Sunday, March 2, 2008
Hawaii
Of all the places in the entire USA Hawaii is high on my choice of dream places to live. Yeah I know its expensive, just look at the real estate listings in Hawaii. They are not too bad though considering it is almost a perfect climate. Maui real estate has held up pretty well, and time will tell if it comes down as much as California has.
Back in my living on a boat days, I had quite a few friends who sailed to Hawaii. Some stayed and others came back ASAP. Sailor Sam was one of them (great guy). Sam if you're out there I would love to hear more of your stories. For you clowns who think its a cake walk to sail there, or dream about it, just so you know its about a 12-16 day trip on a sailboat from California, depending upon how fast your boat is. There are not any places along the way to get food or anything else you may of forgotten. Its a long long sail. Unfortunately Walmart and Taco Bell have not made floating establishments yet, but if it was feasible you can bet Walmart would have done it by now. They'd be selling China made pirate eye patches and hook hands at reduced prices.
If you do get to Hawaii, don't forget to look at some Hawaii real estate. If you're there send me a real estate catalog. I collect them much to my wife's dismay. She made me throw out a stack of them today, and it broke my heart.
So, if you are reading this at work right now, and you're hating your job because your boss is a complete tool, and you want to pretend you are working really really hard on that really really important research project check out the Kauai MLS instead. Dream about telling your boss to stick it as you rip off your tie and storm out of the office because YOU ARE MOVING TO HAWAII!!!
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Brad,
Of course it's totally up to you but "I" would definitely check out the Big Island. Prices there (as a distant market) utterly collapsed after the Japanese pulled out in the early 90's.
It wasn't until after 9/11 that prices skyrocketed as people no longer felt safe overseas. I saw an ad in 1999 where a guy was selling a 12,000 s/f lot outside of Pahoa for $1,500. I was sure it was misprint so I called and the guy explained that well, no it wasn't.
HE... paid $15,000 at the height of the market in the mid-80's and was taking a loss just to get rid of it. Certainly since '99 things have gotten crazy (but are trending down big time!)
There's more good news. All of the bubble believers put in paved roads, electricity and everything! Sure, prices are still WAY to high but everyone there seems to understand the cyclical nature of things there. If you can hold off you may not pay $1,500 but you can sure get yourself a deal if drive a hard bargain and low-ball!
Brad,
Of course it's totally up to you but "I" would definitely check out the Big Island. Prices there (as a distant market) utterly collapsed after the Japanese pulled out in the early 90's.
It wasn't until after 9/11 that prices skyrocketed as people no longer felt safe overseas. I saw an ad in 1999 where a guy was selling a 12,000 s/f lot outside of Pahoa for $1,500. I was sure it was misprint so I called and the guy explained that well, no it wasn't.
HE... paid $15,000 at the height of the market in the mid-80's and was taking a loss just to get rid of it. Certainly since '99 things have gotten crazy (but are trending down big time!)
There's more good news. All of the bubble believers put in paved roads, electricity and everything! Sure, prices are still WAY to high but everyone there seems to understand the cyclical nature of things there. If you can hold off you may not pay $1,500 but you can sure get yourself a deal if drive a hard bargain and low-ball!
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