Moving to Oahu in the next year or two...helps with budget planning... I expected it to be close to my expenses here in NY ...thanks for making this video.
Super exciting! Let me know if you need any help finding a place to live- that's what I'm here for. Lots of helpful videos on real estate and living on Oahu on my channel. 🥰
@@lancevelez5430 Super exciting! Let me know if you need any help finding a place to live- that's what I'm here for. Lots of helpful videos on real estate and living on Oahu on my channel. 🥰
We live in the Kapahulu area. It definitely looks rough around the edges (like most of Hawaii 😂) but all of our neighbors are pretty friendly, and we feel safe. Overall we love the location, it’s super central, and only a 5-10 minute drive to the beach! We found our spot on Craigslist. The listing had super dark terrible photos and we thought for sure that we were not going to like it. We went and checked it out. Realized the photos definitely didn’t do the spot justice. Our landlord manages the units and seemed like a really fair/great person so we decided it was the spot. We’ve been here ever since! Thanks for watching and the love!!🤙🏼
Congratulations! 🎊 We’re glad you found this useful. If you have any other questions or video topics that would help your move, let us know! Anyways, thanks for watching!
I’ve been seeing a lot of hate from locals on different platforms about people moving to Hawaii. Have you actually ever been treated differently or looked down upon for not being local?
Not as much as we were expecting when we first moved here.. there is definitely some hate towards people moving out here because a lot of people think they are going to live this fairytale life, driving up housing prices, and just overall making it harder for the local people to afford basic things to live on their own land. With that said, we haven't had anyone be mean to us or had any encounters where anyone was rude to us because we are not locals. I feel like if you move here with the mentality to try you best to respect the people, the land, ocean, and to practice aloha you will do great out here, and the people will definitely warm up to you. I feel like you need to earn your place in the community out here. Anyways sorry kind of rambling here but hope this is some help for ya!
Parker, I have done alot of research, watched several documentaries about the history of Hawai'i and I have come to the conclusion: that whereas the natural beauty of the the Islands is unparalleled, the most beautiful about Hawai'i are the people! That is the mindset I will have should ever I decide to relocate to Hawai'i.
We sold our home and in two three weeks we will be there. We need a 3-4 bedroom because of the kids. Where do you Suggest and do you know if they have junior ROTC in any of the high schools ?
With kids I’d probably recommend looking at Kapolei or Mililani. They are lots of family’s out there and pretty of houses at a “reasonable” prices. If you can afford it I would look in Manoa Valley, Hawaii Kai, and Kailua. Hope this is some help!
Hello! I'm planning on moving with my husband and kids in 2 years. I was wondering where you stayed after you sold your house? I'm trying to figure out how we're going to work the logistics!
Wow! In Florida I pay out what 1 of you do in a month. It's getting ridiculously expensive here too. Altho we don't have paradise constantly, the humidity, hurricanes and almost nothing free,,, lol
Thank you!! We do too 😝 We adopted him while we were backpacking in Myanmar. He got lucky, now living the good life in Hawaii! He definitely deserves it. Thanks for watching!
I lived in Hawaii for 4 years and I found that if your income cannot provide the lifestyle you want, you're not going to be happy - doesn't matter where you live. I was making $80k a year as a single guy - back in 1999! I value big house and a yard. You cannot get that in Hawaii unless you are a multi- millionaire.
Exciting! We don’t, I’m sure if you dig around on the internet you should be able to find some options. We were originally going to ship stuff but decided it made more sense to sell and donate almost everything than buy stuff once we got here. A lot of people move off island here and you can find some pretty sweet deals on Craigslist and Facebook marketplace. I hope this was some help, good luck!
Per person cost of living, as I'm sure you both realize, will vary greatly from person to person. For instance, you mentioned a typical month cost for "dining out" of $700" plus as high, I remember many years ago, while in the car business in San Diego, of spending an average of over $2,000 per month for dining out. This was in the early 1980's. I frequently took customers and dates out to lunch or dinner. Frequently purchased fast-food for employees at lunch time. Here on Molokai in 2022, my wife and I were eating dinner at Hiro's Restaurant (at the Hotel Molokai) once a week. Those dinners, for just the two of us, generally cost between $85.00 and $100.00. (Hiro's dinners are superb!) On Oahu, we typically eat at Chili's in Kapolei. A dinner, including tip for the two of us usually costs between $60.00 and $70.00. Neither of us drinks adult beverages, so our bar bill is limited to lemonade and/or root beer. As members of the Marriott Vacation Club, we have timeshare vacation packages at Marriott's Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island, and at Ko Olina Beach. The annual maintenance fee for these two memberships---not including the initial purchase cost for the timeshares---was $3,119.67 due in early December 2022 for calendar year 2023. We also have a couple of timeshares with the Westin Ka'anapali on Maui. The annual maintenance fee for those two timeshares, paid on 3 or 4 January, was $2,826.99. Again, this "maintenance fee" does not include the initial cost of buying the Marriott and old Starwood timeshares. Food prices at places such as Foodland or Safeway on Oahu or Maui, as considerably cheaper than prices for the same food purchased at Friendly Market here on Molokai. We do considerable shopping at Costco in Kapolei and somewhat less shopping at Costco in Kahului. This saves us probably well in excess of $1,000 per year on our grocery bills! The 2-bedroom condo we owned at Ke Nani Kai on northwestern Molokai had a HOA fee of about $850.00 per month at the time we sold that condo two and a half years ago. The condo itself, of course, cost quite a bit more than that per month. On the other hand, what I consider a real bargain in real estate is our 2-story house in Maunaloa. We got a hell of a good deal with this place, and paid just over $400,000 for a 4,000 plus square foot house. We bought it on the G.I. Bill, as I'm a Navy veteran. Our monthly payments (at 2.25 percent interest on our loan) are a little under $2,000 per month. Both of our cars, a 2011 Buick Enclave, and a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, were paid off well before moving to Hawaii. We usually rent Jeep Wranglers while visiting the other islands. It usually costs us between $750.00 and $1,300.00 for a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited for a week to ten days on Oahu or Maui. (There were some real bargains for renting hotel rooms on all the islands for Hawaii residents during Covid. Off-setting that to some extent, however, was the cost of car rentals. Housing on Molokai is considerably cheaper than housing costs on Oahu or Maui. But we make up for it with gasoline, for which we're presently paying about $6.00 or so per gallon. We make up for the cheaper housing costs with the far more expensive food. But I would not wish to indicate that life here on Molokai is anything less than living in Paradise. Warning: Molokai is not for everyone, and the majority of our friends and family members are better advised to come here to visit us for only a few days to a week at a time. As a Pearl Harbor research historian, I spend 7 days a week working in my office with books, government documents and a number of desktop computers. Deb and I probably took about a half dozen Sunday drives in 2022. We only took beach walks three times in 2022. We hope to do better than that this year, when we complete work on our first book, tentatively titled CLOSING THE LOOP ON PEARL HARBOR. Andy McKane, P.O. Box 166, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii 96770.
Hi Andy! my family and I am moving to hawaii in 6 months and i was wondering if I can contact you about your experience! I’m a senior in Highschool and have my firefighter 1 Cert and plan to be a firefighter in Oahu
I think some people fantasize about what life would be out here maybe thinking it will be like a vacation all the time but the reality is far from it. It definitely can be hard to find a nice place out here and a solid job. Lots of people struggling to make it by. Thanks for watching!
You know Denver's rent prices are an issue if i can live on Oahu for $100 more than what i pay now. As much as natives dislike mainlanders moving there, I might just have to move over.
I live in San Mateo CA ...me and my wife are both thinking about moving to Oahu for good... you are absolutely right …cost of living are both the same … Jokingly I told my wife that "If we're going to be homeless … I'd rather us to be homeless in a Paradise..." she gave the Thumbs Up lmao!
@@t.c.8796 so i looked it up. According to The cost of living index its 1.8% higher to live in hawaii vs California. The highest difference in food price. Hawaii more but other things even out like rent higher in California.
@@Beck-Stein wow I didn't know that … thanks for researching it. so just an update... my wife and I spent a good week to really think about the move... we've both agree to give The Bay area a solid 2 more years to see if we could still survive.. she just got hire into this new job that pays better than her previous one. Same with me .. I got a decent (bit higher than my previous Job) paying job somewhere in Pacifica and her new work is in San Bruno.. so instead of moving to Hawaii this year as we previously planned we'll move to an Apartment in San Bruno area.. :)
Aloha! He originally from Myanmar but we lived with him in mainland prior to moving out to Oahu. We had to jump through all the hoops to get him exempt from quarantine.
I appreciate your help one more thing please would you say jobs are plentiful and that there are enough for someone to just come from nowhere and start working not so much high level Skilled jobs but entry level
There is definitely a good amount of entry level positions available but it’s kind of tough to find anything over $20 a hour right now but I really just depends on your experience and what your looking for! I hope this helps!
Aloha! We were able to transfer with retail jobs when we moved out and it wasn’t too difficult for us. From talking to other people it doesn’t seem hard to find a job, BUT it’s hard to find one that pays enough to cover most people expenses out here. There really arnt many corporate jobs and white collar stuff out here. Anyways I hope that was some help for ya! Thanks for watching!
I want to move to Honolulu in 2026. I’ll have a PhD. I’m looking to teach at the university. Could I get around without a car? I could use Uber and public transport? I will probably need a car as I do want to sell real estate on the side though.
Hello, we would recommend getting a car. Public transport can be not very dependable in our experience. You could maybe get a moped, pretty good option to get around the town area. Hope this helps!
It’s hard to get any meal for under $50 for the both of us unless it’s fast food out here. But yeah we definitely spent way more than we wanted to eating out. Thanks for watching!
@@WalkerAndCiara maybe not you if you aren't making a lot.. but I'm a high net worth individual and my Dividends pay a full time salary.. I would have to really have a reason to be there..
I know 😝 it’s one of our guilty pleasures and definitely not a cheap one to have. Also Ciara was getting lunch most days at work which was a good chunk of it. Anyways thanks for watching!
i mean it may be expensive but the views are worth every penny
Most definitely! We hope you have a great weekend 🤙🏼
You guys’ intros are almost the best! Awesome info, loved the video! 🤙🏼
Thanks Evan! 🙌 this intro is only half good because your in it 😉
@@WalkerAndCiara haha oh stop I’m going to blush! Back in my action days! 💥
Moving to Oahu in the next year or two...helps with budget planning... I expected it to be close to my expenses here in NY ...thanks for making this video.
How exciting! We are glad the video was helpful for you! 🙌 Thanks for watching!
We have identical stories I’m in queens moving there in 2023 and it seems like New York prices don’t it!
Super exciting! Let me know if you need any help finding a place to live- that's what I'm here for. Lots of helpful videos on real estate and living on Oahu on my channel. 🥰
@@lancevelez5430 Super exciting! Let me know if you need any help finding a place to live- that's what I'm here for. Lots of helpful videos on real estate and living on Oahu on my channel. 🥰
@@marinatolentinoJust subscribed!
Love this video! Where on the island do y’all live? And what did y’all use to find your apartment? Zillow, Facebook marketplace, etc!
We live in the Kapahulu area. It definitely looks rough around the edges (like most of Hawaii 😂) but all of our neighbors are pretty friendly, and we feel safe. Overall we love the location, it’s super central, and only a 5-10 minute drive to the beach!
We found our spot on Craigslist. The listing had super dark terrible photos and we thought for sure that we were not going to like it. We went and checked it out. Realized the photos definitely didn’t do the spot justice. Our landlord manages the units and seemed like a really fair/great person so we decided it was the spot. We’ve been here ever since!
Thanks for watching and the love!!🤙🏼
In Hawaii, luxuries are free, and necessities are expensive.
Well said
Moving to Oahu soon! Helpful information 😌 Thanks!
Congratulations! 🎊 We’re glad you found this useful. If you have any other questions or video topics that would help your move, let us know! Anyways, thanks for watching!
Hey there! Thanks for this video! That’s a great price for rent. Do you mind telling, what area are you in? Thanks!
Next time you make a video, can you make a video about the vet hospitals there for the dogs? Are service for them
Thanks for the heads up. 👍🏼
Thanks for watching!
I’ve been seeing a lot of hate from locals on different platforms about people moving to Hawaii. Have you actually ever been treated differently or looked down upon for not being local?
Not as much as we were expecting when we first moved here.. there is definitely some hate towards people moving out here because a lot of people think they are going to live this fairytale life, driving up housing prices, and just overall making it harder for the local people to afford basic things to live on their own land. With that said, we haven't had anyone be mean to us or had any encounters where anyone was rude to us because we are not locals. I feel like if you move here with the mentality to try you best to respect the people, the land, ocean, and to practice aloha you will do great out here, and the people will definitely warm up to you. I feel like you need to earn your place in the community out here. Anyways sorry kind of rambling here but hope this is some help for ya!
@@WalkerAndCiara thank you so much!
Parker, I have done alot of research, watched several documentaries about the history of Hawai'i and I have come to the conclusion:
that whereas the natural beauty of the the Islands is unparalleled,
the most beautiful about Hawai'i
are the people!
That is the mindset I will have should ever I decide to relocate to Hawai'i.
Awesome video! Thanks for the great information!
Hey Jonny! Thank you! We miss you and hope you can come visit us sometime!
Your dog! Lol!
We sold our home and in two three weeks we will be there. We need a 3-4 bedroom because of the kids. Where do you Suggest and do you know if they have junior ROTC in any of the high schools ?
With kids I’d probably recommend looking at Kapolei or Mililani. They are lots of family’s out there and pretty of houses at a “reasonable” prices. If you can afford it I would look in Manoa Valley, Hawaii Kai, and Kailua. Hope this is some help!
Hello! I'm planning on moving with my husband and kids in 2 years. I was wondering where you stayed after you sold your house? I'm trying to figure out how we're going to work the logistics!
Wow! In Florida I pay out what 1 of you do in a month. It's getting ridiculously expensive here too. Altho we don't have paradise constantly, the humidity, hurricanes and almost nothing free,,, lol
love your dog!
Thank you!! We do too 😝 We adopted him while we were backpacking in Myanmar. He got lucky, now living the good life in Hawaii! He definitely deserves it. Thanks for watching!
$3k - $4k a month is not bad. I would like a little more space though. Best of luck to you guys.
Yeah definitely some tight quarters over here 😛 thanks for watching!
I lived in Hawaii for 4 years and I found that if your income cannot provide the lifestyle you want, you're not going to be happy - doesn't matter where you live.
I was making $80k a year as a single guy - back in 1999!
I value big house and a yard.
You cannot get that in Hawaii unless you are a multi- millionaire.
Couldn’t have said it any better myself! Thanks for this!
Thanks for info making the move in 2023 do you know a cheap shipping company?
Exciting! We don’t, I’m sure if you dig around on the internet you should be able to find some options. We were originally going to ship stuff but decided it made more sense to sell and donate almost everything than buy stuff once we got here. A lot of people move off island here and you can find some pretty sweet deals on Craigslist and Facebook marketplace. I hope this was some help, good luck!
Oh great thanks for the information sounds like the standard but no one else ever told me about sales of others moving away good advice thanks
Is that Kip from Napoleon Dynamite?
😝 this is the first time I’ve gotten that but I can definitely see the resemblance 😂
I see you braddah! 🤙
Ayyy Chris! 🙌
Per person cost of living, as I'm sure you both realize, will vary greatly from person to person. For instance, you mentioned a typical month cost for "dining out" of $700" plus as high, I remember many years ago, while in the car business in San Diego, of spending an average of over $2,000 per month for dining out. This was in the early 1980's. I frequently took customers and dates out to lunch or dinner. Frequently purchased fast-food for employees at lunch time. Here on Molokai in 2022, my wife and I were eating dinner at Hiro's Restaurant (at the Hotel Molokai) once a week. Those dinners, for just the two of us, generally cost between $85.00 and $100.00. (Hiro's dinners are superb!) On Oahu, we typically eat at Chili's in Kapolei. A dinner, including tip for the two of us usually costs between $60.00 and $70.00. Neither of us drinks adult beverages, so our bar bill is limited to lemonade and/or root beer. As members of the Marriott Vacation Club, we have timeshare vacation packages at Marriott's Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island, and at Ko Olina Beach. The annual maintenance fee for these two memberships---not including the initial purchase cost for the timeshares---was $3,119.67 due in early December 2022 for calendar year 2023. We also have a couple of timeshares with the Westin Ka'anapali on Maui. The annual maintenance fee for those two timeshares, paid on 3 or 4 January, was $2,826.99. Again, this "maintenance fee" does not include the initial cost of buying the Marriott and old Starwood timeshares. Food prices at places such as Foodland or Safeway on Oahu or Maui, as considerably cheaper than prices for the same food purchased at Friendly Market here on Molokai. We do considerable shopping at Costco in Kapolei and somewhat less shopping at Costco in Kahului. This saves us probably well in excess of $1,000 per year on our grocery bills! The 2-bedroom condo we owned at Ke Nani Kai on northwestern Molokai had a HOA fee of about $850.00 per month at the time we sold that condo two and a half years ago. The condo itself, of course, cost quite a bit more than that per month. On the other hand, what I consider a real bargain in real estate is our 2-story house in Maunaloa. We got a hell of a good deal with this place, and paid just over $400,000 for a 4,000 plus square foot house. We bought it on the G.I. Bill, as I'm a Navy veteran. Our monthly payments (at 2.25 percent interest on our loan) are a little under $2,000 per month. Both of our cars, a 2011 Buick Enclave, and a 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, were paid off well before moving to Hawaii. We usually rent Jeep Wranglers while visiting the other islands. It usually costs us between $750.00 and $1,300.00 for a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited for a week to ten days on Oahu or Maui. (There were some real bargains for renting hotel rooms on all the islands for Hawaii residents during Covid. Off-setting that to some extent, however, was the cost of car rentals. Housing on Molokai is considerably cheaper than housing costs on Oahu or Maui. But we make up for it with gasoline, for which we're presently paying about $6.00 or so per gallon. We make up for the cheaper housing costs with the far more expensive food. But I would not wish to indicate that life here on Molokai is anything less than living in Paradise. Warning: Molokai is not for everyone, and the majority of our friends and family members are better advised to come here to visit us for only a few days to a week at a time. As a Pearl Harbor research historian, I spend 7 days a week working in my office with books, government documents and a number of desktop computers. Deb and I probably took about a half dozen Sunday drives in 2022. We only took beach walks three times in 2022. We hope to do better than that this year, when we complete work on our first book, tentatively titled CLOSING THE LOOP ON PEARL HARBOR. Andy McKane, P.O. Box 166, Maunaloa, Molokai, Hawaii 96770.
Hi Andy! my family and I am moving to hawaii in 6 months and i was wondering if I can contact you about your experience! I’m a senior in Highschool and have my firefighter 1 Cert and plan to be a firefighter in Oahu
What do you mean by living a fairy tail life? What’s the downside about hawaii
I think some people fantasize about what life would be out here maybe thinking it will be like a vacation all the time but the reality is far from it. It definitely can be hard to find a nice place out here and a solid job. Lots of people struggling to make it by. Thanks for watching!
You know Denver's rent prices are an issue if i can live on Oahu for $100 more than what i pay now. As much as natives dislike mainlanders moving there, I might just have to move over.
thanks
Thank you for watching 🤙🏼
Than for sharing
Thanks for watching!🙏
The cost of living in hawaii is the same as California. Some things cost more and other things less. Come on people.
You definitely are not wrong! Thanks for watching!
I live in San Mateo CA ...me and my wife are both thinking about moving to Oahu for good... you are absolutely right …cost of living are both the same … Jokingly I told my wife that "If we're going to be homeless … I'd rather us to be homeless in a Paradise..." she gave the Thumbs Up lmao!
@@t.c.8796 i agree. There are just a few things that cost more in hawaii but very similar in costs. Good luck with the move.
@@t.c.8796 so i looked it up. According to The cost of living index its 1.8% higher to live in hawaii vs California. The highest difference in food price. Hawaii more but other things even out like rent higher in California.
@@Beck-Stein wow I didn't know that … thanks for researching it. so just an update... my wife and I spent a good week to really think about the move... we've both agree to give The Bay area a solid 2 more years to see if we could still survive.. she just got hire into this new job that pays better than her previous one. Same with me .. I got a decent (bit higher than my previous Job) paying job somewhere in Pacifica and her new work is in San Bruno.. so instead of moving to Hawaii this year as we previously planned we'll move to an Apartment in San Bruno area.. :)
Never mind, I see you already answered this question! Lol. Have a great day!
Love your video. Thank you
Thanks for watching and the comment! Have a great day!
This was a great video. I thought you’d have at least 100k subscribers
Haha nowhere close to 100k 🤪 Thank you so much for this!
I would love to live in Hawaii.
Maybe you can!
Nice dog!
Thanks! 🐕
Did you get the dog in Hawaii or bring him over
Aloha! He originally from Myanmar but we lived with him in mainland prior to moving out to Oahu. We had to jump through all the hoops to get him exempt from quarantine.
I appreciate your help one more thing please would you say jobs are plentiful and that there are enough for someone to just come from nowhere and start working not so much high level
Skilled jobs but entry level
There is definitely a good amount of entry level positions available but it’s kind of tough to find anything over $20 a hour right now but I really just depends on your experience and what your looking for! I hope this helps!
Is it hard to find jobs right now?
Aloha! We were able to transfer with retail jobs when we moved out and it wasn’t too difficult for us. From talking to other people it doesn’t seem hard to find a job, BUT it’s hard to find one that pays enough to cover most people expenses out here. There really arnt many corporate jobs and white collar stuff out here. Anyways I hope that was some help for ya! Thanks for watching!
weed budget?
I want to move to Honolulu in 2026. I’ll have a PhD. I’m looking to teach at the university. Could I get around without a car? I could use Uber and public transport? I will probably need a car as I do want to sell real estate on the side though.
Hello, we would recommend getting a car. Public transport can be not very dependable in our experience. You could maybe get a moped, pretty good option to get around the town area. Hope this helps!
I live on SSI and have money to spare. Condolulu sucks. Big island is the bomb.
Super useful info, but I guarantee I will never spend $700 on restaurant food y’all are wild 😂
It’s hard to get any meal for under $50 for the both of us unless it’s fast food out here. But yeah we definitely spent way more than we wanted to eating out. Thanks for watching!
It’s EXPENSIVE living in hawaii. I’m from the Big Island lol
It definitely is! For us it’s worth it!
Nice intro montage.
Thank you! 😊
I would love to live there but don't want to pay the 10,12 or 15% taxes on my investment income..
We had no idea they charged that much on investment income. Crazy! Thanks for watching, we hope you have a great weekend!
@@WalkerAndCiara maybe not you if you aren't making a lot.. but I'm a high net worth individual and my Dividends pay a full time salary.. I would have to really have a reason to be there..
saving money on haircuts I see! haha love it!
Saving the haircut money and funneling into some Bitcoin. Sitting back and watching my hair grow along with my portfolio 💯🙌
HI
He totally looks like kip from napoleon dynamite
Kips a stud, so I’ll take it as a compliment 😆 thanks for watching 🙏
Cheaper than Seattle 👌
Honestly it is up there with Seattle. Prices aren’t far off from Portland, where we are from. Thanks for watching!
That's not alot at all... nj 3k mortgage 1200 groceries going out 800 car payment 500
$700 a month dining out??
I know 😝 it’s one of our guilty pleasures and definitely not a cheap one to have. Also Ciara was getting lunch most days at work which was a good chunk of it. Anyways thanks for watching!
@@WalkerAndCiara Liked, Subscribed (with ringy), and will leave a HI to help out your channel
Thanks Harvey! We really appreciate your support
@@WalkerAndCiara YOLO
Dining out for $24.00 a piece is not expensive.
I’m glad you don’t think so. We have been out in Asia for the last 6 months and $24 on a meal is outrageous.
Bro stop it. Nothing about you look like you go to gym 😆 🤣. Just stop. Good video tho
Yeah I really don’t workout these days. Much rather do some outdoor activities living out here. Glad you liked the video 🤙🏼
you spend nearly $1,000 a month on dining out. Double your groceries and almost as much as your rent. No wonder you're broke.