Amen brother! Multiple revenue streams that each may not seem significant in terms of revenue, etc., but collectively make you a good living! Thank you!
Thank you for serving! I did affiliate marketing years ago before returning back to school and it was a blessing but it was also so much work, 14+ hour days with fluctuating income and being at the mercy of Googles ever changing algorithm. I wanted something more secure especially as a single mom (I have a teen) and I don’t receive child support by choice. But I do miss being my own boss.But now I am working more on you YT channel.
Just wanted to leave a comment to let you know that I really enjoyed your video. I'm 26 years old with a Bachelors Degree, still kind of searching for what I want in life. Your video made me think and helped open my mind to new ideas. You have my subscription. Take care, look forward to checking out some of your other content.
I live in Kona. I'm not wealthy and not retired. Right now I am working for a paycheck, because I need a regular job to get a home mortgage. I have a small internet business idea which I have been working on for a couple of years but have not launched yet. I'm going to do it very soon. I won't reveal details until it's up and running, but I also agree with the idea of diversifying -- get your income from several sources and you can stay flexible and recession-proof. I'll cut back on my regular job when I get my mortgage and when the money comes in from the website. Would like to be in touch sometime!
For some reason you showed up a few times on my UA-cam home page. I watched your videos and like your down to earth, humble and rock solid view of things. You remind me of Scottie b. The disc jockey. Thank you for your great messages and temperament. Much needed in this day and age
I agree with what you said about how great the U.S. is. I have traveled abroad a lot and lived in Brazil for two years and boy I'll tell you what the United States is pretty great. I just wish more people knew that. Thanks for the interesting video!
Not only is the USA overrated; it's overrated for the wrong reasons. The USA knows a thing or two about how to be a great anglophone country; that aside the USA overrated; even/especially for middle class people.
I have discovered your channel recently while learning about UA-cam and I must say "thank you". I have been learning a lot from you, and simply getting inspired by how simple yet consistent and informative your posts are (this particular video is a good example but I also watched many of your Maui videos :) ) Mahalo.
Great video and inspiring information!!! . I look forward to learning from you as much as I can... Slowly working getting as much preparation and research done before I make the big move!!
I visited Hawaii (Big Island, Maui, Molokai) 3 times between 1975 - 1988 before moving to the Big Island for a year in 1989-90 with my wife and 2 little kids. I opened and ran a tiny, successful secondhand store in far northern Calif. for several months in preparation for doing the same in Hilo. Well, after settling in - in Hilo, I quickly realized that quality, secondhand goods were hard to come by and expensive too, and that my brick and mortar store plans for Hilo would not work. So, for the first several months, my wife and I just had fun doing stuff (watching lava flows run amok, looking for an affordable home, exploring the island, and trying to figure out how to make money before our savings ran out) while our kids were in school. (In 1975 my wife and I spent 2 months riding our bicycles all around the Big Island and camping - with NO tent. We awoke many times in the night, and had to run for shelter. No matter how clear the sky in the evening - it will rain! I also worked for 3 weeks under the Wailuku, Maui library setting jacks to earn money for my return trip to Calif. My wife/girlfriend left earlier after we spent all our money for her ticket back to Calif.) So while searching for property and always being outbid or too late, we realized that a house or land would use up all our money, and that our real opportunity was in real estate, not as RE agents, but by finding cheap land and flipping it - which we did for about 5 months. And we also told our local island friends that we were looking for jobs. Although I interviewed for a few jobs, I didn't get any until a friend told me to do substitute teaching. I didn't have a BA degree, but that did not matter. So my wife and I took a quick sub. prepping course, and began subbing all over Hilo and outer towns. We did everything from K -12, and special ed. I never could understand the students when they spoke pidgin. After a year, we returned to northern Calif. where we bought our first real (tiny cabin) house from the money we made flipping property in Hawaii. (We enjoyed living there, but we got really tired of Hilo's rain, missing family and friends, our kids were speaking pidgin and getting luau feet, etc.) We went back for another visit in 2003, and we still think it's a nice place to visit. My suggestion is that you have at least one plan B, money for your return ticket, do your homework and planning of multiple streams of income BEFORE you come - just like he tells you!!! Once you are there, go meet people, make good friends, network with others, do some volunteering, go to community events, go to garage sales, attend a church (great potlucks - luaus without the pig!), go to your kids' track meets and swim lessons, visit the indoor/outdoor library, and the local swimming pool, and go the the outdoor food markets and chat with local people. Although we had visited before we moved, living there and visiting are always totally different. And we have moved to many places during our lives. You quickly separate fantasy from reality once you move somewhere. You still have to pay bills, go to the store, wash your clothes, sit in traffic, figure out local problems and how to negotiate them, deal with people - good and bad, deal with the weather (rain in Hilo and heat in Kona), etc. And don't burn your bridges with the mainland - most people do move back.
Mainland is nothing but stress, rude, and unwelcoming people. High murder rates, ridiculous amount of crime. Pretty much no natural beauty. The mainland is trash compared to the Hawaiian islands. I’m sorry your opinion had to formulate in the way it did. But burning your bridges with the mainland is just fine. The mainland is a last resort once you’ve experienced Hawaii. Nothing but stress in the mainland. You realize that once you’ve spent atleast a year in hawaii.
I’ve been traveling for the last couple of years, and looking forward to exploring Kona next week and possibly making it my new home for a little while. These videos have been really insightful. Thank you 🌍😄🌸
I really like the handful of videos that I have watched by you, thank you. 1) Your suggestion, find a way to make money and bring it to the islands = excellent. 2) Another suggestion, find a way to live in HI seasonally. I live in California and I love it. And, I love HI ... but maybe not year round for years and years (crazy hot, crazy humid, crazy expensive food, island fever, sharks). So, my goal is not to leave CA and move to HI. Rather, keep CA and expand to HI, seasonally. 3) And, consider adding seasonal jobs as an income stream, Home Depot, Target, Staples, etc. It's not big bank but for a few months it can provide an extra income boost. Thanks again, aloha!
Good Video,Brother I am working on making money via Internet, myself...online sales,youtube,blogs ext. figured it would be easier to work for self than work a 9 to 5 in HI.. me and my wife are working on getting to Big Island, but working on being self reliant first and foremost. Blessings
Hey there, i really enjoy your videos. I am moving to Honolulu in a couple of weeks. Terrified and excited at the same time. I’m a 38-year-old single woman, so it’s a bit more difficult to move on my own. Although originally from Eastern Europe, I moved to United States when I was 19, so this is going to be my second major move in my life. Luckily my job in Ohio agreed for me to work remotely, I do marketing and digital marketing mostly. Anyways, if you have any suggestions, recommendations, I look forward to hearing from you thank you!
Great video! Why don't you sell a course on Udemy (Moving to Hawaii)? I would pay for that course (it would have to be more in-depth). Anyone can sell courses on Udemy so I would say this is one way people can make money online.You could also consult individuals moving to Hawaii through Skype or Google Hangout on a per hour rate. Take care!
If you want to buy a great house here......have your coins together!!!!! We are grateful for all the island has brought us! We have given back as much as we can and will continue to do so.
Move to Texas. A great economy, people and cost of living is one of the best in the US. I lived in Hawaii after a few years you are happy to be back on the mainland. It is a great place to visit.
After hearing the information on cost to live there and work, I don't understand why your not in Thailand or a much cheaper place to live. Your can live on 1000 in other places and that including food. Hawaii is overrated.
I watched a lot videos from you and all are great, just now I know you work with photography also. I understand that you said everybody is photographer on the island, but I have a lot of background with newborn photography, pregnancy, families and weddings, but I’m also can work with real state, product and food photography, do you know what photography segment have more potential and less competition?
Yes there is, from my understanding the economy here is in recovery. In the mid 90's Hawaii had strong economy then it slowed down and picked back up again in Early 2000's and took a big hit in 2008. The economy is starting to pick up here in Hawaii, which means tourism is moving up. Video is the primary medium for advertising in this day in age. So in short. Video work is emerging.
#1 way to earn $$$$$$$$$$in Hawaii? do what the locals do. Grow Kine bud and overcharge the tourists. Den you buy Dat sea blue monsta truck and a fishing boat and ravage de isle fo wild hog, ono and triple ova head surf. Oh yea, and leave trash everywhere. Shaka Brah! love da vids.
Self help books IMO are great short term, I mean the very reason they are put together is for the person writing them to make money off of others that are truly looking for help."outsourcing" your work to others is just not very responsible. I guess there are people that enjoy doing the work of others and for those people that do little to reap the benefits. I just have always felt and honest day pay for an honest day of work. I'm old fashioned I guess :) No offence to you. I mean if it works for you it is great, but I just cant support someone with that type of work ethic. Best of Luck to you though!!
Charlene A oh yeah I work everyday. But I work on things that are my passions not clocking into a 9 to 5. That book did play a roll in opening my mind up to the possibilities of living abroad. Good luck to you also.
If anyone does not want to watch the whole 14 mins. "Have more than one revenue stream." Thank you for your service dude.
Amen brother! Multiple revenue streams that each may not seem significant in terms of revenue, etc., but collectively make you a good living! Thank you!
Thank you for serving! I did affiliate marketing years ago before returning back to school and it was a blessing but it was also so much work, 14+ hour days with fluctuating income and being at the mercy of Googles ever changing algorithm. I wanted something more secure especially as a single mom (I have a teen) and I don’t receive child support by choice. But I do miss being my own boss.But now I am working more on you YT channel.
Just wanted to leave a comment to let you know that I really enjoyed your video. I'm 26 years old with a Bachelors Degree, still kind of searching for what I want in life. Your video made me think and helped open my mind to new ideas. You have my subscription. Take care, look forward to checking out some of your other content.
I live in Kona. I'm not wealthy and not retired. Right now I am working for a paycheck, because I need a regular job to get a home mortgage. I have a small internet business idea which I have been working on for a couple of years but have not launched yet. I'm going to do it very soon. I won't reveal details until it's up and running, but I also agree with the idea of diversifying -- get your income from several sources and you can stay flexible and recession-proof. I'll cut back on my regular job when I get my mortgage and when the money comes in from the website. Would like to be in touch sometime!
For some reason you showed up a few times on my UA-cam home page. I watched your videos and like your down to earth, humble and rock solid view of things. You remind me of Scottie b. The disc jockey. Thank you for your great messages and temperament. Much needed in this day and age
I agree with what you said about how great the U.S. is. I have traveled abroad a lot and lived in Brazil for two years and boy I'll tell you what the United States is pretty great. I just wish more people knew that. Thanks for the interesting video!
Thomas Woelki living in western Europe would change your mind...maybe.
Not only is the USA overrated; it's overrated for the wrong reasons. The USA knows a thing or two about how to be a great anglophone country; that aside the USA overrated; even/especially for middle class people.
I have discovered your channel recently while learning about UA-cam and I must say "thank you". I have been learning a lot from you, and simply getting inspired by how simple yet consistent and informative your posts are (this particular video is a good example but I also watched many of your Maui videos :) ) Mahalo.
I don't know Why don't you have more subscribers, you have an awesome channel! Great advice!
Great video and inspiring information!!! . I look forward to learning from you as much as I can... Slowly working getting as much preparation and research done before I make the big move!!
I visited Hawaii (Big Island, Maui, Molokai) 3 times between 1975 - 1988 before moving to the Big Island for a year in 1989-90 with my wife and 2 little kids. I opened and ran a tiny, successful secondhand store in far northern Calif. for several months in preparation for doing the same in Hilo. Well, after settling in - in Hilo, I quickly realized that quality, secondhand goods were hard to come by and expensive too, and that my brick and mortar store plans for Hilo would not work.
So, for the first several months, my wife and I just had fun doing stuff (watching lava flows run amok, looking for an affordable home, exploring the island, and trying to figure out how to make money before our savings ran out) while our kids were in school.
(In 1975 my wife and I spent 2 months riding our bicycles all around the Big Island and camping - with NO tent. We awoke many times in the night, and had to run for shelter. No matter how clear the sky in the evening - it will rain! I also worked for 3 weeks under the Wailuku, Maui library setting jacks to earn money for my return trip to Calif. My wife/girlfriend left earlier after we spent all our money for her ticket back to Calif.)
So while searching for property and always being outbid or too late, we realized that a house or land would use up all our money, and that our real opportunity was in real estate, not as RE agents, but by finding cheap land and flipping it - which we did for about 5 months. And we also told our local island friends that we were looking for jobs. Although I interviewed for a few jobs, I didn't get any until a friend told me to do substitute teaching. I didn't have a BA degree, but that did not matter. So my wife and I took a quick sub. prepping course, and began subbing all over Hilo and outer towns. We did everything from K -12, and special ed. I never could understand the students when they spoke pidgin.
After a year, we returned to northern Calif. where we bought our first real (tiny cabin) house from the money we made flipping property in Hawaii. (We enjoyed living there, but we got really tired of Hilo's rain, missing family and friends, our kids were speaking pidgin and getting luau feet, etc.) We went back for another visit in 2003, and we still think it's a nice place to visit.
My suggestion is that you have at least one plan B, money for your return ticket, do your homework and planning of multiple streams of income BEFORE you come - just like he tells you!!! Once you are there, go meet people, make good friends, network with others, do some volunteering, go to community events, go to garage sales, attend a church (great potlucks - luaus without the pig!), go to your kids' track meets and swim lessons, visit the indoor/outdoor library, and the local swimming pool, and go the the outdoor food markets and chat with local people.
Although we had visited before we moved, living there and visiting are always totally different. And we have moved to many places during our lives. You quickly separate fantasy from reality once you move somewhere. You still have to pay bills, go to the store, wash your clothes, sit in traffic, figure out local problems and how to negotiate them, deal with people - good and bad, deal with the weather (rain in Hilo and heat in Kona), etc. And don't burn your bridges with the mainland - most people do move back.
Mainland is nothing but stress, rude, and unwelcoming people. High murder rates, ridiculous amount of crime. Pretty much no natural beauty. The mainland is trash compared to the Hawaiian islands.
I’m sorry your opinion had to formulate in the way it did. But burning your bridges with the mainland is just fine. The mainland is a last resort once you’ve experienced Hawaii. Nothing but stress in the mainland. You realize that once you’ve spent atleast a year in hawaii.
I’ve been traveling for the last couple of years, and looking forward to exploring Kona next week and possibly making it my new home for a little while. These videos have been really insightful. Thank you 🌍😄🌸
How has it gone
Thank you , your my new Mentor , you have it right .
Jeff - appreciate your videos. keep them coming!
Great video thanks for the advice !
I really like the handful of videos that I have watched by you, thank you.
1) Your suggestion, find a way to make money and bring it to the islands = excellent.
2) Another suggestion, find a way to live in HI seasonally. I live in California and I love it. And, I love HI ... but maybe not year round for years and years (crazy hot, crazy humid, crazy expensive food, island fever, sharks). So, my goal is not to leave CA and move to HI. Rather, keep CA and expand to HI, seasonally.
3) And, consider adding seasonal jobs as an income stream, Home Depot, Target, Staples, etc. It's not big bank but for a few months it can provide an extra income boost.
Thanks again, aloha!
Pawel Woloszyn yes it's basic advice that works out for some.
Thanks , this helped in all different ways
Good Video,Brother
I am working on making money via Internet, myself...online sales,youtube,blogs ext. figured it would be easier to work for self than work a 9 to 5 in HI.. me and my wife are working on getting to Big Island, but working on being self reliant first and foremost. Blessings
Yeah man, I wish I had the time to understand how to run an Amazon Store.
JibaJabaJ Haven't started selling on Amazon yet, but have been selling on EBay fulltime for a year now. Entrepreneurship is the key to freedom!
You said it! I agree. It does take time to develop, but once you get there, its worth the wait and commitment.
You da selfless Man!!!! thanks brother.
Hey there, i really enjoy your videos. I am moving to Honolulu in a couple of weeks. Terrified and excited at the same time. I’m a 38-year-old single woman, so it’s a bit more difficult to move on my own. Although originally from Eastern Europe, I moved to United States when I was 19, so this is going to be my second major move in my life. Luckily my job in Ohio agreed for me to work remotely, I do marketing and digital marketing mostly. Anyways, if you have any suggestions, recommendations, I look forward to hearing from you thank you!
How's it going there for you?
Thanks for sharing .
Thanks this is a get pep talk it is true multi income is best for the soul thank you for the video
Great video! Why don't you sell a course on Udemy (Moving to Hawaii)? I would pay for that course (it would have to be more in-depth). Anyone can sell courses on Udemy so I would say this is one way people can make money online.You could also consult individuals moving to Hawaii through Skype or Google Hangout on a per hour rate. Take care!
See thats all good ideas. I should really look into it, thank you Wesley for suggestions!
I use Udemy for learning programming.
If you want to buy a great house here......have your coins together!!!!! We are grateful for all the island has brought us! We have given back as much as we can and will continue to do so.
It's hard to explain what you do for a living? Okay, what are you trying to hide?
Midnight Cowboy?
I realize Im quite off topic but does anybody know a good site to stream newly released tv shows online?
@Sean Ira try FlixZone. You can find it by googling =)
@Sean Ira I would suggest flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
Wow! that sounds complicated, I am a pastry chef and usually we work up to 14 hours a day, for the remaining time I guess I wanna sleep :D
Check dis out, a UA-cam pastry lesson channel on the beach.
Coconut shells and a grass skirt. Oh yea
ChiaraGio that's why I hate long work days man, it's bs
Go Navy! Ever been to Guam?
I work 4 jobs and I live in California. California is so expensive!
more expensive than even Hawaii.
Move to Texas. A great economy, people and cost of living is one of the best in the US. I lived in Hawaii after a few years you are happy to be back on the mainland. It is a great place to visit.
After hearing the information on cost to live there and work, I don't understand why your not in Thailand or a much cheaper place to live. Your can live on 1000 in other places and that including food. Hawaii is overrated.
I watched a lot videos from you and all are great, just now I know you work with photography also. I understand that you said everybody is photographer on the island, but I have a lot of background with newborn photography, pregnancy, families and weddings, but I’m also can work with real state, product and food photography, do you know what photography segment have more potential and less competition?
Chris Dittz I would say go for the luxury market I would say
JibaJabaJ I understand. Thank you for your advance.
Hawaii is part of America. I have the book too, not sure it can work for me or not. It does seem like you were in the military.
What Brand Of drone..Big drone fan here.. I see ya soon...
start with a cheap one to get you started, and when you start making money, sell that one for a better one.
I fly DJI Phantom 4 and just got the Mavic.
Way ahead of ya,,,
#islandhopperTV
Isn’t Hawaii part of America? You sound like it’s separate. The standard of living is American not Thai or elsewhere. .
I Wanna Be That Magnet.
I enjoy watching your videos.Im an ex video/ film editor.Is there work there for video guys ?thanks.
Yes there is, from my understanding the economy here is in recovery. In the mid 90's Hawaii had strong economy then it slowed down and picked back up again in Early 2000's and took a big hit in 2008. The economy is starting to pick up here in Hawaii, which means tourism is moving up. Video is the primary medium for advertising in this day in age. So in short. Video work is emerging.
JJ CROOKS thanks,keep putting out videos,they are very helpful.
Jeff needs to eat more McDonald's saimin!! I know. I know.
your cool former marine myself ,awesome your just reg guy like me.
Being a Minister, and perform wedding's.
#islandhoppertv
#1 way to earn $$$$$$$$$$in Hawaii? do what the locals do. Grow Kine bud and overcharge the tourists. Den you buy Dat sea blue monsta truck and a fishing boat and ravage de isle fo wild hog, ono and triple ova head surf. Oh yea, and leave trash everywhere. Shaka Brah! love da vids.
You lost me as a subscriber when you mentioned that book.
What don't you like about that book?
Self help books IMO are great short term, I mean the very reason they are put together is for the person writing them to make money off of others that are truly looking for help."outsourcing" your work to others is just not very responsible. I guess there are people that enjoy doing the work of others and for those people that do little to reap the benefits. I just have always felt and honest day pay for an honest day of work. I'm old fashioned I guess :) No offence to you. I mean if it works for you it is great, but I just cant support someone with that type of work ethic. Best of Luck to you though!!
Charlene A oh yeah I work everyday. But I work on things that are my passions not clocking into a 9 to 5. That book did play a roll in opening my mind up to the possibilities of living abroad. Good luck to you also.
You do realize Hawaii IS America., lol.