I just looked at a single family home 3b 1b and it is on .88 acres. Overall my wife and I think it is a great buy and hold property for renting out. My only concern is the land. This amount seems to much for a p...

I recommend buying on island ASAP, local economies project Median SFH prices to reach $800,000 in a few years...Currently Median SFHs are $629,500.

Price points being the way they are here on Oahu are high but I'm not too familiar with the Big Island.

I actually thought the same, that I may be able to turn this into something better.Philip, I looked into this last week there isn't any changes in any boundary I can tell, except one is SFR, the other side is Multi, and of course, one is waterfront with ocean access no fixed bridge, the other is land locked.

@Lior Solomon - sounds like the house is pretty small then if you have parking on a 25 x 100 lot.

Orlando is a fun city (check out Islands of Adventure and Universal while you're there)!

My name is Andrew and I currently reside in Long Island, New York.

@Amy Solomon these loans have too much risk unless your family wants to loan to you based on something other than good business practices. 1) Not too many individuals want to loan in a 2nd position, especially the % you are suggesting. 2) Unsecured loans?

here are the rooms opened upshot from the kitchen shows how we could add an island as well

My biggest hangups are that it takes time to make money and I eventually want to relocate to the coast of Rhode Island and this may be troublesome if I build a network here and have to start over.