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Power couple Tristyn and Kamohai Kalama are transforming both homes and lives thanks to their new HGTV series Renovation Aloha.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For married home renovators Tristyn and Kamohai Kalama, attending a real estate seminar in 2018 was the key to being able to call Hawai\u2018i their forever home, while also helping other local families, businesses and the larger community.<\/p>\n

And you can see how they\u2019re doing it on their new HGTV series Renovation Aloha<\/em>, which premiered Feb. 20. On the show, cameras follow the couple as they transform some of the most rundown, dilapidated properties on O\u2018ahu into beautiful family homes, while putting a refreshing, authentic and heartfelt twist on the real estate scene in Hawai\u2018i.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our true passion,\u201d says Tristyn. \u201cIt\u2019s how people can actually utilize real estate and the power of it to create wealth for themselves. We\u2019re proof of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started flipping (homes) and we started investing in real estate, we were renting and we were still struggling. We started buying, renovating and selling in order to get out of debt and then to start creating money for ourselves because we didn\u2019t have money \u2014 we were $80,000 in debt.\u201d<\/p>\n

A 2008 graduate of Kal\u0101heo High School, Tristyn was born and raised in Kailua and earned her bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in counseling psychology from Chaminade University. A licensed mental health counselor by trade, she was CEO of the nonprofit K\u014dkua Support Services, where she continues to serve on its board of directors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy first passion was the nonprofit sector and really counseling and helping people,\u201d says Tristyn. \u201cBoth my parents were counselors, it was all I knew growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kamohai, whose hometown is also Kailua, graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1999, and owned a clothing store, Aloha Beach Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brother and I had three retail locations, but brick and mortar was just getting so hard,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe were able to pay the bills and pay our employees, but we weren\u2019t able to survive. We had our first child and my wife looked at me and she said, \u2018Hey, I think it\u2019s time we figure something out if we\u2019re going to stay here in Hawai\u2018i.\u2019 She said, \u2018We\u2019re going to this real estate seminar that I saw on TV and you have no choice.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rest is history. Real estate it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to getting into real estate, Kamohai was already gearing up for a career change and even went back to school, earning a degree in political science from University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa, before going to that first seminar. Now, he calls himself a full-time real estate redeveloper. He\u2019s also a landscape photographer, which he describes as more of a passion project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actually use a lot of my photography in our houses when we stage them, which is pretty cool because I showcase a very unique perspective on Hawai\u2018i and the special places we have here,\u201d he shares. \u201cI like to bring that into the finished product of our houses.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the last six years, the Kalamas say they\u2019ve renovated more than 70 homes, including homes that they\u2019ve turned into rentals and a home in Kailua that they now call their own, and where they live with their two children: 7-year-old daughter Yasiel \u201cYasi\u201d and 5-year-old son Corbett \u201cVale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along the way, they\u2019ve been able to not only build a profitable business for themselves, but also created job opportunities for countless local vendors and companies, including escrow and real estate agents, contractors and surveyors.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve also relied on a helping hand from their large family, which includes 87 first cousins, many of whom are in the construction industry. Viewers may also recognize Kamohai\u2019s dad, business and community leader Corbett Kalama, who blesses every home upon completion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing that opened up a whole new world for us was getting financially educated and understanding loan products and how you find distressed properties,\u201d Tristyn says. \u201cThe properties that we\u2019re buying don\u2019t qualify for traditional financing. We\u2019re buying the worst of the worst that are unsafe and unlivable, but we\u2019re able to take that vacant distressed property, breathe new life back into it and put local families back into them, or refinance and keep them and provide affordable housing for another local family while creating wealth for our own family at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to their real estate investment company, TK Property Solutions, the Kalamas also have a podcast (Deals and Aloha<\/em>) and a YouTube channel where they highlight other investors and business owners, and educate others on how to invest in real estate. They also hold a free monthly meetup where they break down their latest projects, and a quarterly speaker series. Follow @kamohaiandtristyn and @dealsandaloha on Instagram for dates, times and locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting financially educated, that was a game changer,\u201d says Tristyn. \u201cYou just don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know. We just needed a piece of information that was the key to unlock another door and once that door was opened, then you\u2019re like, wow, now I have all these opportunities because now I know it\u2019s actually possible, and that\u2019s what the local community needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next, the Kalamas plan to start a construction company that will offer design-and-build services to retail clients. Ultimately, their mission is to give back to the community, raise awareness on being financially educated and help as many local people as possible not only stay in Hawai\u2018i, but thrive here as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe long-term goal is to figure out how real estate can be combined into the nonprofit and how we can provide vulnerable populations with more housing options,\u201d Tristyn says. \u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019re looking forward to being able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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