On New Year's Eve, my computer went to a BLUE SCREEN. It totally threw me off because I have been on my computer for many, many hours every day during the Holidays updating my various real estate websites, creating new ones, working on my marketing goals, and blogging on my Activerain account.
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01/02/2014
President Obama vacations every year with his family in a vacation rental on the Windward Side of Oahu on Kailua Beach which is located next to the Kaneohe Marine Corps base. Today, in case you are interested, he was playing golf on the Klipper Club on the base. Needless to say, this is a beautif
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12/30/2013
More and more communities are getting behind the ban on plastic bags including the Big Island of Hawaii. Merchants can still distribute paper bags because they are not so harmful to the environment. Plastic bags, those one-time usable ones, end up in landfills and do not degrade. They also end up
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12/29/2013
Yes, it does snow in Hawaii and it's snowing RIGHT NOW~ Although the forecast, below, says RAIN, that is at the 6903 ft. level: http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Mauna-Kea/6day/mid But way up at the 13,797 foot level, it's another story: SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1. http://www.snow-forec
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12/28/2013
MANY FAMILIES HAVE PURCHASED A LARGE PROPERTY IN HAWAII FOR FAMILY REUNIONS AND INVESTMENT. Families who have regular get togethers and choose Hawaii as the place to hold reunions for the Holidays or other special events, should consider the Kohala Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii. This normally
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12/24/2013
How often have we discussed a subject with others including team members, clients, customers, friends and family about something that concerns business, something where money or other things of value is involved. WE HEAR WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR. This is especially true in the real estate business. L
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12/22/2013
Question: Where to start. So I am starting at my most basic website: www.HellaRothwell.com It's pretty much done and it took me about a week working at it a bit every day. What took me so long? Well, I wanted to be sure this is information I can live with for the next year. What message do I want
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12/21/2013
For those sellers who think they should take their homes off the market during the Christmas Holidays, the answer is plain "no". Buyers are out there looking right now, and these buyers are serious about their quest. This is the time that many people are reevaluating 2013, and are ready to start
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12/20/2013
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Frank Sinatra's timeless songs and "The Best is yet to come" struck a chord (pun intended) with me. Real estate has always been hovering at the edges of my life, but I didn't take it up as a "career" until 2006, became an independent broker in California in
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12/19/2013
When I first started in real estate, the market was UP and I was fortunate enough to get some really BIG listings. Or was I, fortunate, that is? What I found out soon enough was that many were also PROBLEM listings. They usually had a lot of acreage or were built before 1978, and many were reside
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12/18/2013