Even though as Hawaii real estate investors our company can buy your house directly, there is still PLENTY of room for working with quality real estate agents and brokers. In fact, savvy real estate investors know that having ROCKSTAR AGENTS on your power team can put you leaps and bounds above the competition while also helping to keep you from making some big mistakes. For homeowners, … [Read more...]
Hawaii Real Estate News
Hawaii real estate news and information from Big Rock Investments
TOP 4 REASONS WHY HOUSE LISTINGS EXPIRE
Did you try to sell your house in Hawaii the traditional way on the MLS without any success? Did your listing agreement actually expire? Everyday -- and I literally mean everyday -- there are homes for sale on the Hawaii MLS that reach their expiration. Most have been listed for a full year -- 365 whole days! -- without resulting in a sale. While this is no doubt disappointing (and to your … [Read more...]
Reading the Tea Leaves
Aloha, friends. It sure is an interesting time for the economy and real estate, both in Hawaii and across the nation. If you're a news junkie, then you no doubt are aware of the see-saw performance of the stock market. Today it's up, tomorrow it's down. It's basically dependent on two key items: HOUSING and JOBS, the two of which are themselves intrinsically linked together. But how reliable … [Read more...]
Working With Real Estate Agents and Brokers
There's a misguided idea out there that investors and realtors/brokers can't work together, that they're at the opposing ends of some kind of real estate spectrum. One has to profit at the expense of the other. It couldn't be further from the truth. It takes a lot of muscle to make a real estate market move, whether it's here in Hawaii or anywhere else. Investors, realtors, brokers, escrow … [Read more...]
The Pros and Cons of Owning Beachfront Property
It's a beautiful place we live in, here in Hawaii. We're the envy of much of the world with our abundant sunshine, trade winds, green mountains and gorgeous beaches. However, despite the glamour attached to coastal living in magazines and TV shows, actually owning beachfront property isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be, despite beachfront homes being somewhat synonymous with many people's … [Read more...]
Top 3 Ways to Lose Your Shirt Investing in Real Estate
So you want to invest in real estate -- maybe a little or maybe a lot -- but you're not sure of how to get started. Maybe you have no plan at all or those late-night infomercials didn't quite deliver on the step-by-step promises they were pitching. Getting into flipping houses or any other real estate investment strategy isn't one to take lightly. Recent history is full of people with dollar … [Read more...]
Technology for Real Estate Enthusiasts
Let's grind some gears. After all, it's a techie world out there, no way around it. I'm sitting here in my neighborhood Kapahulu Starbucks and there are half a dozen Macbook Pros crunching away on the tables in addition to whatever iPhone or Android is in everyone's pockets (btw, these are consistently some of the nicest folks working here). Apple, Ice Cream Sandwich, MIFI, Galaxy, … [Read more...]
Asset Liquidation of Real Property
Asset Liquidation. The phrase sounds like the end of a store, like a "Going Out of Business" sale at the local hardware store where you can buy not just some toilets and tool sets on sale but the cash registers as well. The truth is, asset liquidation happens on the home front as well. Everyday in Hawaii and elsewhere there are people who find themselves in a jam and need to either walk away … [Read more...]
Getting the GISt of Geography
News out of PBN the other day is that a new GIS is coming to Oahu. A new what? A GIS! Or more specifically, a Geographic Information System. As a former geography graduate student, both at GMU and UH, I love it when my former discipline makes headlines! Geography is not just about knowing where things are -- it's about understanding relationships between different phenomena, both cultural and … [Read more...]
Social Media for Due Diligence on Real Estate Professionals
The Internet can be a crazy place for those in the real estate business (or any business). The amount of information out there -- both legit and bogus -- is nothing short of astounding. It's easy to get caught up surfing from one site to another (I'm a huge ted.com fan), but there's also something to be said for getting what you need and moving on. It's like going to Safeway with a clear shopping … [Read more...]
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