Hawaii Randy's Blog

At the 2010 Christmas Party for the Leeward Regional Group of the Honolulu Board of Realtors; Kelly Veniegas (Filipino Elvis) made a wonderful presentation and inspirational message. Below is a video clip of the last part of the Elvis show followed by his holiday message.    

In a recent Blog Post: "Did You Really Expect a Counter Offer?"  I received many responses from agents who felt the sellers should have counter offered rather than rejecting the messy, incomplete, low ball offer.  In that case the purchase contract came in: $100,000 below asking price on a nice h...

While teaching a class on purchase contract negotiations, I used an example of a home seller who rejected an offer.  The buyer's agent was upset that they didn't counter. It was an appropriately priced home, that showed well.  The buyer sent in an offer for $100,000 less than the asking price.  T...

When negotiating a purchase contract for a home, it is important to put things in perspective.  Too often buyers and sellers reach minor impasses and lose the transaction.      "So Mr. Seller, are you really willing to risk a $650,000 buyer over a $300.00 cleaning fee?" My question for clients wh...

Thank you Tim for posting a link to this YouTube video.  I think it is best to leave out personal opinions and let the experts speak for themselves.I've seen printed in financial prospectuses  that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance.  Let's hope so.  

I got a call a couple of days ago from someone who indicated they wanted to gain back my trust.  I thought about that statement for a moment and could not figure out any way that could be possible.  How can you gain back someone's trust?  Trust is something that if lost it is almost impossible to...

Below are sales activity for the month of September2010 compared to the same month the last two previous years. This covers resale homes for Honolulu County (Oahu).  Single Family home median prices and sales volume is up from last year.  Condos and townhouses are seeing a similar pattern, with t...

Jeff Belonger does a great job of clearing up some of the confusion many buyers and real estate agents may have around FHA loans. In our local market FHA, VA and USDA are among the most commonly used loan programs. These are the three government insured or guaranteed loan programs with little or ...

Mililani Garden Home 1, Unit 231 For Sale. Rarely available extended 3 bed/ 2 bath Mililani townhouse.  This is a nice extended unit has 1640 sq/ft of living space.  it has a full dining room and a fenced in stamped concrete patio with large hot tub spa.  Caprort parking and 1 assigned stall. Thi...

Below are sales activity for the month of August 2010 compared to the previous month and the same month last year. This covers resale home for Honolulu County (Oahu).   Single Family home median prices are up while sales volume is slightly down from the same time last year.  Condos and townhouses...