{"id":14434,"date":"2021-03-10T06:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/?p=14434"},"modified":"2025-02-18T06:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:09:45","slug":"rent-for-3-months-before-buying-a-home-in-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/hawaii-nei\/living-in\/real-estate\/rent-for-3-months-before-buying-a-home-in-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Rent for 3 months before buying a home in Hawaii?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Is it reasonable to plan to rent for 3+ months before buying?<\/h2>\n<p>Ralph asked us this on the live show:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Interested in renting single family home, view &amp; pool on each island 3-4 months before buying our retirement home. Our move to Hawaii has been delayed by COVID so we&#8217;re a bit anxious about how those rental markets are doing during this upheaval. Is it reasonable to plan to rent for 3+ months on Oahu, then Maui, then Hawaii?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This short clip came from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livinginhawaii.com\/hawaii-real-estate\/ask-a-question-about-hawaii-real-estate\/\">Aloha Friday Hawaii Real Estate Show<\/a> which goes live every other Friday on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCkEnyieH_5B4T-MipaVGTqA\/videos?view=2&amp;flow=grid&amp;view_as=public\">Hawaii Real Estate YouTube channel<\/a> or our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HawaiiForum\/live\/\">Living in Hawaii Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get educated about Hawaii&#8217;s real estate from trusted experts with decades of experience.\u00a0 \u00a0Send us yours via the form below for consideration and make sure you give your name and location so we can give you a shout out if we decide to answer it!<\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-large button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-no fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/zfrmz.com\/aLUZJCdgb1dsIysqKVj6\"><i class=\"fa-edit fas awb-button__icon awb-button__icon--default button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Open form in mobile browser<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe aria-label=\"LIH YouTube Question\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"height:1000px;width:99%;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/forms.zohopublic.com\/cybercominc\/form\/LIHYouTubeQuestion\/formperma\/UcpXzbswbymy8griHmgcMWFcnbpWMQ9VyiiRALwBbl0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2368,2390,2435,2400],"tags":[1413],"class_list":["post-14434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page","category-newsletter","category-real-estate","category-subscriber-qa","tag-hawaii-housing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rent for 3 months before buying a home in Hawaii? 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