Kauai’s Home Market is So Hot, Buyers Are Snapping Up Properties Sight Unseen

Source:The Wall Street Journal — 

Six months into the Covid pandemic, Cynthia Cook was making dinner for her family in Northern California while her husband, John Cook, planned a getaway to Kauai, the northernmost of Hawaii’s major islands. While searching for short-term rentals online, her husband noticed a listing that also was for sale.

“He came to me and said, ‘We’re going to buy this house,’ ” she recalls.