Hojin’s Southwest Orlando Real Estate Scoop

Below you’ll find plans for the Executive Series homes built by ABD Development at Vizcaya located off Sand Lake Road in the Dr. Phillips area. Originally, prices started at $354,900 and went up to $478,900 but currently prices stand much higher. You can click any of these floor plans to enlarge the view. I believe […]

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The Townhomes at Vizcaya were originally built by ABD Development and priced quite reasonably. I believe the key phrase here is was but prices have become more reasonable with the declining market. The end unit plan Villa Amore which has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, sitting room, balcony, and 2,058 square feet was priced originally at […]

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John’s Lake in Winter Garden is one of the premiere fishing lakes in Central Florida offering great bass fishing year round and numerous different types of structures to fish including lily pads, grass beds, timber, and deep drop offs. Half of the lake sits in Lake County and the other half in Orange County. This […]

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Joy Wallace Dickenson, author of the “Florida Flashback” section in the Orlando Sentinel, has published a book entitled Historic Photos of Orlando that’s filled with hundreds of poignant images of Orlando’s past. I’m always a sucker for great photography and this one is no exception. The slideshow provides a sample of some of the stunning […]

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I finally got a little time and decided to add some photos of Celebration, Florida. It really is a picturesque little town and a great place to live and visit. The golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones is superb and there’s always wild turkeys that roam the fairways here. The downtown area offers […]

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Lake Starke and Lake Olympia in Ocoee are some of the very few places in SW Orlando where you can find affordable properties on a ski lake. Lake Starke is a good size lake covering 203 acres and much deeper than most lakes in Central Florida. A marshy area connects it to Lake Olympia which […]

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Buyers looking for homes in SW Orlando may find that many of the homes are on small lots with little or no trees. The lack of large trees is due to the fact that many of the subdivisions in SW Orlando were built on former citrus farms. Since citrus trees are notorious for attracting termites, […]

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The Bay Hill Marina and The Orange County Sportsman’s Association are two places in SW Orlando that you can gain private access to the Butler Chain of Lakes and have a place to store your boat. Both places do have a place to get gas so you don’t have to lug around a heavy gas […]

Popularity: 30% [?]

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Ever wonder how SW Orlando looks from a helicopter? Ed Fink of Big Eye in the Sky has been flying around cities in a helicopter shooting stunning virtual tours so there’s no need to go rent one anymore. Here are some of his full screen tours of SW Orlando:

Butler Chain of Lakes in Windermere
Downtown Orlando
Orlando […]

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The town of Windermere offers some of the finest golf communities in the world with Isleworth, Keene’s Pointe, and Windermere Club. Isleworth is a world renowned golf club originally designed by Arnold Palmer & Ed Seay with Tiger Woods, Mark O’Meara, and Stuart Appleby as members. Keene’s Pointe is the newest golf community and a […]

Popularity: 38% [?]

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