Introduce yourself

[jdirgo]

Aloha to all! I'm John and I've been here on the island for about 5 years. My partner and I were visiting O'ahu in 2000 and literally never set foot on anything outside of the Hilo airport before deciding to move. We flew over one afternoon, landed and walked down the the tourist helicopters, toured the volcano by air, landed back at the airport, walked down to the commuter terminal to fly back to O'ahu and started making plans to move. We arrived a few months later. You can just imagine how my boss reacted to "I don't have a job or anything, but I'm moving to the Big Island -- I just have to do it." Luckily he liked me and did everything he could to accomodate me.

After a few years here and buying/selling several properties (ask me about The Tragedy sometime -- the one I should have kept and still kick myself over), a Realtor friend encouraged us to become Realtors, so we did and have worked in that profession full-time for the last 2 years. And I love it.

We live currently in Nanawale. For the record, don't believe all the bad stuff you hear about Nanawale. The community association has gotten very active in the last couple of years and really, dramatically improved the subdivision. We own some lots in Kapoho Vacationland and will probably begin building on the first of those early next year. In the meantime, at least we still get to enjoy the great tide pools, the beach at Kehena and all the other amazing things about this island.