tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post2800344899410082646..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: Just RightJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-73461610047748498502010-08-26T14:01:33.442-10:002010-08-26T14:01:33.442-10:00"Shaylene Kaipo and Mel can find problems not..."Shaylene Kaipo and Mel can find problems not solutions."<br /><br />Shaylene Kaipo and Mel are THE PROBLEM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-47119153791936635472010-08-24T21:23:01.833-10:002010-08-24T21:23:01.833-10:00I don't know Tim...not even on that island...b...I don't know Tim...not even on that island...but from what I've heard, I like him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-66378014821245622332010-08-24T20:55:26.449-10:002010-08-24T20:55:26.449-10:00Tim, have your friends been posting to take the at...Tim, have your friends been posting to take the attention off of you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-22428796811496807562010-08-24T19:57:33.235-10:002010-08-24T19:57:33.235-10:00But I love the story...can't tell it enough!
...But I love the story...can't tell it enough!<br /><br />It's the best winners story ever. I wish all mainlanders could do this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-19124209362258093532010-08-24T18:30:39.874-10:002010-08-24T18:30:39.874-10:00Gadfly, no one cares. You're talking to yourse...Gadfly, no one cares. You're talking to yourself.Joan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-83573374193910002282010-08-24T18:11:30.686-10:002010-08-24T18:11:30.686-10:00ps - and here we sit, with 6+ landscaped acres (ga...ps - and here we sit, with 6+ landscaped acres (gated, but not is a subdivision) and a large, beautiful house with big ohana out-building overlooking over 180 degree ocean views at the 950 foot elevation on the Kona Coast in 2009...with an initial capital investment in real estate of only $170K back in 1998.<br /><br />And we own it free and clear.<br /><br />Life is fu*&ing beautiful!<br /><br />Your mileage may vary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-1236755603941697222010-08-24T11:17:04.984-10:002010-08-24T11:17:04.984-10:00Cycles.
Today's winners often become tomorrow...Cycles.<br /><br />Today's winners often become tomorrow's losers.<br /><br />We moved to Hawaii in 2000, lived for 3.5 yrs in the condo we bought in 1998.<br /><br />We bought it for only $170K (cash purchase) from a distressed Japanese national living in Tokyo. She sold it for $140K less than she paid for it 5 years earlier.<br /><br />We sold it in 2004 for $650K. Sold it in 6 hours from telling someone we wanted to sell it. No realtors involved...saved that big commish. No taxes, either.<br /><br />Used that money to buy a fantastic new house on acreage from another distressed seller. Her husband died days before their retirement into this house. She gave up on the whole thing and it fell into our lap for only $449K. Practically threw it at us to get away from the memories. We were able to snatch it up before it ever hit the MLS..the first day after she turned it over to a realtor. Worth easily three times as much.<br /><br />One person's tragedy is another person's boon. Worked for us with the condo and the house.<br /><br />All it takes is the right person in the right place at the right time, and with money to spend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-45490108772565999182010-08-24T10:20:24.379-10:002010-08-24T10:20:24.379-10:00Got that right. A while back there was a news art...Got that right. A while back there was a news article about the 73 million boomers set to inherit trillions from their previous generation, plus their own earnings.<br /><br />The article went on to say the money was being spent primarily on travel and real estate investments.<br /><br />Hawaii has a huge "for sale" sign on it plus bargain basement pricing for those with money to spend. And there are still plenty of those.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3036645051146301042010-08-24T09:18:04.951-10:002010-08-24T09:18:04.951-10:00Geriatric boomers and Chinese nationals! Get ready...Geriatric boomers and Chinese nationals! Get ready, Kauai.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3169710490194543562010-08-23T15:50:38.318-10:002010-08-23T15:50:38.318-10:00"Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Ec..."Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, estimates that it will take 20 years to recoup the $6 trillion"<br /><br />not on kauai where there is high demand and low inventory. <br />You have a relativey high birth rate and easy immigration. The buyers be pouring in from the western pacific.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-46446816364709832542010-08-23T14:47:41.457-10:002010-08-23T14:47:41.457-10:00And, yet, development continues...
It's a buy...And, yet, development continues...<br /><br />It's a buyer's market for people with money.<br /><br />On the BI, you can get a brand new 3 bed/2 bath 2 car enclosed garage house on an acre for 130K.<br /><br />Lots of spec houses just sitting there...<br /><br />We know one person who bought 4 of them at once...paid cash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-67849374889330825622010-08-23T10:39:18.858-10:002010-08-23T10:39:18.858-10:00From the NY Times:
"Dean Baker, co-director ...From the NY Times:<br /><br />"Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, estimates that it will take 20 years to recoup the $6 trillion of housing wealth that has been lost since 2005. After adjusting for inflation, values will never catch up."<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/business/economy/23decline.html?ref=economy<br /><br />Those deep pockets are empty, but no big deal for "your" investors. Maybe they want to buy a bridge in Brooklyn, instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-36819959880864789172010-08-23T09:33:53.925-10:002010-08-23T09:33:53.925-10:00"But we have the money and technology to make..."But we have the money and technology to make it into something people would really want to visit and own.<br /><br />We think we'll do that, instead.<br /><br />20th and 21st century terraforming to suit the needs of our deep-pocketed investors."<br /><br />Better learn Mandarin and Cantonese. American real estate investors have lost trillions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-37113822479676655912010-08-23T09:14:22.257-10:002010-08-23T09:14:22.257-10:00But we have the money and technology to make it in...But we have the money and technology to make it into something people would really want to visit and own.<br /><br />We think we'll do that, instead.<br /><br />20th and 21st century terraforming to suit the needs of our deep-pocketed investors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-16286893706950271912010-08-22T18:39:47.111-10:002010-08-22T18:39:47.111-10:00Yup, it's a real shit hole of an island alrigh...Yup, it's a real shit hole of an island alright! Be sure to tell your friends to stay away, then you can go visit them for a long, extended vacation. Maybe even move there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-46285626857043072842010-08-22T16:03:02.214-10:002010-08-22T16:03:02.214-10:00Sounds like a real shithole island.
Thanks for th...Sounds like a real shithole island.<br /><br />Thanks for the info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-3928461012879428302010-08-22T15:37:09.880-10:002010-08-22T15:37:09.880-10:00"camping
best photo ops (not at political fu..."camping<br /><br />best photo ops (not at political functions!)<br /><br />underwater photography in Kauai<br /><br />shore diving opportunities on Kauai<br /><br />home brewing (beer, wine) on Kauai<br /><br />local restaurant scene, prices, service<br /><br />nightlife"<br /><br />None of that shit happening here. Tell your friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-43390288489334395312010-08-22T14:44:22.713-10:002010-08-22T14:44:22.713-10:00Think the Kauai version of konaweb.com
konabob (w...Think the Kauai version of konaweb.com<br /><br />konabob (who runs the place) makes it a strong point that political talk will not be tolerated.<br /><br />Although it's a little too much like a "church ice cream social" for my taste, it is, at least, interesting on many levels.<br /><br />punaweb<br /><br />kona forum (it has a dirty joke section!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-8814354378422981512010-08-22T14:41:30.632-10:002010-08-22T14:41:30.632-10:00How about:
scuba diving
hiking
why water skiing...How about:<br /><br />scuba diving<br /><br />hiking<br /><br />why water skiing isn't popular in Hawaii<br /><br />camping<br /><br />best photo ops (not at political functions!)<br /><br />underwater photography in Kauai<br /><br />shore diving opportunities on Kauai<br /><br />home brewing (beer, wine) on Kauai<br /><br />local restaurant scene, prices, service<br /><br />nightlife<br /><br />cost of electricity on Kauai vs other islands. ROI of solar.<br /><br />"Eclectic" topics...not "monolithic" ones beaten into the ground already.<br /><br />Discuss them here...don't point to other sources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-26147303749641202622010-08-22T13:52:22.374-10:002010-08-22T13:52:22.374-10:00"Like what?"
Is that an admission that,..."Like what?"<br /><br />Is that an admission that, in your mind at least, there really is nothing else to talk about on Kauai than local politics, et. al.?<br /><br />Man, I hope not!<br /><br />24/7 of Kauai's version of "Inside the Beltway".<br /><br />Stomach flu would be better...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-63473777198155336622010-08-22T06:42:43.835-10:002010-08-22T06:42:43.835-10:00Mr. Christionson is not a realtor, he is an older ...Mr. Christionson is not a realtor, he is an older man, close to 80, where do you get your information? or just spreading bullshit here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-81555789561266883102010-08-21T22:30:57.326-10:002010-08-21T22:30:57.326-10:00"I just wish I could live long enough to see ..."I just wish I could live long enough to see it. Kauai turned into a mainlander's perfect "Disneyland".<br /><br />Wonderful gated estates and communities, more golf courses, more big-box stores, more chain restaurants."<br /><br />Well, that's not the winning Miss America sentiment. It's idiotic enough and is sufficiently lacking in imagination, so you get a C for effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-83138700354400209212010-08-21T22:06:10.677-10:002010-08-21T22:06:10.677-10:00Like what?Like what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-45940364334917776192010-08-21T19:47:41.184-10:002010-08-21T19:47:41.184-10:00I've got nothing against the OCCASIONAL discus...I've got nothing against the OCCASIONAL discussion of politics and its closely-related subjects, but CONSTANTLY???<br /><br />Is there nothing of interest on that island community worth discussing??<br /><br />A big dose of "variation" would be nice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-27373359101273863292010-08-21T18:46:56.736-10:002010-08-21T18:46:56.736-10:00Depends on the "perceptor"Depends on the "perceptor"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com