We are here!

[Hunt Stoddard]

Hawaii isn't for everyone, and Brad is spot on about the fact that vacationing here isn't living here. It's naive to think that the glow that surrounds you on vacation is going to endure forever, but so many people keep falling for that. That's why it's critical to keep reiterating the message from earlier in the post: rent at first, don't buy. There are so many upsides to that and only a few down sides. There is always going to be a culture shock for some moving from the mainland, and also the lingering feeling that they don't fit. For others it's love at first sight and no looking back.

I've heard it said: if you stay a year you'll stay forever, but that also seems to be the interval when people decide it's not for them.

Remember, Brad, you can still come back to vacation. The glow will be waiting.