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The REIA moved to its new location at the offices of the West Hawaii Association of Realtors (WHAR). There were twelve in attendance for the March meeting. The group included two experienced investors from central Florida who were vacationing in Kona. John Kennedy presented another Read more

A group of 11 investors gathered at Honua Studios on the 21st for the February meeting of West Hawaii REIA. John Kennedy started the meeting with the Big Island market update. Bruce Pratt caught the group up on the latest information about the new Hawaii County short-term vacation rental Read more

The first meeting of 2019 was held on January 17th at Honua Studios, with 12 people in attendance. John Kennedy kicked the night off with the monthly market update. The deal analysis for the month was presented by Richard and Stacy Spencer, who gave details on a multi-family income Read more

Our final meeting of 2018 was the second annual West Hawaii REIA Christmas party. There were 23 in attendance at Honua Studios on December 20th. Once again we had ample food from Big Island Grill. There were several first-time attendees at the meeting. The agenda was abbreviated to Read more

The group welcomed back fellow investor and Hilo-based insurance agent Kevin Yee for our November meeting on the 15th at Honua Studios. Kevin gave an update on the insurance market in Pahoa, followed by some examples of the cost of insuring investment properties. John Kennedy kicked off the meeting with Read more

Seventeen investors attended the October meeting, held at Honua Studios on the evening of the 18th. John Kennedy gave a thorough analysis of the Hawaii housing market to get the meeting started. Guest speaker Matt Takata, from Title Guaranty, shared a lot of interesting information on how the Read more

Twenty energetic real estate investors attended the September West Hawaii REIA meeting, again held at Honua Studios. John Kennedy gave another of his insightful market updates, noting the effects of the recently ended volcanic activity on the Big Island. James and Leiola Augustine presented the Read more

Keeping with the group’s recent trend of reaching well beyond Kailua-Kona, investors from across the Big Island assembled on the evening of the 16th for the August West Hawaii REIA meeting. There were 18 in attendance at Honua Studios. Bruce Pratt got the evening started with the monthly  Read more

We welcomed a number of new attendees as 26 gathered for the July West Hawaii REIA meeting at Honua Studios. About one-fourth of the group made the trip over from the Hilo side. John Kennedy kicked the evening off with a thorough market analysis, taking into account how the market has Read more