03-04-2014, 02:07 AM
CS, There is affordable housing in Hilo. You just have to get up at 5am and get on a computer mailing list for the new listings. Occasionally, there is a fixxer for cheap. I agree that usually the houses are priced more, and you might have loud, close neighbors etc- but there are different areas and different price points. There was a house down the street from me that was priced at 125k or something- but it was snapped up in a heartbeat.(and it needed a lot of work)