Hojin’s Southwest Orlando Real Estate Scoop

One of the most commented posts on this blog has been about the lawsuit against Bobby Ginn, the developer of Reunion Resort and Bella Collina. All I did was summarize an article in the local newspaper, but I get calls to remove that post from other Realtors and consumers constantly. I always reply by asking [...]

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If you haven’t noticed, one of the coolest little diners in the town of Gotha, Yellow Doge Eats, is now open again. It’s been shut down for a while due to a kitchen fire but now is back up and running.
I’ve been fond of this place since it was the corner country store called the [...]

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I knew I’ve been noticing something different lately when driving on Winter Garden-Vineland Rd. and finally realized that there’s some new athletic fields at 13460 Lake Butler Blvd called Braddock Park.
There’s something beautiful about a brand new baseball or soccer field. The red clay is still a perfectly smooth surface and the grass is void [...]

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The latest installment of the diners and dives series is another little secret place in SW Orlando that’s perfect for beautiful sunsets. It’s a thatch roof bar along the shores of Lake Minneola in Clermont called the Tiki Bar.
You can get there by boat or car and anyone who’s been there will tell you that [...]

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I keep stumbling onto these dives around town that really do have mouth watering morsels so I decided to do a series of posts about diners and dives in SW Orlando so stay tuned if you like being surprised by the food in the most surprising of atmospheres.
It’s all about the food here and not [...]

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I was out showing some properties to Joshua & Danielle Rouse this week and they told me they were off to SeaWorld to check out some new roller coaster called Manta.
Apparently, you ride this sucker horizontally and not in a seat like traditional coasters so you really feel like you’re flying like Superman or in [...]

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The University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economice Competitiveness recently released their quarterly forecast which surprisingly reveals some promising facts about the housing market. They predict a bottom to the housing market in the second quarter of 2009. Amazingly, housing starts are 87% below the peak levels we experienced just a few years ago. They [...]

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I’ve worked with quite a few buyers for lakefront properties over the years and invariably the question about the alligator population comes up, especially from those coming from up north. The answer is that there are alligators in every body of water in Central Florida, but populations vary quite a bit.
Here in SW Orlando, you [...]

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The first business at Dellagio on Sand Lake Road, Bravo Cucina Italiana, opened this week and were offering a free meal as a promotion. Being the frugal guy that I am, I was more than happy to take them up on their offer although I ended up running up my bar tab a bit.

I had [...]

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The Unicorp website says the Dellagio is scheduled to open in October 2008, but I don’t think they’re quite ready to open yet. They are getting close though and it’s definitely starting to take shape. It seems like the old world Mediterranean look is becoming real popular around here with Veranda Park being the first [...]

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