Way back in about 1989 or so, I attended a convention. One of the speakers was a woman named  Barb Schwarz. She was a professional home stager.  Never heard of it, but by the end of the session I was a convert… a true believer.   It was a whole new way of seeing listings. I decided to implement the concepts I had learned. [More] 

It’s probably the hot topic in Hawaii today. You hear conversations all over town beginning with, “what do you think about rail?” This article won’t get into the debate about whether you’re for or against. The bottom line is that the City & County of Honolulu broke ground for the Honolulu Rail Transit (HART) project in February. The ceremonial groundbreaking and blessing was held on Kualakai Parkway in East Kapolei, near the site of the first of 21 rail stations planned for the 20-mile elevated route. There are pending lawsuits to stop the project, but at this point, all systems are go — so the question is:

 If rail transit becomes a reality, what will be its effect be on Hawaii real estate?

The Locations Foundation, the charitable arm of Prudential Locations, recently had two events: The 2011 Backpack to School Drive, and the 2011 HUGS event.   Watch the video recap of both events:  [More] 

OK, so maybe we like to grumble a little bit about the cost of everything being so high in Hawaii, real estate included. With the median priced single-family home setting you back a cool $600,000 (condos about half that amount at $300,000), Honolulu was tagged as the most expensive housing market in the country for the first quarter of 2011. [More]