Real Estate Investment
Sticker Shock When we seriously started to decide to move here (it was a half-year process, and we still weren't convinced when we got here - we spent 2.5 months in a 1bedroom, 1 bathroom suite in the Navy Lodge with 2 small children - not conducive to happy thoughts), EVERYONE including the Oahu residents told us it is too expensive, more expensive than anywhere on the mainland. Not true if you are moving here from the DMV (District of Columbia-Maryland-Virginia megalopolis). We predominantly shop at Costco and Sam's Club and everything including gas at Costco is comparable to or cheaper than the DMV. And I mean everything: surf boards, poke, ukeleles - oh wait, you don't get those at Costco on the mainland.... Side story: we go to Costco and outfit ourselves for the beach the second weekend we are here. We get Tommy Bahama chairs (only 2 will fit in the trunk of our rental car), a Tommy Bahama umbrella, a set of sand toys in which everything is packaged in the buc