Exhibit 2.3

                    REINSTATEMENT OF AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO
                 CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF PROPERTY

     THIS REINSTATEMENT OF AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE AND
SALE OF PROPERTY (this  "Reinstatement") is made and entered into as of the 24th
day  of  January,  2000,  by  and  among  RIDGEWOOD  ORLANDO,  INC.,  a  Florida
corporation ("ROI") and RIDGEWOOD HOTELS,  INC., a Delaware corporation ("RHI"),
as sellers (hereinafter  sometimes  collectively  referred to as "Seller"),  and
FULGENT  STREET  MOTEL &  HOTEL,  INC.,  a  Florida  corporation,  as  purchaser
(hereinafter referred to as "Purchaser").

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS,  Seller and Purchaser are parties to that certain Contract for the
Purchase and Sale of Property  having an effective  date of June 18, 1999,  with
respect to the proposed sale to Purchaser of the Property,  as defined  therein;
and

     WHEREAS,  Seller and Purchaser entered into that certain First Amendment to
Contract  for the  Purchase  and Sale of Property  dated as of October 16, 1999,
with respect to the  Property;  (the said  Contract for the Purchase and Sale of
Property,  as amended by the said First  Amendment  to Contract for the Purchase
and Sale of Property, being hereinafter referred to as the "Contract");and

     WHEREAS,  the  Contract  expired by its terms by virtue of the  transaction
described therein not closing on or before January 24, 2000; and

     WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser have agreed to reinstate the Contract and all
parts thereof,  effective as of the date this  Reinstatement is executed by both
Seller and Purchaser, subject to those certain modifications contained herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained,
the sum of Ten and No/100  Dollars  ($10.00),  in hand paid by each party to the
other, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
all of which are hereby acknowledged, Seller and Purchaser agree as follows:

     1.  Reinstatement.  The  foregoing  recitals  are true and  correct and are
incorporated herein by this reference.  The Contract, as hereinafter amended, is
hereby reinstated.

     2. Capitalized  Terms. The terms and words of art used herein, as indicated
by the initial  capitalization  thereof,  shall have the same respective meaning
designated for such terms and words of art in the Contract.

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     3. The Contract is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence of Section
3 of the Contract and by substituting in lieu thereof the following sentence:

          "3.  Purchase  Price;  Method of  Payment.  The  purchase  price  (the
     "Purchase   Price")  to  be  paid  by   Purchaser  to  Seller  for  and  in
     consideration  of the  conveyances  described in Section 10 hereof shall be
     FIVE   MILLION   THREE   HUNDRED   FIFTY   THOUSAND   AND  NO/100   DOLLARS
     ($5,350,000.00)."

     4. The Contract is hereby further amended by deleting  Subparagraph 3(a) of
the Contract and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

          "(a) INTENTIONALLY DELETED"

     5. The Contract is hereby further amended by deleting  Subparagraph 3(b) of
the Contract and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

          "(b) Purchaser  shall execute and deliver to ROI a purchase money real
     estate note (the "Purchase Money Note"), in form and substance satisfactory
     to ROI, in the original  principal amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND
     NO/100  DOLLARS  ($250,000.00),  with interest at a fixed rate equal to the
     prime rate plus one half  percent  (1/2%) per annum as announced by Bank of
     America,  N.A. on the last business day before  Closing,  amortized  over a
     five (5) year period and payable in equal monthly installments of principal
     and interest commencing on the Conversion Date (hereinafter defined),  with
     the  entire  balance  due on the date (the  "Maturity  Date")  which is the
     earlier of (i) five (5) years from the date of the  Purchase  Money Note or
     (ii) the date of the  sale or  transfer  of the  Property.  Interest  shall
     accrue under the Purchase Money Note from the date of execution through the
     Maturity Date. Commencing on the first (1st) day (the "Conversion Date") of
     the thirteenth  (13th) month  following the month in which Closing  occurs,
     and  continuing  on  the  (1st)  day  of  each  succeeding  calendar  month
     thereafter  through and  including  the (1st) day of the calendar  month in
     which  the  Maturity  Date  occurs,   Purchaser  shall  pay  to  ROI  equal
     consecutive monthly  installments of principal and interest,  each of which
     shall be in an amount  equal to the  outstanding  principal  balance of the
     Loan and all interest  accrued thereon as of the Conversion Date divided by
     48. The indebtedness  evidenced by the Purchase Money Note shall be secured
     by a second  priority  purchase  money  mortgage  executed and delivered by
     Purchaser to ROI,  conveying  and  covering  the Hotel  Tract,  in form and
     substance satisfactory to ROI; and"

     6. Purchaser  acknowledges  that the conditions to Purchaser's  obligations
set  forth in  subparagraphs  (f),  (g),  (i),  (j) and (k) of  Section 9 of the
Contract have either been  satisfied by Seller or waived by Purchaser and are no
longer conditions to Purchaser's obligations under the Contract.

     7. The Contract is hereby further amended by deleting the first sentence of
Section 10 of the Contract  and by  substituting  in lieu thereof the  following
sentence:

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          "10.  The  consummation  of the sale by  Seller  and the  purchase  by
     Purchaser of the Property  (herein  referred to as the "Closing")  shall be
     held on or before April 12, 2000, at such time and date ("Closing Date") as
     shall be  designated  by Purchaser  in a written  notice to Seller not less
     than ten (10) days prior to the date specified in such notice. For purposes
     of the Closing,  the parties  hereto hereby agree that any signature on any
     document necessary to consummate this transaction  transmitted by facsimile
     shall be  binding  upon and  enforceable  against,  and shall  inure to the
     benefit  of, the  parties  hereto and their  respective  successors,  legal
     representatives and assigns, as if such signature were an original."

     8. The Contract is hereby further  amended by inserting a new Section 36 as
follows:

          "36. Purchaser and ROI have executed the Management  Agreement,  to be
     effective as of the Closing Date,  pursuant to which  Purchaser has engaged
     ROI to manage the Hotel upon the terms and  conditions  agreed upon therein
     by ROI and Purchaser,  including, without limitation,  payment by Purchaser
     to ROI of a management  fee equal to three and one half  percent  (3.5%) of
     gross room sales of the Hotel, plus an accounting fee equal to One Thousand
     Two  Hundred  and  No/100  Dollars  ($1,200.00)  per  month.  The terms and
     provisions of this Section 36 shall survive the Closing and shall remain in
     full force and effect as of the Closing Date."

     9. For purposes of this Reinstatement, the parties hereto hereby agree that
any  signature  attached  hereto  necessary  to  effectuate  this  Reinstatement
transmitted  by facsimile  shall be binding upon and  enforceable  against,  and
shall  inure  to the  benefit  of,  the  parties  hereto  and  their  respective
successors,  legal  representatives  and assigns,  as if such  signature were an
original.

     10. This instrument may be executed in  counterparts,  and each counterpart
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument. Furthermore, in making any of the disbursements set
forth herein, or in taking any action contemplated  hereby, the Closing Attorney
is authorized to rely upon any facsimile signature of any party.

     11. The Contract, as modified by this Reinstatement,  remains in full force
and effect in accordance with its terms,  and Purchaser and Seller hereby ratify
the same.



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IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  have  caused  this  Reinstatement  to be
executed by their duly  authorized  representatives,  under seal, as of the date
and year first above written.


                  "PURCHASER"          FULGENT STREET MOTEL & HOTEL, INC.,
                                       a Florida corporation

                                       By:
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                                       Its:
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                                       Attest:
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                                       Its:
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                                                        [CORPORATE SEAL]




                  "SELLER"             RIDGEWOOD ORLANDO, INC.,
                                       a Florida corporation


                                       By:
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                                       Its:
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                                       Attest:
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                                       Its:
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                                                        [CORPORATE SEAL]



                                       RIDGEWOOD HOTELS, INC.,
                                       a Florida corporation


                                       By:
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                                       Its:
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                                       Attest:
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                                       Its:
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