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	<description>My Dream Move to Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii</description>
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		<title>Moving to Hawaii &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2011/01/13/moving-to-hawaii-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your email:&#160; Let me tell you that moving to Hawaii is not easy. And it is not for the faint of heart. If you don&#8217;t have a strong personality and good problem solving skills along with a lot of patience I suggest you don&#8217;t even consider it. And on top of that it is VERY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All I Can Do Now is Dream&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2010/12/19/all-i-can-do-now-is-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fast forward to 2008. All I have been able to do for the last few years is dream of the day I can move to the Big Island and live in my house in Ocean View, Hawaii. I have pictures all over the walls of my cubicle at work. All I can talk about is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buying a Home in Hawaii is Harder Than You Think!</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2010/12/18/buying-a-home-in-hawaii-is-harder-than-you-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written an article about the pitfalls of buying a house in Hawaii. I did this in order to help others to not make the same mistakes I did. You can find the article here on my own website the Kona Forum: http://www.konaforum.com/bguide.html or you can find my article here on eZineArticles: http://ezinearticles.com/?Buying-Property-on-the-Big-Island-of-Hawaii&#8212;A-Beginners-Guide&#38;id=187267. My first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Buying a House in Hawaii!!!</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/21/im-buying-a-house-in-hawaii/</link>
		<comments>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/21/im-buying-a-house-in-hawaii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long conversation with my Real Estate Agent, Tom Edwards, I have decided that this cedar home is the one I want. I really want to place an offer on it without looking at it first. But my common sense has taken over. I really need to fly over to see it. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Step: Find a Real Estate Agent &#8211; It&#8217;s Not As Easy As You Think!</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/11/next-step-find-a-real-estate-agent-its-not-as-easy-as-you-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this time I have refinanced my house in California and I now have the down payment for a house on the Big island of Hawaii. It won&#8217;t be in Kona as I my dream started out. But I&#8217;ll be able to visit Kona anytime I want. I have narrowed down my choice of subdivisions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post and Pier? Catchment? Subdivision? Elevation? Lava Zone?</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/11/post-and-pier-catchment-subdivision-elevation-lava-zone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Searching through the MLS listings in the Ka&#8217;u District brought up numerous homes in my price range. Most of which were fee simple, permitted and in decent shape. At least they appeared to be in decent shape from their pictures. Some did not have pictures, though. Every listing stated which subdivision the home was in. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Side? Which District?</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/10/which-side-which-district/</link>
		<comments>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/10/which-side-which-district/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this point I am starting to learn a few things. First thing I learned is the cheaper the house the farther away from Kona or Hilo the house is. And it seems the cheaper houses are much closer to Hilo than the cheaper houses are close to Kona. I found that I can find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The House from Outer Space!</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/10/the-house-from-outer-space/</link>
		<comments>http://dreamkona.com/2010/11/10/the-house-from-outer-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 03:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dreamkona.com/?p=12</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My first adventure into the MLS listings for the Big Island was a lesson in futility. Of course the first area (and about the only area) I knew to look in was North Kona. And of course the prices were way too high for what we could afford. So I started to search into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to Retire?</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2008/12/25/11/</link>
		<comments>http://dreamkona.com/2008/12/25/11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I needed to find a map of the Big Island and all of the subdivisions. I went online and found what I was looking for. Then it occurred to me, I don&#8217;t know the first thing about living in Hawai&#8217;i and I don&#8217;t know the neighborhoods nor the weather patterns. It is very frustrating when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Kona Vacation Continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://dreamkona.com/2007/11/17/our-kona-vacation-continued/</link>
		<comments>http://dreamkona.com/2007/11/17/our-kona-vacation-continued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kona Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part 2 in the continuation of my last post during our vacation in Hawaii in September 2004. While my wife and I were on vacation on the Big Island we stayed at our favorite hotel the Royal Kona Resort in Kailua-Kona. The hotel is right on the water and many of the rooms [...]]]></description>
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