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But I refuse to believe that the data are accurate. They must reflect housing prices in the city. Once you get a couple miles outside the city limits, I'm sure prices drop considerably. I'm confident that if I move to Honolulu, and I look hard enough, I'll be able to find a modest but comfortable house that fits my $250K budget. Also, I'm a hard worker with a positive attitude (let's be honest: I'm an all-around good person!), so I'm confident I'll find a job that pays enough that I can afford a Honolulu house. I'll even work two or three such jobs – whatever it takes. Just knowing that paradise is outside my house, car, and office will be enough for me!
Well, if you insist... but the reality is that it isn't going to happen. You might find a house at that price in Waianae - terrible commute and very dicey neighborhood. Better plan on $800k.. and yes I live on Oahu
Where are you getting this information? I checked the link *and* the original listing here : 369 Hobron Ln 32, Honolulu, HI 96815, US and neither page makes reference to this being a leasehold.
I am not disputing what you say as being true, but apparently the real estate companies in Hawaii expect potential buyers to be mind-readers since they do not offer up this information in their listings. Please tell me where you found out this information.
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If you see anything for 48K on Oahu you got to figure something is very,very (very, very) wrong, in this case leasehold that expires soon, and 445 sq ft. As my realtor said when we were buying property in SF, "if they don't list the sq feet, it's for a reason."
Surprising that someone has not posted an intent to move with an RV, live in it, and drive all over the "islands". Oops.
Little details like "islands", and Gas, place to park-hookup ($$$) , and jam packed roads are no big deal. Tire wear replacement will be minimal. Make a "friend" and park wherever the wind prevails...maxim: 100 sq feet divided by 1000 people, and two value meals to eat= turmoil. Hold the pickles, stop punching me, I want to see the sunrise !
There used to be a KOA campground with RV hookups in Volcano, about 1/2 mile from my property, on the grounds of the old Volcano School. It was, far as I know, the only actual private camping facility available in the state. But it's been closed for several years now, and is currently being repurposed as a Charter School campus.
On the Big Island that leaves you with about 10 parks that allow RV parking, sans hookups, but the spaces must be reserved in advance, and you're only allowed 10 reservation nights per month.
On private property an RV is allowed to be occupied 31 days max. On public streets, RVs are not allowed to be occupied overnight. What's left? The parking lot at WalMart?
That's just the Big Island, but it's similar elsewhere. The idea of living in an RV in Hawai'i is not a new one, and it has been dealt with by the authorities. Simply stated, you can't do it legally.
Well, if you insist... but the reality is that it isn't going to happen. You might find a house at that price in Waianae - terrible commute and very dicey neighborhood. Better plan on $800k.. and yes I live on Oahu
I was being facetious, mimicking the dreamers who come on here looking for advice, not liking what they hear, and assuring us that they'll somehow "make it happen," despite all the evidence that it isn't possible. Believe me, I know the reality – my wife and I have tried every way we can think of to make living in Hawaii financially possible, but it ain't gonna happen before we retire, and maybe not even then. We could afford the BI on our current Mainland salaries, but we couldn't find jobs there that pay what we make now. We probably could find jobs in Honolulu (probably at a pay cut), but we couldn't afford housing.
Oh, good, I kinda thought you were being factitious, Honuman. Is there a "factitious" smiley face icon? If there isn't, there should be! Anyway, I was fairly certain it was just facetiousness, especially when nobody jumped on the post right away.
Hmm, it was an interesting article on Honolulu's housing and that they mentioned Warren Michigan as the most affordable, especially since I'd moved to Oahu from the Warren Michigan area. We actually lived about a mile north of there in Sterling Heights, but it's all one huge housing sprawl and nothing really to tell one area from another. Somewhat similar to Honolulu, actually. Not only moved from the Warren, Michigan area to Honolulu but did it with no job, no savings and no return airfare. Good thing this forum didn't exist then, or I might have been worried. However, that was also over three decades ago so things were way different and Oahu was a lot less crowded. I don't know if the same thing could be done now.
Portland, Oregon, where I live, has the least-expensive housing of any of the major West Coast cities, but prices are still expensive compared to most of the Midwest and South. If my wife and I were willing to move to Atlanta, where I came here from, we could get a much nicer house than what we have now for the same money. But that's the thing: while we don't dislike Atlanta, we love where we are much more, and we're willing to live in a more modest house for the pleasure of being here. We're not willing to go more modest, though – which, at our price point, rules out most of Hawaii except for parts of the BI. Oahu isn't even in the realm of possibility. What's sad is that, had Oahu home prices risen and fallen at the same percentage rate as Portland prices over the past decade, then Oahu might be attainable for us.
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