I have a corner lot and an oversized lanai. Corner lots are generally a premium lot (as are golf course and water view lots). Many corner lots are odd sized or oversized (mine is) because of the way the streets connect - not always at 90 degrees. Think about extending your lanai on the street side of your corner lot. Now you don't have a neighbor for a "lanai buddy", you have a whole street full of strangers. Maybe not exactly what you had in mind! Buying a lot on the edge of TV somewhere might give you privacy. I know some lots on the west edge near Highway 301 have frequent lanai buddies called "freight trains". I have heard noise complaints over the trains. Others work out very well but the developer does not own nor control the land behind you (when you are on the edge of TV) so no telling what might get built there someday - today a nice cattle farm, next year a chicken farm with all the associated odors.
Your best bet is to put feet on the ground here, look at lots, and pick the one you like best. It may turn out to be a corner, it may turn out to back up next to a golf cart trail (no lanai buddy but lots of visitors going by), it may turn out to back up to a golf course or a pond, or it may just back up to a neighbor.
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