From Classrooms to Camera: How the Hammonds Turned Real Estate Into a TV Hit

Welcome to Hometown Jax, where hosts Aaron Bacus and Jason Kindler sit down with Jacksonville’s local legends—entrepreneurs, creators, and business owners—to share the real stories behind their success. From humble beginnings to breakthrough moments, each episode explores the grit, heart, and hustle that power Jacksonville’s business community.

In this episode, Aaron sits down with Brady and Alyssa Hammond, the dynamic husband-and-wife duo behind one of Northeast Florida’s most unique local TV series. What started as a career pivot from education to real estate evolved into a full-blown production showcasing the neighborhoods and attractions that make the region so special. The Hammonds share their journey from teachers to realtors to local TV hosts, how their HGTV-style show came to life, and why storytelling and local pride have become their biggest tools for business growth. If you love real estate, creative entrepreneurship, or just want to hear how passion projects can unexpectedly turn into opportunities, this one’s for you.

Transcript

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Unknown
All right. I am so excited. Thanks for coming. On Brady and Alissa Hanneman with property tours in Northeast Florida. Thank you for coming. Of course this is awesome. You know, now that you guys are done with season two, is there a level of fame that you've accomplished?

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Unknown
Like, do you get people that want your autograph on the street or like, how does it how does it look these days? You've had a couple of people randomly talk to you about the show. Yeah, or a lot of it's like our parents. Like our mothers. Like, I don't think our mothers count. No, I mean, like, they will randomly meet people on the street who know.

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Unknown
Yes, yes, I have it is. Yeah. We've had other people say, hey, wait, I mentioned you to this person. And they're like, oh, they people are from the TV show. But now when I've been out in public, I haven't get, you know, fans haven't been charging me for my autographs. Well yeah. Go around and it takes a couple more seasons.

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Unknown
You guys are on the right path. But, so, tell me just real quick, we're going to get into the details later about the show so we know where we're starting. Yeah. So, do you want the background of how it came about? Just a little bit. I want to get into all the details, but I just want people to know kind of what we're talking about here.

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Unknown
So the show basically, we've had two seasons. Yes. The first season was strictly about homes and communities where Alice and I would meet with homeowners, learn about their home, their community, the amenities, what it's like living in that neighborhood. Focus in Northeast Florida, obviously focused on the most popular areas of northeast Florida. So did Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, Downtown Jacksonville, Saint Augustine, all those kind of places.

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Unknown
And we were blown away with the guests and the homes that we had on season one. I mean, if I remember thinking after season one, I was like, if I had known it was going to turn out this quality, I'd been thrilled and we were thrilled. So when we came into season two, it was like, how are we going to top season one?

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Unknown
And, we found a way to top it. The difference was season enough that the guests were that much better necessarily, or even better at all. But the, what we did with season two is we added the attractions. So season one, we mentioned the attractions, but season two, we actually went experience some attractions. So the first segment before the commercial, Allison, I would actually go and interview, the representatives from the attractions and then experience the attractions ourselves.

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Unknown
And then the second part of the episode was similar to season one, except we actually got to tour the home and walk through the home with the homeowner and do the more kind of HGTV right style. Instead of season one. We would sit down, not, you know, similar to this in their home and talk to them about the house, whereas season two, we were actually going through the house with them.

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Unknown
So very nice. We brought the we brought the show to the next level with I feel on. Well, what makes it so unique too is it's the local market and what's special about the local market versus the big TV shows. You really don't a lot of times know where it is, so well, we're going to get into that.

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Unknown
But I want to talk to you guys about your your upbringing, where you're from, Kansas City, Missouri. Is that where you guys are both born or. No, born and raised? I mean, do they even have the electricity up there yet? Or was a famous rapper in Kansas City? Yeah. His, kind of motto is we were up in KCMO.

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Unknown
If I was in the ladies. Okay, okay, okay, so I should introduce myself now. But you guys didn't grow up there. But you met there, so. Yeah, I was born in California. Okay? I was born in Texas. Okay. We both moved as teenagers or our parents moved us to Kansas City. And then we met when we were both teachers.

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Unknown
And so you you were you were both teachers. What grades? I was teaching high school theater. Okay. And, choir and different things could not have been more opposite as far as what we were teaching. So she was doing all the arts and English and all that stuff. I was, of course, you know, I taught P.E. and coached high school basketball and then, eventually became an administrator.

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Unknown
I was an assistant principal and an athletic director while still coaching. And that was that was fun. So you were in the same school? No. Okay. Oh, I thought we were going to tell a different story. Yeah, yeah. No, no, there was nothing like the throws with us. No, none of those like, oh, we got fired because we were, you know.

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Unknown
Yeah. No, she was again opposite. She was private school and I was I was public all the way. Okay. Okay. So Kansas City and what you came from California. You came from Texas. And then, school teacher and then I remember reading and talking to you about your story where you kind of had a point where it's like, hey, your parents were doing real estate.

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Unknown
They were doing it in Kansas City, right? Or no, no, my dad was one of the biggest, commercial and residential developers in the Midwest. Okay. He had always had his real estate license and used it, just for his business. He was not actively selling real estate himself, necessarily, but he was using it as part of his contracting business.

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Unknown
And he did really well doing that in the Midwest. Again, one of the bigger contractors. But 2008 economy crash really hit the development industry really hard. And that was the case for my dad's business. So he had to kind of pivot. And he came down here to Florida initially to do some more development. But what he found was, the development didn't turn out like he had thought.

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Unknown
But with his real estate background and his license and his contacts, he was really able to to start a very successful real estate business and got more and more into commercial land. He did residential as well, but his commercial land business really took off, and it got to the point where he and my mom also was on the team.

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Unknown
They said, hey, we really need to hire somebody to take over the residential because he just doesn't have the time to deal with it. And that was the time Melissa and I, we'd always, always done well with real estate. We didn't. We weren't realtors, back in Kansas City, but we had done well with real estate and and we're we're looking to pivot in our careers as we have done well.

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Unknown
Meaning you guys had bought and sold houses. Oh, okay. Cool stuff. And, so when I said, hey, we need something, and we were looking for a change and it just really fit well. And it's been a it's been a dream come true, honestly. So literally, you stopped your career as teachers and said, I'm following the vision down to Florida.

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Unknown
Yeah, that's a big step. Yeah. I mean, so as a he was a coach and an athletic director at the same time. And so basically like and then I was home with Emery and when I, when I had her and pretty much she didn't know who her dad was, he was never around because he was just working all the time.

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Unknown
So we definitely were seeing that that was not going to be like a good long term good for family life. You know, that kind of intense hours and stuff. So real estate is a lot more flexible. He works a lot, but he's home more while working. Yeah. Yeah. That's it's the flexibility is really nice because yeah like she said I'd be gone.

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Unknown
It was a big high school too. It was not some small high school, but I'd be at school from seven in the morning till 8 or 9 at night and nights a week like this. And then there's, there's weekend tournaments and there's summer camps and it just never stops. So you were you were basketball coach too, along with everything else.

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Unknown
Yes. Okay. Yeah. Well we have a mutual interest in basketball. So this isn't a basketball show. But you know that's an interesting going. Well, that's a testament to your family. Both sides that you guys are working together. I mean, that's a big thing. Yeah. And now my brother, the youngest brother is going to be joining the team.

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Unknown
Oh, wow. Here as well. And we might actually be starting kind of a construction division from our Hammond Family Group team. Or we do some construction projects, and he have, he's going to leave that. And, so we all kind of have different strengths and things we're focused on within the team, but it's, we've been really blessed.

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Unknown
Interesting, interesting. And he came from Kansas City, too, or originally, but he moved down. He's my youngest brother. So when my parents first moved down here long, long time ago, he came with them. So he actually went to high school at Ponte Vedra High School. Okay. So he's been here longer than we have. Okay. He's actually a pastor right now down in, South Florida.

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Unknown
You guys are hitting the perfect real estate now. We got professions. Teacher, perfect realtor, pastor, perfect realtor. Yeah. You know, and now, you know, God is going to be on our side. So, absolutely, you need the patience and all the things that come with being a pastor and a teacher to be successful in real estate. Definitely. It's interesting how the skills really do they really did.

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Unknown
I'm actually not even joking. I mean, so many realtors I know have been teachers before just because they're patient and they can walk you through and they're empathetic to all of the things going on. So that's awesome. Yeah, it's a great, great training for this for yes yes yes. Well that's interesting. So you moved to Florida. Talked about when you got involved in real estate.

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Unknown
So you guys have always kind of had the itch. Did you have the itch before you guys matter that that kind of developed when you met? Well, I was getting, after we bought our first home, I was very much into renovating. Huge fan of Fixer Upper. Yeah, back when it first started. Yes, I remember I've heard you talk about that.

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Unknown
Yes. So I would probably had more interest in him for quite a while. But yeah, I really had no interest at all. I mean, I, she really got me more into it because I had never watched HGTV or anything. I, she helped me buy the first house we were dating. It was like our first date. I was I was in the market for my first ever home.

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Unknown
And I had a feeling, you know, that she was into me quite a bit. Well, yeah. I mean, it's just going to be, you know, she's probably going to be my wife, so we'll let her have some say on which house. Yeah. So, she helped me find the house that I bought. And then, and then eventually we got married and she moved in, and she didn't like how I had styled the house.

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Unknown
So we did a lot of, renovating and, flipped it and, so I've gotten more and more into real estate. Yes, I've been married to her. And yeah, obviously I'm very into it now, but it's kind of been, something that grew over time, even though my parents have been in it for decades. Right. I never had that.

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Unknown
It wasn't an age when you were growing up. Little. No. I was so obsessed with trying to be an NBA player. And then, I had to settle. For some reason, no team wanted me, right? So coaching and I think they're all regretting that right now. Once I get over the. I know, I'm sure all the NBA teams right now is the playoffs, right?

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Unknown
Yeah. I mean, where is he when we need him. Yeah. So you moved down to Florida. You're doing great. You're working with your family. So when did the light bulb come on about the TV show like, hey, let's do this. So and I want to say she watched HGTV. I never really did. And it's not like we got into real estate because we wanted to be some sort of HGTV personality.

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Unknown
That was never a thought, because we know a lot of people get into real estate thinking that's how it's going to be, and that's not how the show came. The show came about. I would post monthly and I still post these on our YouTube page, monthly market update video. So just goes over the market trends for Northeast Florida in general, what's happening with single family homes, townhomes, condos.

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Unknown
And then also we look at the interest rate and I just have a post that video once a month. And through that video, I, got some attention and made some connections. And we eventually got connected with a couple of, TV producers downtown. And, I came on one of their other shows and did an interview. And then after the show, they approached me and said, hey, you know, we thought you did a pretty good job on the interview if you ever want to come back.

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Unknown
Or we could even consider maybe having you co-host a show or fill in to host a show. And I was like, okay, well I didn't expect that. And then, so I was like, all right, well I'm gonna put that on the back burner and we'll see. A couple of weeks later, we went back to visit her family in Kansas City, and for whatever reason, it just stood out to me.

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Unknown
Then as I was looking around Kansas City, I was like, you know what? The market, the real estate market in Jacksonville is so much more unique and interesting than Kansas City. And I like Kansas City, don't get me wrong. Right. But in Jacksonville, you got oceanfront, you got riverfront, you got all these amenities that are just like spectacular amenities.

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Unknown
You've got downtown Jackson, got downtown Saint Augustine. And I was like, yeah, it's I don't think a lot of people know what a unique, real estate market we have down here. So the first person I had a pitch to show at is like, what if we did a show about the areas in Northeast Florida, pitched it to the producers, so I had to pitch it to her first because she usually shoots down my dumb ideas.

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Unknown
But she actually thought it was an interesting idea and maybe a good idea. And we went back to those producers and pitched the idea to them. They liked it. And that's how the show got started. Yeah, that's really cool. How do you find TV producers? Like where do you find them? Like, it's not like somebody you can go to their office like you don't even know where they are.

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Unknown
Like, it's a very mysterious group. You know, you usually find you. Yeah. Right. Yeah. I didn't go searching again. This is not something like. Okay, we've got to start our TV show. This is what this is what real estate's all about. It just kind of naturally happened. Yeah. And, you know, it is a local show, so it's not some, like, you know, we're really not a big deal.

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Unknown
It's a local TV show. It's not some. So when you say TV producers, they were with local stations in Jacksonville that, we're doing other things like the news and things like that. Yeah. They have some other shows that air on ABC and kind of see, I don't know, I can tell you all of the other ones. Right.

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Unknown
I'm just more focused on ours. But, but yeah, I mean, it's, we were a little concerned at first that it was going to be about the quality of having a local show and having it related to us. We thought, okay, is this going to look like a local car commercial kind of thing, or how's it look?

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Unknown
But I remember the first time that they sat down and showed us when we did a, we did a kind of a trial run with a couple of homeowners of season one. And when they sat down and showed us what they could do, I was just blown away like, man, this looks like an actual HGTV show. You know, maybe not quite to that level, but it was way it blew me out of water.

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Unknown
What my expectations were. And so we're very proud of the show and, and, and are proud to be associated with it and have proud to have our business associated with it. And we're excited to see what can come next for it. Yeah, that's awesome. That's really great. How do you how did you go about? Well, we talked about kind of the producers, but then let's take it to the next step.

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Unknown
Like, okay, we have the idea potentially we have somebody like where do we go next? Like how did we come up with who we were going to talk to, what houses are we going to go out, what areas? That sort of thing. Well, as a real estate agent, I have a lot of resources. So, a few of the people that have been on the show have been clients of ours.

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Unknown
Some have been friends of clients of ours, and then some, we're just. Yeah. You know, who I would call. So I would look on the MLS if there was a community we wanted to feature, and I didn't have a client or a contact for that community, I would go on the MLS and research kind of homes that fit what we were looking for.

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Unknown
You know, homes that were really cool homes or that were within communities that had really amazing amenities. And say, okay, let me do some research and look for the type of home we want. And then I would call that homeowner. And it was difficult season one, because we had no proof of concept and no one knew who we were or what we were.

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Unknown
But we would call the homeowners and tell us about the short term, about the show. I would go meet with them at their property and, and just get a gauge of these people would be good to be on the show and if they even wanted to be on the show, and, and that's how we kind of did it.

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Unknown
If I didn't have somebody, then I would call and we would call up. It was on me to call people and find guests for the show, which was definitely a challenge, for season one. Well, yeah, I'm sure you have to convince them that you're legitimate, that this isn't some sort of scam or whatever, but what a cool way to, like, transition into what you do anyway.

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Unknown
I mean, as your own business, you know, and you got to find the once you got past the them actually believing who you are, then a lot of people just don't want to be on the show because of privacy or, you know, it's just TV's not for them. And which I completely understand. But then there's a lot of people that really had fun.

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Unknown
I mean, the people that came on the show had a lot of fun with it. Yeah. And it's something they'll remember and they get to see the link. It's something they can share with their family for sure. And so it's been a ton of fun. It's been more than what I think we expected. I my first vision for the show was not near as good as what was it turned into.

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Unknown
So I, I very blessed. So to be clear, the houses were not for sale, which is a big difference. And a lot of the other shows, right? Yeah. It's not like House hunters and it's not a renovation show either. So yeah, go ahead. It's just basically like an informational show. Like here's an overview of like what's in our area.

00;16;49;00 - 00;17;08;02
Unknown
And I found we had a lot of people that were like, I've lived in Jacksonville for 20 years, and I don't even know what all the, you know, areas are. So that's why I really like the first season two or and season two is just a different concept. It wasn't about the buying and selling, it was about the areas which I think there's just a huge niche there on that.

00;17;08;02 - 00;17;25;02
Unknown
You guys are filling now that I think people are interested in. Yeah, I mean, that was the thing. It was like I'm like, I mean, it's an original idea of a show. I was surprised that no one else had that done. A show like ours that wasn't about buying or selling or about renovating. It's just about what's it like to live in these areas.

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Unknown
And, you know, the the of course, the home run. The dream would be that we would get some sort of a national show someday. Probably won't happen, but we're not going to that would be the dream. And we think it would be an interesting show to do. And like, you know, what's it like to live in Dallas? Take York City or Los Angeles.

00;17;40;22 - 00;17;56;03
Unknown
What are some of the cool neighborhoods? You know, I think the show would could be interesting at that level to just beyond our, our lives. I think it absolutely could be kind of I know this isn't the same comparison, but you remember those the listings that used to run on the TV on Saturday mornings for like four hours.

00;17;56;04 - 00;18;23;25
Unknown
And just because through all the listings and like, I remember kind of like that's kind of interesting, even though it's a little boring because it's showing different areas. It's just a different twist to it, you know, just, hey, well, I might want to live in that area. I don't know, your show is way more way better than that, but it just kind of I love the local flavor of just making what's unique about North Florida and Jacksonville.

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Unknown
And you guys are really bringing that to light. So and I like to watch season two, how we brought in the attractions as well. So it's not only like where can you live here, but where can you vacation here. No. Yeah. I was just saying, we decided to do the attractions. I wasn't sure how that was going to go either, but, you know, we got some really cool attractions that really did a good job on the show.

00;18;42;29 - 00;19;02;13
Unknown
And we had the zoo. We had the Ritz Carlton, the jumbo shrimp, jumbo shrimp, baseball. I don't want to leave anybody out. The Saint Augustine museums. I was very impressed by the old fashion that you ordered at the Ritz-Carlton. It made me want to go to the Ritz Carlton. You have not been to the Ritz Carlton. You need to go at places like heaven on Earth.

00;19;02;14 - 00;19;20;11
Unknown
I mean, that was amazing. I got to have a massage for the first time. This this first ever. It was really cool. It seemed like how accommodating they were. So how long does it take to film an episode? Like when you say, hey, I'm going to go here and do this. Is it all day? Is it a couple hours?

00;19;20;11 - 00;19;43;27
Unknown
Kind of. Do you have your lines already preprinted? Like how what's your approach? What's the process? Well, we do like come up with interview questions, but we don't. Nothing is scripted. So it's just kind of like having conversations with people. So is there specific roles that you guys divide up like, yeah, I'll say, like, you ask this question, I ask this question, but honestly, it's kind of on the fly, right?

00;19;44;02 - 00;19;58;24
Unknown
Like right before we do it, our analysis, when you ask that one, you know. Right. Right, right. Yeah. You know, the thing about reality TV is it's not real. But we try to make it as real as well. It's real, but it's also like if someone messes something up, you can do a double take, right? Yeah. Right. Yeah.

00;19;58;27 - 00;20;22;04
Unknown
Oh, and I say it's not real. The people were real and we were real. But now I'm talking about the reality shows that you see on the national TV is it's it's probably not what you see. I mean, you can't remodel the kitchen for 5000. No. Yeah, exactly, exactly. But with our show, we just try to be natural and and we had some questions to guide us, but we just we took those questions and we just kind of let it turn into, a natural conversation.

00;20;22;04 - 00;20;36;25
Unknown
We let the guests lead because they know more about their attraction or their home than we do. Right. And we would just try to follow up with them on that. And then I like to give her a hard time as much as I can. And that's how is all the time. Well, the humor part is good for sure.

00;20;36;27 - 00;20;58;08
Unknown
That's awesome. That's awesome. So it doesn't sound like it took like, how long did it take you to film? Like when you went there? Takes a few hours. It depends. Well, the homes, the homes would take, I don't know, a week for 3 to 4 hours to get the whole shoot done. The attractions were a different story.

00;20;58;08 - 00;21;19;21
Unknown
So the attractions, the interview per person depending on the set up and all that would probably take 45 minutes to an hour per interview. And then Alison, I would go experience the attractions and that would take a lot, a lot longer time. Sometimes we would go back to an attraction multiple times, which is tough mentally. You gotta get like footage of the kids and then footage of us.

00;21;19;21 - 00;21;36;12
Unknown
Yes, yes, yes. So we would have to go back multiple times. Sometimes, like the zoo, we try to make it look like on the show that it's all one day, but you know, like I said, reality is not always what it is. Always. We actually like the jumbo shrimp we did all in one day. Jumbo shrimp. Well, the interviews we went in the morning and then the game we went back in the night.

00;21;36;12 - 00;21;54;16
Unknown
We didn't just go back to Jumbo shrimp at the zoo. We had to go back several times just and also just to get cool footage of the animals and stuff. Ritz Carlton we did, and we stayed overnight. They comped our stay, which was nice. That is really nice for our food to wow at the salt restaurant. Yes, a five diamond restaurant.

00;21;54;16 - 00;22;11;08
Unknown
That was probably the best restaurant experience I've ever had. Wow. I mean, that I mean, it was just like they were. Chef. Calm came on the show and was interviewed, and he wanted us, you know, he wanted to show off all the dishes, and he just kept bringing them out, like it was like the dream scenario restaurant.

00;22;11;08 - 00;22;28;25
Unknown
So is it awkward walking through a hotel with people filming you know, I think so. I mean, I would think you'd get a little bit of a crowd, people kind of watching or something to ask and wonder what is going on. Yeah, people would ask me what this is and then we would tell them about the show. Yeah, there you go.

00;22;28;27 - 00;22;47;22
Unknown
Or like when we did River town, a river town house, and we were like at the, you know, it's like you're at the pool filming something and you're like, what's happening? Right? Right. Remember we did the Nocatee episode and I would go up the Nocatee slide and go down it, and, we were doing the interview. Wow. There's people still at Nocatee, like, enjoying the stuff and.

00;22;47;27 - 00;23;05;05
Unknown
Yeah, you know, and there was some girl that came, we were doing the introduction to the Nocatee amenities, and there was some girl that came behind us and did a little wave. Yes, right in the background, like, oh, come on, we kept her in there. It's like, hey, you know, it's all right. So, well, a lot of times people just don't like, like he would call and be like, would you like to be on a TV show?

00;23;05;05 - 00;23;17;29
Unknown
They think it's a scam. Like they're. Yes. And then they're like, wait a minute, this is real, a real thing, right? Like we're out in public. They're like, what are you doing? You're like, tell me, you know, and I don't blame them. Someone called me. It's either you or me on a TV show. I probably question the legitimacy as well.

00;23;18;01 - 00;23;37;25
Unknown
Or, like, what are you guys, vloggers? Well, actually, it's on TV, but regular concept, right? Brian, did you enjoy the show as much as him? Yeah. I would say that like, certain things were better than other things. Yeah, the attractions were a lot of fun, for sure. Getting the free perks and stuff and. Yeah, no, but yeah, like meeting the homeowners and seeing their house.

00;23;37;25 - 00;23;53;26
Unknown
I would say that it is kind of exhausting incorporating being a TV show host into my life. Yes. So like because we have our regular life, he's got his real estate business. This is like a side thing, right? Right. The Third life. Yeah. So if it were like our main thing, that would be a lot more relaxing I think.

00;23;53;26 - 00;24;17;16
Unknown
But yeah, if HDTV would just, you know, pay us a couple million to do it, I mean, much easier. Yeah, but, that's not the case. It is kind of a side project for us, which makes it challenging. It's a lot of fun, but it is work. It's not, you know, it's it's fun work, but it is work, and it takes a lot of effort and and thought and planning and, so it's not something that you can just take on lightly.

00;24;17;16 - 00;24;33;00
Unknown
It's if you want it done right, which we have a high standard if we're going to be associated with something. Did you guys have a lot to do with how they cut it up? Like you're in there looking at air in the air? I don't like that, I like that yes. We get veto power or I get veto power.

00;24;33;03 - 00;24;52;16
Unknown
Yeah. So, that was the thing. He was lining our vision up with what? The production team. You know, we had a very strict vision and our vision has come to fruition, but it takes a lot of editing. I knew nothing about TV at all before I got into this. Again, I didn't try to get into TV.

00;24;52;17 - 00;25;15;27
Unknown
I just kind of just kind of happened. But, now that we have, it's interesting to see what kind of behind the scenes, what the TV industry is like. And it's good. It's just but it's I when I watch a show now, I have a lot greater appreciation for editing and sound and putting the whole thing together. It's like, wow, this is a lot more involved than we ever than I ever thought anyway, about what it would, what it would.

00;25;15;27 - 00;25;37;23
Unknown
So you guys are driving the ship most of the time, though, as far as what you want it to look and that sort of thing. Yeah, like that producer role, I guess. Yeah. I mean yeah, we we were part of the producers for, for season two for sure. And, and I and I think that's actually pretty common. You often will see like executive producers and producers that are also like hosts of the show or just whatever actors.

00;25;37;25 - 00;25;51;17
Unknown
And I think, again, we came up with the show idea and we had a vision for it, and we understand the real estate and the and the communities, and we were the ones getting the guests. I mean, we just had a vision for what we wanted and the the production team has been on board the whole time.

00;25;51;17 - 00;26;12;26
Unknown
It just it wasn't like we were arguing with them. Right. It was just a matter of here's what we're here's what we want. It's really amazing. It's a great so well and local TV doesn't often do this format. And so I feel like I kind of was the only one that was super familiar with the format, because for one thing, I'm a fan of, those type of shows and also my theater background and just I have a lot of experience in kind of cinematography and that sort of stuff.

00;26;12;26 - 00;26;27;07
Unknown
So I got more of an eye for that. But he's developed the eye for it over the last couple of years. So now we'll sit, watch a movie and he'll be like, that was good cinematography. I'll be like, yeah, I, I could not have done the show without her. I mean, it would never happen without her, for one, obviously.

00;26;27;07 - 00;26;47;05
Unknown
Who would want to have me just out there looking at her home with me? But then her I'd, you know, she's been watching HGTV for years. She had a vision for her. How is it supposed to look? Whereas I did not. I did not understand, like the voiceovers with the B-roll, all that stuff that is explaining simple concepts to him so he could visualize it was kind of, like voiceover B-roll.

00;26;47;05 - 00;27;05;13
Unknown
Tell me what that really means, so I will. You're hearing his voice, okay, but you're not seeing him. You're seeing the kitchen, right? He's talking about it, things like that. So again, just having to explain the concepts like that to him. Yes. Getting him on board took a little bit of explaining, but eventually I guess that I knew nothing about making a TV show.

00;27;05;13 - 00;27;24;29
Unknown
I just was like, yeah, let's do it. Okay. Now what? Yeah. And your kids were a big part of this, right? Weren't they? In a bunch of scenes, episodes, all that stuff. They like to make an appearance. Yeah. And how old are they again? They're about to be four and seven. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So. But yes, that's always my favorite part of every episode, honestly, is whenever they you see them.

00;27;25;01 - 00;27;48;15
Unknown
Yeah. I got so many trips to the zoo. Jumbo shrimp. They were. They're having a blast. They went some course to the beach, walk the Crystal lagoon and the river town amenities. They got to enjoy that. And downtown Amelia Island, they were there for that. Downtown Amelia Island? Yeah, like Fernandina or Fernandina Beach area. Not to mention our little side Disney World episode we did.

00;27;48;18 - 00;28;12;17
Unknown
Yeah, that was awesome. Our kids are spoiled rotten. Yeah, I understand, I got a couple of them myself. What was the most surprise thing you think you learned by when you were filming the show? That you were just kind of blown away? I think you mentioned the quality. Originally. Yeah. I mean, that's probably it. I, I never dreamed I would have a TV show that I would be doing, and I had to.

00;28;12;19 - 00;28;27;24
Unknown
Yeah. I mean, just the whole thing has been surprising. This was not something I have or thought would happen or, it's just the whole experience. I mean, you would have told me, you know, before we moved here. Oh, by the way, you don't have a real estate TV show. I would have laughed at you. Now, I probably would have known.

00;28;27;24 - 00;28;44;29
Unknown
You know? I mean, I know the whole thing's been surprising. Yeah. I mean, when you first were like, hey, do you want to have a TV shows? Like, are you joking? Like what? Like that's just not something you talk about in your daily, right? Right. You know for sure. I think this overall concept is kind of surprising. Do you feel like it's helped, the notoriety of your business?

00;28;45;01 - 00;29;04;26
Unknown
Yeah. No, it's directly impacted our business in very positive ways. And I mean season one only, it aired about a year ago. So we've we've had two seasons within one year. Right. And we've had multiple clients come from the show and that's all those things. And you know, I think anytime you get your name out there in this industry, it's a good thing.

00;29;04;29 - 00;29;26;19
Unknown
Sure. And the fact that, the other thing that has been surprising about it is before I started the show, I thought I knew the area really well. But now, I mean, I really do feel like an expert. And all these, again, we always feature the most popular areas, and I just feel like I've learned even more just about northeast Florida through doing the show, especially in some of the areas I might not have been as familiar with, like in downtown Jacksonville.

00;29;26;19 - 00;29;46;15
Unknown
Like, I wasn't super familiar with San Marco and some of the condo complexes down there, but now I'm doing business in downtown. That's really cool. And like downtown Saint Augustine of I've done business in there before, but but now I know more about some of those, you know Lincolnville. Right. Abbott track some of these, you know, little pocket neighborhoods within historic Saint Augustine.

00;29;46;15 - 00;30;05;25
Unknown
And we've done a ton of business down there. Yeah. So we really and I get referrals from people that specialize in one area, but they know that I kind of specialize almost in every area in our offices in Ponte Vedra Beach. But we we can go anywhere just because I've learned so much about the area and my dad being in the land and commercial.

00;30;05;25 - 00;30;25;22
Unknown
We do a lot of business in other areas outside of Ponte Vedra area too. So, yeah, I guess I've been surprised. How were, how were the parents when you first brought up the idea of the show that it takes some convincing? No, no, they thought we would be good at it. Okay. I think, like us, they were very surprised at how the quality of the show, how it came out.

00;30;25;22 - 00;30;45;29
Unknown
I don't think anybody was expecting that. Most of the people that have given us feedback on the show was like, wow, I thought it was a real HGTV show, right? The quality of it's just amazing, isn't it cool when you can do something for your, that helps compliment your work and your business, but also gives tremendous value to people outside of doing business with them?

00;30;45;29 - 00;31;06;18
Unknown
Really? Because, I mean, you're really exposing all of these areas which are just like you said, are super interesting about Jacksonville. Yeah, I get a lot of out-of-town clients. Have I got a couple out-of-town clients, that I met this weekend, actually, and the show providing those links to the episodes and highlighting some of them. Hey, check out this episode to learn about this community.

00;31;06;18 - 00;31;28;29
Unknown
It's a really nice resource to have. Absolutely. So there's just icebreaker right off the bat. Any positives to the show? For us professionally, I mean, it's just that's why we like to do it now. It is a lot of work and time to get done. But, but it's been worth it. Yeah, sure. That's awesome. I think anybody that lives in Florida always has their out of town friends that are like, so what's it like living in Florida?

00;31;28;29 - 00;31;44;08
Unknown
And so now I can just be like, watch this episode. So it's not alligators and hurricanes ahead of time, right? We do feature alligators though on the zoo show, so tune into that. Yeah, absolutely. It's just, you know, I have people that are like, okay, I'm coming to Florida. What should I do? I'm like, well, here's some attractions we've covered.

00;31;44;09 - 00;31;58;15
Unknown
I'm so glad that you mention them. And I'm not really trying to promote the show. I just I'm like, well, that's easier than trying to explain it. So I honestly try, I, I try not to tell people about the show unless it's just I need to, you know, because I don't really come across as like, oh, I got a TV.

00;31;58;20 - 00;32;20;23
Unknown
Well, and it's kind of awkward, like when people know it's like they look at you and you're like, I just. I normal, I promise, you know? Yeah. We're local TV host. We're not Joanna Gaines, not yes. No Google TV show. But I try not to bring it up unless it's like these people that I met this weekend, it just was naturally like, hey, you know, and I kind of tell them we're not a big deal, so please don't freak out.

00;32;20;25 - 00;32;38;05
Unknown
I want to be show that I can share with you and teach you about the area. So I always try to not. I don't want that to be my introduction. Like, oh hi, I'm Brady, I have a TV show. But it is nice once you've established that connection, by the way. And here's some links to some TV watch that I.

00;32;38;08 - 00;32;58;28
Unknown
Yeah, I'm involved at some level. Well, you talked about dreaming and and visualizing the show. Like what's your long term dream? I mean you mentioned like what would you if would you like to go national. Is that something that you would do. I'll let you answer first. Yeah. I mean I think like the big dream. So we're actually planning on rebranding to living on vacation.

00;32;58;28 - 00;33;15;11
Unknown
Okay. That's kind of been something I've always joked about. Our sister live in Florida that we live on vacation and, like, you know, it's probably be, like, actually a better title for the show. And we kind of want to focus more on attractions. We're not sure on the homes, like it's like, do we just. Yeah, we're still kind of figuring that out, but right now we like we we love the attractions.

00;33;15;11 - 00;33;40;24
Unknown
It's a lot of fun. And the idea of a show concept, living on vacation and like, you can start in Florida, but if it got picked up nationally, I mean, you could literally go anywhere. Yes. Oh, yeah. I mean, the there's two long term goals, I guess with it for the more realistic goal is, you know, we are contemplating kind of transitioning to it being based just attractions, but we still might come back and do homes too.

00;33;40;24 - 00;34;04;29
Unknown
But there's so many cool attractions in Florida. And so being able to have just attractions on the show, I think would be interesting and something we'll, we're going to kind of pivot to at least for a year or two, just to see kind of what happens. Long term. Like, you know, like I said, the dream, I mean, I think the show, it's kind of a cross, especially how we said season two up between HGTV and like Travel Channel.

00;34;05;01 - 00;34;27;29
Unknown
And like you mentioned earlier, there's no show out there like us. There's millions of renovation shows and, oh, buying this home shows. This show is just very unique. And I'm biased, but I think I'd be interested to watch a show like this. If you have, you know, property tours of New York or. You mean living living on vacation, whatever we whatever we call the show, I mean, we're thinking of calling the show living on Vacation.

00;34;27;29 - 00;34;43;07
Unknown
Possibly. That isn't. It's kind of like, do you keep one as a home only show and one as an attraction only show, or do you keep a merged? I don't know, so that it's still in the works? I see if we went national, it would probably be there's some different ways we could set it up, but you could do it like we did season two.

00;34;43;08 - 00;35;01;04
Unknown
We feature some attractions and resorts, like what's it like to vacation here? But also what's it like to live here in these places and feature some of the really cool communities? Or it could just be an attraction show where we go around and talk about all the different attractions, things to do. I just, I think it's an interesting concept, so I think it's a great concept.

00;35;01;04 - 00;35;20;27
Unknown
I get so frustrated to the shows on TV that aren't aren't renewing, like, you know, like the ones, selling Bahamas or the Hawaii Life. It's like, I need an episode from this year, not 2019. Yeah, because I think people really want to see kind of the local ness of every area. You know, I think that's really important.

00;35;21;00 - 00;35;40;23
Unknown
Yeah. And though, I don't know. So I again, I don't know anything about TV or outside of what I've learned here locally. So I don't know what the National I don't know what that looks like, but I just know that I'd be interested in watching a show on Travel Channel say that was, you know, like all the different places you could go to vacation Paris, New York, Florida, you know, wherever.

00;35;40;23 - 00;35;57;06
Unknown
And like, what are the things that you can do? Yeah. Because it's always like, okay, I'm going here. What should I do when I'm there? You know, and frankly, all that's on Travel Channel is haunted houses, so I think that they need us. Yeah. What are you improvement for? Sure. Yeah. And then what's it like to live there, too, you know, what's it like to live on vacation?

00;35;57;06 - 00;36;20;08
Unknown
We live on vacation here in Jacksonville. Really? We say that all the time. And what it would be like to live on vacation and, you know, Denver, Colorado or Nashville, Tennessee, or, you know, some of these places people like to go to. Yeah, feature those attractions. And, you know, I don't know, I think it's an interesting concept. We would obviously, if it was going to go national, we would want to hear from what those level producers would think it would be successful.

00;36;20;10 - 00;36;37;02
Unknown
So yeah, the answer to your question that that would be the dream. And we would certainly be able to do in that. Well, just remember the little guy, okay? However, you guys make the big dream. Well, realistically, it'll probably just stay what it is, which is fine by us. I mean, it's still a lot of fun. Well, you've accomplished so much so quick, so don't stop dreaming.

00;36;37;04 - 00;36;56;03
Unknown
Two seasons. So we talked about season one and season two. So I kind of want to do a little rapid fire through each one. So season one is you had two houses that you featured and different areas of town. So I want to go through that list real quick and tell me kind of what jumps out in your memory on the one.

00;36;56;03 - 00;37;21;23
Unknown
So season one, downtown Jax, what comes out? Yeah. What comes to your mind like oh man. Word sentences, anything. Feelings? Well, I mean, the homes were very unique. You had the condo, high rise condo, and then you had the mansion on San Marco. Those were two very. That San Marco River house was probably the most talked about house from season one that we had.

00;37;22;00 - 00;37;41;14
Unknown
That was spectacular. Was just amazing house. I mean, huge on the river with the dog. I mean, it was beautiful. The river was so far out the almost like like the ocean so. Yeah. Yeah. That was a spectacular home. And then the condo too, I mean you were right there. You could watch the Jags game from their condo the way that they had all their balconies.

00;37;41;14 - 00;38;03;14
Unknown
You almost had a pretty much a 360 view of like it's stunning I mean you just you don't you don't think of that kind of view. That doesn't come I mean, the beach comes to my mind first, you know, but that's kind of where I'm at. Yeah. Downtown Saint Augustine. Well, I mean, just again, each episode, each area is so unique, but those homes were historic homes.

00;38;03;16 - 00;38;21;00
Unknown
Just so much history. In both of those, there was the one that was on the Intracoastal that was built 100 years ago. And then there was the one with the the, ballroom upstairs. Yeah. Now remember that. Yeah. You guys put on a good dance show that I remember at The Worm. You know, it's a highlight of the season.

00;38;21;00 - 00;38;40;26
Unknown
So, yeah, that one was actually a new build. So that's very unusual for that area. Very unusual. There used to be an airstrip. I remember that about that one for sure. But yeah the homeowners were very, very sweet. I mean, just those four homes that we just mentioned, I would never have dreamed we would have got those quality of homes and those quality guests to come on the show for season one, I mean those for right off the bat.

00;38;40;26 - 00;39;00;18
Unknown
Amazing. With no show concept at all. They have no idea what they're signing up for. Amazing home. I mean, it's just well, those those people I remember is the most of them. They really enjoyed showing what they have done, which they should. They should be proud of it. Jack speech. So yeah, we got Sharif and, amazing ocean view and his sunrises.

00;39;00;18 - 00;39;23;00
Unknown
He would film all the time. And. Yeah, you mentioned the view being downtown, that you're more used to the ocean views. You got the ocean views. On episode three, we had the, oceanfront condo, and then we had the ocean front, basically another ocean from, that was super updated, the Voorhees residents. So, yeah, I mean, really and one was on the north side of Jack's Beach, those on the south side.

00;39;23;00 - 00;39;37;28
Unknown
So we really give you a good overview of what's in there. You guys really hit it out of the park than some of these houses, right? I'm telling you, if he would have told me when we started, I would never have thought we would have got such amazing guests. Come on. Yeah. The Voorhees. This house is very much like my personal style.

00;39;37;28 - 00;39;58;09
Unknown
Like, I love the shiplap and the beach style. So, yeah, I love that house for sure. Ponte Vedra Beach, that had to be your favorite episode. I don't know, we had this guy looks a little creepy. Yeah, I can hear that stuff, but no. Your home. We really appreciate it. You guys coming on the show because you guys had good insights on what's one of the most popular communities.

00;39;58;09 - 00;40;19;23
Unknown
And in that I get asked about is Marsh landing, Ponte Vedra Beach. I mean, just so many good things and going on in there. And so it was a really good episode to talk about. To Marshall Landing and then, the intercoastal again. There's so many waterfront types of properties here. So we got riverfront with San Marco, we had the oceanfront with Jack's Beach and then the Intracoastal Waterway.

00;40;19;23 - 00;40;36;19
Unknown
We had a home off Roscoe Boulevard, which was. And, but they didn't use it. They don't even have a boat. But they had a deck and, you know. Yeah. Oh, secondary. You know. Yeah, they had the dock, but it was a spectacular house. My wife would like you to know that we have furniture now in the media area, so she's very self-conscious about that.

00;40;36;21 - 00;40;58;23
Unknown
Oh, we'll have to have you back on. Yeah, exactly. Intercoastal West in Nocatee. Yeah. So, intercoastal West, that was our first step. That was kind of our trial shoot was the Jax Golf and Country Club. Right. So that was the learning experience. That was my first time. I mean, I was on a fast food restaurant commercial when I was a kid, so I guess that was my first TV experience.

00;40;58;23 - 00;41;15;08
Unknown
Yeah, that was my first hosting experience. So that was exciting. And to see of this commercial, I mean, that was the first time we saw an edited version was the Jax Golf and Country Club interview. And that's when I was like, oh, wow, this is going to be pretty cool. And then the, water's edge townhome, of course.

00;41;15;11 - 00;41;32;17
Unknown
Yeah, that is really, really cool view of the Marina. And was that in Nocatee or so? What was the coastal west? Okay. It's, off Atlantic. They had a elevator. Right? Right. Okay. I know though, that. And where was the neighborhood in Nocatee then? Did you do want to Nocatee. Yeah, we did. Nocatee what were the two neighborhoods?

00;41;32;19 - 00;42;00;06
Unknown
Town Center and Coastal Oaks. Okay. The town center home had burned down interest. I just got done rebuilding it. I remember the golf cart caught fire, and, so that was a big story, but we had, you know, provided footage of the home. It was on fire and stuff. Oh, that's the interesting to hear their story. And then Coastal Oaks, you know, you got luxury level homes and coastal oaks and we had a very nice, you know, 5000 square foot home with a beautiful pool.

00;42;00;06 - 00;42;22;08
Unknown
And, yeah, that house with the double staircase entry is definitely, so breathtaking whenever you walk in, it has something like that. That's awesome. So season two, you guys switched it up, and you featured a home in an attraction kind of in the same area. Did that? Not really. We try to have a connection. Yeah, so was one of those connections.

00;42;22;09 - 00;42;44;21
Unknown
But I don't know if people understood that. Some of them were obvious, like episode one was downtown Jax. So we did the shrimp and we did another high rise condo, San Marco Place penthouse, which was a really cool place. Yeah. That thing was amazing. I love you visiting the shrimp, though. That was. That's really fun. I mean, people don't realize how much fun that is.

00;42;44;21 - 00;42;58;25
Unknown
Like, you kind of like I. It's minor league baseball, to me, is kind of like bowling. Like I don't want to go. And then you go, you're like, why don't we do this more? This is awesome, you know? Yeah. The kids are like begging to go back for sure. Like they're all about it. Yeah, me like baseball. It's great.

00;42;58;25 - 00;43;14;28
Unknown
But then you get the fireworks, all the events and little activities they do. I feel like they give you so much for your dollar there. You know, there's just lots going on. It's not super expensive. Yeah, I my are the food tour that we got there was actually one of my favorite memories from the attractions. And it was just kind of fun.

00;43;15;00 - 00;43;38;25
Unknown
Yeah. They get they set us up with a food tour. We went around and and tried their I saw like the, the Frito around Frito. I mean, I need to go. I need to get back there soon because that Frito dishes and made the Frito pie. This was really good. I mean, that was a great time. I mean, I like to eat, so that's and obviously they had a lot of shrimp dishes naturally because there's a shrimp which isn't something normal you find at a baseball game.

00;43;38;25 - 00;43;56;14
Unknown
So that's really cool. Yes, I yeah, I feel like the food options there were more like when I remember going to baseball games and other stadiums, it doesn't I don't really think of. Yeah, they take pride in the food that they offer. So, I'm something I jumbo shrimp, you know, commercial right now, but, I mean, yeah, if you haven't been to a game, you got to go out.

00;43;56;14 - 00;44;16;14
Unknown
It was spectacular. Spectacular. So we hit on it a little bit. The Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island. That was just spectacular. The kids stay home on that one. Yeah, I don't think the kids made any apparent. Oh, we came up for the Amelia Island portion. Yeah, like you see them briefly in pirate hats at the. Yeah, we took them to downtown Fernandina Beach.

00;44;16;14 - 00;44;33;21
Unknown
Okay. We interviewed someone from Visit Amelia at the end of the episode and kind of had an overview of millenials. That was an area that I honestly did not know too much about since doing the show. I've never sold anything up there. Would love to, but haven't yet. And, and so I really learned a lot going up there.

00;44;33;21 - 00;44;52;19
Unknown
We went up there multiple times, to Fernandina Beach, to the resort, took a weekend at the resort and got a lot of footage. I went up there one more time. It's more footage. Yeah, well, the salt restaurant wasn't open yet at the time. Oh, yeah. So we had to go back out for the restaurant cause it was under renovation, so it was renovated, so I had to go back up there for that.

00;44;52;19 - 00;45;12;21
Unknown
But. So you highly recommend the Ritz, Definitely. Yeah. I was so much. Well, the. Yeah, you have the spa, you got the, fine dining restaurant. Plus, like, there's other restaurants there too. It's all ocean view rooms, you know, like, so they really, like, go anywhere. They've got golf, they've got the spa, the salt restaurant. And I got more restaurants that are really good, too.

00;45;12;21 - 00;45;31;06
Unknown
I mean, you can see the lobby with the sushi and the, it's a smoked, old, old fashioned. I mean, it's just a lot of people have to fly to get to, like, an ocean front that's so, so unique. And, you know, talking about uncovering the spots you don't always think about. I mean, Amelia Island is a perfect example.

00;45;31;06 - 00;45;47;27
Unknown
So cool. Did you let him keep the robe that he wore? Yeah, because I look very comfortable and happy. And I think we had to keep the robes there. Yeah. It wasn't. You couldn't fit it in your suitcase with the towels or. They cost us a lot. But I think there was a tag that said if you take the robe will charge you or something.

00;45;47;27 - 00;46;07;11
Unknown
That's. That is so funny. And how we connected, Amelia Island with Beach Walk. They're nowhere near each other. But we had the artificial beach. Yeah, the lagoon and and the real beach. Ritz-Carlton. So that was the connection there at the beach walk. Another really cool thing is that house was right on the beach, wasn't it, in Beach Road?

00;46;07;13 - 00;46;26;18
Unknown
Yeah, it's right. So painting view. Yeah. Yeah, yeah it was. And they had a really cool upstairs game room. I got to sing to her when she really likes. Yes. Yeah. That house was a lot of fun. Yeah I, I saw that episode. That was awesome. So the town center, Saint John's town center and PV beach oceanfront. Tell me about those.

00;46;26;21 - 00;46;53;25
Unknown
Well, they're connected because they're both luxury. You know, you have your luxury shopping. You're not Saint John. They're not they're they're not that far. But really it was the you know we're going high end this episode. Yeah. And shopping and high end property. And that's actually you know, I was more familiar with those attractions than the others. So I wasn't quite as excited about filming that one at first, but it actually turned out to be one of the more fun experiences, I thought, with the attractions there.

00;46;53;27 - 00;47;10;07
Unknown
I had never done the indoor skydiving, so that was fun, even though I was terrible at it. Yeah, and then I had never done an escape room. But my brother and his wife were like, all about it. So we had them come on as guests for that segment. So that was a lot of fun. And then Topgolf.

00;47;10;09 - 00;47;26;22
Unknown
Yeah. So tons to do down there for sure. Yeah, yeah, most people have heard of these attractions, but they've never going to be seen them. And this was an opportunity needed to learn. And we also did some shopping and stuff on the show and ate at, Sugar Factory. We always try to incorporate, if we could, a restaurant and we did that.

00;47;26;24 - 00;47;48;09
Unknown
So that was a lot of fun. And then the, oceanfront mansion, I mean, you can't. That's all you need to say. Oceanfront. Yeah. That's like. Yeah, like those two words in a sentence. You know, that's pretty big. So yeah, that home and that was a really big house wasn't it. Yeah. Between 7 and 8000ft². That was the one where the friends were there.

00;47;48;11 - 00;48;18;21
Unknown
Yeah. I just remember that the driveway was ridiculous. Like how much room they had off of A1. It was, it was, it's south of McClurg or was it north okay. Yeah it was man, the lot must have just been huge. Yeah. That you definitely was like you could host events there, right? Right. Like I have a one and a half acre property on the ocean and everything was just designed well for hosting, like the, the very like you walk in and then to the right, immediately you have that giant like living room, but it's like all like wall to wall windows.

00;48;18;21 - 00;48;36;03
Unknown
And they all can open out onto the walkway. And you got the pool. So yeah. And the dining room was amazing too. Yeah. For sure. So so cool, so cool. And then probably one of your favorites, Jack Zoo and Rivertowne. Yeah. No, that one was a little bit more of a stretch. Yeah, yeah, but they were both on the river, right?

00;48;36;03 - 00;48;50;23
Unknown
Right. River towns on the river. And the same was on the river. They're very far on the river, but they're both on the river. So that's how we connected. Okay. Yeah. So the zoo is actually on the river, I don't know that I knew that. Interesting. Yeah. It's on the river. Up, up on the north side of jacks.

00;48;50;23 - 00;49;09;29
Unknown
And they've done all kinds of improvements. Things with the zoo, things that they're planning on doing. I haven't been there. And so, Lon, I need to circle back for sure. Yeah. I haven't completed, the projects yet, so most of it's with the entrance. They're doing a really new entryway with, Florida exhibits going to. I mean, it's really cool.

00;49;09;29 - 00;49;30;14
Unknown
And they shared a lot of footage that we shared on the show. Curtis, the former Jacksonville Jaguars mascot, he, interviewed on this and went through all the improvements that were being made. And, and then we just got a lot of really cool footage of the animals. Yeah. The lion's roar. Yeah. The tigers like leaping up. One time I was there, again, we went there quite a bit to just get footage in the Tiger.

00;49;30;14 - 00;49;47;24
Unknown
There was a service dog in the, Tiger exhibit, and that was just sitting there was this lady with the service dog and the tigers since the service dog and, like, saw it and you could see it, it kind of got up and like, crept when it stopped the dog. I was like and we got, I got footage of it on the show, like, wow, that was cool.

00;49;47;27 - 00;50;08;17
Unknown
Yeah, that's cool that they're not just laying around there. Oh. The, the real tigers that you don't want to go in their cage, cuz the Jacksonville Zoo, you know, I'm a big zoo guy. I've always had season passes. The Kansas City Zoo, the Saint Louis Zoo. I would take trips up to the Omaha Zoo, which, if you are a big zoo guy, I didn't know that about the San Diego Zoo.

00;50;08;17 - 00;50;23;13
Unknown
Okay, you know, my house is basically a zoo, right? Right. But, But Jacksonville Zoo, I did not expect it to be as good as it is when I moved here. I didn't move here because of the zoo, right? Right. But I got here. I was pleasantly surprised, like, oh, this zoo is. It's a zoo. Is. That is where it's at?

00;50;23;13 - 00;50;39;29
Unknown
It's only to get better. So. Yeah. Yeah. People need to check out. We would definitely do that. We can't talk enough good stuff about the zoo. Rivertown, tell us about that. I think that's kind of an area that a lot of people don't know about either. You know, it's amazing how. Because I'm in the real estate industry.

00;50;39;29 - 00;51;02;00
Unknown
So I hear about these communities and know about them all the time. But if you're not at it, a lot of people don't know. Yeah, for sure. And that's why we did the show. But Rivertown is just a yeah, it's an underrated and amazing community. The amenities are top notch. I mean, between Nocatee, Beachwalk and Rivertown, which we've all featured on the show, I mean, those amenities are all so different, but just world class.

00;51;02;01 - 00;51;18;20
Unknown
Yeah, know Rivertown got a new amenity that has its own lazy river. It's their uncle. So it featured all those amenities. Those guests were our clients of mine, but they wanted to be on, and, they did a great job. They've got a fun personality themselves. Lucas and me can kind of go back and forth a little bit.

00;51;18;25 - 00;51;36;20
Unknown
Yeah, but, but their home was very cool, and I think it represented Rivertown really well. Isn't that the one that they redid their whole backyard? Like it's got the astroturf and all that? Wow. That was spectacular. Yeah. Really nice. Got a lot to that house. Yeah. It's, those are the friends you want to know. Like when the party's going on.

00;51;36;22 - 00;51;57;13
Unknown
Yeah, they're. They're known for hosting some parties. Yeah, sure. For sure. It's, That's awesome. And then the final one was Saint Augustine Old Town Museum, and then historic Saint George. Yeah, I mean saint. That's the thing about Northeast Florida. It's just so many unique areas, which is why I have a vision for the show. Yeah. What's more unique than just Saint Augustine alone?

00;51;57;13 - 00;52;21;18
Unknown
All these different places we've talked about to do a show on that. Yeah, these kind of thing. So we, we feature Saint Augustine in season one and two and, just because there's so much history, so much to do, it's one of the most popular tourist destinations, like in Florida, for sure. Yeah. So we had a field day with the attractions, and we got connected with the Old Town trolley, general manager, who manages the those museums and the trolley.

00;52;21;21 - 00;52;41;15
Unknown
He was an expert on Saint Augustine. Really good interview. And we got to experience those attractions and really show the guests what it's like. And then go to Saint George Street and eat at the Columbia restaurant and feature that restaurant. And, and again, another historic home. So we've had three historic homes on the show. That's really cool.

00;52;41;22 - 00;52;57;14
Unknown
It's interesting to see what how they're set up. What's the what was it like. And and again, that home was built just right after, you know, soon after the Civil War. And I think he said it on the show. It's like, you know what, what were these walls of seen back there? I know, I know. Well, speaking of that, I absolutely love the trolley.

00;52;57;14 - 00;53;14;02
Unknown
I think I've done him in Key West. I've done of in Savannah. There's so much fun listening to the history. And it's something you can do multiple times and you can't, you can't get enough of it. I kind of like it, you know? Yeah, they do the Christmas lights. Yeah. Knights of Lights that we talked about on the show.

00;53;14;02 - 00;53;31;29
Unknown
And I mean, that's why we love living here in Florida. And that's all I was able to showcase it on. The show has been really cool. Well, I can't wait to see what season three is. It's been pretty unique the first two. So I think that's awesome. A couple questions, as we end, what ways can we watch the show?

00;53;31;29 - 00;53;54;02
Unknown
Like what's the best way to get it and where do we go? Yeah. If you didn't watch it on ABC, we post all the episodes on our website. So if you go to the Hammond Family group.com and go to the top, tab, there will be it says Property Tours TV show. Just click on that tab. You can watch all the replays of season one, season two, our Disney World YouTube episode is on there.

00;53;54;05 - 00;54;13;11
Unknown
And then we do have a couple of social media pages where we post updates and clips from the show. So if you go to property tours, at Property Tours, NFL, on Instagram or Facebook, we will post some clips of the show and we'll make announcements and stuff. Season three. We're really not sure what it's going to look like right now, right?

00;54;13;14 - 00;54;25;27
Unknown
It's probably going to look different. But we're really not sure, honestly. And we're not in a big rush, you know, we want to slow things down a little bit. We've got young kids, and it's a lot of work, so we don't want to be in a big rush to try to. Yeah, set a deadline for it.

00;54;25;27 - 00;54;42;22
Unknown
We just we're going to take our time with it. And when we know what it's going to look like, we will make some announcements and we hope everybody can tune in. What advice? Final question. What advice would you have somebody that wants to start their own TV show. Yeah. Don't do it. Don't know what it might be.

00;54;42;22 - 00;55;00;08
Unknown
I don't know that we're experts or anything. When you've done two seasons of a show that's on TV. I mean, that's two more seasons than a lot of people have ever done. So I guess it depends on what the person was wanting to do. So if they're wanting to host a show, my biggest advice would be just have fun and be yourself.

00;55;00;10 - 00;55;26;06
Unknown
Which is my advice, pretty much with anything you can have fun and be yourself. If you're producing the show, like we basically we are producers of the show, you know, just understand what you're getting into and it is work. And it's not all like a vanity thing, like, oh, I have a TV show. I mean, if you want it to be a good TV show, it takes a lot of work and collaboration and yeah, it's not as easy as it looks.

00;55;26;06 - 00;55;43;04
Unknown
It's not as easy as. Because that's the one thing I've learned when I watch HGTV or any show now. And I'm just sitting there like watching it now, I understand what's really going on behind the scenes, and I don't even understand some of it. I mean, some of it I don't understand at all, but just the fact that stuff a small amount of stuff I do understand, it's like, wow, that's a lot that goes into that.

00;55;43;07 - 00;56;01;27
Unknown
Yeah. So. Right. So just if you're running to produce a show, do some due diligence and, and you got to be passionate about it too. You got to believe in the show. Otherwise it ain't going to work. Right? Right, right. Well, I really appreciate you guys coming. This was awesome. Brady and Alyssa hanneman, property tours of northeast Florida.

00;56;01;27 - 00;56;15;02
Unknown
I can't wait to get this episode out. Go watch it. I've watched every episode, I love it, I love the local flavor, and I love y'all's personalities. It's awesome. So thank you very much for coming. Appreciate having you. Thank you.

00;56;15;02 - 00;56;29;08
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