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[quote=Anonymous]Not a problem and I totally agree but we had to focus on the primary home first since we just added to the family with a baby due this summer, and now have to move. Ha.

But we wrote a contract that wasn't accepted in the Upper Keys - around MM 90. I think there's a premium to Key West properties, not 100% sure you could get your own stretch of beach there for less than a small fortune, but - there are tons of other Keys totally worth checking out.

I went to college there and have made it my mission to go back regularly so I know a bit here and there about the Keys. I've watched the changes over the last 20+ years and it's been fascinating. I personally think Key Largo is slightly trashy. I found out on my last real estate mission that it's because a lot of people rent in Key Largo and actually commute via bus to the southern parts of Miami to work, and the southern parts of Miami are a bit...off. Filled with lots of criminals. (Homestead, Florida City, etc.) Fun stuff.

Islamorada is gorgeous. Expensive and gorgeous. Marathon is affordable but there's definitely a mix of people there. There's a little part of Marathon called Key Colony Beach where you could get what you want - stretch of beach all to yourself. It's on the east side though, which brings me to my next tip. You might want to decide if you want sunrises or sunsets. With sunrises you get the ocean, sunsets you get the Gulf side which has bodies of water with various names along the way down the Keys. You may not care. My husband wanted sunsets so that limited us to 50% of the options.

If you want to get in the spirit, read some Carl Hiassen books - many take place in the Keys. Light summer reading so the timing is perfect for it! Of course if you want something a little higher caliber, there's always Hemingway. Sigh. You're living my dream! I had to table this idea for a while but it's still in my plans.[/quote]

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