re: Moving to Florida

First, congrats on securing a career in a region with the nicest beaches around and one of the worst job markets as wells. (Speaking from experience)

With that said, I highly recommend you keep in mind that the traffic on the beaches is a MOFO during the summer so you may consider that when buying a house. Also 350-500k won't get you much in destin these days considering what 500k could buy in Lower Alabama.

I would look in the Miramar Beach area personally.

Congrats!