Never Enough Kauai to Go Around.
There’s been 15, (land, condo & home), sales in 9 days this month. Not bad for an island about 1/3 the size of Rhode Island.
Dear Baby Boomers:
Please come back. We’ll be Good. We Promise.
1. Yes, we promise, there will be no more careless spending; Family iPods, laptops, desktops, BlackBerry(R)s, Mini DVD players for the car and a home theater will do.
We can work with that.
2. Okay, there will be no more bragging about our new cars, jewelry, exotic trips or how smart our kids are.
3. Right, no more dropping our adult life responsibilities so we can taxi our children from hither to dale for their soccer, ballet, piano, violin, Latin, diving, swimming, and or tennis lessons. (They can play in the yard and make toys out of dirt and sticks like you did). We’re not sure we can agree to allowing them to climb a fence or tree because that could be a serious liability. Perhaps we can have them sign a waiver so they can’t turn around and sue us. Let’s table that line item for now.
4. Yes, we’ll start recycling, (almost, most of the time).
5. Yes, we’ll stop reading our email and texting people when we’re with you.
6. We promise to stop using the word “deal” when we mean transaction, we’ll take the flashing earpiece out of our ears and we won’t answer the phone when you’re in our presence and say things like “hold on, I have to take this… it’s important” – like you’re not.
Anything else??
7. Right, no more acronyms in our emails. LOL will now be “laugh out loud” or better yet, if we write something funny, we agree it should stand alone and make one laugh without the need to direct the emotion of the reader.
Whatdaya say? Will you do business with us again?
Sincerely,
Gen’s. X & Y. (oops, I mean, Generations X and Y).
NINAs for the Dead. (How Did We Get Here?)
Look, I know you’ve recently passed away but there’s no reason for you not to move forward with your loan. You were ”dying” for that new home. You’re concerned about our background check to see if you have a pulse, right? Granted, we used to have a “foggy” mirror test to make sure our customers were breathing but that’s unnecessary now. Our new program is called a NINA. Yes, NINA - it’s short for No Income, No Asset loan. Heck, here in blank, (Ohio – you can Google (TM) it), we’ve already secured 22 other loans for people just like you. You see, once your loan gets packaged together with other loans, it can be bought and sold to the financial markets all around the world. Those markets are wild eyed for them. We can’t keep up with the demand and that’s why we’re canvasing your final resting place for customers. Packaging up loans into financial instruments that can be traded, means that whether or not one has the assets to pay one’s loan back is really non of our institution’s concern. Think of us as a middleman if you will, between you, the home buyer, and the global financial markets. Pretty exciting stuff, am I right? Listen, I’ll draw up the paperwork and deliver it right to your headstone. Our goal, (pause here for dramatic effect), is to make your ever-lasting dreams come true. Now, isn’t that what life or lack thereof is all about?
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR VACATION RENTAL OWNERS!
If you are an owner of a single family home outside of a designated Visitor Destination Area, you will need to renew your application no later than July 31, 2009. Yes, I know, you just applied for it this year and logic dictates that it would be due for renewal next year – NOT SO. I have posted a renewal form on the Makai Properties website. Please go to www.makaiproperties.com and then to “Online Documents”. It’s called a TVR Renewal Form.
Transient Vacation Rental Application
If you are in the process of compiling the information needed to complete your transient vacation rental application and you need a copy of the letter “For the Safety and Comfort of You and Your Neighbors”, you can find it posted under “documents” on Makai Properties’ website. Please go to www.makaiproperties.com or send me an email and I’ll forward it to you.
Aloha,
Kelly Liberatore, Realtor (R)
Cell: 808-639-2061
Toll Free Cell: 877-337-2215
Kekaha’s Plantation Era Homes
More and more, visitors and prospective buyers have learned to appreciate the plantation era homes of Kekaha. When I say era, I mean from the 1930’s and 40’s. These homes are usually in poor condition and hanging on to life by a thread but they are an integral link to Hawaii’s past. They can have extensive termite damage and wood rot, inferior plumbing, small rooms, you name it so when deciding to become an owner of a home of this epoch, one must consider, not only cost to cure, but how to balance mixing the old with the new without sacrificing the integrity of the original design. I’ll be sharing some of what I’ve learned over years from remodeling several of these historic antiquities and provide some ideas for building your own plantation home in Kekaha so stay tuned.
Kekaha Celebrates the 4th of July!
E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha “Forever – Live on the Voices of Kekaha” Presents their 1st annual celebration. Join the fun at H.P. Faye Ball Park, Friday, July 4th, 2008. 10AM-10PM.
Kekaha named “The Garden Town of the Garden Island”.
The Kauai Westside Watershed Council coordinated a very special event in the Kekaha Beach Park last weekend, bringing west side residents together for food, games, sand sculpture and entertainment. The event was scheduled rain or shine – in this case, rain, but that’s not enough to stop this town from having fun! A special mahalo to the Kauai Westside Watershed Council for putting this event together for us. More info…http://www.kauaiwestsidewatershed.com/ Aloha, Kelly Liberatore
