The Backstory
Sometimes life takes you on a journey you didn’t plan, and that’s exactly what happened with our dream of moving to Florida. Josh and I fell in love with Southwest Florida during one of our trips as snowbirds. We visited the Cape Coral area and knew it was where we wanted to put down roots. The sun,
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