thinking about moving to oahu...Any hints on homes/apartments that are relatively affordable?

www.hicentral.com has the most complete listing. It is the web-site run by Honolulu Realtor Board. Probably has about 99% of the current listing on apartment/houses for sell.

Depend on what you mean by more reasonable, there are areas that less expensive (outside of Honolulu). The prices aren't cheap either. They might not hit 1 million dollar in sale, but they are pretty much in the middle of it.

Unfortunately, everything in Hawaii are expensive. A lots of houses in the older neighborhoods (such as Kalihi, Hawaii Kia, Pearl City etc) need a lots of TLC, that mean at least some form of fix-up needed.

Other "newer neighborhoods" (such as Mililani, Ewa Beach, Kapolei etc), they are a distance drive from town (Honolulu). During rush hours, to get from town to these places, it can be more than 1.5 hours drive/wait in traffic. And if there is an accident, good luck! We had a serval closure of highway last year, it took people at that areas 3-4 hours to get home, that was like driving at 7 or 8 p.m. at that evening.

Perhaps, you should just come over here and stayed for a couple weeks, get a feel about this place before you decided if you really want to pack up and move here.

The problem is that the median price of a home on O'ahu is in the mid to high $500,000s. For the most part, Aiea, Pearl City, Salt Lake/Moanalua as someone recommended are old communities, upwards of 30-40 years old. You don't find many (if any) newly developed communities in these areas. What you'll find are old houses that you need to knock down and build again if you want something new. Same goes for Kalihi, Manoa and everywhere "in town".

You do have a few new communities in Hawaii Kai, but the starting prices are so high, I don't know if they could even qualify as "starter homes". I'd put everything on the Windward side of the island (eastern side) such as Kaneohe and Kailua on this higher price category.

The only places I see left are Waikele (the higher prices of this last batch), Royal Kunia, and Ewa (big-time traffic problems getting to the freeway). Someone mentioned not to move out past Ewa, since you're haole (white or a non-local) and you'll find trouble. BS. You'll find trouble everywhere on this island, because there's a lot of ignorant people who live here...a LOT of them. But I have haole friends who live out in Makakilo (nice views and breezes...and lots of new homes...may be a bit expensive though), Kapolei, Nanakuli, and yes....Waianae.

For starter homes, you might try Ewa Beach or Mililani. If you can find a job on the Leeward (west, but not TOO west) side of the island, then those places would be ideal. If you end up working in downtown Honolulu, then traffic and parking is probably going to be a nightmare.

Don't go any farther out to the west than Ewa Beach. Unless your some kind of tough guy.

For a starter home you might want to look into the Ewa, Kapolei, or Mililani areas. They won't be cheap.....but it'll be better than some of the other areas like Hawaii Kai, Kailua, or Honolulu areas.

Good luck on finding a place to live....and on the bar!

Everything is expensive. The neighborhoods that are more reasonable in regards to cost you are compromising safety and visual looks.

When you are saying that everything that you see on the net is extremely expensive that is of no surprise because its true 100%.

If you want the names of some of the not so expensive but yet somewhat acceptable...take a look at Pearl City, Aiea, and Salt Lake. --cater to many military people. Its still expensive but not as much as other areas and somewhat clean and safe. Good Luck.

on its hard to move here come and visit but don't move here its nice but its going to kill u and also sense so much people move here we have a big homeless problem and good job in law school my mom has here D.R. in law my advice is not to move here u hart the locals rent is so high that no one can afford it no community's are reasonable mt grandmother owns a 1 bedroom apartment on makaha beach its starting to sell in the millions no think about a 3 bed room house uh huh yes its going to be high and the more homes that are bought the more Hawaiian land that is being taken up that could be for locals that live on the beach.i say don't move here 1 person moving here can put 1 family on the beach because u can pay for what they cant.

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The book "So You Want To Live in Hawaii" by Toni Polancy is a good resource for Hawaiian relocation.

as you probobly discovered from the internet real estate in hawaii is extremely expensive and only rivialed by california and the ritsy areas of california at that.

some decent places, kailua, kaneohe, pearl city and aiea. those places are pretty much gonna be 500,000+ for houses and not too big ones either and around 800-1500 for studio apartments.

there are probobly areas cheaper then those, but those are places a rich white boy out of law school aint wanna be.

go to www.realtor.com and put in the search criteria