Home In Miami

So it has been an interesting week in the world of apartment hunting in Miami with my two future roommates (in pic on left). As previously mentioned in this blog we had been working with a realtor down in Miami to help us find places to live. On Thursday, two days before we were to leave, we got a message from the realtor's colleague that she was not going to be able to show us around, but that he would. On Friday, the colleague told us that it was "not worth his time" to spend Saturday looking for apartments with us. So, we are 5 hours from flying out to Miami with no realtor and no plans for what we were going to do. Luckily, Jessica found another realtor on Craigslist who ended up being AMAZING. He was able to find us a place on Miami Beach! 

The apartment is one of the older buildings in Miami Beach and is called Seacoast Suites (www.seacoastsuites.com). The building is part hotel and part apartment complex. The picture above is of the apartment building. The side of the building that our apartment faces is the bay side (seen below).  

Because the building is part hotel it has a resort-feel to it in that it has a little convenience store, a restaurant, and little huts outside that have different services. Our favorite is the massage station!

The other side of the hotel has a slightly amazing view....

  

Honestly, we're still in shock that we found such an amazing place, but the deal is not 100% done yet. The apartment is about 15-20 minutes from the hospital, which seems like nothing to us D.C. people. Anyway, we're hoping to sign in the next week or so and have a great place to stay for our year in Miami!!