The Hawaii Team Real Estate Blog
Big Island Restaurant Recommendation: Tommy Bahama
I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite restaurants, Tommy Bahamas at the Mauna Lani Beach Resort. Down below is the Tommy Bahamas store. So I try not to stop in there first because my wife tells me I have enough Tommy Bahama clothes! We love going here because...
More Practical Hawaii Living Tips – Banking in Hawaii
Watch the Video Listen to the Podcast Today I am at the credit union -- One of those necessary things that if you're going to live here part-time or full-time, you gotta know where you're gonna be banking. And some people like banks and other people like credit...
The Pule Program – Our Exclusive Rewards Program
The Hawai`i Team invites you to share the blessings of island living by joining its “Pule Program.” Here’s how it works: Each time you make a referral to the Hawai`i Team, give us a review, or a shout out on social media, itʻs a blessing for us and you will earn...
February Featured Activity and Hotel
Featured Activity: Hawaiian Adventure Tours Kona My wife and I recently joined friends for a whale watching tour out of Honokohau Harbor with Hawaiian Adventure Tours. With more than 25 years of experience providing wildlife tours, Hawaiian Adventure Tours provides a...
Let’s Sell Your Home in 7 Years and My Social Experiment
I just got home from the Keller Williams’ annual conference called “Family Reunion.” This year, the conference was held in Anaheim, California and about 20,000 agents had a fantastic time. Our company, Keller Williams, is a very experiential company. It’s hard to put...
February Market Update for the Big Island of Hawaii
by Dan Polimino Watch the video Listen to the Podcast It's February. Can you believe it? The winter is flying by, but not winter here. We've got beautiful sunny days. Cool breeze, cool nights. It's about 68 at night when we go to bed. It's perfect. I wish you were...
Relocating to Hawaii: Moving Your Pets
Listen to the audio version Watch the video version We are continuing our series on what it's like to relocate to Hawaii and in the previous posts we talked about finding a Realtor, finding a house and closing on that house, moving your furniture and belongings, and...
December 2022 Market Statistics Summary
December continued to reflect the downtrend in the market with just a few condominium sales recording in the resort neighborhoods. No home sales were closed in any of the resorts in the month of December, with just four of the resorts recording condominium sales....
January Featured Activity & Restaurant
Featured Restaurant The Coffee Shack With our kids home from college we decided to take a drive to South Kona and have breakfast at one of our favorite places on the Big Island, the Coffee Shack in Honaunau. This modest establishment is located roadside on Mamalahoa...
The Spreadsheet Guy
Back in 2011 I wrote a very popular real estate column for The Denver Post; this particular column garnered a lot of attention as it was titled, “The Spreadsheet Guy!” We’ve all known someone like the spreadsheet guy at some point in our lives. In this situation I was...
Relocating to Hawaii: Top 5 Tips
Listen to the audio version Watch the video version Here is another installment of our series on what it's like to relocate to Hawaii. I want to pass along five tips for you once you move here. This isn't the exhaustive list, this isn't the end-all be-all list, this...
How to Relocate to Hawaii: Moving Day Logistics
Today we are talking more about what it's like to relocate here to Hawaii. So, you've bought the house and now you've got to get your things to Hawaii. There are a couple of different prevailing theories or thoughts here. Some people will say that if you have the...