The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
Redefining Vacation Rentals: Big Island Stays Unveils Premium Upgrades
I am more and more excited about all the improvements we are bringing to our property management company, Big Island Stays. One of the things we are setting out to do is redefine how short-term vacation rental properties are managed. We want to disrupt the old...
April Sales Statistics for the Kohala Coast
Condominium sales picked up in April with eight units closing in Mauna Lani Resort, followed by five closings in Waikoloa Beach Resort and two in Hualālai Resort. Home sales were led by Mauna Kea Resort with two closings, followed by single home sale closures in...
Our Featured Restaurant & Activity for the Big Island
Featured Restaurant: Huggo's For a special night out or a pau hana sunset experience visit Huggo’s, an iconic oceanfront restaurant in the heart of Kailua-Kona. Established in 1969, the restaurant is open daily from 4 to 9 p.m. with happy hour from 4 to 5 p.m. Owner...
It’s All About The Secret Sauce!
A question came from a consumer who asked, “how we are selling so many properties, so quickly, and for top dollar?” My answer was, “it’s all in the secret sauce!” What I mean by that is it’s all in our system and people. We’ve created the system, tested the system,...
Big Island Featured Restaurant & Activity for May
Featured Activity: Hike the Pololū Valley Trail Located at the end of the Akoni Pule Highway in North Kohala is the scenic Pololū Valley. This valley was once home to a community of taro farmers, but after the creation of the Kohala Ditch, which diverted much...
March Market Statistics for the Kohala Coast
Real estate activity was sluggish in the month of March with a slowdown in condominium sales; however, there was a small uptick in home sales. Kohanaiki led activity with the sale of four homes and two condominiums. Kūki`o followed with two home sales and one condo...
Big Island Featured Restaurant & Activity for April
Featured Activity: Kuleana Rum Works Mai Tais is one of Hawai`iʻ s iconic cocktails, but did you know Hawai`i Island is also home to Kuleana Rum Works, a company which crafts award-winning rum from the fresh juice of sugar cane grown on its farm in North Kohala? If...
I’m the Short-Term Guy!
I took a phone call from a consumer this week and as we started the phone call, he said to me, “Hey, you’re the short-term guy”! At which I replied, “What?” He said, “Yeah, I watch all your YouTube videos on short term vacation rentals and they’re valuable...
February Sales Stats for the Big Island Resort Areas
With the exception of Kūki`o, all the resorts showed some sales activity in February. Single digit home sales were reorded in Kohanaiki, Mauna Lani Resort and Kona Hills; Hualālai led the way with three home sales. In the condominium market, Kohanaiki and Waikoloa...
Big Island Featured Restaurant & Activity for March
Featured Activity: Hulihe`e Palace Maybe you’ve heard about it; maybe you’ve walked by it as you’ve strolled Ali`i Drive. If you are interested in Hawai`i’s history and you haven’t toured Hulihe`e Palace, perhaps you should. Hulihe‘e is a museum showcasing artifacts...
January 2025 Sales Statistics for the Big Island Resort Areas
Waikoloa Beach Resort led real estate sales in January with closings on six condominiums, followed by two condominium sales in Hualālai Resort and Mauna Kea Resort, single condo sales in Kohanaiki and Kūki`o. There was one home sale apiece in Hualālai, Mauna Lani...
The State of Real Estate
It’s that time of year again. I just returned from our annual conference in Las Vegas called Family Reunion. Every year the chairman and founder of Keller Williams, Gary Keller, gives what he calls “The Vision Speech” of real estate to about 20,000 of us who have...