Archive for June, 2008

Easy Property Search

My cousin Clark mentioned a website which he considers very useful and relevant particularly when searching for real estate in Hawaii. I checked it out today and it’s for a company offering what they call the “Hawaii Life RE Services”.

What I like about the Hawaii Life RE Services website is its really great map search. It is user-friendly and returns search results in a matter of seconds. A main way of searching for properties is by identifying the location, price range, and classification (homes, condos, lands). Or, simply choose a property from among the many featured properties in the homepage. Their search outputs include a detailed location map of the property, pictures of the property itself, and other important details about the property. The website also features properties comparable to the property you selected, which gives you a greater number of properties to choose from.

I liked the Hawaii Life RE Services website so much; I wish they also have websites for other states.

Ideas for business

I visited my aunt over the weekend to see how she’s doing with her numerous business ventures. It seemed to me that she hasn’t yet had a business overdose for she still managed to ask me if I had ideas about possible new businesses we could start together.

I told her that we could consider starting a business that deals directly with foreclosures or with mortgages. I had this idea because whenever my friends and I talk about profitable real estate businesses, businesses related to those two are usually the ones that come out.

However, the sad thing is that I don’t have much expertise in those fields. So I also told my aunt that we could always start instead a business providing real estate and moving rented services that gives the best moving quotes (which I relatively know a lot about). She seemed to agree with the idea so I might be visiting her again sometime soon.