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[jdirgo]

On the subject of "lazy crews", just get references. As there is everywhere, there are good people and bad. I have a house in Hilo that I'm renovating. I've had the whole house (exterior) repainted and all the junk plants/overgrown stuff removed from the yard. I have no hesitation recommending the people that did the work for me because they were "on it". They did the work promised quickly (well, at least when the weather cooperated), at the very reasonable prices quoted and I am thrilled with the results. There are other people that I've used that I warn people away from, because I had completely different results. But this has been the way its been for me everywhere I've lived.

As for anti-haole (in the "white" sense of the term), I've lived here 6 years and never encountered a moment of it and I'm as haole as it gets. Maybe I'm just clueless to it, but I've never seen it. From the first time I went to Maku'u Market (it was in a completely different location then) and Auntie Emily welcomed me with open arms, I've never felt anything but great openness and acceptance. Last year, a local family gave me and my partner the gift of a beautiful goddaughter, who's part-Hawaiian, part-Filipino, part-Portugese (and I think a little Asian too). You can't get more accepting than that.

John Dirgo, RA, ABR, e-PRO
Island Trust Properties, LLC
808-987-9243 cell
http://www.hawaiirealproperty.com