Destin & South Walton Real Estate Blog

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You now have a unique opportunity to own a one of a kind, prestigious, and lucrative mini coastal village on Scenic 30A. This place has location with a capital “L” at 17 Topsail Village Drive in Santa Rosa Beach. It is a well-known local venue for weddings, business conferences, and special events. The impressive location is at the far western end of Scenic 30A in Dune Allen just two minutes away from the shimmering sugary shoreline. This places guests and others at the western gateway to the beautiful world of Scenic 30A and the privileged lifestyle that exists there. It is also just minutes away from Sandestin, which features a wide array of restaurants, bars, specialty shops, boutiques, outdoor concerts, and…

Are you fortunate enough to be able to purchase a large estate-sized lot located at one of the most prestigious addresses along the Emerald Coast to build your ultimate dream home?

Then take a look at these exemplary offerings within the privileged residential community of Burnt Pine! It is located on the bayside of the world-class Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. For those of you who may be new to the area, this gate guarded resort in Miramar Beach sprawls across 2,400 acres from the glorious Gulf of Mexico to the wide expanse of the beautiful Choctawhatchee Bay. Four championship golf courses meander across the lavishly landscaped forested grounds which are dotted with natural lagoons. This is a “self-contained” resort, which means that once you pass…

Once upon a time the stretch of shimmering crystalline white shoreline along County Road 30A was relatively undiscovered. The forgotten village of old Grayton Beach was there and so was Seagrove Beach but otherwise you could drive for miles and see nothing but sand dunes, forests and the beautiful beach. This all changed in the early 1980’s when Seaside made its splash and received international recognition for ushering in pedestrian friendly new urban architectural designs for towns. This was followed by a score of other picture perfect coastal villages which have become among the most sought after shorelines in the nation. Thousands of acres along this route are permanently preserved as part of the Point Washington State Forest and State Parks like…

It's common for real estate investors along the coast of Northwest Florida to purchase properties to use them for family trips to the beach occasionally and to rent them out the rest of the time. Threefold benefits include a place for personal vacations, extra annual income, and steadily rising property equity.

An affordable one bedroom fully furnished condo has just become available in the Santa Rosa Beach town center of Gulf Place, providing a great opportunity to achieve such benefits. This gulf view vacation residence can sleep at least four since besides the nice queen-sized bed in the Master Suite, it includes two colorful bunks tucked in off the hallway. Our highly regarded Ocean Reef Resorts division professionally manages such properties…

This amazing beachfront residence is located at 66 Auburn Drive is in the historic village of Grayton Beach, which the New York Times has called: "A gulf retreat for the upscale but unfussy!" This village features a Bohemian free-spirited ambiance with a couple of popular restaurants, friendly beach bars, and a unique gallery. Forbes magazine recently listed adjoining Grayton Beach State Park as one of the most beautiful shores in America. You can stroll down the crystalline beach to a couple of Coastal Dune Lakes on each side, which are rare treasures in the world and support abundant wildlife.  

This Grayton Beach home for sale exudes a classic coastal style and designed by renowned architect Chris Stoyles of Archiscapes. It encompasses over 6,000…

If you're looking for an excellent Gulf front vacation condo that can double as a lucrative rental investment property, take a look at 561 Eastern Lake Road #202! The awesome location of "Commodore's Retreat" in Seagrove Beach is popular among guests in a beautiful world of its own, yet minutes away from a wide array of amusements. These include popular restaurants, friendly beach bars, open-air concerts, galleries, boutiques, and special seasonal celebrations nearby in the heart of Scenic 30A. It is currently on an active professional rental program with Ocean Reef Resorts and grossed $45,096.03 for 2018 and currently has accumulated $50,997 for 2019.

Commodore's Retreat 202 is a one-bedroom residence with recent renovations, and comfortable…

Ocean Reef Real Estate is proud to offer this beautiful Bayfront residence for sale at 854 Shore Drive, which can become your ultimate dream home. It is hidden away in a lovely forested residential neighborhood in Miramar Beach with minimal association fees and lots of privacy. Although the location off North Holiday Road is somewhat secluded, it is less than five minutes away from the beach at Pompano Joes, where many of the neighborhood residents go to enjoy music, sunset cocktails, and delicious dinners. Grocery stores, popular restaurants, friendly bars, world-class shopping, and abundant amusements are also minutes away.

This updated, newly renovated four-bedroom home has three full baths and encompasses almost 2,700 square feet of spacious open…

Nowadays, you can buy just about anything on Amazon's behemoth website. So, it comes as no surprise that the latest offering is a DYI house that can be built by two adults in less than a day! Obviously, South Walton provides inspiration to have access to a dream home here. With the shimmering sugar white crystalline shore, the glorious glowing jewel-toned gulf, and forested precious Coastal Dune Lakes - how could it now? A testament to this fact is that Ocean Reef Resorts has been providing distinctive South Walton vacation rental properties to generations of satisfied guests for almost 40 years. Our Ocean Reef Real Estate division is available to help you find one of your own "home away from home," but you also have the option to buy a lot and build it…

This 7,995 square foot bayfront estate is a masterpiece of architectural design and definitely in a league of its own! This is the kind of opulent home you would expect to see featured in the latest edition of Architectural Digest or Luxury Home Magazine. It is a magnificent achievement in meticulous craftsmanship, rustic elegance, and style designed by renowned architect Matthew Savoie.

This private family compound sits on over five-acres of forested grounds beside the beautiful Choctawhatchee Bay with 1,082 linear feet of frontage that comes with a long dock and boathouse. Located at 442 Nicole Forest Drive in South Walton's Santa Rosa Beach, it sits beside the 15,000-acre Point Washington State Forest for the serene enjoyment of beautiful…

In recent years the trend in real estate in Destin and all along the Emerald Coast of Northwest Florida has been to purchase vacation homes or condos not only for personal use but as an investment. There are good reasons for this since Destin is starting to become a household name nationwide. This popular acclaim is due to the white sand beaches, jewel-toned waters, exquisitely planned residential communities, resorts, championship golf courses, lifestyle amenities, gorgeous homes, and luxurious gulf front condominiums.

Proper short term residential rental property investments provide purchasers with savings in several different ways.

1. You may use them for your own family beach vacations instead of spending money elsewhere.

2. When you rent it out…