What does it mean when a condo is insolvent?

What does lease hold mean in a condo situation?

  • We are looking at renting a condo in Honolulu Hawaii for a few years while we attend school. When it says Leasehold $389,000 and then under description has condo fee of $824 and a monthly lease rent $292 does that mean you can rent the place for $1116 per month? or does it mean you have to buy the condo and then pay and additional $1116 per month? Here is the listing http://www.hicondos.com/hawaiiCondos/active_sheet.asp?MLSNUM=1102701 Thanks :)

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    there is a service fee for the development and what used to be called ground rent for actually living on the property which still belongs to the freeholder so it's $389000 plus $1116 per month which of course is a rip off , leasehold reform has been before congress for decades but they haven't done much about it I wonder why? surely the property developers are not "lobbying" congress at current interest rates with a mortgage over ten years the condo would cost a minimum of $785000 and probably a lot more after inflation

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The project is built on land that is leased by the building from the landowner. The unit owner pays his share of the lease for the land, the HOA dues AND the mortgage payment for the loan taken out to buy the condo. Rent will be at least the total of all three figures, plus more for utilities and taxes, unless they are renting it out for a loss.

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