Anywhere in the world, especially in Asia, the price of real property is skyrocket as a hedge and safe investment to a rising gov. printing money/inflation/etc.Ten years ago average people can still buy houses in California,Shanghai, Mumbai,Singapore, Jakarta,London.

No noise,could picture Indians walking across the field.

Some of the adjacent beach towns like Cocoa Beach and Indian Harbour Beach tend to be more friendly.Would love to connect with you and any other investors in the market! 

Single Family Home is going to be better than any condo situation from my experience.If you are looking in southwest FL area by Tampa, Bradenton, Indian Rocks, Cape Coral I could help with your search.

I am in the Indian Trail/Matthews area as well!

A good example of this is "Indian Village".  

It has a ton of areas that fall in the price-range you mentioned both close (walking/biking distance to beach - Treasure Island, Madeira, Indian Rocks, Gulfport, Pasadena) and further from the beach (10-20min drive to beach - Downtown St.

The new gate way for Asian immigrants is now Atlanta, much like what New York and LA used to be in the 80s for Chinese, Korean, and Indian immigrants.

With the being said the area has next to no crime and is definitely landlocked due to govt property ,Indian reservations and a national rec area.

I can tell you about the early 20th century homes of the University District as much as I can tell you about Palmer Woods, and Indian Village.