06-10-2011, 02:19 PM
aloha april,
after vacationing in hawaii the last six years,(maui and oahu) my partner and i put our house in riverton, wyo. on the market.
we actually sold everything, including our house. by september we homeless, but made enough to pay off morgage, all credit cards.
came to big island for a week, and had found a house we could'nd pass up. we had been looking on-line and had a list of properties we wanted to see. also maybe consider land that already has a house. of course we had a friend who was willing to go in thirds. by the time we had flown back to mainland we we're actually between our offer being accepted and closing.
we knew the only way we would be able to do it was to make sure we didn't have make house payment. as for the cost of living, you have to pay attention to how you shop. have found that if you try to live like a tourist, it's not going work.
after vacationing in hawaii the last six years,(maui and oahu) my partner and i put our house in riverton, wyo. on the market.
we actually sold everything, including our house. by september we homeless, but made enough to pay off morgage, all credit cards.
came to big island for a week, and had found a house we could'nd pass up. we had been looking on-line and had a list of properties we wanted to see. also maybe consider land that already has a house. of course we had a friend who was willing to go in thirds. by the time we had flown back to mainland we we're actually between our offer being accepted and closing.
we knew the only way we would be able to do it was to make sure we didn't have make house payment. as for the cost of living, you have to pay attention to how you shop. have found that if you try to live like a tourist, it's not going work.