Kauaʻi
Based on a sample median of $985,000 — live data at launch. Countywide, the 2025 median single-family sale was $1,100,000 (UHERO Hawaiʻi Housing Factbook 2026).
Kapaʻa town, Wailua Homesteads, and condos along Kauaʻi's east side — the island's busiest mix of homes, CPR lots, and small condo buildings.
Savings calculator
Slide to your home’s value. The math updates as you go.
Rock Realty's fee is a flat 1% of the sale price.
A 2.5% listing commission would cost
$24,625
With Rock Realty you keep
$14,775
Brokerage fee: $9,850 · $0 to start · balance only when you close
Compared with a 2.5% listing-side commission. Whether to offer a buyer’s-agent cooperation fee is your call, decided at offer time — your broker will walk you through it.
Kauaʻi County's transient vacation rental (TVR) rules apply across Kawaihau, and most of the district sits outside the Visitor Destination Area — where TVR use requires a nonconforming-use certificate. If your property holds one, it's a material part of the value, and we document the certificate number and status precisely.
East-side homes split between county sewer, septic systems, and older cesspools. Hawaiʻi's Act 125 requires cesspool conversion by 2050 statewide. We record which system the property has so the broker has the correct facts.
| Line item | Traditional agent (2.5%) | Rock Realty 1% | FSBO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listing fee | $24,625 | $9,850 | $0* |
| Buyer-agent cooperation fee | Your choice — 0% to 3%, decided at offer time | ||
| Estimated closing costs (~1%) | $9,850 | $9,850 | $9,850 |
| Total cost | $34,475 | $19,700 | $9,850 |
| You keep | $950,525 | $965,300 | $975,150 |
* FSBO means no MLS syndication, no AI line, no broker — most FSBO sellers end up paying a buyer’s agent anyway.
Closing costs are a rough placeholder (escrow, title, and conveyance tax vary). Totals exclude the optional cooperation fee — it’s the same decision in every column.