Hojin's SW Orlando Real Estate Scoop

My heart’s been heavy this past week because many of us lost a dear old friend this past week. I feel so fortunate to have known Barbara Brady. She’s the original Southwest Orlando specialist and an guardian angel to me. She’s been my mentor into the real estate business, but most of all one of [...]

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For the past couple of years, it’s been a constant struggle to come up with new posts and features to improve this blog. As the real estate market began littering more and more foreclosures on the market, I added the Foreclosure Search feature that can be found below the Featured Homes section on the far [...]

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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 [...]

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A weirdo grinch dressed in drag wearing a white dress with a floral pattern and a gray wig reportedly fired two shots at the Kirkman Road Walmart near Metrowest today in an apparent attempt to the rob the money center leaving holiday shoppers scrambling for cover. I’m just glad no one got hurt. The store [...]

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Photo By Phelan M. Ebenhack A bar that opened last week on International Drive is giving a new meaning to having a drink on the rocks. Everything at the newly opened Icebar is completely made of ice and I mean everything including the couch, chairs, walls, bars, glasses, sculptures, and even the fireplace. It’s literally [...]

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Watch CBS Videos Online With all the talk about the bailout plan being debated in Congress, I’ve heard all kinds of reasons why people think the market is failing. I’ve heard it’s because of Fannie Mae, shady mortgage lenders, stupid consumers that can’t comprehend that their payments will go up eventually on interest only loans, [...]

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I was totally shocked that the $700 Billion bailout plan proposed by President Bush was shot down today. If history serves me right, we all learned how important the stability of financial institutions are to our economy during the Great Depression. So I really believed the bailout was a good idea, although I was ticked [...]

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The first business at the Rialto on Sand Lake Rd. to open is J Alexanders. It’s a fine addition to the Dr. Phillips  “Restaurant Row“. While there’s plenty of restaurants here, J Alexanders is the only restaurant with straight up American food with hardwood grilled steaks, prime rib, baby back ribs, burgers, fresh seafood and [...]

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The Windhover Condomiums across the street from Universal Studios is in the middle of a $2.5 million dollar renovation. The association is making some nice improvements to the community which includes a new 5 foot wide walking area around the pond that’s been cleaned up, new pavers, new exterior paint, new screened in areas, repairs [...]

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I just met with a locksmith at one of my properties and somehow we got to talking about the bump key. It’s a low tech device that picks locks like it’s nothing and can be purchased at Wal Mart and on the internet. An entire set of bump keys costs about $30 and it will [...]

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