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R E A L T Y
O A H U H A W A I
March 5, 1999
County Council RECHVED i~_.
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Hilo HI 96720 ,Count' Council//'-ow<~c
Dear Councilpersons,
I have many questions regarding Bill 280. As a small businessperson I find this bill to
not only be restrictive but regressive. I completely agree that the beauty of our
community is important. The beauty of the community will be meaningless however, if
we have no community.
I am a Realtor. My full time job is to sell real estate. My fiduciary to my clients, your
constituents, is to make sure the general public is aware of the availability of the
properties for sale. I am tasked to use all legal means to do this.
I have sold real estate for almost 20 years, 15 of those years were almost exclusively
on Oahu. When I moved to Hilo five years ago and started my practice here I was
surprised that so many more people called because of a real estate sign. On Oahu
most people came to a property through their real estate agent. Here in East Hawaii
we appear to be a more "independent population" making the exposure a real estate
for sale sign that much more important in my mind.
In a recent study of the National Association of Realtors published in the
January/February 1999 issue of Real Estate Business they found that real estate signs
were the number one technique utilized in attracting buyers.
Not only are real estate sales persons negatively impacted but I can't understand what
we would be accomplishing by limited the size of a businesses name in their store front
window. That window costs a lot of money. Usually the amount of storefront you have
is directly linked to the amount of rent you pay for that space. I hope we are able to
work together for the benefit of the visual beauty of our community as well as the
economic beauty.
Thank you for the opportunity to testify in opposition to Bill 280.
Sincerely,
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Comm. No.
Mary Begier, Realtor CC h~V
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