We can probably have cash around 90.000 to buy property without any financing. We would leave everything but our cats, electronics vechile and few personal things. We are just a white rerired couple that get along with everyone. What is it like in Hilo? Yes, very careful consideration before making any move like this, we are from the U.S. Thanks to all that answer.
2007-03-26 09:14:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Honolulu
I am not looking for beach front property, just a quiet place with allot of vegetation.
2007-03-26 15:54:34 · update #1
Oh, and the 90 thousand would be the down payment. Thank you all for your inputs. Really appreciate it. Sure is opening my eyes..
2007-03-26 17:21:15 · update #2
I was thinking one of the Islands. Not hawaii itself. all have been great with your answers, thank you. My cats always been up on shots since they were old enough and I can prove that. They would never survive quarantine.
2007-03-28 01:31:51 · update #3
Aloha,
I think 90,000 as a downpayment is just fine. Just start looking. It's a very competitive market here. I moved my cats here from the mainland, and just a bit of advice: check into the quarantine policy now... Once you get the rabies testing, they require about 3 months before they will allow the cats outside of quarantine. However, if you plan and do the rabies testing early - prior to coming here - then they will count the 3 months or so that you had them after the shots while you were on the mainland. This way they will not have to endure quarantine. They will release them the same day that they arrive into Hawaii. That's what I did, and it was a lot easier for the cats. (I hope that made sense).
Good luck!
2007-03-27 11:51:02 · answer #1 · answered by ziegfeldsgirl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 09:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by kulpa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bob greatly suggest you rethink moving to hawai'i, 90,000 wont buy you a house or property just about anywhere in hawai'i. It might possibly buy you a ghetto *** apartment or condo, probobly not but its a possibility, but it will not buy you a house. The average 3 bedroom 1 bath house in a decent neighborhood not by the beach, will go pretty much no lower then 400,000. However bobs neighbors sold their small 3 bedroom 1 bath dump in a decent neighborhood for 750,000. But ya, in probobly the most run down shitty parts you will find houses that can go as low as 400,000 but dont count on it. Even condos tend to not drop lower then 200,000 and again if they do its in shitty as neighborhoods. The average rent depending on the area will go from 800-1500 per month for a 1 bedroom apartment.
Hilo rains a LOT, other then that its pretty slow paced, but with 90,000 you wont be able to buy property in hilo.
Again bob would highly recomend you rethink coming to hawai'i it is extremly expenisve to live here, especially realestate. Plus the cost of everyday living is also very expensive. Bob has seen many people come to hawai'i thinking its all paradise and fun and games and they ended up under welfare in public housing and run down apartments.....
2007-03-27 09:50:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hawai'i is the biggest island, but there is hardly anything there because most of the area is covered by dried up lava. It is also not good for your lungs, because of the vog from the erupting volcanoes.
I suggest Maui, that is were I live. It's not too big, but not too small. It is very beautiful.
Oahu is my favorite island though, it is smaller than Maui, but busier than Maui. It is filled with skyscrapers and lots of stores. If you love being in the city, it's perfect for you.
Ohh, and there are some things that are not allowed into Hawaii. I am not sure of them all, seeings how I am only 12. But you are not allowed to bring snakes. The Hawaiian Islands are sname-free! :D
2007-03-27 15:51:41 · answer #4 · answered by ≈[Łąūřėņ]≈™ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude, don't even bother. You will need way more money than you're thinking. I say about 2 million would get you a nice retirement property close to the beach, not even ON the beach. The cost of living is uber-high and all you will have to show for it is disappointment. The locals trash their beaches so bad you wouldn't believe it. Broken booze bottles and trash everywhere. Plus, no matter where you live, the locals have beach access in which to drink, break beer bottles and crank their stereos. It's not a paradise, just a welfare haven for native Hawaiians. Everybody gets stoned, bitches about Haoles and fantasizes about a sovereign Hawaii. I say we should yank all financial support from the islands. Let them eat their damn jungle chickens. Oh, and unless the laws have changed, your cats will have to be quarantined for several months, just to ensure they are not introducing even more pathogens into "paradise". What a joke.
2007-03-26 15:23:30 · answer #5 · answered by Andy L 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm really bad with money and stuff, but I do know that if you take pets to Hawaii, they first have to be monitored in quarantine for a certain amount of time to make sure they don't have any diseases or anything. And if you mean by vechile a car, I'm not sure how easy it would be to take a car over seas. It might be kinda expensive. But Hawaii is beautiful, so I don't blame you for wanting to move there.
2007-03-27 05:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
$90K won't buy you any property in Hawaii. Not even a studio apartment.
Hilo is nice but very rainy so if you have any problems that would be affected by wet weather, I would advise you against it. Hilo is a sleepy old town that has retained the old hawaiian feeling.
Good luck on your decision.......
2007-03-26 13:22:50 · answer #7 · answered by soccerref 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have the same wish to retire to the Big Island. I'm looking at Kailua-Kona side where there are 2/2 condos with a small yard for under 300,000.
2007-03-27 08:41:04 · answer #8 · answered by Vivian D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but I would put that thought out of your mind.
$90k might buy you a 1 room shack located down some deserted road in Pahoa.
Hawaii is expensive. I would also look at health care issues. If you have any I would definitely pass on this train of thought.
2007-03-26 09:23:53 · answer #9 · answered by zudmelrose 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋