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Show 15: Clint Hansen with Bob Hansen and Donna Hansen
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Clint Hansen: Aloha and good morning! This is
Clint Hansen with Maui Luxury Real Estate; hope you're having a wonderful Monday drive. Today were broadcasting on KAOI Radio Group 11:10 AM, 96.7 FM, 98.7 FM and our friends on the West Side at 95.5 FM. I was actually just out on the west side the other day looking for into a new listing, so uh. stay tune were going through this whole process on staging and getting it ready. I'm gonna be releasing a video about how we really abled to kind of benefit our new listings coming on to the market and uh how the best maximize the sale and more importantly for a lot of people reduce those days on market not to say that the days on market have been particularly long we continue to see increase uh sales prices, uh and reductions of days on the market, uh the change in the medium price and the October statistic its just got release by the realtors association of Maui is up 14.5% but the funny thing is you might think it might be a little gloom because you would see the number of actual home sales have dropped 12.3%, funny thing is it's a lack of inventory coming on a really pushing down the number of sale which is exactly why your saying that medium sales pricing increased, So its hence to be a good market and the condo market is even hotter, Uhm so for new listings in general there's been an 8% increase, 8.7 natis, pending sales have increased 7.9% and close sales have uh increased, Uhm 18.2%, So let's say, uh small percentage decline of 2.1%, Uhm, those average sale prices again there are going up a lot so if you're looking to maximize your value in investment maybe it's time for you to transfer, Uh your investment to another property up greater anything as long as lands, you're going to see the side of lower price properties pushed up against the medium. So, it's a really good opportunity and time to somebody who is looking to trade up maybe they want an additional bedroom or maybe they want some more square footage a different location. This is a really good opportunity to do that or perhaps to just look into pull your money out of the investment pull, and uh put it to something into the mainland, and Uhm regardless this is the holiday season were gonna need a little bit more money to get buy and there are people who needs your help as well and here today with Bob and
Donna Hansen, That's my Mommy and Daddy, Say Hi guys!
Donna Hansen: Hello!
Bob Hansen: Hello! Hehe,
Clint Hansen: [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: So, uh I've had my license 19 years now, got my brokers, my Mom has had your license, how many uh, How many decades?
Donna Hansen: -- Oh you're so cruel! [Laughing background]
Donna Hansen: --All for 4 decades,
Clint Hansen: 40 years!! my goodness, and Dad you, young whipper snapper how many years?
Bob Hansen: --- Uhm, only 30 I'm very young. [Laughing background]
Clint Hansen: Oh, Ha-ha that's sweet child, Hi-hi So Well, uhm and Bob's been one of the number one sales agent in the - uh in Maui, more often in any other agent, Uh he, -- you were number one sales 4 times right?
Bob Hansen: -- Yep!
Clint Hansen: Wow! And of course, Uh we have both been the top 100 agents on the island's multiple times, the only family team to do that. And one of the ways we like to get back every year you know, we worked as a team together, and my, Uh Mom pushes and drives us and always tells us, [Donna giggling background] it's not about the money we make, it's about what we do and how we give to the community, Uhm we're actually preparing for are toy drive this year, Mom tell us all about it, Friends of the Children Justice Center.
Donna Hansen: -- Well we actually, started are office early this year --
Clint Hansen: -- Hmmm.
Donna Hansen: and, Uhm because Thanksgiving is just a few days away from the beginning of December, so Christmas is really close. And what -
Bob Hansen: -- what, what was the sign I showed you in that store. -
Donna Hansen: 17 days, --
Bob Hansen: Thanksgiving Day, is 17 days away.
Donna Hansen: Yes!!
Bob Hansen: No... It's terrifying!
Donna Hansen: -- And so we have are, our toy box at the office,
Clint Hansen: -- U-huh,
Donna Hansen: -- we also, just this weekend, uh drove over to Client's property and picked up a bunch of presents for the children and brought them back to the office and put them in the toy box,
Clint Hansen: -- Oh nice!
Donna Hansen: So, it's all starting and we're very excited and hope it will be really a good year for are children and the justice center, that really needs the love and care, and to let themselves be told that they are cared and loved.
Clint Hansen: -- Ahh!
Bob Hansen: -- And of course, uh as usual, uh the toys that we collect and money we collect and the gift certificates that we collect were just for Maui County Children.
Clint Hansen: -- Yep, Alone!
Donna Hansen: -- Yes!
Clint Hansen: -- and that's really important, uh a lot of people don't realize that if you're doing a Toys for thought, not that their, uh a bad program, or anything like that. But if you want to be benefiting the local people of Maui we highly recommend you, -- work it Friends of the Justice Center because that's specifically benefits Maui children,-- and uh, and if you go for Toys for Thought more often they not loading it in and shipping it over to Oahu to benefit the children over their because, -- Uhm you know bless their hearts, The Marines are the ones that came up with the Toys for Thoughts, So Typically, more their bases and you know connections are base off, of Oahu where the main Military bases are, So if you want to give, you know Toys for Thought is wonderful, -- But if you're looking to help out Maui kids, -- Friends of the Children Justice Center is the way to go. I mean they don't just do toy drives; I mean Toy for Thought is specific, but when people reach out to Friends of the Children Justice Center it helps abuse and neglected kids of Maui, -- Uhm and their usually the first person that the police call, -- Uhm if they have a domestic dispute or a situation and which they have to put a kid in a family, -- Uh situation like an Auntie, Uncle, Grandma and Grandpa they can drop the kids off, -- And there's a fresh change of clothes, a bed, --uh sheets, food bag pack with some basic supplies, -- So justice center, uhm Friends of the Children Justice Center has all that laid out. So, they don't have to have government red tape, they're non-profit 501 C3. They show up, They have all the year there for a moment's notice and they do huge outreach to children in this situation, To you know help prevent the reciprocating cycle of, -- you know abuses and neglect, I mean if these kids, when they're going to the program know that they are loved and watch after and taking care of, -- and it really prevents, you know a lot of those slippery slopes. You know as, as a, children growing and become parents of themselves. -
Bob Hansen: We have been supporting the Friends of the Children Justice Center for, - uh I don't know, 20 years.
Donna Hansen: -- At least!
Bob Hansen: Something like that.
Donna Hansen: -- At least 10.
Bob Hansen: -- and About maybe 10 years ago, we have the opportunity to meet some of the graduates from, the Friends of the Children Justice Center program, the kids.,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh- hmm.
Bob Hansen: -- these kids are awesome, I mean they are, they want to help, the Friends of the Children Justice Center, they're volunteers, and they're just upstanding citizen, and it's just really heartwarming to see them, to that.
Donna Hansen: -- I just want to point out, wanting that is really important for everyone to understand, is when the Children Justice Center is sentenced to take the child, The Child is frightened, weather, no matter what age , Additionally these children believe that the reason that they're being taken away is cause it's their fault, Its their fault they've been beaten by their parents, it's their fault they've been sexually abuse, That's part of the psychology behind the CJC, is that they come in to make those children feel like they're loved and cared for, and they're going to be taking care of,
Clint Hansen: -- That's not their fault!
Donna Hansen: -- and That's extremely important, and it's not their fault. It's hard, it's very difficult for these kids,
Bob Hansen: -- Uh-hmm.
Donna Hansen: -- and CJC has turned these children's lives round, and this fantastic to see the successes that they have been able to complete,
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah and you know, and uh, I have my daughters, and uh, they go to school up country at Carden Academy and uh, I was explaining to them the importance of the Friends of the Children Justice Center and usually they do their toy drive and I hadn't even told my Mom and Dad. ----
Donna Hansen: -- Ha hah ha!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm so, uh when I was talking to him discussing the benefits associated with, working with the local community as opposed to, you know Toy of Thoughts, they didn't know that those toys don't really benefit Maui kids, So, uh, I actually, I'm getting their toys and everything, so we're gonna have additional poles any programs that you guys looking to donate. This isn't something that you know, you just have to individually or go you know while we are most definitely a drop off center at our office which is at 161 Wailea EK Suite 8. -
Bob Hansen: -- 8106,
Clint Hansen: -- 8106 Okay, Alright, I guess I know my address huh. Ha-ha
Bob Hansen: -- Ha hah ha!
Donna Hansen: -- Bank of Hawaii, is also uh, they contribute a great deal adding to the branches, Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh-hmm, that's you, you're urging wasn't it?
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah !
Clint Hansen: -- didn't you back him a little bit?
Bob Hansen: -- Ha hah ha.
Donna Hansen: -- No, no no,
Bob Hansen: -- No-no! Ha hah ha.
Donna Hansen: -- Oh well! Then, I mean yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- bank of Hawaii, they collect toy and they bring it to us!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh! That's awesome!
Donna Hansen: --Yeah awesome!
Clint Hansen: -- And if anybody is looking to do that if they need a distribution point, you know are office again uh, is it the Wailea Town Center, 161 Wailea EK suite 8106, that's right next to Matteo's largest wine selection, uh by the glass in the State of Hawaii. So, you know, make sure you cheers yourself after work, go over there! Ha hah ha,
Bob Hansen: -- [Laughing] We were discussing earlier, Matteo's it's not a good place to eat if you're on a diet.
Clint Hansen: -- [Laughing] Who eats out and throw a diet!
Donna Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- So, uhm yeah, I-I was actually, uh want to have a folk and kind a discuss things but, especially during this time a year there's a lot of going on with everybody's schedule and were actually prepping for our Toy drive. Uh that's one of our big pull so far, we've had, What? 250,000 dollars in donations or something like that, what was it?
Donna Hansen: -- I- I you know, I don't -
Bob Hansen: -- And Gift Certificates!
Clint Hansen: -- and gift certificate something yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- yeah gift certificates, something like that! Right!
Clint Hansen: -- So, and this is over, you know decades and uh-hmm, its not just about bringing toys sometimes finding the time to go out and deliver those toys is very difficult, So uh-hmm, you know every dollar that you put in is multiply. There's a lots of program that have matching gifts associated with it , so the best thing you could do certainly is give cash but it's so fun to go out there and get a toy and uh, you know think that this going to be given to a child, that you know needs and wants, and is looking forward to a gift!
Donna Hansen: -- Don't forget about the older children, they love to!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh-jeez! Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- And they love to buy something for themselves, it's hard to pick out for older kids, so they get to gift certificates...
Clint Hansen: -- Yup! Gift certificates!
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah and that makes a difference!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, the Shop with A cop is my favorite uh. --
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah! Absolutely!
Clint Hansen: -- That's again uh.
Bob Hansen: -- Con on Top!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh no uh, Shop with a Cop!
Bob Hansen: -- Oh Shop with a Cop! That's right! Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- So, shop with a cop is awesome they uh, partner up with major retailers and I believe its Walmart this year. Uh-hmm and uh. -
Bob Hansen: -- it might be Target!
Clint Hansen: -- Nah, I'm pretty sure its Walmart, Uh-hmm they go and have uh -uh additional outreach to know, you know officers or not, the enemy, you know that there's so many things they can go and rely on and feel safe with and uh-hmm so they use you know money, U-hmm and they give money to the officers and they have a matching gift again through the Retailer, to you know double their spending amount, So they'll go around and shop with the kids. And it's really fun experience to get to go shop with their new toy and uh its, it's just wonderful to see the connection, you know in the community because that's, it's those relationship that could formed and bring the community together that prevent strive and difficulty time as go on. -
Donna Hansen: -- And it shows to children that they can run to, not away from the police officer
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- and I think that's really important that they need to know that they can feel secure in most cases,
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- I mean, you know I have to, uhm always, you know there's, I can't say for sure all the time,
Bob Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah 99 percent, all the time.
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- So, I mean, and that's important to really instill in the young children the fact that, you know maybe they have uh, uh negative connotation or association with an officer because you know, that was the person took them away from mom and dad and not being in a young aged, not realizing you know that it's not their fault and be, you know that this officer is there to help and connect them and be a support system and uh-hm, you know that be a legal family connection really all connects through Friends with the Children and Justice center. We love them, we worked for them, uh as much as humanly as possible. U-hmm and again our office is at 1614 Wailea EK suite 8106, uh-hm in addition to the uh listings that we're talking about, uh there's some other outreach that we do and have done in the past, Uh-hmm and you know people want to have a home for Christmas that's an important thing. And one of the big issues that we deal with on this island is dramatic lack of affordable housing, uh-hmm you know there's a time and time again uh, where even through the fast track process, uh communities are you know slated to be built even on land, designated for workforce housing and workforce application and they get shutdown and the problem with that is when you shoot down the fast track process its basically nullifies the ability to do that again meaning they're not going to be workforce housing, I mean you have to realized that having a home in Maui is a dream for everybody. Uh-ha not just the residence but we need to protect the local people, U-hmm and there's about a ten thousand home short force in Hawaii right know, and there's need just to be a thousand home build a year to maintain, you know there's already a lots and lots multi-generational houses and no opportunities for them to go anywhere, Uh-hm, one of the program of course is Habitat for Humanity and they're right now building some structures in Lahaina, but uh, as our previous show we actually, also have in Na Hale o Maui which is the community land trust, Uh-hmm Bob you were actually one of the, you know original received money in that right?
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah that's right! So, John Anderson and myself really got together and started uh, this program and
Clint Hansen: -- the community. -
Bob Hansen: -- community land trust!
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- which was, its all, it's a program where you know, there's a lot of different avenues to provide for, for affordable houses this is just one, it can't be all Maui, Na Hale o Maui
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- because you have to have, people that you know buy, uh free simple properties this is uh, this hold, that's is 99 year release its $10 a year, and then as time goes on people get more and more percentage and uh, investment in the properties.
Clint Hansen: -- a shared interest,
Bob Hansen: -- nationwide land trust model, uh after 5 years its over 710 percent of those people who get into the regular market -
Clint Hansen: -- Yup!
Bob Hansen: -- because they are taught how to save money, how to get their credit score up, and its just they see the light they own home, they actually sell that home back to the community land trust for somebody that's waiting for a home and they get into the regular market.
Clint Hansen: -- Yup!
Bob Hansen: -- So, it just, it brings everybody, everybody else up economically.
Clint Hansen: -- and that's essential, I mean one of the things that the uh, that's so fantastic about in Na Hale o Maui is, you know it teaches people, but when you have a share an ownership and paying into something your saving for their future so many times, I mean it's, its really unfortunate when you're paying your rent, you're paying somebody else's mortgage, you're going to their savings in long term interest, and owning your own peace of paradise means that when you're making those payments, weather to be in Na Hale o Maui in the shared ownership, uh-hmm you know it's also saving for the future in all of, of a home. As Bob mentioned almost 70% of them are trading into the normal market out of this uh, affordability. So it is uh, one of those essential programs it's not the only thing what uh, Habitat for Humanity does really good but the biggest thing that we need is, is increase in supply you know its important to talk to your representatives and know what's going on and when this things come out you know, show up in support for these uh, developments I mean most people just don't want anything ever build and they complain in about a fact that there's nothing available that's affordable, and it's a double edge short, I mean there are people that come in to Maui and they're purchasing real estate here, but uh you know buying large a lot of those people, while you might see a tax code from somebody that's not in Hawaii that's usually because they're holding or they're trustor wherever is in the main land or where they pay their taxes is. So, uh-hm you know, most of the homes that we have here have uh, you know local people that own and live here or have a second home uhm , but it's in essential that you know when you see this that you are focus on that, uh I'm sorry, -- I lost my train of thought . Hahaha [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- [Laughing] I got a very little sleep last night,
Bob Hansen: [Laughing]
Donna Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- are dog is not feeling very well, just completely spacy. I've been up all night, taking in and out. -
Bob Hansen: [Laughing]
Donna Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- but uh-hmm, yeah, it's important to know that uh, the supplies one of our big issues we need to focus on that fact. And if there's no way that where even building a thousand homes let alone make that short force a ten thousand, so please come out and support a lot of these.
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah, that's Clint's as to talk to your council person, uh and just tell them we need affordable housing when it comes up for both, for affordable housing please come to pass it and so many times they turn it down because the people and their neighborhood says, well not my neighborhood. -
Donna Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm.
Bob Hansen: -- you know that goes for all kinds of things you know when windmills in homes, and uh
Donna Hansen: --Yup uh-hmm, maybe.
Bob Hansen: -- things that nature, not in my neighborhood.
Donna Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm.
Bob Hansen: -- but we need the homes! Uh we need for the people on Maui workforce housing all the local people they need to live somewhere, and they can't just have five families in one house. It's just not right.
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, you know there are things that are getting approve on the west side, but that is where the largest short force is. They need to uh, you know work on this workforce housing and have the opportunity for people who work over there, to actually live there, because we have people commuting from up country, Central Maui, Kihei and they're going over there because, uh it's about our 65 or 70 percent of the tourist hour, and that's where those hotel jobs are, so they gonna commute their and that's why you see that traffics are building and building, right around 2:30, nah actually 3:34 o'clock . U-hmm, you know a lot of people get upset at traffic flows, a lot of ways we can resolve that but the main way is to reduce the flow of people having to commute, if people can live in work and we offer these you know workforce housing to people that are already over there it's going to be one of the biggest things just as small 1% change in the amount of traffic that's flowing through traumatically affects how much, how much good luck there is,
Donna Hansen: -- when you mention the counsel, I think it's really important to uh, to talk to counsel people, they represent you and what's really really important is watch what they do because if you have a lot of people saying, look if you gotta go for this and the council member is not responding remember that when you go to vote, you wanna vote to people that represents Maui county's population and they do what they say not just, not follow the directions of the people that they represent,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm.
Donna Hansen: -- so, it's really important to keep note on that and when voting comes up please go vote for Maui county's better life.
Clint Hansen: -- And uh, if you look at this statistics inventory just keep dropping. And its, simply because there's no availability we went down 18.3% so far just this month compare likely to last, so uh-hmm, that short force growing you and uh, know people don't like the idea of higher density you know, but at the end of the day that's really the solution is building more homes in a tiger area and a more affordable rate, you know and build this communities up for people can live and work in the same place. And uh we - Radio interviewer: Can I jump in here? And say that uh, it's also sad, I mean just in last week I've known two people that actually moved out of Maui to go in Las Vegas just because of this problem,
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: -- of course that's not just housing but more money to be made in some places.
Clint Hansen: -- or At least the same!
Donna Hansen: -- for the working-class people
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm. Radio interviewer: and opportunities and I don't think there's anything sadder than seeing local people having to leave because they can't afford to have a house.
Clint Hansen: -- and there's more need of Hawaiians actually in Vegas than there are in Hawaii
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- it's kind of scary in statistic
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm , and you know there noticing the average life span of Hawaiians is increases in larger or uh, longer number of healthy years that their living over there, and a lot of that is stress associated you know in making it a day to day living, and having a high cost living, So that's part of the reason you are seeing a lot of these people, you know moved to the main land, is there's just more opportunities out there, I means its great in a sense that if you're here and you buy and you get into one of these home projects, Uh-hmm you know this development where there's a lot of demand out there, uh you can uh-hold on to the properties for usually 10 years is what the allotment is sometimes is lower like 5 or 8 but, normally its about 10 years you can hold on to these properties and then you're selling it at market rate, when you're selling it at market rate that's fantastic, you build up savings you have the opportunity to make more lateral moves, you know whether you make the decision to move to the main land its probably gonna be more reserved for when you know, you're in your golden years and you know, you wanna be using that equity build. But it is a plus of starting at the top of the value of regimen, Radio interviewer: -- Do the real estate people on, uh Maui try to have a conversation with the council people, uhm about the importance,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm, Radio interviewer: -- when, this is usually, I mean last year, right? There's been, turn downs couple of projects I believe, right?
Bob Hansen: -- Yes that's right! In fact, I was just at a council meeting, uh that's last few days ago, and they were talking about, you know changing the tax structure,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh huh, every year.
Bob Hansen: -- Uh huh, Ha hah, one of the crazy things that they were talking about which they removed from the tax structure was, that the uh, they were gonna tax every property at its highest and best use, so if your apartments owned, and you rented your property at long term 6 months or more, they were gonna tax that property as if it were a vacation rental.
Donna Hansen: -- OH!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh you mean, if it was hotel zone. Right?
Bob Hansen: -- No! all apartments owned built before 1989!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh my God! Radio interviewer: Wow!
Clint Hansen: -- That's ridiculous!
Bob Hansen: the ----
Bob Hansen: -- up in few years ago, and they were really, seriously discussing that - Radio interviewer: Why?!
Bob Hansen: -- and I - Radio interviewer: do you know why?
Clint Hansen: -- Well.
Bob Hansen: -- because they want more money!
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah, they trying to pull in more revenues, the idea, they failed to see the fact that if you're gonna be doing this, it actually makes my blood boil.
Bob Hansen: - Uh huh!!
Clint Hansen: -- because there are, even in vacation rental or condo complexes, there is people that lived there long term that own their unit, there's also people rent long term, and if you're gonna double the effective tax rate of a place, the people who own they're gonna have no option to either a. sell their place or b. rented at, you know vacation rentable rate, so they can make that money to pay the difference in the tax, its going to reduce the amount inventory available, its gonna push those people who are already living in those places, to go in to other location that are not vacation rentable. Reduce the supply, increase the costs and uh-hmm, it's one of the most easy things to realize that it's a bad idea but almost every single year, it gets brought up to change the tax structure that way, I'm Absolutely astonish that we as a community of realtors have come together and explain that this is a bad idea!
Bob Hansen: - and it's amazing that, uh I was the only realtor in that room. Only 5, 6 people testified and that was it and,
Donna Hansen: -- Wow!
Bob Hansen: -- but two of them councils' credit, they removed that -
Clint Hansen: -- Good!
Bob Hansen: -- from the program. Radio interviewer: Oh, thanks god! But if you had in there to explain and again,
Bob Hansen: -- I don't know!
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- But there are also doing another thing which I'm a little confused about, is they are going to tear the taxes, so you get uh, up to I don't know what the numbers going to be but if you have a property that's worth a half a million years tax at one rate, and if you have a properties for a million and half or two million tax at another rate, which is gonna be higher, --
Clint Hansen: -- Hmmm!
Bob Hansen: -- at, or above that 2 3 years, their talking about so I gotta do a little bit more research on that, that's not right, you're already paying more tax on a 3 million-dollar properties.
Donna Hansen: -- right! Radio interviewer: so, its sounds like it's always easy to think there's a quick fix and unfortunately people don't have time to always look at the details and I don't know if that's the case!
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: or not but quick fixes aren't always the ones work out the way people think they were going, and unfortunately, we generalize things enough for people wanted to sound good but fixing they don't look the consequences about those quick fix.
Donna Hansen: -- I think one of the most important things something that we, uh-hmm experience before with the, different group of council members and different governor is we, they close a lot of uh, they started really hurting people who were in the business of renting out their homes. And when they decrease the availability of that I know North shores specifically really suffered because we used to have tons of different Ho'okipa, used to have a lot of more exciting events and things and people would rent to windward --- Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- surfers have a quite a bit of money usually uh, coz they can pop all over the world, Maui was one of their favorite places.
Clint Hansen: -- OH! For destination. Radio interviewer: -- right!
Donna Hansen: -- So, uhm, the maids, our gardeners, all of the suppliers they all lost a ton of money, lost their homes, when they were employed ----
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm!
Donna Hansen: -- and it really was heartbreaking and very frustrating. And uh I see, I have concerns that what we are seeing going on now is very close to what it was before, but I think its important to go back to what we need to do us individuals for uhm, Children and that are, you know either homeless. Some these kids are homeless and it's not their parents' fault, you know they just can't, they just can't meet, and lot of them are hungry and so, I just wanna bring up, There's St, Therese's that feeds people every night, Uhm there's you can donate to Feed my Sheep, you can donate to Maui food bank, there are quite a few places around that do help with food for people that in needs, So I just wanna mention that because that's really important. It's not just about food and toys, and that I mean, in all those things playing into making Maui county families and children specially are our future better.
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! And then another one, that is a fantastic thing, again getting back to housing for those less fortunate homeless and whatnot. Uh-hmm, the Ka Hale A Ke Ola the homeless resource center here on island they, through Kihei association and partnership uh, have created mobile showers which is fantastic, and you know it's not only an opportunity to people get clean and have lingerie and feel more like a dignified individual, but it's also way for them to connect to people to offer additional resources because a lot of the homeless people that are out there are really incapable of you know, asking for help or hesitant to do that so having this outreach programs like Cup of Cold Water and the Mobile Shower assistant, is essential to create more connections between homeless people. And, and its great you know, and one of the things that I'm advocating for and lot of the meetings which currently doesn't exist is essential parking location, for people to go to for a relatively nominal cost, I mean right now on island uh-hmm, there's a great number of homeless people that are living out of their cars, when people think about homeless they think of a person walking the street you know that, that's unfortunate men that has plastic bags and suffers from mental illness and his on his journey on, as Jesus and he doesn't want anybody's help so if you try to give him money or shoes or anything he'll avoid it, avoid you, but you know you can literally take a bite of a sandwich and put it in trash, then he goes down Lopoa every single day, uh at about 4:30, Ha hah ha. He'll go in to the same trash can, he'll get what's in there, I mean it's very unfortunate but it's very unique that they have this individual problems and this is a great opportunity for people to connect to homeless people and give them, Uh-hmm, those additional options for housing and employment and all that kind of stuff, but one of the things that's really undeserved those are homeless people in their vehicles, Uh-hmm, there's so many times that people, you know for so many reasons that they have to leave their apartment, you know maybe they have an animal that's very close to them that they can't find a place too that's accepting of a pet, which is very difficult thing here in Maui an d they're not willing to give up their, their kid basically, you know its fur baby that's everybody says, or you know many times, you know people have their deposit in, they get injured on the job so they have break in their income, Uh-hmm sometimes they have bad roommate situation where there's stealing or abuse involve and they need to leave immediately, finding a place here is very difficult and there is a very very, very fine line between you know the temporary and to the habitual homeless and having a safe community where people can go and park their cars that you know has resources there that has showers and you know, Central toilets so, that you know you're not defecating on woods or anything like that, if you go behind the airport in the evening there's like a hundred and plus vehicles of homeless people parking back there. And the police can't tell them to go somewhere else, where they gonna go? there's no opportunity out there for them to find a place to park. And you know the 90 plus percent of them are just looking for a safe place to hang their head and sleep with both eyes close and there's just, there's nothing like that available. So, one of the things that I'm gonna be advocating for is that to have essential parking location for people to go, you know have those showers so that the --- Radio interviewer: -- would there be security available, there will be possible to have security in those area to protect the people who are -
Clint Hansen: -- I'm would imagine there's gonna be policies associated you know, it's probably gonna be semi-dry, you know -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- where there's not a lot of drinking or drugs associated with it so people with family can be, you know taking care of -- Radio interviewer: -- I like the idea! And if you could have security so the people who are just --
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-huh! Radio interviewer: -- trying' to that versus the people who might be not quite feeling safe there. If you had securities as well -
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm! Radio interviewer: -- posted, I think it's a very good idea -
Clint Hansen: -- Absolutely! Radio interviewer: -- I mean, if it was a safe place where people could go because it is a huge problem and where seeing, there seeing in San Francisco,
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: -- I think the average medium home, there's 1 million, 300 thousand
Clint Hansen: -- Wow! Radio interviewer: -- dollars now. And so, what's happening? There seeing more people in the streets more than ever before, the homeless population in San Francisco -
Clint Hansen: -- Washington too! Radio interviewer: -- has gone and Washington as well!
Clint Hansen: -- we were up there uh, at a friend's wedding and uh, when we were talking with them, she actually works for a local news station there, and she interviewed over a hundred different homeless people and she said none of the, large majority of them just realized it was so much easier to live out of a tent community -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh-hmm, you know have the ability to save a little bit money - Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- Everybody looks help for each other -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, they can operate as, usually you wouldn't think this, but they've got their laptops, their graphics designers, they go to work on their bike, you know there still showing that uhm, but there's just no opportunity for affordable homes, unless Maui continues to investing, increasing you know, their infrastructure to help these people you know, connect to affordable homes, and like in Na Hale o Maui or you know the hmm -- Radio interviewer: -- and their fuller, there's also I think, waiting list to get in there,
Bob Hansen: -- oh! Yeah waiting list.
Clint Hansen: -- yes!
Donna Hansen: -- yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- we also have the mentally ill and -- that are homeless, wondering uh-hmm.
Clint Hansen: -- Oh! Whole another issue! Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- That's something that uh, it would be good to get at some people
Bob Hansen: -- OH!
Donna Hansen: -- that would, that could maybe offer some kind of suggestions and you know it's a charity that I really kind of, uh want to build about,
Clint Hansen: -- a year on the mental hor --, mental health board in the past -
Donna Hansen: -- state, so they spent their money on Oahu!
Clint Hansen: -- Yes. Uh hah ha.
Donna Hansen: -- So that's really important to understand, that's one of our biggest problems is that the -
Clint Hansen: -- limited resources -
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- were last on the list. Radio interviewer: -- I think that you know when, some hearing you talk, I mean there's such an amazingly, intelligent caring group and the uh-hmm, In real estate --
Clint Hansen: -- Oh yeah! Radio interviewer: -- that are understand this figure more, than maybe people in office --
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: -- in politics!
Clint Hansen: -- well even some of the realtors himself, that's have work on board which you know uh-hm, I'm not saying their names, but you know they've been homeless themselves at one time or another, and you know when people of mental illness, you know a lot of them, just because they are an incapable of getting the thing that they need when they are in those critical situations and that's one of the reasons that the temporary homeless is fine line between in habitually homeless, because you know a lot of times people are feeling down on themselves. And their self-medicating -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-hmm. ---
Clint Hansen: -- and that's helping trigger their you know, emotional distress or their mental illnesses that comes to the surface, and you know a lot of people have uh-ha, negative --- associated with mental illness, in fact this is, it's very common, it's very, very common -
Donna Hansen: -- when in fire, you know -
Clint Hansen: -- it's nothing to be ashamed of, and I mean, you know
Donna Hansen: -- Nah! It's true.
Clint Hansen: -- people need resources and the community has been slowly falling apart since the 80's because of the lack of available funding to help these individuals -
Donna Hansen: -- Right! When they could have act - Radio interviewer: -- you know, I wish every day, could be Thanksgiving Day! [Laughing Background]
Donna Hansen: -- me too, me too! Radio interviewer: -- I mean thanksgiving, you see everyone getting together and feeding the people -
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!! Radio interviewer: ---- feeding the people, and there's everyone want to do this, you know but that's just one day a week folk, Ah hah, let's just go on beyond that and I guess real estate people have to be like you and uh, be there on lobby. Uh-hmm to try and help understand and I just have a quick question? Do you see people building bigger homes knowing that they can put four families in there and trying to think of that's the way that they'll make an income to pay their mortgage?
Clint Hansen: -- So, there --- definitely
Bob Hansen: -- I've seen it, I've been driving down street in papa, in Boone avenue, you see this huge home out there,
Clint Hansen: -- It's awesome!
Donna Hansen: ------ family!
Bob Hansen: -- building - then they have, there 3 or 4 families living in this home, Radio interviewer: ---- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: ------ Yeah relatives!
Clint Hansen: -- the biggest issue with those larger home is parking, you know! Radio interviewer: ---- yeah that's true!
Donna Hansen: ------ Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- but for uh, I love it you know, I've got friends that are living this communal houses, uh there's a few of them, that are rentals as well but most time I see them its like a family affair, I actually in Escrow right now, I'm representing the seller on Home in Kihei that has uh, a lot of different living spaces in it and on the same street, you know there's other homes uh, that have been built, uh you know walls to walls, to corner to corner of the property--
Clint Hansen: -- and it's almost entirely living space, and they've got you know, 3, 4 , 5 generations of family in it, and its, the funny thing is people think oh men! That's a bummer and but its, but I've got to tell you I've never felt so safe, it's you know, its nice everybody is looking out for each other, their very communal, their giving each other their bananas, and you know their roast pork and -- [Laughing] I mean every time I go there it's like, Hello's and hugs and stuffs, I really like it and its good to see you know the opportunities out there, for people to live together but everybody wants and has its dream of a white - fence , you know where there -
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hmm.
Clint Hansen: -- people to have their animal, you know that to have their own space and growing, build their own future and save simultaneously --- Radio interviewer: ---- but you know, when I know that, that the Mountain people that are able to do that and in Maui and in San Francisco, maybe in Washington, is getting smaller and smaller and the American dreams change, and uh it's unfortunate but I think we have to really wake up -
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm. Radio interviewer: ---- to the fact that, that was a dream, that was another lifetime,
Clint Hansen: -- there's less --- Radio interviewer: ---- a past generation and that, that American dream, god bless the people who can actually make that happen, and you know how hard, you see now how hard they have to work to make that happen. --
Clint Hansen: -- Yup! Radio interviewer: ---- right?
Clint Hansen: -- generation uh, not x, but the millennial generation is actually the first generation, that you're starting to see average life expectancy dropped. Radio interviewer: ---- what??
Clint Hansen: -- and its almost completely --- Radio interviewer: ---- what?? Really?
Clint Hansen: -- yeah! Its contributed -- Radio interviewer: ---- really?
Clint Hansen: -- additional stresses associated uh-hm, you know not having financial stability --- Radio interviewer: ---- I have never heard that!
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah and there's --- Radio interviewer: ---- it's shocking --
Clint Hansen: -- there's less opportunities out there, uh, this is not in American problem alone either, UK studies came out and uh-hm, they were noticing that the fundament of the age spectrum, you know were getting a hundred, on average of a hundred and twenty thousand pound less a year in social benefit and they were paying more into taxes - Radio interviewer: ---- yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- than the high rent, so, it's you know part of it is that the, the youth is really been sold the --- Radio interviewer: ---- and I'm maybe a baby boomer -
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hmm. Radio interviewer: ---- and you guys - a baby boomers, I kind of, is a big wave burdens to carry when we think about our legacy and in what's gonna be left behind coz we all had the- And we have wonderful intentions and you people are fabulous people to do so much to help, yeah sometimes I feel like wow I wish it was more, I could do when I see this state where all this going you know, and what happening on that - figuring them all -
Clint Hansen: -- it feels like, it's never enough, I mean if we all do are little part -
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- Uh-hmm,
Clint Hansen: -- we can definitely solve this issue, it's not a question of, if we can do it, it's a question of motivation and actually -- Radio interviewer: ---- That's true!
Clint Hansen: -- spending the time, making your voice heard, you know even donating a little bit of money to charities like Friends of the Children and Justice Center, got incredibly long way- Radio interviewer: ---- yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- because its stops that cycle, of you know, abuse and neglect people, all of the sudden that have grown up and realized that it's not okay, and what they felt and had to deal is not -right, there's an alternative to that. Radio interviewer: ---- well, I just wanna give a shout out to the force behind the Friends of the Children and Justice center, because you know as you mention, they do an amazing job but there's always someone who came up with the idea that, that's gonna happen and have the determination of that dream.
Clint Hansen: -- yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- and I know we hear about it on Susie and Tim show and Paul's directors, but --
Bob Hansen: -- OH! Radio interviewer: ---- but maybe you can just talk about uh-hm, the actual force behind that, the man working with Friends of the Children and Justice center,
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah! Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- well I don't know him, you know all that well, all I know is he took over from another fellow that he and Paul took the torch and just went --
Donna Hansen: ------ he run with it, uh-ha
Bob Hansen: -- and he run with it, ---
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- and he, his heart is in the right place, he takes you know 2 sometimes 3 of the kids himself --
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- and, and they live with him,
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hm,
Bob Hansen: -- and as foster kids, and uh sometimes he - years, they live with them and those kids they just think Paul is the greatest thing.
Clint Hansen: -- and you see ---
Bob Hansen: -- that's sliced bread, --
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- and his heart in the right place!!
Clint Hansen: -- Absolutely!
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah! Really.
Bob Hansen: -- never seen anybody like that! Radio interviewer: ---- and there's a lot of red tape, that you have to go through -
Bob Hansen: -- oh yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- to be establish and trusted!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm! Radio interviewer: ---- it took a lot of working news just to let be in that position where he was trusted by the police department by ---
Clint Hansen: -- yup! Radio interviewer: ---- by these social services, uh-hm, and recognized for doing the work that his doing as well.
Clint Hansen: -- I'm really impress by Cup of Cold Water, you know a lot of people don't realized that, but you know if you go up to a homeless person you like, Hey, you know you look like you can use some help or something like that, there usually gonna snap at you, -- Radio interviewer: ---- Uh-hmm!
Clint Hansen: -- there like, "I'm fine -" but if you like , " hey you wanna cup of cold water?" you know it's a really good way to start a conversation and, just get to know them. It's not about them connecting to resources, it's about getting to know them and telling them that "Hey there's opportunities out there" and time after time you communicate with people eventually they gonna build a relationship of trust and that's exactly what Friends of the Children and justice center do, you know it, it's the connection to resources and help -- Radio interviewer: ---- and changing life!
Clint Hansen: -- and family - Radio interviewer: ---- They're absolutely changing people's life! -
Clint Hansen: -- its stops violent cycle you know, uh- Honestly, I've seen Maui, everybody complains "Oh things are getting so much worse and" but honestly, I've been here for 30 yrs. And I knew what it was like 30 yrs. ago and the fights that would happen every day in school, you know it was not a few times that I look over on my own shoulder, just feeling uncomfortable but now a days, I'm seeing less and less of issue, Uh-hmm its certainly much more available to notice with social media, people are much more aware of this things that are happening. But that's the whole point of a community, you know sharing your stories, getting to know that these problems are out there, and working as a team to solve them,
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hmm.,
Clint Hansen: -- and you know Friend of the Children and justice center is a phenomenal tool but there's need to be more and - Radio interviewer: ---- how did you find them 20 yrs. ago, and how did you started this?
Donna Hansen: --- Well, I've had a-a --
Clint Hansen: -- its long ago. Ah hah. -
Donna Hansen: --- I've had a female, a bunch of ladies invited them to uh- our house that time we are up country, and had a lunch in and said bring one gift, you know something, pick something out that's really meant the world to you when you were a child, that you actually received or wanted to receive, and each of the women brought something and then they share a life stories, Radio interviewer: ---- Oh- hmm
Donna Hansen: --- one of them was from Russia, and she got her brother saved all his money and what he ended up doing is he bought her doll that she had always wanted, it brought tears to her eyes, as she share this story. And I thought after that one we got all the gifts and I ask the lady at sea berry that I knew, uh you know what charity does something with toys and uh hmm she told me about Children justice center, and then uh we went from that point, gave them to them, to handle and yeah after that uhm it became a couples invitation and then so more and more people came and then after that it was like wow if I can just get friends to come and donate and give gifts then what about more people?
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: --- it grew, and it grew, uh its really great and like Clint has a very close friends that are Mr. and Mrs. Klaus -
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- Ahh!
Donna Hansen: --- they're awesome, they're the most wonderful people and the kids look at them like --
Clint Hansen: -- it's "Mr. Klaus, Mr. Klaus"
Donna Hansen: --- "Mr. Klaus oh - Radio interviewer: ---- Ooh!
Donna Hansen: --- it's fabulous!
Bob Hansen: -- Oh! Met them! Radio interviewer: ---- Ooh!
Bob Hansen: -- and he, know Mr. and Mrs. Klaus they are instrumental, I'm handing out the gift to these kids -- Radio interviewer: ---- Ooh! Oh my god!
Donna Hansen: --- and it's beautiful!
Bob Hansen: -- and they look like just Mrs. Klaus, It's amazing!
Donna Hansen: --- it's beautiful! Radio interviewer: ---- you know what's interesting to me we just assume every ones taking care of Christmas week, we can even imagine a people who don't have money and if you have a large family on these island, you know even 3 kids or 4 kids and there's people that have 5 kids, and, I can even begin to imagine what it takes for those families to try to have the money to make sure every ones taking care, let alone the expenses of the holiday and morning to have a nice meal, and just knowing that they can actually be provided for somebody's children who would not have those gifts on Christmas, provided for such a beautiful, beautiful exchange of energy. Uh-hmm that I just think it's wonderful that you started this project and kept it going.
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-huh! Radio interviewer: ---- because you said over the 20 yrs. how much money has been donated on top of the gifts -
Clint Hansen: -- a hundred and thousand in both gift, gift certificates and you know, uh check contributions, So, uh-hmm and if you wanna give it's very easy you can of course make check out on Friend of the Children and justice center, and you can drop it off at you know either our office, Uh-hmm you know in Wailea next to Matteo's, it's the 161 Wailea EK suite 8106 and we got a drop off box there, you can insert the check right through the little things, are you good -
Bob Hansen: -- that's the best way!
Clint Hansen: -- that's yeah - Radio interviewer: is it? -- -
Clint Hansen: -- but there's, you know also ah -
Donna Hansen: --- will pick it up!
Clint Hansen: -- yeah will pick it up!
Bob Hansen: -- will pick it up ---
Donna Hansen: bank of Hawaii -
Clint Hansen: -- we just got Cardon Academy of course it's another drop off location, Radio interviewer: Cardon Academy ---
Clint Hansen: -- yeah, Cardon Academy, right across King Kay, Radio interviewer: Oh! okay.
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, it's a phenomenal school, Radio interviewer: yeah, I've heard them -
Clint Hansen: -- so impress on how our children going there, uhm very well rounded. And uh, I love their program and they again give back to the community in many ways. Uh, and now their gonna be giving Friends of the Children justice center - Radio interviewer: -- good!
Clint Hansen: -- and we're very happy with the - ha-ha [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- bank of Hawaii, uh you know they been wonderful, to offer that opportunity as well.
Donna Hansen: and also, the Christ center, they gather their employees, gather and give gifts and you know their urgency, crews and things, I mean it's all wonderful it makes me happy and people go what, you know, what about this is the best gift I could ever give myself, --
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm!
Donna Hansen: -- in my entire life and think if someone gives me a gift to give to children that, that gift is gonna bring sparkle and hope to that child. Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- oh my god it's the most incredible feeling. Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- to know that someone's gonna know that they cared for and everyone gonna meet that person. Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- you know, it's, it's just wonderful! Radio interviewer: -- the-that's the magic of the holidays, --
Donna Hansen: -- yeah! Radio interviewer: -- and the special time, -- and I have to say that I'm really grateful your keeping it going over the years, and I wanna make sure you give us all the information so we can give behind and promoted too.
Donna Hansen: --Thank you!
Clint Hansen: -- you know there's another, as we were talking about homelessness earlier, there's also furry friends that are also homeless as well-
Donna Hansen: -- you're right!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm, you can go to the Hawaii animal rescue, those are the people that you see in Maui Mall, you can often - with their little furry friends and get the out there for adoption, it's rehabilitation you know, it's feeding them, it's training, Uh-hmm they have a whole multitude of programs and then there are no kill shelter which is fantastic, So, if you're looking to help the four-legged friends homelessness here in Maui. There's an awesome opportunity to reach out. Uh-mm, and uh, just to get back to what where talking about with real estate, we have many new listings that you wanna talk about, I mean, [Laughing] we would push are stuff, [Laughing] it's called Maui Real estate radio,
Donna Hansen: -- my only beach Harley, --
Clint Hansen: -- OH! yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- building D-2014 it's incredible 1 bedroom, 1 bath vacation rental. And uh, they have-uh their back to back rental -
Clint Hansen: -- hmmm!
Donna Hansen: -- it's 500,490,00 and it's right on the beach, right by the beach, pool, BBQs. For an investor uh, it's a really good. --
Clint Hansen: -- solid rental -
Donna Hansen: -- place, yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- beautifully kept crown - you know just made them by professional videos that's gonna be posting on Facebook here shortly and in YouTube -
Donna Hansen: -- yup!!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh that was, it's been a few years, coz we sold it a couple of others, and I forgot how well they take care of their grounds,
Donna Hansen: -- yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- uhm, also, don't you guys have another one? We put 557 Kupulau in Escrow immediately,
Donna Hansen: -- right.
Clint Hansen: -- So, two offers, --
Donna Hansen: -- 285 Okina went to escrows that was uh, I thought one of the best values out there.
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm
Donna Hansen: -- coz it was a pool house,
Clint Hansen: -- very flexible --
Donna Hansen: -- it's just started honeymooning right now, we don't know -
Clint Hansen: -- yeah, yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- you know how it go, -- I think it should go okay. That's another one we do have a lot of things coming up but uh, --
Clint Hansen: -- it's amazing you know with the reduction and inventory and our new sales strategy for uh, getting are new listings out, there's really taking off and you know normally, uhm we will have anywhere between 36, 40 different listings that we work with, at our office and I think right know where, you know down to what? 20 --
Donna Hansen: -- 20,
Clint Hansen: -- less than 20 I think, less than 20
Donna Hansen: -- yeah
Clint Hansen: -- yeah less than 20, because of are pending right now, if you're going into our office and see our board it's just one long line of pending and sold properties, [Laughing] I'm helping a lot of buyers a lot of times connections and you know getting to know people and hey I hope to introduce myself but I don't wanna put on the market uh, so there's a lot of time were doing out reach with buyers that are specifically looking in the area, sending mailers out there, and saying "hey you know I have a buyer if you have an agent working with Kim Mc Cole, uh if you're not, please feel free to give a call I'd love to connect you together" and uhm, there's a lot of time, you know when buyers coming to, so we have to hit up the cement, and were going out there, you know looking up old listings you know checking that are one's pending. "hey is it gonna be falling at escrow", and you can't just idle wait for some listing to come on you know, you have to be constantly out there and pushing an advocating for your clients, It's really are responsibility to make sure that they get the house or condo they need or sell, you know there property.
Donna Hansen: -- one of the things that we also do is uhm,-- people uh, -- sometimes they'll have parents that living in another state far away and their parents will sick -- to dementia or -
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm,
Donna Hansen: -- worst things in, --- uhm and we will go in will take care of getting everything handled, and that's one. That's one on Ohina that we just did - uhm, and the stuffs on lives in uhm -- lives all the way east coast, and it's a good - I mean you know we had to go through things and wed do that for people, and take care.
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, we have about one minute left but I did wanna focus on a little bit, uhm, you guys putting on an effort helping people in those situations and uh, -- relocating individuals that are suffering from getting them a resources that they need , you know checking in on people, I mean there's even -- you know, been time past where you know they haven't getting calls from their family or loved one and you 've gone into find them have past, uhm- so it's - it's not just home you know, it's lives. [music]
Clint Hansen: -- property here on Maui is really about the life and thank you for joining us today this holiday season on KAOI Radio group, Maui Real Estate Radio, uh- were getting roll on Monday's 11:10 am , 96. 7 FM and 98.7 FM and 95. 5 FM , Aloha! Have a great day!
Donna Hansen: -- Aloha!
Bob Hansen: -- Aloha! [music]
Clint Hansen: Aloha and good morning! This is
Clint Hansen with Maui Luxury Real Estate; hope you're having a wonderful Monday drive. Today were broadcasting on KAOI Radio Group 11:10 AM, 96.7 FM, 98.7 FM and our friends on the West Side at 95.5 FM. I was actually just out on the west side the other day looking for into a new listing, so uh. stay tune were going through this whole process on staging and getting it ready. I'm gonna be releasing a video about how we really abled to kind of benefit our new listings coming on to the market and uh how the best maximize the sale and more importantly for a lot of people reduce those days on market not to say that the days on market have been particularly long we continue to see increase uh sales prices, uh and reductions of days on the market, uh the change in the medium price and the October statistic its just got release by the realtors association of Maui is up 14.5% but the funny thing is you might think it might be a little gloom because you would see the number of actual home sales have dropped 12.3%, funny thing is it's a lack of inventory coming on a really pushing down the number of sale which is exactly why your saying that medium sales pricing increased, So its hence to be a good market and the condo market is even hotter, Uhm so for new listings in general there's been an 8% increase, 8.7 natis, pending sales have increased 7.9% and close sales have uh increased, Uhm 18.2%, So let's say, uh small percentage decline of 2.1%, Uhm, those average sale prices again there are going up a lot so if you're looking to maximize your value in investment maybe it's time for you to transfer, Uh your investment to another property up greater anything as long as lands, you're going to see the side of lower price properties pushed up against the medium. So, it's a really good opportunity and time to somebody who is looking to trade up maybe they want an additional bedroom or maybe they want some more square footage a different location. This is a really good opportunity to do that or perhaps to just look into pull your money out of the investment pull, and uh put it to something into the mainland, and Uhm regardless this is the holiday season were gonna need a little bit more money to get buy and there are people who needs your help as well and here today with Bob and
Donna Hansen, That's my Mommy and Daddy, Say Hi guys!
Donna Hansen: Hello!
Bob Hansen: Hello! Hehe,
Clint Hansen: [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: So, uh I've had my license 19 years now, got my brokers, my Mom has had your license, how many uh, How many decades?
Donna Hansen: -- Oh you're so cruel! [Laughing background]
Donna Hansen: --All for 4 decades,
Clint Hansen: 40 years!! my goodness, and Dad you, young whipper snapper how many years?
Bob Hansen: --- Uhm, only 30 I'm very young. [Laughing background]
Clint Hansen: Oh, Ha-ha that's sweet child, Hi-hi So Well, uhm and Bob's been one of the number one sales agent in the - uh in Maui, more often in any other agent, Uh he, -- you were number one sales 4 times right?
Bob Hansen: -- Yep!
Clint Hansen: Wow! And of course, Uh we have both been the top 100 agents on the island's multiple times, the only family team to do that. And one of the ways we like to get back every year you know, we worked as a team together, and my, Uh Mom pushes and drives us and always tells us, [Donna giggling background] it's not about the money we make, it's about what we do and how we give to the community, Uhm we're actually preparing for are toy drive this year, Mom tell us all about it, Friends of the Children Justice Center.
Donna Hansen: -- Well we actually, started are office early this year --
Clint Hansen: -- Hmmm.
Donna Hansen: and, Uhm because Thanksgiving is just a few days away from the beginning of December, so Christmas is really close. And what -
Bob Hansen: -- what, what was the sign I showed you in that store. -
Donna Hansen: 17 days, --
Bob Hansen: Thanksgiving Day, is 17 days away.
Donna Hansen: Yes!!
Bob Hansen: No... It's terrifying!
Donna Hansen: -- And so we have are, our toy box at the office,
Clint Hansen: -- U-huh,
Donna Hansen: -- we also, just this weekend, uh drove over to Client's property and picked up a bunch of presents for the children and brought them back to the office and put them in the toy box,
Clint Hansen: -- Oh nice!
Donna Hansen: So, it's all starting and we're very excited and hope it will be really a good year for are children and the justice center, that really needs the love and care, and to let themselves be told that they are cared and loved.
Clint Hansen: -- Ahh!
Bob Hansen: -- And of course, uh as usual, uh the toys that we collect and money we collect and the gift certificates that we collect were just for Maui County Children.
Clint Hansen: -- Yep, Alone!
Donna Hansen: -- Yes!
Clint Hansen: -- and that's really important, uh a lot of people don't realize that if you're doing a Toys for thought, not that their, uh a bad program, or anything like that. But if you want to be benefiting the local people of Maui we highly recommend you, -- work it Friends of the Justice Center because that's specifically benefits Maui children,-- and uh, and if you go for Toys for Thought more often they not loading it in and shipping it over to Oahu to benefit the children over their because, -- Uhm you know bless their hearts, The Marines are the ones that came up with the Toys for Thoughts, So Typically, more their bases and you know connections are base off, of Oahu where the main Military bases are, So if you want to give, you know Toys for Thought is wonderful, -- But if you're looking to help out Maui kids, -- Friends of the Children Justice Center is the way to go. I mean they don't just do toy drives; I mean Toy for Thought is specific, but when people reach out to Friends of the Children Justice Center it helps abuse and neglected kids of Maui, -- Uhm and their usually the first person that the police call, -- Uhm if they have a domestic dispute or a situation and which they have to put a kid in a family, -- Uh situation like an Auntie, Uncle, Grandma and Grandpa they can drop the kids off, -- And there's a fresh change of clothes, a bed, --uh sheets, food bag pack with some basic supplies, -- So justice center, uhm Friends of the Children Justice Center has all that laid out. So, they don't have to have government red tape, they're non-profit 501 C3. They show up, They have all the year there for a moment's notice and they do huge outreach to children in this situation, To you know help prevent the reciprocating cycle of, -- you know abuses and neglect, I mean if these kids, when they're going to the program know that they are loved and watch after and taking care of, -- and it really prevents, you know a lot of those slippery slopes. You know as, as a, children growing and become parents of themselves. -
Bob Hansen: We have been supporting the Friends of the Children Justice Center for, - uh I don't know, 20 years.
Donna Hansen: -- At least!
Bob Hansen: Something like that.
Donna Hansen: -- At least 10.
Bob Hansen: -- and About maybe 10 years ago, we have the opportunity to meet some of the graduates from, the Friends of the Children Justice Center program, the kids.,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh- hmm.
Bob Hansen: -- these kids are awesome, I mean they are, they want to help, the Friends of the Children Justice Center, they're volunteers, and they're just upstanding citizen, and it's just really heartwarming to see them, to that.
Donna Hansen: -- I just want to point out, wanting that is really important for everyone to understand, is when the Children Justice Center is sentenced to take the child, The Child is frightened, weather, no matter what age , Additionally these children believe that the reason that they're being taken away is cause it's their fault, Its their fault they've been beaten by their parents, it's their fault they've been sexually abuse, That's part of the psychology behind the CJC, is that they come in to make those children feel like they're loved and cared for, and they're going to be taking care of,
Clint Hansen: -- That's not their fault!
Donna Hansen: -- and That's extremely important, and it's not their fault. It's hard, it's very difficult for these kids,
Bob Hansen: -- Uh-hmm.
Donna Hansen: -- and CJC has turned these children's lives round, and this fantastic to see the successes that they have been able to complete,
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah and you know, and uh, I have my daughters, and uh, they go to school up country at Carden Academy and uh, I was explaining to them the importance of the Friends of the Children Justice Center and usually they do their toy drive and I hadn't even told my Mom and Dad. ----
Donna Hansen: -- Ha hah ha!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm so, uh when I was talking to him discussing the benefits associated with, working with the local community as opposed to, you know Toy of Thoughts, they didn't know that those toys don't really benefit Maui kids, So, uh, I actually, I'm getting their toys and everything, so we're gonna have additional poles any programs that you guys looking to donate. This isn't something that you know, you just have to individually or go you know while we are most definitely a drop off center at our office which is at 161 Wailea EK Suite 8. -
Bob Hansen: -- 8106,
Clint Hansen: -- 8106 Okay, Alright, I guess I know my address huh. Ha-ha
Bob Hansen: -- Ha hah ha!
Donna Hansen: -- Bank of Hawaii, is also uh, they contribute a great deal adding to the branches, Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh-hmm, that's you, you're urging wasn't it?
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah !
Clint Hansen: -- didn't you back him a little bit?
Bob Hansen: -- Ha hah ha.
Donna Hansen: -- No, no no,
Bob Hansen: -- No-no! Ha hah ha.
Donna Hansen: -- Oh well! Then, I mean yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- bank of Hawaii, they collect toy and they bring it to us!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh! That's awesome!
Donna Hansen: --Yeah awesome!
Clint Hansen: -- And if anybody is looking to do that if they need a distribution point, you know are office again uh, is it the Wailea Town Center, 161 Wailea EK suite 8106, that's right next to Matteo's largest wine selection, uh by the glass in the State of Hawaii. So, you know, make sure you cheers yourself after work, go over there! Ha hah ha,
Bob Hansen: -- [Laughing] We were discussing earlier, Matteo's it's not a good place to eat if you're on a diet.
Clint Hansen: -- [Laughing] Who eats out and throw a diet!
Donna Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- So, uhm yeah, I-I was actually, uh want to have a folk and kind a discuss things but, especially during this time a year there's a lot of going on with everybody's schedule and were actually prepping for our Toy drive. Uh that's one of our big pull so far, we've had, What? 250,000 dollars in donations or something like that, what was it?
Donna Hansen: -- I- I you know, I don't -
Bob Hansen: -- And Gift Certificates!
Clint Hansen: -- and gift certificate something yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- yeah gift certificates, something like that! Right!
Clint Hansen: -- So, and this is over, you know decades and uh-hmm, its not just about bringing toys sometimes finding the time to go out and deliver those toys is very difficult, So uh-hmm, you know every dollar that you put in is multiply. There's a lots of program that have matching gifts associated with it , so the best thing you could do certainly is give cash but it's so fun to go out there and get a toy and uh, you know think that this going to be given to a child, that you know needs and wants, and is looking forward to a gift!
Donna Hansen: -- Don't forget about the older children, they love to!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh-jeez! Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- And they love to buy something for themselves, it's hard to pick out for older kids, so they get to gift certificates...
Clint Hansen: -- Yup! Gift certificates!
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah and that makes a difference!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, the Shop with A cop is my favorite uh. --
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah! Absolutely!
Clint Hansen: -- That's again uh.
Bob Hansen: -- Con on Top!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh no uh, Shop with a Cop!
Bob Hansen: -- Oh Shop with a Cop! That's right! Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- So, shop with a cop is awesome they uh, partner up with major retailers and I believe its Walmart this year. Uh-hmm and uh. -
Bob Hansen: -- it might be Target!
Clint Hansen: -- Nah, I'm pretty sure its Walmart, Uh-hmm they go and have uh -uh additional outreach to know, you know officers or not, the enemy, you know that there's so many things they can go and rely on and feel safe with and uh-hmm so they use you know money, U-hmm and they give money to the officers and they have a matching gift again through the Retailer, to you know double their spending amount, So they'll go around and shop with the kids. And it's really fun experience to get to go shop with their new toy and uh its, it's just wonderful to see the connection, you know in the community because that's, it's those relationship that could formed and bring the community together that prevent strive and difficulty time as go on. -
Donna Hansen: -- And it shows to children that they can run to, not away from the police officer
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- and I think that's really important that they need to know that they can feel secure in most cases,
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- I mean, you know I have to, uhm always, you know there's, I can't say for sure all the time,
Bob Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah 99 percent, all the time.
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- So, I mean, and that's important to really instill in the young children the fact that, you know maybe they have uh, uh negative connotation or association with an officer because you know, that was the person took them away from mom and dad and not being in a young aged, not realizing you know that it's not their fault and be, you know that this officer is there to help and connect them and be a support system and uh-hm, you know that be a legal family connection really all connects through Friends with the Children and Justice center. We love them, we worked for them, uh as much as humanly as possible. U-hmm and again our office is at 1614 Wailea EK suite 8106, uh-hm in addition to the uh listings that we're talking about, uh there's some other outreach that we do and have done in the past, Uh-hmm and you know people want to have a home for Christmas that's an important thing. And one of the big issues that we deal with on this island is dramatic lack of affordable housing, uh-hmm you know there's a time and time again uh, where even through the fast track process, uh communities are you know slated to be built even on land, designated for workforce housing and workforce application and they get shutdown and the problem with that is when you shoot down the fast track process its basically nullifies the ability to do that again meaning they're not going to be workforce housing, I mean you have to realized that having a home in Maui is a dream for everybody. Uh-ha not just the residence but we need to protect the local people, U-hmm and there's about a ten thousand home short force in Hawaii right know, and there's need just to be a thousand home build a year to maintain, you know there's already a lots and lots multi-generational houses and no opportunities for them to go anywhere, Uh-hm, one of the program of course is Habitat for Humanity and they're right now building some structures in Lahaina, but uh, as our previous show we actually, also have in Na Hale o Maui which is the community land trust, Uh-hmm Bob you were actually one of the, you know original received money in that right?
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah that's right! So, John Anderson and myself really got together and started uh, this program and
Clint Hansen: -- the community. -
Bob Hansen: -- community land trust!
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- which was, its all, it's a program where you know, there's a lot of different avenues to provide for, for affordable houses this is just one, it can't be all Maui, Na Hale o Maui
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- because you have to have, people that you know buy, uh free simple properties this is uh, this hold, that's is 99 year release its $10 a year, and then as time goes on people get more and more percentage and uh, investment in the properties.
Clint Hansen: -- a shared interest,
Bob Hansen: -- nationwide land trust model, uh after 5 years its over 710 percent of those people who get into the regular market -
Clint Hansen: -- Yup!
Bob Hansen: -- because they are taught how to save money, how to get their credit score up, and its just they see the light they own home, they actually sell that home back to the community land trust for somebody that's waiting for a home and they get into the regular market.
Clint Hansen: -- Yup!
Bob Hansen: -- So, it just, it brings everybody, everybody else up economically.
Clint Hansen: -- and that's essential, I mean one of the things that the uh, that's so fantastic about in Na Hale o Maui is, you know it teaches people, but when you have a share an ownership and paying into something your saving for their future so many times, I mean it's, its really unfortunate when you're paying your rent, you're paying somebody else's mortgage, you're going to their savings in long term interest, and owning your own peace of paradise means that when you're making those payments, weather to be in Na Hale o Maui in the shared ownership, uh-hmm you know it's also saving for the future in all of, of a home. As Bob mentioned almost 70% of them are trading into the normal market out of this uh, affordability. So it is uh, one of those essential programs it's not the only thing what uh, Habitat for Humanity does really good but the biggest thing that we need is, is increase in supply you know its important to talk to your representatives and know what's going on and when this things come out you know, show up in support for these uh, developments I mean most people just don't want anything ever build and they complain in about a fact that there's nothing available that's affordable, and it's a double edge short, I mean there are people that come in to Maui and they're purchasing real estate here, but uh you know buying large a lot of those people, while you might see a tax code from somebody that's not in Hawaii that's usually because they're holding or they're trustor wherever is in the main land or where they pay their taxes is. So, uh-hm you know, most of the homes that we have here have uh, you know local people that own and live here or have a second home uhm , but it's in essential that you know when you see this that you are focus on that, uh I'm sorry, -- I lost my train of thought . Hahaha [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- [Laughing] I got a very little sleep last night,
Bob Hansen: [Laughing]
Donna Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- are dog is not feeling very well, just completely spacy. I've been up all night, taking in and out. -
Bob Hansen: [Laughing]
Donna Hansen: -- [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- but uh-hmm, yeah, it's important to know that uh, the supplies one of our big issues we need to focus on that fact. And if there's no way that where even building a thousand homes let alone make that short force a ten thousand, so please come out and support a lot of these.
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah, that's Clint's as to talk to your council person, uh and just tell them we need affordable housing when it comes up for both, for affordable housing please come to pass it and so many times they turn it down because the people and their neighborhood says, well not my neighborhood. -
Donna Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm.
Bob Hansen: -- you know that goes for all kinds of things you know when windmills in homes, and uh
Donna Hansen: --Yup uh-hmm, maybe.
Bob Hansen: -- things that nature, not in my neighborhood.
Donna Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm.
Bob Hansen: -- but we need the homes! Uh we need for the people on Maui workforce housing all the local people they need to live somewhere, and they can't just have five families in one house. It's just not right.
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, you know there are things that are getting approve on the west side, but that is where the largest short force is. They need to uh, you know work on this workforce housing and have the opportunity for people who work over there, to actually live there, because we have people commuting from up country, Central Maui, Kihei and they're going over there because, uh it's about our 65 or 70 percent of the tourist hour, and that's where those hotel jobs are, so they gonna commute their and that's why you see that traffics are building and building, right around 2:30, nah actually 3:34 o'clock . U-hmm, you know a lot of people get upset at traffic flows, a lot of ways we can resolve that but the main way is to reduce the flow of people having to commute, if people can live in work and we offer these you know workforce housing to people that are already over there it's going to be one of the biggest things just as small 1% change in the amount of traffic that's flowing through traumatically affects how much, how much good luck there is,
Donna Hansen: -- when you mention the counsel, I think it's really important to uh, to talk to counsel people, they represent you and what's really really important is watch what they do because if you have a lot of people saying, look if you gotta go for this and the council member is not responding remember that when you go to vote, you wanna vote to people that represents Maui county's population and they do what they say not just, not follow the directions of the people that they represent,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm.
Donna Hansen: -- so, it's really important to keep note on that and when voting comes up please go vote for Maui county's better life.
Clint Hansen: -- And uh, if you look at this statistics inventory just keep dropping. And its, simply because there's no availability we went down 18.3% so far just this month compare likely to last, so uh-hmm, that short force growing you and uh, know people don't like the idea of higher density you know, but at the end of the day that's really the solution is building more homes in a tiger area and a more affordable rate, you know and build this communities up for people can live and work in the same place. And uh we - Radio interviewer: Can I jump in here? And say that uh, it's also sad, I mean just in last week I've known two people that actually moved out of Maui to go in Las Vegas just because of this problem,
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: -- of course that's not just housing but more money to be made in some places.
Clint Hansen: -- or At least the same!
Donna Hansen: -- for the working-class people
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm. Radio interviewer: and opportunities and I don't think there's anything sadder than seeing local people having to leave because they can't afford to have a house.
Clint Hansen: -- and there's more need of Hawaiians actually in Vegas than there are in Hawaii
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- it's kind of scary in statistic
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm , and you know there noticing the average life span of Hawaiians is increases in larger or uh, longer number of healthy years that their living over there, and a lot of that is stress associated you know in making it a day to day living, and having a high cost living, So that's part of the reason you are seeing a lot of these people, you know moved to the main land, is there's just more opportunities out there, I means its great in a sense that if you're here and you buy and you get into one of these home projects, Uh-hmm you know this development where there's a lot of demand out there, uh you can uh-hold on to the properties for usually 10 years is what the allotment is sometimes is lower like 5 or 8 but, normally its about 10 years you can hold on to these properties and then you're selling it at market rate, when you're selling it at market rate that's fantastic, you build up savings you have the opportunity to make more lateral moves, you know whether you make the decision to move to the main land its probably gonna be more reserved for when you know, you're in your golden years and you know, you wanna be using that equity build. But it is a plus of starting at the top of the value of regimen, Radio interviewer: -- Do the real estate people on, uh Maui try to have a conversation with the council people, uhm about the importance,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm, Radio interviewer: -- when, this is usually, I mean last year, right? There's been, turn downs couple of projects I believe, right?
Bob Hansen: -- Yes that's right! In fact, I was just at a council meeting, uh that's last few days ago, and they were talking about, you know changing the tax structure,
Clint Hansen: -- Uh huh, every year.
Bob Hansen: -- Uh huh, Ha hah, one of the crazy things that they were talking about which they removed from the tax structure was, that the uh, they were gonna tax every property at its highest and best use, so if your apartments owned, and you rented your property at long term 6 months or more, they were gonna tax that property as if it were a vacation rental.
Donna Hansen: -- OH!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh you mean, if it was hotel zone. Right?
Bob Hansen: -- No! all apartments owned built before 1989!
Clint Hansen: -- Oh my God! Radio interviewer: Wow!
Clint Hansen: -- That's ridiculous!
Bob Hansen: the ----
Bob Hansen: -- up in few years ago, and they were really, seriously discussing that - Radio interviewer: Why?!
Bob Hansen: -- and I - Radio interviewer: do you know why?
Clint Hansen: -- Well.
Bob Hansen: -- because they want more money!
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah, they trying to pull in more revenues, the idea, they failed to see the fact that if you're gonna be doing this, it actually makes my blood boil.
Bob Hansen: - Uh huh!!
Clint Hansen: -- because there are, even in vacation rental or condo complexes, there is people that lived there long term that own their unit, there's also people rent long term, and if you're gonna double the effective tax rate of a place, the people who own they're gonna have no option to either a. sell their place or b. rented at, you know vacation rentable rate, so they can make that money to pay the difference in the tax, its going to reduce the amount inventory available, its gonna push those people who are already living in those places, to go in to other location that are not vacation rentable. Reduce the supply, increase the costs and uh-hmm, it's one of the most easy things to realize that it's a bad idea but almost every single year, it gets brought up to change the tax structure that way, I'm Absolutely astonish that we as a community of realtors have come together and explain that this is a bad idea!
Bob Hansen: - and it's amazing that, uh I was the only realtor in that room. Only 5, 6 people testified and that was it and,
Donna Hansen: -- Wow!
Bob Hansen: -- but two of them councils' credit, they removed that -
Clint Hansen: -- Good!
Bob Hansen: -- from the program. Radio interviewer: Oh, thanks god! But if you had in there to explain and again,
Bob Hansen: -- I don't know!
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- But there are also doing another thing which I'm a little confused about, is they are going to tear the taxes, so you get uh, up to I don't know what the numbers going to be but if you have a property that's worth a half a million years tax at one rate, and if you have a properties for a million and half or two million tax at another rate, which is gonna be higher, --
Clint Hansen: -- Hmmm!
Bob Hansen: -- at, or above that 2 3 years, their talking about so I gotta do a little bit more research on that, that's not right, you're already paying more tax on a 3 million-dollar properties.
Donna Hansen: -- right! Radio interviewer: so, its sounds like it's always easy to think there's a quick fix and unfortunately people don't have time to always look at the details and I don't know if that's the case!
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: or not but quick fixes aren't always the ones work out the way people think they were going, and unfortunately, we generalize things enough for people wanted to sound good but fixing they don't look the consequences about those quick fix.
Donna Hansen: -- I think one of the most important things something that we, uh-hmm experience before with the, different group of council members and different governor is we, they close a lot of uh, they started really hurting people who were in the business of renting out their homes. And when they decrease the availability of that I know North shores specifically really suffered because we used to have tons of different Ho'okipa, used to have a lot of more exciting events and things and people would rent to windward --- Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- surfers have a quite a bit of money usually uh, coz they can pop all over the world, Maui was one of their favorite places.
Clint Hansen: -- OH! For destination. Radio interviewer: -- right!
Donna Hansen: -- So, uhm, the maids, our gardeners, all of the suppliers they all lost a ton of money, lost their homes, when they were employed ----
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm!
Donna Hansen: -- and it really was heartbreaking and very frustrating. And uh I see, I have concerns that what we are seeing going on now is very close to what it was before, but I think its important to go back to what we need to do us individuals for uhm, Children and that are, you know either homeless. Some these kids are homeless and it's not their parents' fault, you know they just can't, they just can't meet, and lot of them are hungry and so, I just wanna bring up, There's St, Therese's that feeds people every night, Uhm there's you can donate to Feed my Sheep, you can donate to Maui food bank, there are quite a few places around that do help with food for people that in needs, So I just wanna mention that because that's really important. It's not just about food and toys, and that I mean, in all those things playing into making Maui county families and children specially are our future better.
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! And then another one, that is a fantastic thing, again getting back to housing for those less fortunate homeless and whatnot. Uh-hmm, the Ka Hale A Ke Ola the homeless resource center here on island they, through Kihei association and partnership uh, have created mobile showers which is fantastic, and you know it's not only an opportunity to people get clean and have lingerie and feel more like a dignified individual, but it's also way for them to connect to people to offer additional resources because a lot of the homeless people that are out there are really incapable of you know, asking for help or hesitant to do that so having this outreach programs like Cup of Cold Water and the Mobile Shower assistant, is essential to create more connections between homeless people. And, and its great you know, and one of the things that I'm advocating for and lot of the meetings which currently doesn't exist is essential parking location, for people to go to for a relatively nominal cost, I mean right now on island uh-hmm, there's a great number of homeless people that are living out of their cars, when people think about homeless they think of a person walking the street you know that, that's unfortunate men that has plastic bags and suffers from mental illness and his on his journey on, as Jesus and he doesn't want anybody's help so if you try to give him money or shoes or anything he'll avoid it, avoid you, but you know you can literally take a bite of a sandwich and put it in trash, then he goes down Lopoa every single day, uh at about 4:30, Ha hah ha. He'll go in to the same trash can, he'll get what's in there, I mean it's very unfortunate but it's very unique that they have this individual problems and this is a great opportunity for people to connect to homeless people and give them, Uh-hmm, those additional options for housing and employment and all that kind of stuff, but one of the things that's really undeserved those are homeless people in their vehicles, Uh-hmm, there's so many times that people, you know for so many reasons that they have to leave their apartment, you know maybe they have an animal that's very close to them that they can't find a place too that's accepting of a pet, which is very difficult thing here in Maui an d they're not willing to give up their, their kid basically, you know its fur baby that's everybody says, or you know many times, you know people have their deposit in, they get injured on the job so they have break in their income, Uh-hmm sometimes they have bad roommate situation where there's stealing or abuse involve and they need to leave immediately, finding a place here is very difficult and there is a very very, very fine line between you know the temporary and to the habitual homeless and having a safe community where people can go and park their cars that you know has resources there that has showers and you know, Central toilets so, that you know you're not defecating on woods or anything like that, if you go behind the airport in the evening there's like a hundred and plus vehicles of homeless people parking back there. And the police can't tell them to go somewhere else, where they gonna go? there's no opportunity out there for them to find a place to park. And you know the 90 plus percent of them are just looking for a safe place to hang their head and sleep with both eyes close and there's just, there's nothing like that available. So, one of the things that I'm gonna be advocating for is that to have essential parking location for people to go, you know have those showers so that the --- Radio interviewer: -- would there be security available, there will be possible to have security in those area to protect the people who are -
Clint Hansen: -- I'm would imagine there's gonna be policies associated you know, it's probably gonna be semi-dry, you know -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- where there's not a lot of drinking or drugs associated with it so people with family can be, you know taking care of -- Radio interviewer: -- I like the idea! And if you could have security so the people who are just --
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-huh! Radio interviewer: -- trying' to that versus the people who might be not quite feeling safe there. If you had securities as well -
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm! Radio interviewer: -- posted, I think it's a very good idea -
Clint Hansen: -- Absolutely! Radio interviewer: -- I mean, if it was a safe place where people could go because it is a huge problem and where seeing, there seeing in San Francisco,
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: -- I think the average medium home, there's 1 million, 300 thousand
Clint Hansen: -- Wow! Radio interviewer: -- dollars now. And so, what's happening? There seeing more people in the streets more than ever before, the homeless population in San Francisco -
Clint Hansen: -- Washington too! Radio interviewer: -- has gone and Washington as well!
Clint Hansen: -- we were up there uh, at a friend's wedding and uh, when we were talking with them, she actually works for a local news station there, and she interviewed over a hundred different homeless people and she said none of the, large majority of them just realized it was so much easier to live out of a tent community -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh-hmm, you know have the ability to save a little bit money - Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- Everybody looks help for each other -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-huh!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, they can operate as, usually you wouldn't think this, but they've got their laptops, their graphics designers, they go to work on their bike, you know there still showing that uhm, but there's just no opportunity for affordable homes, unless Maui continues to investing, increasing you know, their infrastructure to help these people you know, connect to affordable homes, and like in Na Hale o Maui or you know the hmm -- Radio interviewer: -- and their fuller, there's also I think, waiting list to get in there,
Bob Hansen: -- oh! Yeah waiting list.
Clint Hansen: -- yes!
Donna Hansen: -- yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- we also have the mentally ill and -- that are homeless, wondering uh-hmm.
Clint Hansen: -- Oh! Whole another issue! Yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- That's something that uh, it would be good to get at some people
Bob Hansen: -- OH!
Donna Hansen: -- that would, that could maybe offer some kind of suggestions and you know it's a charity that I really kind of, uh want to build about,
Clint Hansen: -- a year on the mental hor --, mental health board in the past -
Donna Hansen: -- state, so they spent their money on Oahu!
Clint Hansen: -- Yes. Uh hah ha.
Donna Hansen: -- So that's really important to understand, that's one of our biggest problems is that the -
Clint Hansen: -- limited resources -
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- were last on the list. Radio interviewer: -- I think that you know when, some hearing you talk, I mean there's such an amazingly, intelligent caring group and the uh-hmm, In real estate --
Clint Hansen: -- Oh yeah! Radio interviewer: -- that are understand this figure more, than maybe people in office --
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: -- in politics!
Clint Hansen: -- well even some of the realtors himself, that's have work on board which you know uh-hm, I'm not saying their names, but you know they've been homeless themselves at one time or another, and you know when people of mental illness, you know a lot of them, just because they are an incapable of getting the thing that they need when they are in those critical situations and that's one of the reasons that the temporary homeless is fine line between in habitually homeless, because you know a lot of times people are feeling down on themselves. And their self-medicating -- Radio interviewer: -- Uh-hmm. ---
Clint Hansen: -- and that's helping trigger their you know, emotional distress or their mental illnesses that comes to the surface, and you know a lot of people have uh-ha, negative --- associated with mental illness, in fact this is, it's very common, it's very, very common -
Donna Hansen: -- when in fire, you know -
Clint Hansen: -- it's nothing to be ashamed of, and I mean, you know
Donna Hansen: -- Nah! It's true.
Clint Hansen: -- people need resources and the community has been slowly falling apart since the 80's because of the lack of available funding to help these individuals -
Donna Hansen: -- Right! When they could have act - Radio interviewer: -- you know, I wish every day, could be Thanksgiving Day! [Laughing Background]
Donna Hansen: -- me too, me too! Radio interviewer: -- I mean thanksgiving, you see everyone getting together and feeding the people -
Donna Hansen: -- Yeah!! Radio interviewer: ---- feeding the people, and there's everyone want to do this, you know but that's just one day a week folk, Ah hah, let's just go on beyond that and I guess real estate people have to be like you and uh, be there on lobby. Uh-hmm to try and help understand and I just have a quick question? Do you see people building bigger homes knowing that they can put four families in there and trying to think of that's the way that they'll make an income to pay their mortgage?
Clint Hansen: -- So, there --- definitely
Bob Hansen: -- I've seen it, I've been driving down street in papa, in Boone avenue, you see this huge home out there,
Clint Hansen: -- It's awesome!
Donna Hansen: ------ family!
Bob Hansen: -- building - then they have, there 3 or 4 families living in this home, Radio interviewer: ---- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: ------ Yeah relatives!
Clint Hansen: -- the biggest issue with those larger home is parking, you know! Radio interviewer: ---- yeah that's true!
Donna Hansen: ------ Yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- but for uh, I love it you know, I've got friends that are living this communal houses, uh there's a few of them, that are rentals as well but most time I see them its like a family affair, I actually in Escrow right now, I'm representing the seller on Home in Kihei that has uh, a lot of different living spaces in it and on the same street, you know there's other homes uh, that have been built, uh you know walls to walls, to corner to corner of the property--
Clint Hansen: -- and it's almost entirely living space, and they've got you know, 3, 4 , 5 generations of family in it, and its, the funny thing is people think oh men! That's a bummer and but its, but I've got to tell you I've never felt so safe, it's you know, its nice everybody is looking out for each other, their very communal, their giving each other their bananas, and you know their roast pork and -- [Laughing] I mean every time I go there it's like, Hello's and hugs and stuffs, I really like it and its good to see you know the opportunities out there, for people to live together but everybody wants and has its dream of a white - fence , you know where there -
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hmm.
Clint Hansen: -- people to have their animal, you know that to have their own space and growing, build their own future and save simultaneously --- Radio interviewer: ---- but you know, when I know that, that the Mountain people that are able to do that and in Maui and in San Francisco, maybe in Washington, is getting smaller and smaller and the American dreams change, and uh it's unfortunate but I think we have to really wake up -
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm. Radio interviewer: ---- to the fact that, that was a dream, that was another lifetime,
Clint Hansen: -- there's less --- Radio interviewer: ---- a past generation and that, that American dream, god bless the people who can actually make that happen, and you know how hard, you see now how hard they have to work to make that happen. --
Clint Hansen: -- Yup! Radio interviewer: ---- right?
Clint Hansen: -- generation uh, not x, but the millennial generation is actually the first generation, that you're starting to see average life expectancy dropped. Radio interviewer: ---- what??
Clint Hansen: -- and its almost completely --- Radio interviewer: ---- what?? Really?
Clint Hansen: -- yeah! Its contributed -- Radio interviewer: ---- really?
Clint Hansen: -- additional stresses associated uh-hm, you know not having financial stability --- Radio interviewer: ---- I have never heard that!
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah and there's --- Radio interviewer: ---- it's shocking --
Clint Hansen: -- there's less opportunities out there, uh, this is not in American problem alone either, UK studies came out and uh-hm, they were noticing that the fundament of the age spectrum, you know were getting a hundred, on average of a hundred and twenty thousand pound less a year in social benefit and they were paying more into taxes - Radio interviewer: ---- yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- than the high rent, so, it's you know part of it is that the, the youth is really been sold the --- Radio interviewer: ---- and I'm maybe a baby boomer -
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hmm. Radio interviewer: ---- and you guys - a baby boomers, I kind of, is a big wave burdens to carry when we think about our legacy and in what's gonna be left behind coz we all had the- And we have wonderful intentions and you people are fabulous people to do so much to help, yeah sometimes I feel like wow I wish it was more, I could do when I see this state where all this going you know, and what happening on that - figuring them all -
Clint Hansen: -- it feels like, it's never enough, I mean if we all do are little part -
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- Uh-hmm,
Clint Hansen: -- we can definitely solve this issue, it's not a question of, if we can do it, it's a question of motivation and actually -- Radio interviewer: ---- That's true!
Clint Hansen: -- spending the time, making your voice heard, you know even donating a little bit of money to charities like Friends of the Children and Justice Center, got incredibly long way- Radio interviewer: ---- yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- because its stops that cycle, of you know, abuse and neglect people, all of the sudden that have grown up and realized that it's not okay, and what they felt and had to deal is not -right, there's an alternative to that. Radio interviewer: ---- well, I just wanna give a shout out to the force behind the Friends of the Children and Justice center, because you know as you mention, they do an amazing job but there's always someone who came up with the idea that, that's gonna happen and have the determination of that dream.
Clint Hansen: -- yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- and I know we hear about it on Susie and Tim show and Paul's directors, but --
Bob Hansen: -- OH! Radio interviewer: ---- but maybe you can just talk about uh-hm, the actual force behind that, the man working with Friends of the Children and Justice center,
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah! Yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- well I don't know him, you know all that well, all I know is he took over from another fellow that he and Paul took the torch and just went --
Donna Hansen: ------ he run with it, uh-ha
Bob Hansen: -- and he run with it, ---
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- and he, his heart is in the right place, he takes you know 2 sometimes 3 of the kids himself --
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- and, and they live with him,
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hm,
Bob Hansen: -- and as foster kids, and uh sometimes he - years, they live with them and those kids they just think Paul is the greatest thing.
Clint Hansen: -- and you see ---
Bob Hansen: -- that's sliced bread, --
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah!
Bob Hansen: -- and his heart in the right place!!
Clint Hansen: -- Absolutely!
Donna Hansen: ------ yeah! Really.
Bob Hansen: -- never seen anybody like that! Radio interviewer: ---- and there's a lot of red tape, that you have to go through -
Bob Hansen: -- oh yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- to be establish and trusted!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm! Radio interviewer: ---- it took a lot of working news just to let be in that position where he was trusted by the police department by ---
Clint Hansen: -- yup! Radio interviewer: ---- by these social services, uh-hm, and recognized for doing the work that his doing as well.
Clint Hansen: -- I'm really impress by Cup of Cold Water, you know a lot of people don't realized that, but you know if you go up to a homeless person you like, Hey, you know you look like you can use some help or something like that, there usually gonna snap at you, -- Radio interviewer: ---- Uh-hmm!
Clint Hansen: -- there like, "I'm fine -" but if you like , " hey you wanna cup of cold water?" you know it's a really good way to start a conversation and, just get to know them. It's not about them connecting to resources, it's about getting to know them and telling them that "Hey there's opportunities out there" and time after time you communicate with people eventually they gonna build a relationship of trust and that's exactly what Friends of the Children and justice center do, you know it, it's the connection to resources and help -- Radio interviewer: ---- and changing life!
Clint Hansen: -- and family - Radio interviewer: ---- They're absolutely changing people's life! -
Clint Hansen: -- its stops violent cycle you know, uh- Honestly, I've seen Maui, everybody complains "Oh things are getting so much worse and" but honestly, I've been here for 30 yrs. And I knew what it was like 30 yrs. ago and the fights that would happen every day in school, you know it was not a few times that I look over on my own shoulder, just feeling uncomfortable but now a days, I'm seeing less and less of issue, Uh-hmm its certainly much more available to notice with social media, people are much more aware of this things that are happening. But that's the whole point of a community, you know sharing your stories, getting to know that these problems are out there, and working as a team to solve them,
Donna Hansen: ------ Uh-hmm.,
Clint Hansen: -- and you know Friend of the Children and justice center is a phenomenal tool but there's need to be more and - Radio interviewer: ---- how did you find them 20 yrs. ago, and how did you started this?
Donna Hansen: --- Well, I've had a-a --
Clint Hansen: -- its long ago. Ah hah. -
Donna Hansen: --- I've had a female, a bunch of ladies invited them to uh- our house that time we are up country, and had a lunch in and said bring one gift, you know something, pick something out that's really meant the world to you when you were a child, that you actually received or wanted to receive, and each of the women brought something and then they share a life stories, Radio interviewer: ---- Oh- hmm
Donna Hansen: --- one of them was from Russia, and she got her brother saved all his money and what he ended up doing is he bought her doll that she had always wanted, it brought tears to her eyes, as she share this story. And I thought after that one we got all the gifts and I ask the lady at sea berry that I knew, uh you know what charity does something with toys and uh hmm she told me about Children justice center, and then uh we went from that point, gave them to them, to handle and yeah after that uhm it became a couples invitation and then so more and more people came and then after that it was like wow if I can just get friends to come and donate and give gifts then what about more people?
Bob Hansen: -- Yeah!
Donna Hansen: --- it grew, and it grew, uh its really great and like Clint has a very close friends that are Mr. and Mrs. Klaus -
Clint Hansen: -- Yeah! Radio interviewer: ---- Ahh!
Donna Hansen: --- they're awesome, they're the most wonderful people and the kids look at them like --
Clint Hansen: -- it's "Mr. Klaus, Mr. Klaus"
Donna Hansen: --- "Mr. Klaus oh - Radio interviewer: ---- Ooh!
Donna Hansen: --- it's fabulous!
Bob Hansen: -- Oh! Met them! Radio interviewer: ---- Ooh!
Bob Hansen: -- and he, know Mr. and Mrs. Klaus they are instrumental, I'm handing out the gift to these kids -- Radio interviewer: ---- Ooh! Oh my god!
Donna Hansen: --- and it's beautiful!
Bob Hansen: -- and they look like just Mrs. Klaus, It's amazing!
Donna Hansen: --- it's beautiful! Radio interviewer: ---- you know what's interesting to me we just assume every ones taking care of Christmas week, we can even imagine a people who don't have money and if you have a large family on these island, you know even 3 kids or 4 kids and there's people that have 5 kids, and, I can even begin to imagine what it takes for those families to try to have the money to make sure every ones taking care, let alone the expenses of the holiday and morning to have a nice meal, and just knowing that they can actually be provided for somebody's children who would not have those gifts on Christmas, provided for such a beautiful, beautiful exchange of energy. Uh-hmm that I just think it's wonderful that you started this project and kept it going.
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-huh! Radio interviewer: ---- because you said over the 20 yrs. how much money has been donated on top of the gifts -
Clint Hansen: -- a hundred and thousand in both gift, gift certificates and you know, uh check contributions, So, uh-hmm and if you wanna give it's very easy you can of course make check out on Friend of the Children and justice center, and you can drop it off at you know either our office, Uh-hmm you know in Wailea next to Matteo's, it's the 161 Wailea EK suite 8106 and we got a drop off box there, you can insert the check right through the little things, are you good -
Bob Hansen: -- that's the best way!
Clint Hansen: -- that's yeah - Radio interviewer: is it? -- -
Clint Hansen: -- but there's, you know also ah -
Donna Hansen: --- will pick it up!
Clint Hansen: -- yeah will pick it up!
Bob Hansen: -- will pick it up ---
Donna Hansen: bank of Hawaii -
Clint Hansen: -- we just got Cardon Academy of course it's another drop off location, Radio interviewer: Cardon Academy ---
Clint Hansen: -- yeah, Cardon Academy, right across King Kay, Radio interviewer: Oh! okay.
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, it's a phenomenal school, Radio interviewer: yeah, I've heard them -
Clint Hansen: -- so impress on how our children going there, uhm very well rounded. And uh, I love their program and they again give back to the community in many ways. Uh, and now their gonna be giving Friends of the Children justice center - Radio interviewer: -- good!
Clint Hansen: -- and we're very happy with the - ha-ha [Laughing]
Clint Hansen: -- bank of Hawaii, uh you know they been wonderful, to offer that opportunity as well.
Donna Hansen: and also, the Christ center, they gather their employees, gather and give gifts and you know their urgency, crews and things, I mean it's all wonderful it makes me happy and people go what, you know, what about this is the best gift I could ever give myself, --
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm!
Donna Hansen: -- in my entire life and think if someone gives me a gift to give to children that, that gift is gonna bring sparkle and hope to that child. Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- oh my god it's the most incredible feeling. Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- to know that someone's gonna know that they cared for and everyone gonna meet that person. Radio interviewer: -- yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- you know, it's, it's just wonderful! Radio interviewer: -- the-that's the magic of the holidays, --
Donna Hansen: -- yeah! Radio interviewer: -- and the special time, -- and I have to say that I'm really grateful your keeping it going over the years, and I wanna make sure you give us all the information so we can give behind and promoted too.
Donna Hansen: --Thank you!
Clint Hansen: -- you know there's another, as we were talking about homelessness earlier, there's also furry friends that are also homeless as well-
Donna Hansen: -- you're right!
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm, you can go to the Hawaii animal rescue, those are the people that you see in Maui Mall, you can often - with their little furry friends and get the out there for adoption, it's rehabilitation you know, it's feeding them, it's training, Uh-hmm they have a whole multitude of programs and then there are no kill shelter which is fantastic, So, if you're looking to help the four-legged friends homelessness here in Maui. There's an awesome opportunity to reach out. Uh-mm, and uh, just to get back to what where talking about with real estate, we have many new listings that you wanna talk about, I mean, [Laughing] we would push are stuff, [Laughing] it's called Maui Real estate radio,
Donna Hansen: -- my only beach Harley, --
Clint Hansen: -- OH! yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- building D-2014 it's incredible 1 bedroom, 1 bath vacation rental. And uh, they have-uh their back to back rental -
Clint Hansen: -- hmmm!
Donna Hansen: -- it's 500,490,00 and it's right on the beach, right by the beach, pool, BBQs. For an investor uh, it's a really good. --
Clint Hansen: -- solid rental -
Donna Hansen: -- place, yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- beautifully kept crown - you know just made them by professional videos that's gonna be posting on Facebook here shortly and in YouTube -
Donna Hansen: -- yup!!
Clint Hansen: -- and uh that was, it's been a few years, coz we sold it a couple of others, and I forgot how well they take care of their grounds,
Donna Hansen: -- yeah!
Clint Hansen: -- uhm, also, don't you guys have another one? We put 557 Kupulau in Escrow immediately,
Donna Hansen: -- right.
Clint Hansen: -- So, two offers, --
Donna Hansen: -- 285 Okina went to escrows that was uh, I thought one of the best values out there.
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmmm
Donna Hansen: -- coz it was a pool house,
Clint Hansen: -- very flexible --
Donna Hansen: -- it's just started honeymooning right now, we don't know -
Clint Hansen: -- yeah, yeah!
Donna Hansen: -- you know how it go, -- I think it should go okay. That's another one we do have a lot of things coming up but uh, --
Clint Hansen: -- it's amazing you know with the reduction and inventory and our new sales strategy for uh, getting are new listings out, there's really taking off and you know normally, uhm we will have anywhere between 36, 40 different listings that we work with, at our office and I think right know where, you know down to what? 20 --
Donna Hansen: -- 20,
Clint Hansen: -- less than 20 I think, less than 20
Donna Hansen: -- yeah
Clint Hansen: -- yeah less than 20, because of are pending right now, if you're going into our office and see our board it's just one long line of pending and sold properties, [Laughing] I'm helping a lot of buyers a lot of times connections and you know getting to know people and hey I hope to introduce myself but I don't wanna put on the market uh, so there's a lot of time were doing out reach with buyers that are specifically looking in the area, sending mailers out there, and saying "hey you know I have a buyer if you have an agent working with Kim Mc Cole, uh if you're not, please feel free to give a call I'd love to connect you together" and uhm, there's a lot of time, you know when buyers coming to, so we have to hit up the cement, and were going out there, you know looking up old listings you know checking that are one's pending. "hey is it gonna be falling at escrow", and you can't just idle wait for some listing to come on you know, you have to be constantly out there and pushing an advocating for your clients, It's really are responsibility to make sure that they get the house or condo they need or sell, you know there property.
Donna Hansen: -- one of the things that we also do is uhm,-- people uh, -- sometimes they'll have parents that living in another state far away and their parents will sick -- to dementia or -
Clint Hansen: -- Uh-hmm,
Donna Hansen: -- worst things in, --- uhm and we will go in will take care of getting everything handled, and that's one. That's one on Ohina that we just did - uhm, and the stuffs on lives in uhm -- lives all the way east coast, and it's a good - I mean you know we had to go through things and wed do that for people, and take care.
Clint Hansen: -- and uh, we have about one minute left but I did wanna focus on a little bit, uhm, you guys putting on an effort helping people in those situations and uh, -- relocating individuals that are suffering from getting them a resources that they need , you know checking in on people, I mean there's even -- you know, been time past where you know they haven't getting calls from their family or loved one and you 've gone into find them have past, uhm- so it's - it's not just home you know, it's lives. [music]
Clint Hansen: -- property here on Maui is really about the life and thank you for joining us today this holiday season on KAOI Radio group, Maui Real Estate Radio, uh- were getting roll on Monday's 11:10 am , 96. 7 FM and 98.7 FM and 95. 5 FM , Aloha! Have a great day!
Donna Hansen: -- Aloha!
Bob Hansen: -- Aloha! [music]
List of Shows to Date:
Show 1: Mortgage vs. Rent
Show 2: Buying on Maui. Deciding where to purchase.
Show 3: Leasehold, affordable ownership and Na Hale O Maui
Show 4: Inspections with Beau Petrone
Show 5: 1031 Exchange
Show 6: Hospital
Show 7: Insurance with State Farm agent Kit Okazaki
Show 8: Understanding the escrow process with Pam Teal of Fidelity National Title
Show 9: Everything you need to know about solar on Maui as of 06/17/2019
Show 10: The Hansen's a family tradition in Real Estate
Show 11: Paul Brewbaker discussion on Maui
Show 12: Keli with Creative Financial
Show 13: Pets and Pests
Show 14: Clint Hansen with Kim Komando
Show 15: Clint Hansen with Bob Hansen and Donna Hansen
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