I am heading out tomorrow to go to Hawaii to look for a house to buy.
Wow. Look at the height of the ceiling.
Oh, wow. This is super nice.
So, why Hawaii? I grew up going to Hawaii because I have family there, so I'm very fortunate
to have experienced all of the islands. And my favorite is the Big Island because there's
just so much endless adventure to have there. It's still volcanically active, there's dolphins,
and it's beautiful and jungly in parts. And you've got, I heard, like 12 out of 13 climates
on the Big Island. I am looking pretty much on the east side of the island because it's
jungly and lush, and I really love the sunrise. But I'm totally remaining open to whatever
I can find.
So, why buy a vacation rental there? Well, a few years ago when I was deep in meditation,
I just had this idea that I wanted to create a space where people could come and really
be themselves and enjoy nature. And I wanted to be one of the people in the world who's
facilitating these beautiful growth opportunities. And I really feel that if I want to see changes
in the way that tourism is done so that it's greener and more enjoyable as a guest because
I've stayed in about a thousand hotels at this point, then I want to be part of that
positive change. So this is a step towards that goal.
The other thing is I want to create a space where you guys can come and a place where
my friends and family can come, so that's part of it. The other part is I'm a serial
entrepreneur, and I really think that I know what it takes. And I might be in for a rude
awakening but I really think I have some great ideas around how to improve the tourism industry
and so, I want to jump in headfirst. So, I'm going to jump over there. I'm going to show
you all the properties I see and hopefully, by the end of it, we will have made a decision.
So, I am on the Big Island of Hawaii. It's been like 20 years since I've been here so
I don't really know why but my heart was calling me here. And spending the last week here,
I can just see that I was right to listen because it's a truly magical place, and I
love how accessible the nature is here. So today, we're meeting up with a real estate
agent. And we're going to check out some really cool places on the Big Island and hopefully,
see if any of them make sense to make a purchase. I got my fuel. I'm so excited.
Okay, this is our first house. And it is in an area called Volcano, which is near the
Volcanoes National Park. And it's very like, ferny and a lot of woods and kind of wild
here. And I like the energy of it a lot so we're looking at a really cute little cabin.
And well, let me just show you what it looks like.
Oh, wow. This is super nice.
And look at the surroundings.
This place is really beautiful, and it's just in
this super lush rainforest. I like that it's on three acres because I would love to turn
this more into like a retreat with multiple eco tents and things like that. The only thing
about it is there would be a lot of clearing to do on this land to make space for some
more stuff. Another big thing to consider is the permitting. A law recently passed that
makes it a lot harder to rent places out but they have the permit here so that's a huge
plus. And apparently, they're not easy to get now. That's gonna make this search much
more interesting, take a lot more time, but we can be patient.
All right.
Donna: Yes, it's a great structure. Look at the height of the ceiling.
Kristin: That is really cool.
Yeah, this really has potential for the...
Donna: [inaudible 00:04:56] walls, cupboards.
Kristin: That is really nice. This one may be a sharp contrast to the last one. Looking
like hell-ready, maybe.
All right. So far, it's been really interesting. One place was like really nice and ready to
go, fully permitted, and the other place has so much potential. Let's just say that. So
now, we're heading up the coast a little bit. We're going towards Hilo now and then, we'll
go up the east coast. It looks like a magical place, like full of waterfalls, definitely
a higher price point, so we'll have to see what we can do.
Wow, this is such a nice driveway. Magical. I like it already.
This is Donna. She's a real estate agent.
Donna: Hi.
Kristin: She's taking us all around to see some really cool places.
Donna: Yeah. This is a great one up on the Hamakua Coast. You're on the Big Island.
Kristin: Yeah, I like the color already, and I like that there's avocados so...
Oh my god, you can see the ocean from the porch. There's mangoes, rambutans, lemons.
I love that I could just eat from the property, huge plus. Look at all those avocados.
Donna: Way up there, too.
Kristin: Oh my god, rambutan tree. Look at these hairy balls.
House-hunting comes with
its perks, huh? Imagine like some eco tents or domes out here. Be amazing.
All right, solid first day. Saw one that was ready to go. Really awesome. One that is a
little bit too much of a project for me and one that is frankly not what I was thinking
but it's really good to get a sense of ...Fucking mosquito. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. It's right there.
good to get a sense of what's here! I feel like we're on House Hunters International
or something. Three houses today, one that could actually work but we're gonna keep our
options open and continue exploring the Big Island and see what else there is. It's a
big island.
All right, good day to you. It is house hunting day 2. First, we're going back to one that
we already looked at but we want to look at it again. You know what that means. And then,
there's three new ones that I'm super excited to see.
What I really like about it is this is an elevation where there aren't that many mosquito
because I've been getting eaten alive. Fucking mosquito. Kill it. Kill it. Kill it. So, that's
a huge plus for this house.
I mean, it's really got everything, full kitchen, refrigerator, washer-dryer there, which is
pretty amazing for a rental, so this is really a good start because it's perfect. Full oven,
full kitchen. Great.
Okay, I like it, even more, this time, and it's just magical. Take a look.
Well, upon first glance, this one looks really cool, too.
Oh, my gosh. This is cool. So amazing.
Wow, this is so cool. This is amazing. Hammock, hammock, hammock.
So this place has four or five units, one of which is up in the tree canopy and has
this amazing walkway, and that's what made us want to come see it. It's hard not to love
this one because it's so already ready to go. It's already a treehouse so we wouldn't
have to add to it. And it's also got this amazing jungly vibe. That's the walkway there.
I love a place that's like Instagram ready, although we would need to do some work here.
That much is clear.
Well now, I'm torn because this place needs work but it's already renting out, and people
love it. They're still giving it 4.5 stars on hotels.com. I think that we could do some
really cool stuff with it. I love that it's made of cedar and that it's just surrounded
by these ferns. And on the top floor, it's just like insane. This is actually really
hard but I'm glad that we have so many good options as well.
Well, you could do worse for views. That's amazing. That right there is the ocean.
So nice. Everything is white.
So right now, we're on the Hamakua coast, which is north of Hilo and full of beautiful,
beautiful ocean view places like this one. And the tricky part is a lot of it is agricultural
land so it's hard to get it zoned for my vision of a retreat center. So, it's just a rare
find. This place is so beautiful though, this little home and like, this ocean view is insane.
You just have an insane view of every sunrise so that's something that money can't buy.
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