Michael's Blog

A while back, on Dec. 8 2006, I had posted a blog about the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The point of the post was to share a little bit of trivia, about a Japanese Zero pilot who had crashed on the tiny island of Niihau, was captured by the locals, tried to escape and...well, if you want...

My father used to tell me when I was a young boy, "Pray that there never is another Great Depression!". He would go on to say things like, "A loaf of bread would only cost 5 cents, and boy, how we wished we could get our hands on a nickel." No doubt about it, the depression was a tough time to li...

I am taking my first CE class of the new period tomorrow, and I can't wait! We have a two year period in which to complete the Continuing Education requirements to keep our real estate licenses valid in my state of Hawaii. Usually, you see a lot of the classes filling up as the deadline nears the...

This is the first l time I have been able to admit this to myself. Somehow, I feel this was an ethical dilemna that I failed to properly deal with as well. I have failed to get the job done for my client. The fault is mine, because I promised myself, and my client, that I would get the job done. ...

Here is another visual tour of the Mililani Recreation Centers. This one is of three Recreation Centers, No.'s 5, 6 and 7 that are located in Mililani Mauka. I hope these Visual Tours help give you a feel for what the Mililani Community is like. Previous tours: 4 Mililani Recreation Centers and P...

Back on November 10, 2006, I posted a blog with the title, "Watch Out for TIC's". The point of the blog was to be wary of what was a recent development at the time. Although TICs (Tenant In Common 1031 Investment Exchange) investment vehicles had been around for ages, the twist at this time was t...

One of the favorite things I enjoy about being a Realtor is helping First Time Buyers acquire ownership in their first real estate. I would say "Their First Home", but sometimes, albeit rarely, people buy their first investment property before they buy their first home. What I especially like abo...

I just thought it would be nice to share some pictures of my neighborhood, here in Mililani, Hawaii. There are two tours here. The first is of the neighborhood Shopping Centers (there are three: Mililani Town Center, Mililani Shopping Center and Mililani Market Place). The second tour is of 4 nei...

It's obvious, that to be a realtor, the main requirements are a designer wardrobe and a foreign luxury vehicle. Throw in a generous dose of advertising, with your glamorous head shot photo, and you too can join the ranks of the privileged Real Estate Agent. If you are really going to be a top age...

Ten or fifteen years ago, what percentage of Realtors had all of the technological gizmos that almost everyone of us has today? Most of us had cell phones. A few of us had digital cameras. The adventurous among us even had our own web sites. Now, if you aren't using all of these technologies, and...