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Oviedo may be one of the Orlando area's best-kept secrets. Many people don't know about this suburb located northeast of downtown Orlando along Highway 417 but it's actually home to about 34,000 residents. It's part of the Orlando – Kissimmee – Stanford Metro area and it is known for historical homes and buildings as well as a plethora of chickens that seem to own the downtown area. This a rural area has seen an influx in developments over the last 10 years and because it's close to the...

You might know where this place is but may not have known what it's called. Millenia is a neighborhood in South Orlando just off of Interstate 4 between Highway 259 and the Lakeshore Landings or the intersection of Interstate 4 and John Young the Parkway. It's south of Catalina and bordered by Holden Heights, Florida center, and Southwest Orlando. It's just a couple minutes into downtown and is completely surrounded by shops, restaurants, malls, outlet centers, entertainment and lots more. T...

If you've never see SeaWorld's Electric Ocean, this is something that will take your breath away. Only available in the summer and select dates through Sept. 3, the Electric Ocean is an entertainment like no other - and that's saying something for the Orlando area.   If SeaWorld and Las Vegas had a love child, the Electric Ocean would be it. It's a combination of Cirque du Soleil, Fourth of July fireworks, music, dance and the excitement that is only SeaWorld. It's hard to describe bu...

Lazy Listing agents are not OK by me. Sure, I should not care, except that they do effect my real estate transaction.   Real estate is a business where a good agent makes all the difference in the world to another agent. Or a buyer or seller. A knowledgeable and competent agent can save a home buyer time, money and effort.   Here are my 3 pet peeves for lazy listing agents:   Lazy listing agents that do not return calls, e-mails or texts.   Recently, I ...

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Officially Recognized Neighborhood   Orlando Milk District was recently nomimated into the City of Orlando's Main street program. It's the programs 10th addition. The program helps communities to develop and grow their local and historic culture. As a result of this recent incorporation, the Orlando Milk District will receive $50,000 for the first year.   Orlando Milk District Beginnings   Thomas Gilbert Lee went into the dairy business after graduating from Rollins...

Top Destination in the World   Orlando is the top tourist destination in the world with 66 million tourists visiting annually!   With all the Orlando attractions that exist and all the new openings just this year, it is still not enough to keep visitors coming back.   To maintain the rank as a top attraction, parks continue to reinvent themselves. As a result, more Orlando attractions are being built, new rides added, and expansion of theme parks.   Up...

Orlando Food Delivery Options     Residents in Orlando will have any easier time getting grocery and restaurant deliveries. Orlando food delivery is expanding with many options.   Locally Walmart and Publix announced last year that they were getting into the food delivery, but now it is being offered by several vendors so that Orlando residents will have a slew of choices.     Restaurants     UberEats, using Uber taxi service, ju...

September was Record Breaking Sales for 32801   September had record breaking sales for the past two years. Downtown Orlando zip code 32801 sold 40 properties that month. It's almost doubled from 22 sales in August. Check out monthly sales numbers in the last 2 years. Downtown Orlando real estate is on fire!   Sold Prices Skyrocketting   Not only were the number of monthly sales the highest in September, but the median price jumped almost $100,000 since August. ...

Buyers Need to Protect Themselves   A new Florida Real Estate Disclosure was just released. This time it does not have anything to do with the exact home you are buying. Instead, it has to do with process of how you pay for a home.   In a rare circumstance, the buyer may actually get money back at closing. However, most home buyers have to pay a certain amount for their down payment and closing costs to close on their new home.   Most title companies require home...