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Julie's January 2021 Newsletter View this email in your browser Kauai Dreams RealtyJulie Black RB-14203Realtor, Broker, Owner Kauai Dreams DigestJanuary 2021 Kauai End of the Year Statistics.2020 (1008 properties sold) had fewer number of sales then 2019 (1164 properties sold). This was prima...
01/26/2021
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Kauai life & real estate during Covid-19. Let’s face it, if you live on Kauai during this crazy Pandemic time, you are lucky. With no new cases on Kauai in a month and no current active cases most of us are no longer deathly scared of the virus but are still wisely taking precautions. We are ab...
05/14/2020
Kauai's Kuhio Highway north of Hanalei town has opened after being closed for over a year due to landslides from April 2018 rains. After the rains residents of the immediate area and other permit holders (usually construction workers) could only drive on the highway during 3 set times of the day....
11/13/2019
Listed are 6 summarized tips for purchasing a Kauai Vacation Rental: 1. Is it Legal? – For a vacation rental home to be legal it must be in a Vacation Destination Area (VDA) of have a registered Transient Vacation Rental (TVR) number. Most of the VDA areas are in Princeville, Poipu and along the...
06/11/2019
With lots of warning and time to prepare for the threating Hurricane Lane to the Hawaiian Islands, I prepared for upcoming storm. Not by filling my gas tank or buying cases of water but by walking to the library to stock up on reading supplies. The last major Hurricane to hit Kauai in 1992 left m...
08/25/2018
There have been a lot of questions and theories of the cyclical nature of the real estate market and if we are at the top of the cycle headed for a bottom. According to the real estate researcher, Homer Hoyt, observed in 1933 real estate cycles last approximately 18 years. Now if you follow this ...
08/18/2018
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Can A Realtor refuse to show you property? Approximately 20 years ago I was showing vacant land to a client (Mr. TW. Buyer) who already owned his home on Kauai. He explained he wanted some acreage. I showed him a number of properties but none were satisfactory to him. After a couple of months I e...
07/10/2018
Clean up your Kauai home, clean up your life and sell your Kauai Home while keeping our island of Kauai clean.De-cluttering, cleaning and staging your Kauai home are the recommendations from most professionals if you are planning to sell your home. A clean, light and airy home will not only give...
01/18/2018
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A fellow Realtor called me a few days ago to warn me of the resurgence of a REO real estate scam I described in an earlier blog I was almost Scammed A REO Scam. This is where a company/caller lies to you saying they have 2 pre-REO properties in their queue that they need a sales agent for. But o...
10/28/2017
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At Kauai Dreams Realty we often get inquiries from people looking for a rental or wanting to purchase a home here who have pets. If you don’t already live in the state of Hawaii, your first Internet stop should be to the State of Hawaii Animal Information Page.By visiting the site a pet owner can...
03/13/2017