Thanks for joining us. In a few minutes, were gonna take you inside two truly unbelievable homes. But first, i want to introduce you to a couple stuck in a property nightmare. Which one are you looking for, jacob . Let me tell you the story of mark and yessenia. Go like this. Theyre a typical young couple. Theyre trying to raise a family and provide for their children. Weve been married for seven years. Currently, im a firefighter with the city of henderson fire department. Yessenia is a stayathome mom right now with our three boys and running the household for us. We bought our first home in 2006. After we got married, we started our family and decided we needed to get into a bigger home. Throw it we were running out of room, and, at the time, the market wasnt the best for us to sell the house that we were in, so we decided to use it as a rental property. It was about three years of living into that house, and i lost my job. Once we realized my job alone wasnt gonna handle both the mo
Thanks for joining us. Im bob massi. Im 1954, walt disney began construction on what he envisioned to be a magical place for families on the site of a former orange grove in california. Walt disney is a man who had a dream, a dream to take raw land and, with courage and conviction, build a Magic Kingdom called disneyland. Disneyland was a huge success. But walt disney knew that hardly anyone crossed the mississippi to travel to disneyland. So he needed a place on the east coast. The requirements were good weather and also a populous destination. Walt disney saw the unlimited potential of Central Florida. The area around orlando was mostly orange groves, swamps and farmland. There were only 7,500 total residents in Osceola County back in the early 60s. There werent, for miles, any utilities that people could have even connected to. Nothing but cows and oranges. With the florida turnpike and interstate 4 under construction, well, disney made his decision. But he kept it very quiet. Well,
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