Miami Beach Real Estate: Key Investment Points

Sun, sand, nice beaches, palm tree-lined beach fronts, classy homes, glitzy fashion districts. People have plenty of reasons for moving to Miami, particularly Miami beach, including the sunny skies and diverse cultures. Since Miami is know to be a truly a diverse city, there is a wide array of available Miami Beach real estate choices. A potential home-buyer?s options would include locations from the ocean to the bay, and varying structures from small apartments to sprawling mansions.

Currently, the real estate scene in Miami Beach has greatly improved from the old, conventional low-rise Miami Beach properties to spectacular high-rise condos, with prices ranging from the $300,000 price range to over the $5 million mark. Miami Beach real estate properties on South Beach are usually in the extravagant Art Deco District, which encompasses 16 city blocks.

The varying types of real estate in this area are surrounded by more than 800 unique buildings of distinct style, consisting of hotels and apartment buildings, which have inspired the renaissance of this neighborhood, and further entrenched the places? color and lifestyle. The Art Deco District attracts showbiz celebrities and socialites who savor the trendy night-life and its countless outdoor cafes along Ocean Drive, as well as for single folks and young families who enjoy the urban lifestyle, and indulge in the pleasure of doing convenient walks to the local beaches, stores, clubs and restaurants.

The distinct advantages of owning real estate property in Miami Beach include the nine miles of sandy, palm-fringed 300-foot wide beach fronts, as well as an abundance of places to swim, sunbathe, jet-ski, and fish and do parasailing and other water sports. Another convenient spot for both ardent and casual walkers and joggers is the boardwalk located along the northern part of the beach.

Aside from the wonderful beachfront, the city?s arts, production and entertainment communities also add to the attractiveness of owning real estate in Miami Beach. On the cultural and artistic front, the Bass Museum of Art exhibits exquisite art, and the Miami Beach Garden Center and Conservatory contains exotic flowers and flora. The district also boasts of world-famous nightclubs and bars, as well as restaurants and cafes.

One of the more popular areas of Miami Beach is South Beach, also known as SoBe, or The Beach. Topless sunbathing is tolerated on some designated areas of the beach. The TV show Miami Vice helped make the area popular as well. Today, South Beach is considered one of the richest commercial areas in the area. Miami Beach, specifically Ocean Drive of what is now the Art Deco District, was also featured prominently in the movie Scarface, further adding to its glitzy status.

At present, the South Beach section of Miami Beach is a major entertainment center with hundreds of nightclubs, restaurants and oceanfront hotels. The district is famous with both American and international tourists, with German being the third most spoken language after English and Spanish. The hefty influx of European tourists explains South Beach's tolerance of topless sunbathing, despite it being a public beach. Another unique aesthetic fixture of South Beach is the presence of several colorful and unique lifeguard stands, which are still used today by South Beach's lifeguards.

Posted by Phelan Stahl on December 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

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Local Information for Huron, SD

Latitude: 44.359145 -- Longitude: -98.218152

ZIP Codes for Huron, South Dakota	57350 57399
Area Code for Huron, South Dakota	605
Time zone for Huron, South Dakota	CST

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As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 11,893 people, 5,263 households, and 3,047 families residing in the city. The population density was 559.3/km² (1,448.5/mi²). There were 5,872 housing units at an average density of 276.2/km² (715.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.92% White, 0.96% African American, 1.29% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.35% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.20% of the population. There were 5,263 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.1% were non-families. 37.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.86. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

South Dakota 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Huron	South Dakota	United States
Population	11,893	754,844	281,421,906
Median age	40.3	35.6	35.3
Median age for Male	38.3	34.4	34
Median age for Female	42.2	36.7	36.5
Households	5,263	290,245	105,480,101
Household population	11,450	726,426	273,643,273
Average household size	2.18	2.5	2.59
Families	3,049	194,330	71,787,347
Average family size	2.86	3.07	3.14
Housing units	5,872	323,208	115,904,641
Occupied units	5,263	290,245	105,480,101
Vacant units	609	32,963	10,424,540

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Latitude: 44.359145 -- Longitude: -98.218152

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