So no Air Bnbs on BI unless in resort or designated area? I understand the lack of affordable housing for locals. Anyway… see ya soon Ladies 😊
This conversation is brilliant! Honest. Detailed. Realistic. So valuable and you three seem very nice, fun, and happy there. I’m thinking of retiring there so when the time comes I’ll be contacting you! Thanks!
Thank you very much!! Appreciate the feedback! And yes! Reach out when you are ready!
Very helpful!❤
Aloha!!! Just got back from Big Island and was dumped on with 12 inches of snow. Just a quick question what is real estate like on the southern end of the island? Mahalo.
We JUST talked about Discovery Harbor on the island wide update. Check that out,, Its dry and isolated there, but some people love that!
Talking about jobs, I live in the heart of Bay Area one exit away from my office and yet I go into work maybe twice a month. I own a house in Kona and could easily work remotely full time from there. The main reason I don’t do that is because the schools and extra curricular opportunities there for my kids is not even close to what we have here. But I will certainly move to Kona once my kids move out.
Until then I don’t want my house to be a dead investment though and that brings to my next point that you didn’t cover. The house that I have there is paying for itself by renting it out short term. The returns for STRs in the west side is one of the best in the country! There are very few properties with permits on the east side, the property management that operate there are not very sophisticated, it’s harder to find contractors etc. So even though the properties are cheaper, they are not necessarily a better investment.
Thanks for pointing that out. We get most of the tourists and Kona does not have many hotels, so there is a demand. I am hearing that STVR's are not doing so well in other parts of the country due to too many people buying them all at once. At least we have a limited inventory here.
Why are the HOA’s so high for Condos there? I see some fees as high as $1800. I’ve only been to Oahu, Maui, and Kauai. The Big Island is next to. Hopefully this November
Things are just expensive here. Labor, insurance, building materials..it all adds up.
@@365HawaiiRealEstateInfo thank you. I think I’ll be a visitor for life. My wife and I thought about buying a condo out there , but reconsidering at the moment. We love your channel. You bring wonderful insight about the Big Island
We have owned a home on both sides. Lost two homes in Kapoho to the 2018 lava flow.
I loved visiting the east side for two weeks at a time, a great place to unwind and enjoy the highlights of the island, waterfalls and volcanoes.
We now live full time in Kailua Kona. Tourists everywhere, and everything is just too expensive. Planning to move back to the mainland and just visit our vacation home in a regular basis.
Love watching the show! I learn so much and great entertainment 😃 Christine
Glad you enjoy it, Christine! Appreciate that we are entertaining to some folks, too!
What about South Point? not HOVE but Naalehu, Mark Twain, Discovery Harbor?
What about the solar industry, or since your on a volcano, geothermal??? Hawaii should be producing all their own solar equipment. Then it could create an industry to have them installed on 90% of homes or allocate enough land on the big island for a solar farm. They could become inovators for volcanic geothermal energy. Wind farms too. Create a technical institute for mechanical, appliance repair, etc. And the people of Hawaii should mandate that whoever they elect to go to Washington to represent the state of Hawaii, they need to make it priority number one that shipping needs to stop in Hawaii BEFORE heading on to the mainland, and drop the taxes for shipping from the mainland to Hawaii. Any representative not advocating for these things should not be representing Hawaii in my opinion. The Governor should enact laws to set up technical institutes and making it attractive for these industries to grow. A law could be passed that no Native Hawaiians pay tax or at least a reduced tax. ???? Is this going to solve everything? Absolutely not. But…..MORE CAN BE DONE!
Your points are very good and well thought out. My two cents: people move to mainland because of lack of employment opportunities and high expenses (right?) You bring up the technical side and I think of the farming side. What if sugarcane farming (and…) etc could come back and Hawaiians could produce more, relying less from imports, make everyday life more affordable… Our state representatives should have such goals.
There is a bird behind the dudes head doing weird things.
LOL! I see it!
Don’t know how long these three have lived on the island, but they seem to have learned quite a bit about their particular geographic areas
Thank You Mahalo
I think that the big island is so big and not enough people to pay for all the big upgrading, with only 200 k or so living on a island and Oahu have a million people paying for the same upgrading (cost less per person) with much less land.
Coqui have been on BI since the 80’s.
You forgot the mosquitoes. I Love Puna but it is not for everyone. I will however be buying a lot this year. Probably Ainaloa. No permits 😊 just a tree house for retirement. Running super successful Air Bnb near Yosemite currently.
So no Air Bnbs on BI unless in resort or designated area? I understand the lack of affordable housing for locals.
Anyway… see ya soon Ladies 😊
Just out of curiosity, would a modular home need a permit to place and live? It would be faster and cheaper, maybe?
@@NormanFeng There are non permitted areas. Boxable does ship to Hawaii
No vacancy
The problem with Hawaii is it’s been a blue state since becoming a state. So we have a very corrupt state government.