About Honolulu County, HI

My Favorite Hawaii Kai Marina Front Home Communities: Anchorage

Anchorage, a waterfront community in Hawaii Kail was built in the 1980s. Of the roughly 108 homes located here, most all of them border the water. Most of the homes are large, from roughly 2,100 square feet to more than 4,000 square feet and were built on large 7,000 to 10,000 square foot lots, leaving plenty of room for pools and large lanais.

Most of these marina front homes have a private dock, so boat owners can enjoy easy access to the inner bay and canals as well as to the ocean.

View Current Marina Front Homes for Sale in the Anchorage Community of the Hawaii Kai Region of Honolulu

View Other Hawaii Kai Marina Front Communities of Honolulu

Can a landlord collect Honolulu Westloch Oahu rent 7 months in advance?

Recently a potential Westloch tenant applicant approached me to offer 7 months advanced rent if we gave them a $100+ (one hundred dollar) discount on the monthly rent. the owner wanted me to accept the offer, thinking that was a nice bulk sum to collect!

After research, I had to show the owner the Hawaii Revised Statutes HRS531-44 which, in summary, states "The landlord may NOT require or receive from or on behalf of a tenant at the beginning of a rental agreement, any money other than the money for the forst month's rent and a security deposit as provided in this section. The security deosit shall not be construed as payment of the LAST month's rent by the tenant.....

The above is for residential real estate with rentals up to one year. For commercal leases, there are often different laws that apply. If you want to know more details, review the statutes or consult a legal professional. If you need someone on Oahu to handle your single family home rental management, then contact Bruce.

The Hawaii real estate market is a very active and requires detailed knowledge of the little intricacies of this business. If you are thinking about selling your home or considering a lifestyle change in relocating to Hawaii, give us a call 808-955-1577 to schedule a real estate consultation in person, via phone or email. Time is costly and a very important issue in this new landscape of real estate. We are available to help you and make positive decisions that will make your life easier.

The same goes for Buying Hawaiian Real Estate either to live here, have a business here or as an investment. Allow us to hold your hand and walk with you through the fun of owning your little piece of paradise.

Honolulu Board of REALTORS® Market Information: February 2012 Residential Resales Statistics

The February 2012 Monthly Statistical Report* (MSR) full report consisting of the Monthly Indicators and Housing Supply Overview can be downloaded HERE.

Welcome to Waimanalo- "Kailua's Country Community" with the best of country living. The Koolau Mountain sites, along with a beach shoreline that is stunningly beautiful! Waimanalo is generally a rural residential neighborhood. It is about a 5 minute drive from the main part of Kailua. Waimanalo offers both affordable family homes and also prestigious, affluent beachfront homes that are just exquisite! Waimanalo is noted for its strong Native Hawaiian culture. There is prescious land there that is secured for native Hawaiians with at least 50% Hawaiian blood, called "Hawaiian Homestead Land". There are farms, nurseries, horse stables, a golf course & small restaurants and grocery stores to accomodate this community.

I present to you a lovely "ready to move in" property that is listed by Coldwell Banker. It is listed for $895,000. This custom plantation style home has 2803 square feet interior, with 8223 square feet exterior. It is a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home with luxury and space in mind. The private master suite has an island style shower that you will love! A gourmet kitchen with high end appliance package, granite countertops with a sit down breakfast bar. Bamboo flooring, split air throughout, generously sized bedrooms along with a special office and tons of storage space. Expansive covered lanai's with views to die for! A lovely house in Waimanalo "Kailua's Country Community"

Isn't this a lifestyle and home to love? If you or anyone you may know that may be interested in this property or one like it here on Oahu, please give me a call! I will be happy to assist. Mahalo, Lila

‘Back in the Day’ it was the norm to have multiple offers AND have a couple of Back Up Offers as well. A Back Up Offer is a security blanket for the seller should the first contract fall out. The Back Up Offer will immediately be in place with a contingency that the original contract has a successful sign off of the cancellation.

In Hawaii, we ‘open’ ESCROW (which is an independent third neutral party that takes care of the interests of both buyers and sellers) with an accepted Purchase Contract and initial deposit of the buyer. They take care of the final settlement with the recording of the documents, paying off the existing liens, mortgages and any other expenses to have a successful closing.

The ESCROW Company will also take care of a cancelled transaction and send out cancellation letters to all parties and initiate the Back Up Offer Purchase Contract in escrow and send out the first documents for the Buyer and the Seller. The transaction date starts at that time.

This practice ‘saves’ a lot of headache, time and heartache and held true just a few short weeks ago. A transaction for a listing of mine was in contract and a few days before we left on vacation (with my pushing and shoving for the Conditional Loan Commitment Letter) the loan officer says, “In all good faith, we cannot proceed with the buyer’s loan”. YIKES! You mean the buyer wasn’t qualified after all?

NO PROBLEMO! We immediately initiated our accepted Back Up Offer two days before departure on our vacation. The appraisal is in, survey complete, Termite and Pest Control is scheduled to inspect and give a report, full loan approval and tentative signing is occurring next week.

I’d say that the market is picking up in order to receive back up offers.

I’d say suggesting to the seller to continue showing for back up offers was a positive.

I’d say that a back up offers rock!