Ronnie's Blog

While the governor of Hawaii is promoting Green legislature, the county of Kauai is still dragging its feet. A property owner in Wailua, the mountain area just above Kapaa,  hangs poised to run the island’s first Skystream 3.7 residential windmill, which he and other community members say they wa...

For almost as long as I've been practicing real estate on Kauai, going on my fourth year, there has been an ongoing conversation between the County Council (Kauai's governing body) and the community regarding the monitoring and enforcing of Kauai's Visitor Destination Area. That means, the areas ...

We're delighted to start the new year off with a bang and a great assortment of new condo listings on Kauai's east side. Many people who come to this island are told to go to Princeville, on the North Shore, or Poipu, on the South Shore. Those are our two most popular resort areas and there are l...

One of my good friends, and one of the most talented motion graphic designers I know, has launched a website to aggregate all the video "how to" content on the internet.Not surprisingly, the site is called wonderhowto.com Check it out You can search for things, rate your favorites and join the co...

Yesterday, I took a short class with ORTC on the topic of short sales.  It's a relatively recent occurence for the Kauai real estate market. It was good to review some of the consequences when a seller is in a short sale. As you probably know, a short sale occurs when a seller owes more the prope...

  Well we're almost at the end of the first week of 2008 and the Kauai real estate market is heating up. It's fairly easy to tell by the traffic jams in Kapaa and Puhi that the island is crawling with tourists. Not to mention the long waits at the tee box while golfing at the Wailua county golf c...

During the holidays i often wanted to post to my blog but never seemed to find the time. I spent Christmas in California with my four delicious granddaughters. One of my goals for the year is to buy a small condo near my granddaughters and spend a little more time with them. They are so dear. As ...