To Friends and Clients:

Attached is Hawaii Real Property Tax rate, all island and categories, for your reference. 

After so many natural disasters recently, it is important for all homeowners to document and take inventory of their furniture, possessions, and documents for ease working with insurance, filing a claim if needed, and help bring some order to what would be a difficult situation: See this website for details:

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/money/inventory/homeinventory.htm
 

If anyone had to question the island's moto "Maui No Ka Oi" (Maui is the best!) the Wall Street Journal is ready to back what Hawaiians, residents and visitors already know:  Topping the 10 Best Places to own a Second Home, Maui is the hands-down favorite according to the Wall Street Journal online. 

Details at:

 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304575109461496208030.html?mod=WSJ_PersonalFinance_RealEstate
 
 

 

Santa and property managers are not the only ones who can benefit from the basics--keeping lists are simple aids to juggling the many tasks at hand in  the work place or at home.  Check out the article: Make A List and Check It Twice on my documents page for some good reading on this age-old organizational skill.

To your families from ours, wishing you a happy day!  For all of you with more than your share of snow, a lily from our garden on Maui.

I love referrals and are happy to pay! Here is Rex from Realty Executives receiving more than $300 for a residential property management agreement!

Uh, oh, Mark and Robert got a hold of a video camera: check out these youtube clips and more to come for your commercial real estate needs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVvc3F4FUXA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2SCQBdL3GI

National Association of Realtors reports home sales up ten percent.   www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2009102301We may be turning the corner yet. Call me for complete details and specifics for the island of Maui. Thanks, Robert 808-269-3500
 

 A comprehensive 86 page document, with graphs, explaining today's situation.

www.mauiproperty.com/UserFiles/File/Brewbaker RAM State Of Economy July 2009.pdf

Jobs, Demographics, Populations Shifts will all influence where the next
opportunity in Real Estate will present itself, check:

http://www.uli.org/


Urban Land Institute looks at sprawl development patterns in the United
States that are being reshaped by shifting demographics and public efforts
to induce change; aging and underperforming prototypical suburban properties
such as shopping centers, office parks, big-box retail, and garden apartment
complexes are being transformed into more urban and sustainable mixed-use
places. Call me if I can help interpret what is happening here on Maui, RFV
808-269-3500.