Real Estate Commission Meeting

Date:

Friday, 01/24/2025

Start Time:

09:00 AM

Place:

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room, 335 Merchant Street, 1st Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813

Agenda

REAL ESTATE COMMISSION MEETING

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

www.hawaii.gov/hirec 

AGENDA

Date:               Friday, January 24, 2025

Time:               9:00 a.m.

Place:              Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

                        King Kalakaua Building

                        335 Merchant Street, First Floor

                        Honolulu, Hawaii

 

Agenda: Posted on the State electronic calendar as required by HRS section 92-7(b).

If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please email your testimony to hirec@dcca.hawaii.gov or by hard copy mail to: Attn: Real Estate Commission, 335 Merchant Street, Room 333, Honolulu, HI 96813. We request submission of testimony at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that it can be distributed to the Board members.

The Commission may move into Executive Session to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(1), HRS, and/or to consult with the Commission’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(4), HRS.

1.         Call to Order, Public Notice, Quorum

2.         Chair’s Report

3.         Executive Officer’s Report

a.              Announcements

The Commission shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit data, views, or arguments, in writing, on any agenda item and shall provide all interested parties an opportunity to present oral testimony on any agenda item subject to the conditions set forth in Section 16-99-83, HAR.  The Commission may remove any person or persons, who willfully disrupt a meeting to prevent and compromise the conduct of the meeting in accordance with Section 92-3, HRS.

b.         Introductions, Correspondence and Additional Distributions

c.         Minutes of Previous Meeting – December 18, 2024

 

4.         Committees and Program of Work

a.         Education Review Committee

1)         Continuing Education Administration, Curriculum, Courses, and Providers

a)         Administrative Issues – Continuing Education Providers and Courses Ratification List 

b)         Course – “A Comprehensive Overview of the IRC 1031 Tax Exchange”; Author/Owner – Julie Bratton/Old Republic Exchange Company; Provider – Abe Lee Seminars; Course Categories – Investment; Other – Taxes; Clock Hours – 3

c)         Course – “Strategies of Negotiation”; Author/Owner – Lee Wang; Provider – Poha School of Real Estate; Course Categories – Dispute Resolution, Risk Management; Clock Hours – 6

d)         Course – “It’s a Jungle Out There – Navigating Your Way Through Service, Support, Therapy & Assistance Animals”; Author/Owner – Everett Kaneshige; Provider – REALTORS® Association of Maui; Course Categories – Real Estate Law, Property Management, Risk Management; Clock Hours – 3

e)         Continuing Education Core Course 2025-2026 – Request for Quotes (RFQ) – quotes received

2)         Prelicensing Education Administration, Curriculum, Schools, Instructors

a)         Administrative Issues – Prelicensing Education Schools and Instructors Ratification List

b)         Application – Prelicense Education School – Poha School of Real Estate LLC; Principal – Jill Fukumoto; Salesperson and Broker Curriculum – Live-Classroom and Live-Webinar

3)         Administration of Examinations

a)         Licensing Examination Statistics 12/1/24 – 12/31/24

                                    b)         School Pass/Fail Rates 12/1/24 – 12/31/24

                                    c)         School Summary by Test Category 12/1/24 – 12/31/24

5.         Licensing and Registration – Ratification (see attached)

6.         Licensing – Applications

            a.         Erminia T.P. Frias

b.         Jennifer Ann Renfro – Request for Reconsideration and removal of conditions

7.         Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Adjudicatory Matters

a.            In the Matter of the Real Estate Salesperson’s License of Grace O. Chiu:  REC 2023-375-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Board’s Final Order

b.            In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker’s License of Ciara N. Quam:  REC 2024-302-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Board’s Final Order

c.            In the Matter of the Real Estate Salesperson’s License of Stanford K. Lanias:  REC 2024-146-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order

d.            In the Matter of the Real Estate Salesperson’s License of Gavin M. Ishikawa:  REC 2024-400-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order 

 

8.         Next Meeting:  Friday, February 28, 2025, 9:00 a.m.

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

King Kalakaua Building

335 Merchant Street, First Floor

Honolulu, Hawaii

 

9.         Adjournment

 

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Miles Ino, Executive Officer, at (808) 586-2643 or at hirec@dcca.hawaii.gov, as soon as possible, preferably within two (2) business days of the meeting. If a response is received after that date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.  Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy.