We live walking distance to downtown and would not trade it for anywhere else.The racing season is great, but the town is busy all year as well. 

If I had time to take a 2 week course on it to figure it out, maybe I would have felt differently, but I'm looking for uncomplicated and if their stupid webmaster can't come off his high horse and make it easy then I'm not paying $50 a month plus the lead generation costs...and thats my 2¢

I forget it isn't a race.

What I see happening is the beginning of a race to the bottom .

then you really don't have a problem...except that you are forced to switch horses in mid-stream which I know is not desirable....A new GC will not always charge so much more to take over a job mid-stream, it just depends on a lot of things (like the original GCs reputation).I would get a release (of sorts) stating that the original GC will warranty the work that he has completed and that the new GC is not liable for any work not performed by his company.

Also research what types of events come to Kona, like Iron Man, paddling races, etc. and market to those folks.

Disclaimer - I am not an CPA or attorney but I became financially free doing this for myself after 10 years working as a w2 engineer :( and I am sick and tired of seeing highly educated and hard working professionals getting stuck in the rat race because we deserve financial freedom and the option to do more with it.If you are able to implement a real estate professional status tax strategy (REP) you can use passive losses from syndication deals to lower your ordinary W2 income.

They mount their horse of righteousness in an effort to save the rest who will read the damn thing.  

Remember, when rates drop then you can refinance and benefit from owning the property and having a lower rate.If you wait until "rates come down" then everyone will be in the same race and someone else with deeper pockets may beat you to the property. 

Obviously validate that claim prior to closing, but let's not put the cart before the horse.