There are a lot of adult webmasters and property owners in both locations. Hopefully they'll see this thread and give you some advice
I was looking at CR about 1.5 years ago. I'm sure the place I was looking at has doubled by now
Friends of mine are in Coronado and are building a house in Panama City. They will keep the place in Coronado as a vacation home. They paid less than $280K for a high level 2K sq ft condo directly on the ocean with all amenities including generator power. No way you'd get something that cheap in the states. I'm headed down in a couple of months to see if I can find something small and cheap. Very cheap ;)
Just go and spend a LOT of time there so you know which areas are good and which aren't.