Ventures
The rest of the desk.
Brokerage is one job. The others are why I understand what a parcel can actually become.
Real estate planning and development consulting
The DJS Group
Strategic planning for land and development projects on Hawaii Island, from feasibility through entitlement, permitting, and construction management. This is the consulting side of the same work I do on my own ground at Chin Chuck and Akaka Falls.
- Strategic real estate planning
- Navigation of county and state regulations
- End-to-end development management
Co-founder
Big Island Grown
One of eight winning applications for a Hawaii medical cannabis dispensary license. Big Island Grown runs a 35,000 square foot cultivation and manufacturing facility and three dispensary locations, in Kona, Hilo, and Waimea. Featured in Forbes for its sustainability practices and in High Times.
- 35,000 sq ft cultivation and manufacturing
- Dispensaries in Kona, Hilo, and Waimea
- Featured in Forbes and High Times
Agriculture on the Hāmākua Coast
Vibe Farms
The farming side of a fifth-generation family. Tropical foliage, orchard, and pasture across the Hamakua Coast. It is where I learned what makes one piece of land worth more than the one next to it, and it is still running.
- Fifth-generation Hamakua operation
- Tropical foliage, orchard, and pasture
- Agricultural lending relationships I put to work for buyers
Vacation rental operations
DJS Real Estate Management
Short-term rentals on both sides of the island, run on Hostaway with direct booking at NoHo Stays. I run the books, which is why my income-property advice comes from operating one, not from a projection.
- Properties in Honomu, Hakalau, Ninole, and Keauhou
- Direct booking at stays.nohobrokers.com
- Full channel, pricing, and guest operations
Background
Education and press.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bachelor's, International Business and Finance, Shidler College of Business
Hawaii Preparatory Academy
Waimea, Hawaii Island
Forbes
Big Island Grown sustainability practices
High Times
Big Island Grown feature