My husband, 2 year old boy and I are moving to oahu because I got a good job offer. We should be able to afford 2500 – 3000/mo for rent, are very into outdoors life and ocean sports, kayak, snorkel, scuba. I was thinking kailua looked like a good area but worried about a commute to Aiea on H3, is this a bad/crowded commute? Any other areas that you could recommend that are family oriented (not city like)?

I want to start a sea kayak rental business in Hawaii where I rent about 4 or 5 kayaks off the beach for $20 an hour. Does anyone know if I could just pull up my kayaks onto any public beach and start renting them? I know about 30 years ago I probably could have done this with no problem, but in todays world of excessive government rules and regulations that stifle business growth and development I’m sure there are a bunch of hoops I would have to jump through to realize this dream. If anyone could provide good information regarding starting a business such as this in Hawaii it would be appreciated.