My wife had always had a dream of living in Hawaii ever since her first trip to the Islands right after college. She had returned many times and the desire to move here was ever present. Since we have been married, we have made many trips together to Hawaii and I started to see the benefits of following her dream and becoming permanent residents. We were still several years from retirement but thought the market conditions were well suited for purchasing a property at the time.  We started searching for a home on the Big Island and  were so fortunate to have our first encounter with a truly professional realtor, Don Helow. Don took the time to listen to what our budget, goals and aspirations were and mounted a search to help us find the perfect place. He succeeded. His knowledge of the market in Hawaii and all the possible pitfalls of buying property here were invaluable. He successfully negotiated a fair price for the purchase of our home and patiently guided us through the entire purchase process. The icing on the cake was that before the ink was even dry on the sale Don had located a tenant for our home. He managed our property through his company and we enjoyed owning a stress free rental property until we finally retired and moved here permanently.