Jason Wong’s Hawaii Real Estate Blog

In Honolulu, are all parks protected from development? Can private interest group make changes to protected park land? In this segment, we are going to find out some recent development on this hot topic in Metro Oahu. Thank you for watching Jason Wong Hawaii Real Estate Channel. Please leave your comment below or drop me…

Most homeowners vest their fortune in up keeping the properties. However, if you are planning to resell your property in not-too-distant future, you may want to know what renovation project will give you more resale value vs. other renovation projects will bleed your bank account with little or zero actual financial return. Watch this segment…

The old saying was, Spring is always the best time to market a property. In Hawaii real estate, are we constrained to such seasonal mentality in marketing a Hawaii property? Watch this segment to find out the answer. Thank you for watching Jason Wong Hawaii Real Estate Channel. Please leave your comment below or drop…

Ever wonder those wonderful flipping houses heavily-edited and scripted TV shows about buy-low, flip-high-for-profit are for real?! In Hawaii, especially in Honolulu, flipping houses (aka. speculation activity) may be quite different from what you see from the TV shows. Can one re-apply the same flipping formula to make a quick-profit in Oahu? Watch this segment…

In this segment, we are going to explore the advantages and disadvantages in acquiring turnkey properties. I will also share my personal take-on what I think it’s the best type of property to purchase out of personal experience. Thank you for watching Jason Wong Hawaii Real Estate Channel. Please leave your comment below or drop…

Most homeowners who are in the market of shopping for commission rates and brokerage firms to represent them for putting their properties for sale, may not know the behind-the-scene pros and cons of various brokerage business models. In this segment, we are going to apply “reality-check” on various business models. As a homeowner, you have…

Ever wonder how accurate the so-called resale statistics published online by various platforms? How accurate were they? Did the figure/percentage (increase/decrease) really told general public what the reality of the resale marketplace was truly performing? In this segment, I, Jason Wong, will share my insight how to read these numbers and talk about the hidden…

Selling Hawaii property may require some pre-planning. For example, packing away objects that are no longer in use, creating spacious, neutral, yet inviting environment. Be alert about smell – if a carpet, drape are soaked with pet or human scent, please go and get them professionally cleaned before having the property marketed for sale. First…

Buying Hawaii real estate can be quite different purchasing experience. The State of Hawaii is an escrow State, meaning, both buyer and seller must choose only 1 escrow officer to handle the escrow and closing. In comparison to Vancouver Canada Real Estate, where buyer and seller will appoint their own attorney or notary public to…

While there are many great Hawaii State programs and local lenders that provide education to first time home buyers on various aspects of buying the very first home in Hawaii, yet, first time home buyers should understand that, the very first home probably will not have all the features that one desires, but treat your…