I wonder if they could be making money from illegally renting out their rental a couple days every week?
Nate's post says that condo would
rent for $3-4K a month. Let's say for easy math they are paying the lower amount of $3000 even. They could rent out the condo for $375 per night and only book 8 nights a month (maybe only weekends) and it would be enough to cover their rent for the month. If they can get more than $375 a night they could make enough for their own hotel stays.
Although I suppose the neighbors would notice if people were always coming and going from the condo in a gated community... And the realtor/neighbor said he hardly ever saw them and didn't see them have any guests. My other thought is that they have made some kind of deal with the owner to furnish the house and make it look like they are living there in exchange for some cheaper rent and they agreed to leave for weekend vacation renters a set number of days per month under the guise of saying a "potential buyer" is looking at the house? Perhaps the condo is actually being used as a vacation rental but is listed as a long term rental and for sale on legal paperwork? Maybe some loop hole in the rental laws that is being exploited? IDK.
Any Hawaii locals want to weigh in on the possibility of an illegal rental situation going on that would cause Lori and Chad to hotel hop?