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Get Back to Having Fun

Buying a sliver of paradise in Hawaii was supposed to be a dream come true, wasn’t it?  No one spends their hard earned money on vacation property with the idea that it is going to be a daily headache, a money pit, or a constant stress inducer.  In our past blogs, we have described ways that you can maximize […]

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Setting Goals

It’s time to make New Years Resolutions again.  I never understood why a new year should be the single most significant impetus to aspire for personal success.  Whatever works, I suppose, for people to decide to eat healthier, to tackle that cluttered attic, to join a spin class, or start saving for a trip to

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Understand the Process

You wake up on a Monday morning and step into the shower half-asleep before you realize that there is no hot water.   You wait, hoping that something will happen to kick start it.  But nothing does.  At best, it’s lukewarm if you crank the handle to the very top, and you’re wishing at that moment

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:| >> :) or :| X :(

(or the importance of communication) (#1 in a 5 part series on the 5 Best Headache Cures for Kauai Vacation Rental Owners) Last week, my best friend challenged her stepsister, both busy professionals, to spend the day corresponding exclusively by emojis.  Not surprisingly, they were able to have a decent dialogue about each other’s day

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The Maiden Voyage: a Kauai vacation rental owner’s guide to stress-free property management 

The old saying goes that the two best days of a boat owner’s life are the day they buy the boat and the day they sell the boat.  With that kind of bleak forecast, I marvel at the few boat owners I know who look me in the eye and defiantly profess how much they love their boat.  I

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