Hella Rothwell, Broker Owner REALTOR®

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - (831) 626-4000 - CA #01772851 HI #RB-21268
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RECENT BLOG POSTS
 Like many homes that were built of wood way back in the 50s, Don the Beachcomber's Tree House at the International Market Place in Waikiki needed work. So I went to check it out to see if they kept ANY of it with the reconstruction happening here in this block-wide shopping enclave that goes fro...
01/19/2017
If you haven't been to Honolulu recently, you probably won't recognize it especially with all the changes in the last couple of years or so. We hear about retailers shutting down brick & mortar stores all across the United States because online purchasing has skyrocketed. People don't go shopping...
01/17/2017
What better way to spend one's birthday than to trudge up 50 steps into a huge tree in Kaneohe on the island of Oahu, Hawaii and ziplining down a steep slope? And after you've signed a waiver that it took my attorney-daughter quite a while to read through? Putting on some hefty gear and helmet, ...
01/16/2017
Today I went to the ultimate grocery store, Foodland Farms at its new location in the Ala Moana Center in Honolulu. Words can hardly describe the variety of local foods, freshly made specials, and different food counters and sections in its large and airy space. The produce looks as fresh as if i...
01/12/2017
 To set the stage for my birthday adventure yesterday, I was meeting up on the Island of Lanai with Elizabeth Weintraub who is the top listing broker in Sacramento. I, of course, am a real estate broker in both California and Hawaii. She was coming from the Island of Maui via ferry while I was co...
01/11/2017
 Today, Sunday, was the perfect day to go "window shopping" at the Ala Moana Shopping Center. I say "window shopping" because the remodeled complex offers top retailers an opportunity to shine.Retailers in the past crammed merchandise into the window area hoping to entice shoppers to come in.Nowa...
01/08/2017
Today was the day to spend some time with my grandsons and we decided to play Pokemon Go, a location based reality  for the kids,  and Ingress, "the world is not what it seems", for me. My daughter, their mom, did the driving so we could travel between the real world and the virtual world, blowin...
01/08/2017
 Here I am in Hawaii looking out over the beautiful Honolulu Country Club, 10 minutes from downtown, and maybe 20 minutes from the beach. What am I doing here when it's absolutely beautiful everywhere out there? Working away in my Honolulu real estate office taking care of clients in Hawaii and C...
01/05/2017
 Another one of my regular clients contacted me this morning itching to get their property on the market. By the way, that was at 6AM her time in California, 4AM my time in Hawaii. And by 8AM California time, I had someone over there evaluating the condition of the home which is vacant. Yes, even...
01/04/2017
For the second day, my clients and I went out looking at luxury condos in Honolulu. One of the criterias was a dynamite view and we found a few. The above photo was taken from Foster Tower right across the street from Waikiki Beach.Below is a video of the entire view - isn't it spectacular? Would...
01/03/2017