We may have crossed paths. I worked on Oahu from 60’s thru 80’s and finally sold the beach house in the early 90’s. My partners and I bought a Mililani house, phase 2, in 69. We made the deal pre-construction so were able to ride herd on how it was going up. As I recall we paid 36K but it was a house on a nice lot, not a condo. By the mid 90’s the whole middle of the island was un-real-liveable.
Condos on Oahu are kind of tough. For the first few years they work good. But they wind up being high maintenance. No pressure treated wood. Outside aluminum doors/trim takes a beating. Carpets are swamp builders. Cheapass paint inside and out grows mung——etc. etc. etc.
The Army sent me there Jun 1,'77. I was at Schofield Barracks until 1980. In that year I went to work for Harley-Davidson (Leaving out some details) and eventually was put in charge of distribution in the Pacific. Lots of traveling out of my office in HNL.
I never bought property in Hawaii. Got my boat in 1990. We have lived aboard ever since. Retired on April 30th and sailed away on May 26th 2007. (29 years, 361 days)
We sailed back once, in 2011, then North to Alaska in 2012.
I flew back once in 2018. Sad. Never going back again.