Enthused and Confused

[Maile Winward]

Aloha everyone! 
My name is Maile, 32 real soon born and raised in Hawaii.  I have been listening to the bigger pockets podcast for about 6 months. Starting from 1 and trying to get to the the newest ones lol. I’m almost at my 100 episode milestone I created for myself 😂. 

I’ve always been interested in realestate  investment but have been having such a hard time finding a solid group of people to learn from and understand that in Hawaii, most times even 2-incomes are not enough to survive. Especially with 2 little ones.  The people I have talked to want me to go into realestate sales 300% or just want to sell me something 😓.  Bigger pockets has really given me hope and so much knowledge from house-hacking tips, to “Just do it” pep talks and all the great golden nuggets I pick up from every episode (even the mobile homes segments).  My biggest fear and obstacle is that I can’t drive to another state to check things out being on a rock in the middle of the sea. May I add the price for paradise really is a pretty golden penny.  My eyes always pop out of my head when I hear guests talking about buying whole apartment complexes with 20 units for the same price it would cost for a literal grass shack in Hawaii with maybe a fence.  However I know there are deals and potential here I just need to find them. 

I hope there are some patient experienced “lions” out there within Hawaii or familiar with Hawaii’s market that could help this (semi) young-pup out, weather it be an awesome conversation, tips or tricks to help find the right path of direction or the dream/goal of a life long friend and mentorship.  

Thanks for reading my post. I finally listened to the, loud and clear quick tip reminder, to introduce myself here and not only listen to the pod cast. Hope you have a great day! 

Mahalo Nui Loa

[Carlos Ptriawan]

Quote from @Maile Winward:

Aloha everyone! 
My name is Maile, 32 real soon born and raised in Hawaii.  I have been listening to the bigger pockets podcast for about 6 months. Starting from 1 and trying to get to the the newest ones lol. I’m almost at my 100 episode milestone I created for myself 😂. 

I’ve always been interested in realestate  investment but have been having such a hard time finding a solid group of people to learn from and understand that in Hawaii, most times even 2-incomes are not enough to survive. Especially with 2 little ones.  The people I have talked to want me to go into realestate sales 300% or just want to sell me something 😓.  Bigger pockets has really given me hope and so much knowledge from house-hacking tips, to “Just do it” pep talks and all the great golden nuggets I pick up from every episode (even the mobile homes segments).  My biggest fear and obstacle is that I can’t drive to another state to check things out being on a rock in the middle of the sea. May I add the price for paradise really is a pretty golden penny.  My eyes always pop out of my head when I hear guests talking about buying whole apartment complexes with 20 units for the same price it would cost for a literal grass shack in Hawaii with maybe a fence.  However I know there are deals and potential here I just need to find them. 

I hope there are some patient experienced “lions” out there within Hawaii or familiar with Hawaii’s market that could help this (semi) young-pup out, weather it be an awesome conversation, tips or tricks to help find the right path of direction or the dream/goal of a life long friend and mentorship.  

Thanks for reading my post. I finally listened to the, loud and clear quick tip reminder, to introduce myself here and not only listen to the pod cast. Hope you have a great day! 

Mahalo Nui Loa

 Hi Maile, I'm in CA but invested in HI(BI). HI is unique because it's the highest appreciation market in US. I think there're lot more opportunity in HI especially in flip as developers/contractors are scarce, if you just wanna buy another apartment in Ohio, then you dont have local competitve advantage.  

You could also open niche business in HI,  I know if you can open auto repair facilityfor example it's very money making in there :)