Two decades of Hawaii real estate experience. A firm built around giving you options.
I’ve spent more than 20 years representing buyers and sellers across Hawaii and 34 years calling these islands home. I’m a licensed real estate agent and mortgage lender, which gives me a perspective most agents don’t have: I understand both sides of the financing conversation that ultimately decides whether a deal closes.
I founded Paramount Properties Hawaii to give clients something the industry has been slow to offer: a real choice. Some clients want full representation from strategy to closing. Others are informed, capable, and just need expert execution at the moments that matter. Both deserve a path built around their needs, not ours.
In two decades of representing buyers and sellers, I’ve worked with every kind of client. Some wanted complete representation from the first conversation to the closing table. Others were experienced, informed, and simply needed expert help at the moments that truly mattered the offer, the negotiation, the contract.
For most of my career, the industry offered one answer to both: full-service representation at a percentage-based commission. For many clients, that’s exactly the right fit and it’s a service I’m proud to offer. But for others, it was never quite right. And until recently, there wasn’t a real alternative.
Two things changed that. The 2024 NAR settlement opened the industry to different service models buyer agent commissions became openly negotiable, and the rigid pricing that locked the industry into one approach finally had room to flex. At the same time, AI and online research tools transformed what clients can do on their own. Buyers can filter, compare, and evaluate properties with more information than any previous generation. Sellers can research pricing trends, comparable sales, and market timing themselves. For clients who’ve done that work, paying full commission for a full-service package often doesn’t match what they actually need.
I founded Paramount Properties Hawaii to offer both models side by side — full-service representation for clients who want complete guidance, and flat fee representation for clients who arrive informed and need expert deal execution. Same expertise. Different paths. Your choice.
Real estate is one of the most significant financial decisions most people make. For most of the industry's history, it's come with one service model — full representation at a percentage-based commission. For many clients, that's exactly the right fit. For others, it's more than they need.Paramount Properties Hawaii was founded to offer both, so you can choose the model that fits your situation — not the other way around.
We don't ask clients to hand us the keys to their financial future and walk away. We ask you to stay engaged, ask questions, and hold us accountable. Our job is to guide your decisions — not to replace your judgment, but to sharpen it.
Technology has transformed how people access information. Markets are more transparent. Clients are more informed. That's not a threat to good representation it's an asset. An informed client is our best partner, and we build every relationship around that premise.
For buyers, the headline price of a home isn't what you actually spend terms, financing, and contingencies shape the real cost. For sellers, the highest offer isn't always the best offer net proceeds are what you walk away with. We teach clients to see the full picture, not just the number at the top.
Hawaii isn't one market. It's a collection of distinct communities, each with its own character, pricing dynamics, and due diligence considerations that no algorithm fully captures. With 34 years on the islands, we know the difference between neighborhoods that look similar on paper and we make sure you know too.
Every transaction is approached with a strategy to win. We don't submit offers and hope. We don't list homes and wait. We build a plan for each client one designed around your goals, your timeline, and the specific competitive landscape of your deal.
When you work with Paramount Properties Hawaii whether through our Full Service or Flat Fee model the core of what we deliver is the same: strategic deal structuring, disciplined negotiation, and careful contract management.
What differs is scope. Full Service clients get complete representation from start to finish, including showings, open houses, marketing, and coordination with every party involved. Flat Fee clients handle the property search or buyer outreach themselves, and rely on us for the expert execution where it counts most.
Both paths include the same thing you should expect from any agent worth hiring: responsiveness, transparency, and a clear plan for how we’re going to win your deal.
The best way to figure out which service model fits your situation is a conversation.
Every consultation is confidential and comes with no obligation.
“Margaret sold our Waikiki condo in 10 days. We saved nearly $20,000 in commissions. The entire process was smoother than we ever imagined.”
Sold in Waikiki
“I was skeptical about a flat fee at first, thinking the service would be lower. But Margaret’s marketing was better than any agent I’ve used before. Truly world-class.”
Sold in Maui
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