For your review: First Hawaiian Bank's Economic Forecast for 2012 is now posted in my Documents archive for your convenience.

A quick link is below:

Economic Forecast 2011/2012

 

San Diego,  March 2011: Robert Vafaie, receiving awards for Outstanding Commercial Production from Prudential Corporate officers on behalf of everyone at Prudential Iwado Realty Inc.

Left: Mike McLean, CCIM,MCR,SLCR Vice President Prudential Commercial Real Estate

Middle: Robert Vafaie, CCIM ,GRI, Broker In Charge, Vice President Prudential Iwado Realty, Inc.

Right: Louis F. Gonzalez, Senior Vice President Sales and Service Operations - North America Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, Inc.

Integra recently released their annual summary of the national investment market with some interesting conclusions and what to expect in 2011.  I hope you enjoy it.

You can use the link below to download Viewpoint 2011 http://www.irr.com/_FileLibrary/Publication/11/Viewpoint_2011.pdf

Aloha,

Robert F. Vafaie, CCIM GRI

Read the new standard lease 11-22-10 at my Document Library (link is below)

www.mauiproperty.com/UserFiles/File/STANDARD LEASE 11-22-10.doc

$31 million dollar transaction, largest on Maui for 2010, read more at:

http://preaecards.com/rv/788beeb5af7bc6255561e60aed063040d6d52243

Here is an attachment of the Maui Economic Forecast for 2010 – 2011 done by Dr. Leroy Laney of Hawaii Pacific University and Dr. Jack Suyderhoud of the Shidler College of Business at University of Hawaii at Manoa, plus the summation link from the Maui News.

 www.mauiproperty.com/UserFiles/File/Maui Economic Forecast 2010-2011.pdf

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/539991/Economies-improving--but-recovery-is-fragile.html?nav=10

We try to regularly attended these business conferences and update our clientele. We will keep you posted. Please feel free to forward and to use.  

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.