All thoughts are welcomed and appreciated as seeing any alternate perspectives on this topic will help to broaden my understanding. 

@Antoine Martel I have agents in my local area as well as nj as of today, looking to broaden the possibilities of deals as the REO market is saturated, since I'm close enough to ct why not look there as well, never know what can be had.

I'd love to connect with like-minded people who have experience investing in Hawaii to gain knowledge and broaden my experience.

, my suggestion would be to even broaden your horizon, looking at commercial places.. 5 units+, or perhaps buildings with commercial on 1st floor and 2 units (or more) above. 

Anything that is difficult to find comps I will just continue to broaden the search until I have a good handful of properties that are close enough to the subject property to determine value.

This would cost you nothing to do, and would broaden your networking base. 

If you are still unable to find a local CPA - Feel free to broaden your search by looking for a CPA that works with clients remotely.

I am seeking to broaden my perspective towards down payments and initial capital, having paid the 15-20% standard in most past deals. 

If you are still unable to find a local CPA - Feel free to broaden your search by looking for a CPA that works with clients remotely.

We are still extremely interested in this strategy but are broadening our criteria for what we are looking at since the inventory in our area for available MF is extremely limited and we've had a very hard time finding motivation from sellers in the area we're interested in.