http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-canadian-clients A Guide for Canadian Buyers and Owners of Big Island Real Estate Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:05:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I was showing properties to clients who came on a real estate journey from Vancouver Island to find a second home for their lovely family (2 young kids, 8 and 4). Since we searched hard and cruised the Kohala Coast and North Kohala for a couple of days ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-canadian-clients/2008/09/04/circus-in-town/ About 25 years ago, my friend and Principal Broker, Elaine Christianson, came from Canada to visit the Big Island which became her favored destination until she decided to stay for good! At that time it was not that often that we could see Canadian buyers around... Now, ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-canadian-clients/2008/08/04/canadians-have-cash/ My dear friend and local author Sophie Schweitzer sent me a link to the photos left over from a recent Hawaii Magazine feature article she co-wrote about our corner of Paradise.  The article was called "Hidden Hawaii--Hawi and Beyond".  They write "The little plantation towns of the peninsula—Hawi and Kapaau—almost ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-canadian-clients/2008/07/16/hawaii-magazine-writes-about-hawi/ Although the official start of the Lunar New Year was at the New Moon on February 7th, the celebrations continue officially for 15 days and here in Kohala we celebrate over at least two weekends. You'll see on the Hawaii Palm Properties homepage this is one of my favorite ... http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-canadian-clients/2008/02/21/kung-hee-fat-choy/ Aloha and welcome to my new blog, part of the Aloha Living Blog Network.  As a transplant from Canada to the Big Island, I look forward to sharing with you both a professional and personal perspective on real estate in my favorite corner of paradise. Stay tuned! Elaine "Mumu" Christianson http://blogs.alohaliving.com/big-island-canadian-clients/2008/02/01/hello-world/