The #1 best selling book for Family Real Estate Planning
Property Decisions
Avoid Painful Taxes & Family Disputes to Build a Legacy That Lasts
By Dan & Julie Ihara — with a foreword by Gary Keller, Co-Founder of Keller Williams Realty.
Property Decisions is designed to help families and seasoned real estate professionals make the right property decisions at life’s biggest transitions—so you can build, protect, and pass on real estate wealth without painful taxes or family disputes.
1,600+ Families Served • $112M+ in Capital Gains Taxes Deferred • 100% Success Rate on 400+ 1031 Exchanges
Hawaii's Top 100 REALTORS® — 19 Years • Co-Founder, KW Real Estate Planner • Author, National Speaker & Educator
From agent to advisor
Trusted Guide for Generational Real Estate & Wealth Transfer
With over $1B in real estate sales in Hawaii’s luxury market, Dan Ihara has spent his career mastering how real estate can protect families, steward wealth, and create a lasting legacy. A nationally recognized coach and speaker, Marquis Who’s Who in America inductee, Amazon Best-Selling Author, and featured expert in USA Today, Dan is a trusted voice on the Great Wealth Transfer and multi-generational planning.
“Real estate is more than a transaction — it’s the bridge between generations.”
Dan Ihara
Founder, The Ihara Team • National Real Estate Coach • Multi-Generational Planning Advisor
$1B+ closed volume in Hawaii luxury real estate
Specializing in guiding families through the Great Wealth Transfer with clarity, care, and strategic real estate planning.
Foreword by
Gary Keller
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Keller Williams Realty
"We're entering a period many call the 'silver tsunami.' The largest transfer of wealth in history. Without education and planning, that transfer has the power to fracture families. This book does the opposite. It pulls everyone together, and in my experience, this is where all great legacies begin."
The largest real estate wealth transfer in history is happening right now.
Millions of families are sitting on significant property equity with no plan. As the “Silver Tsunami” of aging homeowners and inherited real estate accelerates, most are approaching life-defining property decisions without a framework.
More than 70% of families fight over real estate after parents pass away—not because they are bad people, but because they never had a shared plan. The problem isn’t intention. It’s the absence of a clear decision-making framework before the crisis.
Dan’s work exists to close that gap—to bring Real Estate Wealth Planning into the conversation before the decision, not after.
What You'll Discover
A Blueprint for Protecting Your Family's Legacy
Property Decisions gives you the tools, stories, and frameworks to navigate the most important financial conversations your family will ever have.
Keep Your Family Together
Learn the conversations and frameworks that help families align on inherited property — before the decision becomes urgent.
Build Generational Wealth
Turn your real estate into a legacy vehicle that grows and protects your family for generations.
Start the Hard Conversations
Get guided questions and frameworks to discuss property, finances, and legacy with your family.
Avoid Painful Taxes
Discover strategies to protect your family's wealth from unnecessary tax burdens during property transfers.
Honor Your Parents' Wishes
Create a clear plan that respects the dreams and sacrifices of the generation before you.
A Proven Roadmap
Follow the same planning framework used by hundreds of families in the luxury real estate market.
Resources to guide your next property decision.
Start where you are—whether you prefer to read, watch, or dive deeper with the book.
Blog
When Is It Time to Move Mom? A Caregiver's Guide to Senior Living Options Before the Crisis
Worried mom or dad isn't safe at home? Learn the 5 signs it's time to move, the 4 levels of senior care, and why proactive families avoid crisis decisions. (218 characters) ...more
Caregivers & Families
April 23, 2026•7 min read
Avoid Costly Mistakes: Plan Your Senior Living
Discover why staying in your home too long can be costly. Plan ahead for stress-free senior living and family harmony. ...more
Homeowners
April 22, 2026•9 min read
Consolidating Properties: A Family's Legacy Plan
Discover how three brothers transformed scattered properties into a unified family legacy through smart estate planning. ...more
Caregivers & Families
April 20, 2026•8 min read
How to Know If Your Rental Property Is Really Making Money: The 4-Number Test Every Owner Should Run
Most rental owners track rent and hope for the best. Learn the four numbers that tell you if your property is really making money, plus the 10-minute cap rate calculation. ...more
Homeowners
April 15, 2026•9 min read
What Leaders are Saying
Property Decisions is a thoughtful, user-friendly guide that every family should use. As a trust litigator who has handled hundreds of such cases, I can assure every family that you don't want the delay, expense, and turmoil of a protracted family fight.
Dan and Julie's mission is one that should live in the heart of every real estate professional. Somehow they make 'sticks and stones' into 'love and legacy'.
This book helps the patriarchs and matriarchs in a family communicate, connect, and avoid conflict on life's most awkward conversations… death, taxes, and the transfer of wealth.
Margery S. Bronster
Former Attorney General, State of Hawaiʻi
Jason Abrams
Head of Industry and Learning, Keller Williams Realty International
Scott Hogle
President, iHeartMedia Honolulu & Bestselling Author
Trusted By National Media
As Featured In
USA Today • Marquis Who’s Who in America • Profit Tribune • Amazon Best-Selling Author
Before the Decision. Not After.
The families who plan ahead protect their wealth, their relationships, and their legacy.
This book shows you how.
Helping families navigate real estate decisions with clarity, compassion, and purpose.