Hojin's SW Orlando Real Estate Scoop

There was a post on this blog back in 2008, Disney Planning New Luxury Home Community, and now it’s finally coming to reality. I had my doubts as well, but it looks like Disney is finally getting this community underway. According to this article in the Wall Street Journal, Disney unveiled it’s plans for it’s [...]

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The first thing anyone thinks of when you mention Orlando, FL is Disney World. Those of us who live here know that we don’t see the famous mouse as much as most out of towners would think, but residents here are forever linked to Mickey Mouse. So the Mouse House created recently by an Orlando [...]

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If the sound of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, or Bentley gets your heart racing, this new attraction near the Mall at Millenia may be the place for you. The Exotic Car Gallery showcases the most exotic and rarest of road machines in a setting for all of us mortals to enjoy. For most people, the closest [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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