Maui 'Hot List' Hulahan

Maui County Council just sent 32 properties back to the Planning Commission with a recommendation to keep vacation rentals, and the list skips some of the most obvious candidates. Papakea has a front desk and hotel zoning. Three fully leasehold complexes met the stated criteria. None of them made it. Wondering where your Maui plans land in all this? Book an Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking H...

A property manager took care of a Maui condo for a full year, then called us asking for the lockbox code. That moment showed us the gap between getting the job and doing the job well. Want a team that stays with you after the contract is signed? Book your Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking On Today's show we share why we stopped referring clients to one Maui property management company. The li...

After roughly 36 hours without power and two days of spotty cell service, the lights are back on here in West Maui, and Jon and Daniel are recording again. Before the listings, we talk story about what the outage actually felt like: warm nights with no AC, cold showers, a dark Napili Plaza market with the freezer aisles walled off, and visitors thumbing rides back to their hotel. Jon shares his ho...

A foundation built on Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's legacy just acquired 3,200 acres on Maui and offered land to rebuild the school Lahaina lost. Now a private irrigation system is up for sale, and the question of who controls Maui's water is back on the table. Wondering where you fit into Maui's future? Book your Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking Jon and Daniel start with the land. Kameha...

Buying a Maui vacation rental that only works if the bookings keep coming is a trap we've watched buyers fall into. Between the Lahaina fire, COVID, Airbnb, and new vacation rental restrictions, Maui rental income has been anything but predictable. Here's the simple test Daniel uses before anyone buys: could you carry this property without a single dollar of rental income? On this Hump Day edition...

Some of you asked why buyers would ever let two agents make their decisions for them. They shouldn't, and Jon explains exactly why he never will. Want a guide who walks beside your decision instead of making it? Book an Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking Danny is wheels up for Maui, Jon is already planning his first plate of grinds, and somehow we ended up on the origins of saimin, orange chic...

Section J1 of the Hawaii purchase contract gives a buyer two options after inspections: move forward or terminate in writing. Read what the contract says line by line. Book an Aloha Vision Quest call with Jon and Daniel: https://bit.ly/avq-booking On this Myth-busting Friday, Jon and Daniel walk through Section J-1 and clear up a common assumption on the island: that a negotiation period follows t...

Today it's just Danny and Johnny, no Hot List, just two guys catching up and going deep on where Daniel actually came from. He grew up building decks and cabinets in his dad's woodshop, studied landscape architecture and horticulture, and somehow ended up specializing in turf science, the actual physiology of grass. His first job out of school was managing one of the most exclusive golf clubs in H...

You come home from Maui, and the trip should fade like every other vacation. For some people, it doesn't. Jon says that's the whole test. Still thinking about Maui weeks after you left? Let's talk it through. Book your Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking Danny's still cruisin' in Japan, and it turns into a real conversation about what actually separates someone who's just dreaming about Maui fr...

Jon Brath lost three houses and a condo in the 2008 recession, and it turned into the exact skill that makes him good at pricing Maui real estate today. He also grew up on Molokai as the son of a dentist his neighbors nicknamed "the Hawaiian dentist," which is a very different origin story than most agents you'll find on this island. If Jon's story sounds like the kind of guide you want in your co...

Letters are showing up in mailboxes across Maui asking owners to prove they paid taxes years ago, and so far nobody at the county has given a straight answer why. If you're weighing a Maui purchase and want clarity before you commit, book an Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking This week Jon and Daniel dig into a strange new enforcement pattern. Pohailani got a cease-and-desist letter back in 20...

Crack houses, a buyer who offered his change in a milk jar, and a scam that hid behind Lahaina's fire recovery. Jon has been doing this for 22 years and these are the stories that never make it into a listing photo. Ready for your own story to go smoothly instead? Book an Aloha Vision Quest and let's map it out. bit.ly/avq-booking It's the Wednesday edition of the Maui Hotlist Hulahan, and this on...

Someone in Lahaina wants a hundred and thirty thousand dollars for the rights to a condo that no longer exists. Before you consider a deal like that, hear what Jon has to say. Ready to talk through your own Maui move? Book an Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking A viewer sent in a real question this week. The Spinnaker condo complex in Lahaina town burned in the fire, and now someone is trying t...

Canadian buyers play by a different rulebook on Maui, and most agents never explain what actually changes for you. Ready to find out what applies to your situation? Book your Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking This Aloha Friday edition covers a lot of ground, and if you're watching from Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, or anywhere else north of the border, stick around for the middle of the episo...

Renting before you buy on Maui might be the smartest move you never considered. Daniel and Jon break down why a short-term rental can save you from a costly, rushed decision when you're transitioning your life to the island. Ready to talk through your own Maui move? Book a free Aloha Vision Quest call with us here: bit.ly/avq-booking In this episode, Jon and Daniel dig into the real financial math...

Myth Busting Friday is back, and today's myth is a big one. Your real estate agent is supposed to stay active during escrow, but is that actually happening? Danny and Jon pull back the curtain on what real oversight looks like once a deal goes under contract, and what happens when it doesn't. Ready to talk through your own Maui story? Book an Aloha Vision Quest with us here: bit.ly/avq-booking Dan...

The tea leaves are talking. Contracts are moving faster, inquiries are up, and the smart money isn't waiting around to find out why. Ready to get clarity on your own timing? Book an Aloha Vision Quest: bit.ly/avq-booking Something's shifting on the ground here in Maui. More calls, more emails, more contracts landing on our desks through escrow. Jon's read from LA: the market isn't hot yet, but the...

The weekend's storm has passed, and the Maui Hot List Hulahan is back, tracking where prices are actually landing after months of price cuts. Ready to talk through your own Maui plans? Book a free Aloha Vision Quest call with us: bit.ly/avq-booking This week Jon and Daniel walk through the biggest markdowns on the market right now, from six-figure price drops that still aren't moving units to prop...

A tropical system is circling offshore, and the island has its own quiet ritual for sending it packing. Johnny and Daniel pull back the curtain on the local hack for keeping storms at bay, the fine print buried in your purchase contract that decides who pays when nature gets rough, and why a five minute final walkthrough can save you thousands. Ready to talk about your own Maui property goals? Boo...

Eight historic Lahaina buildings damaged in the fire need forty million dollars to rebuild. The fund sits at thirty two million, and we're asking why nobody's leaning in to finish the job. Thinking about what recovery actually looks like on the ground before you make your move? Book an Aloha Vision Quest call and let's talk it through: bit.ly/avq-booking Today Jon breaks down where the Lahaina Res...

This Maui seller is asking $200,000 more than their own appraisal says the home is worth. Jon and Daniel break down why that gap exists and what it tells you before you ever make an offer. Not sure if a Maui listing is priced to sell or priced to test the market? Grab an Aloha Vision Quest and we'll walk through it with you: bit.ly/avq-booking It's the Monday edition of the Maui Hot List Hulahan,...

A $70,000 Gucci heist. A police corruption story breaking out at the top level of the Maui Police Department. A murder inside a Kahana condo complex. A congressional candidate pulling a knife on a Maui Kai resident. Four different headlines in one week, and every single one of them happened in a community small enough that everybody here knows somebody involved. Ready to make the move to Maui the...

Jon just paid $1,700 for two tires and $115 to dry clean seven shirts, and he still says he would never leave. Here is what nobody tells you about the real cost of island living before you retire here. If those numbers make you pause, that is exactly what an Aloha Vision Quest is built for. Book yours free: bit.ly/avq-booking Jon is back on the rock after his mainland trip and brings receipts. Two...

Johnny came home from Amalfi coast traffic and Coronado freeways more convinced than ever that mainland driving habits do not belong on Maui, and the reason why says a lot about what actually changes when you move here. Curious what else changes when you trade the mainland for Maui? Book an Aloha Vision Quest and get clarity before you commit: bit.ly/avq-booking We hit 500 subscribers, and we are...

Is haole a slur? Jon says there are no noble races, only noble people. This one gets real, from what the word actually means to how it feels to be an outsider on two different sides of the world. Ready for a team that talks to you straight, even about the hard stuff? Book your Aloha Vision Quest at bit.ly/avq-booking . This week Jon breaks down what haole actually means, where the word came from,...