$325K Condo or $1.085M House? Two Oahu Listings, Same Day

Two Oahu listings in one day: a freshly renovated 22nd-floor 2-bed condo at Pearl One in Aiea listed at $325,000, and a 4-bed, 2-bath single-family home in Wahiawa at $1,085,000.

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We start at Pearl One on Koauka Loop — new flooring, fresh paint, new appliances, a renovated bath, and a full wall of closet storage. The unit sits near the top of the building with views of Pearl Harbor, the Arizona Memorial, the golf course, the mountains, and the Skyline rail.

Then we head up to Wahiawa to walk a home a colleague has listed: a 2,100 sq ft, 4-bed, 2-bath house on roughly a 7,200 sq ft lot, with a sunken den, a 10-foot kitchen island, indoor laundry, a split AC system, a private fenced backyard, and a front porch. We break down why Wahiawa runs cooler than Ewa Beach, what non-HOA actually means next to a master-planned community like Mililani, and what this same house and lot would cost a few miles south.

Kenji also sits down for a short interview about actually living on Koauka Loop — what worked, what didn't, and how the answer changes depending on your stage of life.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Two Listings, One Backflip Promise
00:50 Inside the Renovated Pearl One Condo
01:07 The 22nd-Floor View: Pearl Harbor, the Rail, the Memorial
01:52 "Choke" — Local Word of the Day + Hawaii Storage
02:55 Pool, Basketball Court, and the Corner Building Advantage
04:24 Wahiawa: First Impressions and the Front Porch
06:00 The Sunken Den, 10-Foot Island, and That Pantry
08:29 Why Wahiawa Runs Cooler Than Ewa Beach
09:46 What This Same House Would Cost in Mililani
11:08 Non-HOA Living and the Backyard Walkthrough
14:32 $1.085M — Is That Ambitious?
15:20 Kenji on Actually Living at Pearl One
17:51 Wahiawa's Food Scene + Shout-Outs

🏠 LISTING DETAILS
Pearl One — 98-500 Koauka Loop, Aiea, HI 96701
2 bed / 1 bath · Listed at $325,000
Listed by: Mahe Kahale eXp Realty

Wahiawa Single-Family
4 bed / 2 bath · 2,100 sq ft · ~7,200 sq ft lot · Listed at $1,085,000
Listed by: John Quindara Hawaii Modern Realty 808-228-9912

Prices and availability current as of August 2026 and subject to change. Verify all figures, square footage, and property details independently.

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