Jen’s Blog
Been there…done that! Now it’s your turn! Find the answers you need and the steps to take to make your journey to paradise successful!
Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover
Please enjoy this excerpt from My Year In A Yurt. When you relocate, especially from Mainland United States to the Big Island, the challenge of finding a new family physician, dentist, and...
Healing From The Ground Up
Please enjoy this excerpt from My Year In A Yurt. Loyalty is a quality I find very appealing. My oldest daughter, Ashley, is extremely loyal, always going to bat for me when the chips are down. Pat...
Say “Yes” to a Yurt?
Please enjoy this excerpt from My Year In A Yurt. The dream of living in Hawaii was planted deep within our hearts years prior to actually making the move-of-faith, as I like to call it. In 2002,...
Snapshots of the Big Island
WHEN CONSIDERING MOVING TO THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII... One must understand the differences between the nine districts, the eight to ten climate zones (depending on which resource you subscribe to),...
Why is Life So Sweet on the Hamakua Coast?
There is so much to love about living on the Hamakua Coast. Rich Hawaiian history and culture, cooler temperatures, cattle and horses on a thousand grass-covered hills, tiny towns, expansive ocean...
Is Off-Grid Living for You?
Living off-grid isn’t for everyone. It takes a bit of an adventurous spirit and makes me think back to the pioneer days. But, if you want to ultimately save money, reduce your carbon footprint, go...
The Time to Sell & Buy is Now!
Many folks, both kama’aina and mainlanders, continue to ask me if this is a good time to buy or sell a home, condo or land. The answer is YES! Why? Let’s take a quick look…MORTGAGE RATES...
How to Move to Hawaiʻi
When Pat and I packed up a lifetime and household of stuff, dropped my horse and goat off at LAX Cargo, and hopped on our own separate commercial airlines, we were totally exhausted, to say the...
Hawaii Home Buying 101
Thinking about buying a home or land? The concept may be familiar or overwhelming to you. Either way, here is the best place to start... STEP ONE – Contact Me Let’s set up a time to meet, either in...
Stephanotis
I was first introduced to Stephanotis when visiting a girlfriend’s home in Waimea. I was attracted to the scent and the actual flowering bud clusters as the vine weaved itself around its host tree....
Orchids Do Double Duty in Hawaiʻi
I hate to admit it but I have never done well with orchids. I have always appreciated the unique blooms, with their vast array of color combinations, the way the flowers cascade often in a high arc...
Meet Our Menagerie
I experienced the joy of pet partnership when I was very young. My parents surprised me with an adorable calico colored kitten we promptly named Calli. (Pretty creative, right?) A few years later...