Watch your property like a hawk.
A neighbor pulls a permit. Your TMK changes hands. The county adjusts your homestead exemption. New flood overlay drops on your zone. You hear about it six months later, after it's already a problem. Or you hear about it Wednesday morning, two days after it happened. Your call.
What we monitor — for the property you actually own
The neighbor's vacation rental permit
Short-term rental application gets pulled three lots over. You see it the same week, not after the bookings start.
The new shoreline setback ruling
Maui County or Kauai redraws the SMA line for your zone. We surface the change with the deep-link to the actual ordinance.
Your own homestead exemption flag
Real Property Tax Office reclassifies. We catch the database flip the week it lands, before your November bill.
Act 125 cesspool deadline drift
Hawaii's 2050 cesspool conversion law has tier-based deadlines. We tell you which tier your TMK falls in and when.
Adjacent permit pulls within 500 ft
Wall, addition, ohana unit, demo, retaining wall — anything filed near your line. Permit number + applicant + dollar value.
Lava-zone rezoning (Big Island)
Hawaii County re-evaluates Lava Zones 1-3 periodically. We watch the GIS layer and flag changes that affect your insurance.
What lands in your inbox each Wednesday
A live mockup of a real Property Brief — same layout, real Honolulu landmark address (1450 Ala Moana Blvd), public-record sample data only.
The product that fits
Property Brief
- One Hawaii address monitored, statewide
- Wednesday 7am HST email — parcel facts, permits within 500 ft, watch-outs
- Hawaii-specific: lava zone, Act 125 cesspool, shoreline setback, salt-air
- Recommended actions + deep-links to the actual county records
- Add a second property at no additional cost (early-tier perk)
Address Lookup Tool
- Type any Hawaii address, see the same parcel data your brief runs on
- TMK, zoning, parcel size, building footprint, neighborhood
- Adjacent parcels, recently-viewed list, geofencing alerts
- Share a property with a single link (good for family decision-making)
Who this is for, specifically
Property Brief is built for homeowners who already know one or two things about their parcel and want a system that watches the rest. People who've been bitten before — by a permit they should have seen, by a setback they didn't know existed, by a cesspool deadline that arrived faster than expected.
It's especially useful if you:
- Own a property you don't live on year-round (mainland owners, second-home, inheritance)
- Are about to buy and want a 30-day lookback on the parcel before you commit
- Live next to a busy permit zone (Diamond Head, Kahala, Kailua, anywhere with constant turnover)
- Are early in your Hawaii residency and still learning what to watch for
- Have a planned project on the horizon and want the parcel context dialed before you call a contractor
Ka manu ʻalele i ka pō o nā lā — the bird wakes early, before the others. — Hawaiian ʻōlelo noʻeau
The point: by the time the neighborhood newsletter mentions it, the permit's already in-process. The brief gets you there first.
Common questions
Can I cancel any time?
Yes. One click in the Stripe portal. Cancellation takes effect at end of current billing cycle — your remaining briefs still send.
What if my address is on Maui or Kauai?
Statewide. Maui and Kauai parcels work the same as Oahu. Their permit data is portal-link rather than embedded right now (their counties don't publish a REST feed yet).
Is my email address private?
Yes. Resend transactional only. We don't sell, share, or use it for marketing campaigns. Reply to any brief and it lands in John's inbox.
What if there's nothing to report this week?
You still get the brief — but it'll be a one-line "no new permits or changes within 500 ft this week." Quiet weeks are also data.
Try a property you know.
Punch your own address into the free lookup tool first. See the parcel data the paid product runs on. If it's worth $15/mo to have it delivered every Wednesday, you'll know in about 30 seconds.