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Property History
Date Event Price Price/Sq.Ft. Change Source
12/28/2013 Price Changed $134,000 $164 -8.2% MLS #246739
07/06/2012 Price Changed $145,000 $178 -3.4% MLS #246739
02/15/2012 Price Changed $149,900 $184 -6.1% MLS #246739
07/19/2011 Listed $159,000 $195 — MLS #246739
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with a few friends living in the "Roc" its a nice place to call home. lots can go as low as $9,000.
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I have AT&T cell service with internet. I got a cell phone booster and mounted it on the roof of my container. Without the booster I get hit or miss coverage outside the container and nothing inside. With the booster I get full phone service and lately pretty much full internet in the container. Internet is still slow though and sometimes drops out though. A friend of mine who lives @ Palainui and Rd 2 has verizon for wireless internet and it is pretty good.
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I was there for two and a half years, until late this last summer. I love the climate. My neighbors were good folks. I bought elsewhere only because there was nothing in my taste/range when my house sold. And I just couldn't live in our tiny travel trailer for another year while we built.
Peace and long life
Peace and long life
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So send you a PM, let me know if you don't receive it. Love it up here
* I'd rather fail at happiness than succeed at misery *
* I'd rather fail at happiness than succeed at misery *
Thank you everyone and thank you Hooligal for the PM.
Your insight has been terrific.
I would love to have "boots on the ground" at this time, but since ive made the decision to come, I want to do it right. I hear all the stories of 4 out of 5 people leaving within a few years, so I am making sure when I come, it is with no loose ends, and with plenty of $$$ stacked up.
It seems, there really arent ANY good places in Puna with fast internet, which will be tough for me, as I upload and download huge files for clients when I do photography.
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I've heard that "most people" don't last six months here -- I came close to giving up in the first year, so this seems fairly accurate.
High-speed internet is available anywhere Telcom has poles; it's not cheap ($hundreds/month), but if it's a "business need", it's also "tax deductible".
I wouldnt come without a year or two living expenses put away.
I know others mat not do the same, I have a friend that went with 1,500 in her bank account and a plane ticket, I just dont think that makes sense.
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There is a randomness to success here. You may just get tired of the hassles- even with plenty of money.
I could understand that concept. Hawaii is on the ley lines. A lot of the energy you put out influences your fate.
The hassles I hear of, traffic,curruption...are not new to me. I live in South Florida where every day it takes me 45 minutes to go 17 miles. Where the police kick in peoples doors without warrants and murder innocent elderly.
What I get an opportunity to do in Hawaii, is have what I cant have here. Land.
With land, you can create your own sanctuary...plant food, lower your material footprint.. and what me and my wife like to say... CLOSE THE GATE.
