Following are a few helpful hints when looking for your Hawaii Home:
1. Find your special Real Estate Agent! It*s very important to make sure you have a skilled agent that your personality clicks with as this is an important as well as emotional time for you!
2. There is never a right time to buy or sell. Don't play fortune teller on the market and interest rates. Your special home will not stay on the market long and our market doesn't change drastically enough to make a difference on the price.
3. Don't let your friends, family and coworker's pretend they are Realtors Listen to your REALTOR* regarding real estate matters because they are the experts in real estate and advise of others will surely confuse you!
4. No home will ever be perfect!
Let minor things go....that window screen hook is not a reason to lose that home you love!
5. Don't play around with negotiating. It is part of the process but insulting the seller or playing around with the negotiating home you love could cost you to lose it!
6. Check on neighborhoods, noise levels, communities besides the physical aspects of the home. A home*s most important role is a comfortable, safe place to live.
7.Get approved for a mortgage before you find that special home! Look into VA (if military) or Traditional Loan Programs. Get all your paperwork together as if you were starting the loan process!
8. Prepare a budget for repairs and maintenance costs. There will always be some costs so make sure you are prepared with a budget for the upkeep of your home!
9. You will definitely have your doubts, anxieties and worries. It's a big commitment but always think on the positive side that your commitment in owning your own home is also an investment that will yield big tax benefits.
10. Be realistic. Hawaii's homes have less sq. ft. on land and interior. If you are from the Continental U.S. be prepared for smaller! Fit your needs for a home around your "stuff". If finances are not the problem, then there are plenty available for sale.
And more info for relocating to Hawaii and home purchasing:
Hawaii (Oahu) Zoning, Special Use and Building Permits
Relocating or Residents-Buying Real Estate in Hawaii -Mililani, Honolulu, Oahu
Relocating and Buying Real Estate in Hawaii -Mililani, Honolulu, Oahu (military)
HAWAII OPEN HOUSES (RULES WHILE ATTENDING)
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Be proactive in your Hawaii Relocation and Hawaii Home Buying Experience.
Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman is a Realtor-Associate with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocating to Hawaii, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents. Website: www.hawaiihomesmarket.com
Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman is a Realtor-Associate® and Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) with Century 21 Liberty Homes in Mililani, Hawaii. With a sharp understanding that a listening ear is the key to a client's needs she serves the island of Oahu (Honolulu County) and all Hawaii Military Relocations, Hawaii Retirees, Hawaii Job Transfers and Hawaii Residents, Home Buyers and Sellers.
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Sally, you should help me to do mine !!!! just kidding LOL :) I need to work on that too, good job ! Great Points as Dear Cyndee wrote !
Cyndee, Greetz!!!!
Wow. Lots of great points. Mind if I borrow a few?
Wow...almost 6am...and RANDY has been up since before 4am......!!!!Bad Randy Bad Randy
Cyndee: Thanks Cyndee...(hmmm...I actually didn't think it in enough detail...maybe that was better!)
Kaye: It does happen.....I've even had the client say the friend said this and that and then find out the friend didn't say a darn thing!
Ray: Funny....and I think everyone can do one and use whatever examples.
Matthew: Okay...send me some...hahaha!
Danny: That is actually a beautiful spread luxury home for sale!
Steph: WooHoo!
Lisa; Hmm. Actually, I think I am the smart choice here.
Randy: Well, remember not so long ago...all the friends said this and that...only to find out they didn't say a darn thing?
Steph: He said he was so tired he was going home and go to bed...6pm....presume he did because he's up at 3 something!