3-for-3 Or Not For Me

3-for-3 Or Not For Me

In the winter of 2018-19, after a string of four personal losses in eight weeks, my world was turned upside down and difficult decisions lie ahead. One pressing decision was finding a full-time residence and preferred destination to begin anew.

Maui, baby! No questions asked. For more than three decades I had been telling family and friends that Hawaii was my dream of dreams. Island magic. Turquoise waters. Pristine beaches. Time to cash in.

  1.  Warm Weather 365
  2.  No Freeways
  3.  Being Able to Walk to the Beach

Fortunately, I was in a solid financial position and arrived on the Valley Isle with a plan. I had been chatting with Alex P. – a Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway and young fella who had grown up in West Maui. He knew the area. He knew my budget. He dug in.

On day 2 Alex mapped out four condo units to peruse in a sea of vacation-rental complexes. It was eye-opening. Those four turned out to be duds and reality set in! Big-time downsizing was mandatory and the only way forward. Bye-bye to cartoonish square footage and four bathrooms.

I was humbled yet determined. Into the picture stepped Paki Maui – an ocean-friendly oasis that delivered on #3 and allows me to walk to the water’s edge in about 50 seconds.

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