Kai Brown

Kai is skilled in both engineering and marketing real estate projects. She graduated from Punahou School and obtained an engineering degree from the University of Washington. She is a graduate of the Executive MBA program at the University of Hawaii and was one of the youngest students admitted to the program due to her engineering background.

In 2002, Kai began her career working as both an Engineering Estimator and an Account Executive at Pacific Gas & Electric. She was integral to bringing many large-scale projects to fruition such as being part of the team that redesigned the natural gas pipeline spanning the San Francisco Bay Bridge. She achieved her success by bringing different parties together and overcoming their differences to work toward a common objective.

In 2006, Kai moved back to Hawaii and assisted a family friend whose real estate firm was in crisis due to medical issues. She loved the complexity of the real estate and how every transaction was totally different. She also loved that she was in a position to guide others through such a life-changing experience as buying or selling a home. She found her passion through real estate and has successfully been doing residential sales ever since.

In 2010, she won various awards such as the President’s Circle honor (top 3% of Prudential agents nationwide), Client Service Awards, and has been nominated for the Aloha ‘Aina award (Honolulu Board of Realtors’® People’s Choice) for the past 4 years. Kai has put a focus on delivering a highly positive client experience from beginning to end as can be demonstrated through her client testimonials. Her goal is to have clients for life and build relationships that go well beyond the initial transaction. Her clients - who have used her for repeated real estate transactions – are evidence of her success at building these relationships.

Kai has also been a leader in the previous organization volunteering for multiple groups. She is a member of a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help Hawaii’s families. She has been a member of YAF for the past four years - a group of young, experienced agents whose desire is to maintain and perpetuate the family-based culture.

In 2015, Kai was able to demonstrate her abilities in project sales by booking 28 escrows including 10 reserve housing units all while maintaining her general brokerage business which had over $9 million dollars in sales for the year. Through this experience, she has done extensive research and developed expertise in the Kakaako neighborhood including the resale market as well as new projects. In addition, she has worked extensively to educate other Realtors® and prospective buyers about the benefits of reserved housing. She has helped to host 6 reserve housing seminars.

Kai has also been the Sales Manager for Ke Kilohana at Ward Village. She and her team presented 44 workshops with 2200 attendees which were instrumental in changing the public’s perception of reserved housing. Through this outreach, her team was able to contract 375 units in 5 days far surpassing the team’s original goal. She also collaborated and implemented a never before utilized automated contract workflow process that enabled the signing of 375 contracts in a short period of time which enhanced the buyer’s experience and saved many hours. Finally, she reached brokers and buyers unable to attend reserved housing workshops by scripting and recording an online workshop. Through these experiences, she has done extensive research and developed expertise in the Kakaako neighborhood including the resale market as well as new projects.