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Expert Peter Zalewski will lead the final South Beach Condo Correction Walking Tour™ of the Winter Buying Season through a market with nearly 17,000 units at 10 am Saturday, March 14, 2026.
The last South Beach Condo Correction Walking Tour™ of the 2025-26 South Florida Winter Buying Season is scheduled to begin this Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 10 am to identify buying opportunities in Miami Beach.
Edgewater-Midtown-Wynwood Condo Correction Walking Tour™ Scheduled For 10 am on March 21, 2026
Peter Zalewski of the Miami Condo Investing Club™ is set to lead the three-hour walking tour at a moderate pace with stops along the way as the South Beach submarket of Miami Beach faces nearly 15 months of Overall supply and a monthly absorption pace of less than 6.8%, according to a recent report.
South Beach is defined as Government Cut north to 41st Street, and the Atlantic Ocean west to Biscayne Bay.
The walk serves as a final seasonal assessment before the arrival of the Summer Buying Season—May through October—defined by heat, humidity and hurricane warnings that traditionally thin the buyer pool, though tours will continue to operate during the Summer months on a less consistent basis.
The hook for this Saturday’s analysis is the concentration—about 62% of the nearly 17,000-unit inventory in South Beach—of Vintage condos that are at least 30 years old, according to MiamiCondo.Club.
For buyers, Vintage condos offer a conundrum as older units are saddled with increased maintenance fees, hefty special assessments and pricey insurance but offer deep discounts on pricing, better locations and typically larger living areas given that they were constructed in or before 1996.
The post-Surfside legislation requires all Florida condo associations—especially Vintage projects—to undergo regular mandatory inspections now that focus on structural integrity and life safety components of these buildings.
As part of the legislation, Florida condo associations now have to begin funding the repairs identified in the inspections that were conducted by licensed architects and engineers.
This means a buyer purchasing into a Vintage condo project can potentially negotiate so that the sellers prepay all of the repairs at the time of completing a transaction.
Buyer interest in Vintage condos is growing as these older units have an average asking price of about $693,000 per unit, which is about 53% less than the South Beach Overall asking price of nearly $1.5 million.
Attendees are scheduled to meet at 401 Lincoln Road—in the middle of the pedestrian mall between the Bank of America building to the north and the McDonald’s Restaurant to the south—to begin the four-mile trek through one of the most popular condo markets in South Florida.
Zalewski—who has been leading these forensic market tours since December 2013—uses the stops along the route to teach attendees how to analyze condo projects using a proprietary handout listing all units in the submarket. The goal is to help participants spot opportunities and share the history of the neighborhood.
The tour is designed to serve a broad spectrum of market participants ranging from institutional investors and condo board presidents to lenders, regulators and curious gadflies.
Whether attendees are looking to transact or simply stress test the value of their own units, the goal of the Miami Condo Correction Tour™ is to leave participants equipped to navigate the volatile South Florida condo landscape.
Tickets and further details are available at MiamiCondoClub.eventbrite.com.
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