Real Estate Commission Meeting

Date:

Friday, 05/30/2025

Start Time:

09:00 AM

Place:

Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room, King Kalakaua Building, 335 Merchant Street, 1st Floor, Honolulu Hawaii 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, May 30, 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 – April 25, 2025

 

4.         Committees and Program of Work

 

a.            Laws and Rules Review Committee

1)            Legislative and Government Participation Report

a)            HCR 102, HD 1 – Strongly Urging the Real Estate Commission to Allow for the Administration of the Real Estate Salesperson’s Examination in the Japanese Language for Purposes of Issuing a Limited Real Estate Salesperson’s License, for the Sale of Timeshare Products in Hawaii, to Japanese National Visitors for the Purpose of Enhancing Japan’s Involvement in and Support of the Hawaii Tourism Industry

b.            Condominium Review Committee

1)            Case Law Review

a)            United States v. Kailua Village Condominium Association, et al, United States District Court, District of Hawaii, October 11, 2024 and January 29, 2025

2)         Rulemaking, Chapters 107 / 119 – Report by Permitted Interaction Group on Recommended Revisions to Commission’s Proposed Condominium Rules; Simultaneous Repeal of Hawaii Administrative Rules (“HAR”) Chapter 16-107, Relating to Horizontal Property Regimes, and Adoption of Chapters 16-119.1 through 16-119.8, Relating to Condominiums

3)         Condominium Governance and Management

a)         Ad Hoc Committee on Condominiums Affairs and Solutions, Approval and Confirmation of Members

b)         Mediation and Arbitration – Approval to Enter into Mediation Contracts

c.             Education Review Committee

1)         Continuing Education Administration, Curriculum, Courses, Provider, and Instructors

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

b)         Continuing Education Core Course – 2^nd Draft, Core A 2025-2026, Title – “Advertising, Agency and Accountability – it’s your kuleana!”

c)         Application – Continuing Education Provider – Hawaii Real Estate License School – HRELS LLC; Administrator – Ben Eger

d)         Course – “Purchase Contract – Best Practices and Understanding the Essential Contingencies to Service Your Clients”; Author/Owner – Ben Eger; Provider – Hawaii Real Estate License School – HRELS LLC; Course Category – Contracts; Clock Hours – 3

e)         Course – “Condo Lending – What Agents Should Know”; Author/Owner – Dana Booth; Provider – Performance School of Real Estate; Course Category – Finance; Clock Hours – 3

2)         Administration of Examinations

a)         Licensing Examination Statistics 4/1/25 – 4/30/25

b)         School Pass/Fail Rates 4/1/25 – 4/30/25

c)         School Summary by Test Category 4/1/25 – 4/30/25

5.         Licensing and Registration – Ratification (see attached)

 

6.         Licensing – Applications

 

            a.         Justine Pantohan

 

7.         Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Adjudicatory Matters

 

a.      In the Matter of the Real Estate Salesperson’s License of Leeann Starinieri:  REC 2023-461-L; Amended Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order

b.      In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker’s License of Stephen T. Wells:  REC 2025-115-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order

c.      In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker Licenses of Hale Nani Realty LLC and Mon-Jiuan Ide:  REC 2024-503-L; Settlement Agreement Prior to Filing of Petition for Disciplinary Action and Commission’s Final Order

d.      In the Matter of the Real Estate Broker Licenses of Iridescent Productions, LLC., doing business as Turquoise Hawaii Real Estate, and Rebecca Brooke Corby, doing business as Rebecca Corby:  REC 2022-410-L; Commission’s Final Order

 

8.         Next Meeting:  Friday, June 27, 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.