Joe Castaneda

About Joe

Joe Castaneda is the Principal Broker of REMAX Hawaii West Oahu located in Kapolei at the Ka Makana Alii Mall. With over a dozen years of combined real estate and mortgage experience Joe possesses a unique real estate perspective and is consistently a top performing real estate agent on Oahu. Joe is originally from the Bay Area, California and attended De La Salle High School in Concord. He graduated with his BBA from the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, double majoring in International Business and Finance. After being in real estate for a year, the opportunity arose for him to use his finance degree and he transitioned into the mortgage industry to become a mortgage loan originator with Island Pacific Homeloans, a joint venture of Central Pacific Bank.

After being in mortgage industry for two years Joe came back to real estate and went on to start a successful real estate team. In 2019 he moved from Kahala to the Kapolei office to become Broker-In-Charge. The opportunity later arose for Joe to become the Principal Broker and Manager of the West Oahu office. He is heavily involved in the real estate community and served as the Chair of the Honolulu Board of Realtors Leeward Regional Group and Chair of the Hawaii Association of Realtors Young Professionals Network (YPN). Joe also currently serves on the Hawaii Residential Real Estate Council (RRC) board as the Education Director. He is a graduate of the Hawaii Association of Realtors Leadership Academy (HARLA), part of AREAA Aloha, and holds various designations such as the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR), Military Relocation Professional (MRP), Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) and Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designations. Along with volunteering amongst various real estate associations he serves on the board of local non-profit, HUGS Hawaii and loves coffee, cooking, traveling and golf.