Ronnie's Blog

On Thursday morning I attended the monthly meeting of the Lihue Business Association. The guest speaker was Peter Arsenault. Peter is the National VP of AIA (American Institute of Architects) from Syracuse, NY. Peter has been interested  in environmental protection and sustainability for a long, ...

The Islander on the Beach is a 198 unit condominium/hotel AKA condotel located on the east shore of Kauai in Kapaa, just behind the eclectic Coconut Marketplace shopping center. Anekona Management bought the property in 2003 and did a total facelift of the property. The developers then sold the u...

There's an interesting property for sale out in Haena that may provide a great investment opportunity for someone who values the North Shore of Kauai and doesn't mind a little bureaucratic challenge. This home in Haena is seven bedrooms and six and a half baths. It's currently 5 rentals. The main...

I am having my first experience of managing an escrow on an oceanfront condo complex on Kauai. I've just learned that a couple of owners are suing the homeowner's association for some water damage from a leak the owners feel is the association's fault. There was water damage and I am sure that th...

I had the opportunity to sit open house at Kaiulani Unit 2 today. This project consists of 77 luxury townhomes built on the last 17 acre bluff parcel in PRinceville which was NOT OWNED by Princeville at Hanalei (formerly the Princeville Corporation).The project is almost totally completed. Most o...

Garden Isle's Mayor Dies Of Apparent Heart Attack:VIEW THE STORY ONLINE  Kauai Mayor Bryan Baptiste, 52, died Sunday afternoon of an apparent heart attack, county officials said.Paramedics went to Baptiste's home in Wailua and took him to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he died.The mayor had just...

At the conclusion of the Princeville at Hanalei presentation to the community of realtors, questions were taken from the audience. Here is a condensed version of that interaction that will hopefully provide more insight about development and the activities of Princeville at Hanalei, the owners of...

On June 11th, Princeville at Hanalei (formerly known as Princeville Corporation) gave a presentation to a gathering of the North Shore realtors of Kauai to talk about the status of development on the North Shore and specifically the Princeville at Hanalei projects. Jay Furfaro, one of our Kauai C...

I recently attended a one hour free workshop at the State Building in Lihue on the subject of a case study in Photovoltaic (PV). The presentation was deliver by Walt Barnes, an engineer who lives in the Wailua Homesteads, and who works for AT&T labs. Co-incidently, Walt's wife Anne is my fellow ...

The Honolulu Advertiser today reported about the Kauai numbers for May. Our MLS is a real-time system so the monthly numbers and comparision to prior years is always available.   The Advertiser reports: ----- Prices of single-family homes on Kauai rose in May, while prices of condominiums slipped...