Destin & South Walton Real Estate Blog

Ocean Reef Real Estate Sales is proud to present a great purchase opportunity for a unique golf course home with an attached guest house at 20 Masters Ct in Santa Rosa Beach. This beautifully furnished 2,459-square-foot home has four bedrooms, three of which have luxury ensuite baths, and one of which has a full hall bath that also serves as a powder room.

The home has a fantastic location overlooking a lush rolling fairway on the Santa Rosa Golf & Beach Club. This prestigious private country club includes an acclaimed championship golf course, a beach club center with a swimming pool, and an award-winning restaurant known as the Vue on 30A. This gorgeous gulf-front culinary destination has received multiple awards, including “Best Restaurant for…

A new listing proudly presented by Ocean Reef Real Estate Sales is now available for sale! Gulfview 117 is a lovely ground-floor vacation condo at 2830 Scenic Gulf Dr in Miramar Beach. It provides a perfect vacation getaway for two but also has a queen-sized sleeper sofa in the living room for a small family of four.

The laid-back world of Gulfview is comprised of only 18 units throughout a low-density three-story building with, you guessed it, glorious "gulf views!" Our acclaimed Ocean Reef Resorts property management team has annual gross income projections at around $30,000 for this updated unit offered for sale. Considering its superb location right across from the deeded beach access and other onsite amenities, this is no surprise!…

Welcome to Sterling Shores 207! Ocean Reef Real Estate Sales proudly presents a stunning two-bedroom, two-bath vacation condo at 1751 E Scenic Hwy 98 #207 in Destin. This impressive unit can provide the perfect family vacation residence while also serving as a lucrative short-term rental investment property.

Spanning 1,374 square feet, Sterling Shores 207 has ample space for eight beach-seeking guests. The unit is currently on our acclaimed Ocean Reef Resorts property management program with a projected annual gross rental income of $50,190 for 2024. This is no surprise since the stellar Sterling Shores condo complex embraces a tropical paradise with heavenly views of gorgeous gulf and resort grounds.

The open living, dining, and kitchen…

Ocean Reef Real Estate Sales proudly presents a new Gulf-front listing at 114 Mainsail Dr 463 in the highly desirable Miramar Beach. Featuring two bedrooms, two full baths, and stunning sixth-floor westerly views of the shimmering shoreline, this coastal-inspired condo can become a family beach vacation residence while also serving as a lucrative short-term rental investment property.

Mainsail is a beachfront resort that spans across fifteen acres of exclusively gated, lush tropical grounds overlooking the glowing waters of the jewel-toned gulf. Many owners place these properties on rental management programs for added income when not enjoying their own family beach getaway. Our acclaimed Ocean Reef Resorts property management company represents…

Ocean Reef Real Estates Sales is pleased to present an incredible opportunity to build a waterfront home on a lovely, forested property for sale at 139 W Hodge Rd in Santa Rosa Beach. What makes the deal even sweeter? It includes a new custom dock with a boat house and lifts!

Destin and Santa Rosa Beach are a true boaters paradise. The Destin peninsula is surrounded on three sides by water three to five miles off the mainland to the north across Choctawhatchee Bay, the East Pass towards the west, and the open gulf to the south. In many ways, it actually resembles a wooded tropical island with lots of places to take a cruise, go fishing, or explore the beautiful bay. You can also head east to an expansive preserved wetlands area with many connected…

This bayfront three-bedroom townhome with three full baths spans across 1,888 square feet, providing privileged residency at 972 Northshore Dr in the exclusively gated Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort. This stately-styled bayfront enclave with only twenty-five townhomes has recently received white-painted exteriors, new metal roofs, extensive landscaping, and a new seawall. Besides the beautiful bay, this community also borders a long lovely lagoon and one of the fairways of the renowned Links Golf Course.

The world-class Sandestin Resort offers privileged residents a wide array of superlative amenities. The 2,400-acre resort grounds extend from the crystalline white beach to the wide expanse of Choctawhatchee Bay. It includes four championship golf…

Imagine waking up to the news that you've just become the newest billion-dollar Powerball winner. As the reality of this incredible fortune sinks in, your dreams begin to shape up — and what's dreamier than investing in an exquisite home that speaks volumes of your newfound affluence? As we've seen, billion-dollar Powerball victories are becoming less of a rarity, from the $1.58 billion jackpot split three ways in 2016, to the stunning $2.04 billion win in Altadena, California, in 2022 and the most recent win of $1.08 billion in July 2023 by Mr. Edwin Castro, who indulged in two multimillion-dollar homes.

To the fortunate individual in California who clinched last night's jackpot and any future winners: Welcome to the exclusive club. Scenic…

Ocean Reef Real Estate Sales proudly presents a beautiful beachfront residence with a premier corner position in Jade East Towers. It offers a centralized location at 1018 E Highway 98 Unit 420 in the heart of Destin. This updated condo has three bedrooms, three full baths, and 1,622 square feet.

Jade East Towers 420 is the perfect family vacation residence, while also serving as a lucrative short-term rental investment property. Our highly acclaimed Ocean Reef Resorts property management team currently represents this unit with reports of $83,000 in gross rental income for the year thus far. Projections for next year come in at around $90,000.

A covered fourth-floor balcony provides panoramic gulf views as far as the eye can see. These…

A unique commercial and residential real estate opportunity presents itself at 220 Harbor Blvd in Destin, Florida. The entire building of Harbor Village is for sale, complete with ten retail storefront units and ten two-story apartments, each with 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Each upper two-level residence and lower-level commercial space can have separate tenants, creating twenty (20) different leases each month. The entire building is currently fully occupied.

This three-story tall Mediterranean-styled retail and apartment building has a premium presence on the south side of Harbor Boulevard in Downtown Destin. You have surely seen it if you ever traveled along this route. It sits above the harbor right across the street from the City of Destin's…

Located only one hour from Destin, this lavish country estate at 3400 Bonterra Dr in Laurel Hill sits on a lovely lake and sprawls across thirty thriving acres. It includes a magnificent mansion with four bedrooms and six and one-half luxury baths, a caretaker's cottage with three bedrooms and two baths, and a fishing cabin that includes two bedrooms and two baths, all totaling 9,544 square feet.

This elegant antebellum Greek Revival-styled estate overlooks forested grounds and lush manicured lawns highlighted by white rail fencing. You approach the classic Doric columned two-story mansion at an automated iron gate flanked by lanterns on pillar posts. A brick paver driveway completed with a Herringbone design leads up to a rotary that goes around a…