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Conrad Salazar, a park service aide in the Village
Parks and Recreation Department, is a young man with big plans that
are rapidly turning into reality.
Conrad Salazar
Salazar, 24, is set to graduate Florida International
University in September with a double major in Political Science and
Public Administration and makes no bones about his intentions.
"Hopefully, I will stay in the public
field," he said. "Maybe city manager or mayor. I like
politics and I like government a lot. That's, I think, my
future."
Salazar, 24 and a bachelor who resides just outside
Pinecrest in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, was born in Cameguay,
Cuba. He left the island nation when he was eight years old and came
to the United States via Costa Rica. After spending a year in New
York, he arrived in Miami when he was 12. He went to Shenendoah
Elementary and Middle Schools, then graduated Miami High in the top 10
per cent of his class in 1993, which earned him a full scholarship to
Miami-Dade Community College.
While still attending college, Salazar found full-time
employment with the City of Miami.
"I worked in Parks and Recreation for eight years
with the City of Miami," he said. "And, now I work on the
Building and Zoning side."
As if a full college curriculum schedule, a full-time
job and a part-time job were not enough of a load, Salazar still finds
time to dabble in real estate, owning four properties and readying a
bid on a fifth.
"I own two apartments in my complex, a duplex in
Hialeah and an apartment on Miami Beach," he revealed. "And,
if all goes well, I'll have one more very soon.
"I think there's a very big future in real
estate," he continued. "They don't make land anymore. It's
an excellent investment. The market goes up and down, but property
value hardly ever goes down."
On top of all this, this emerging young tycoon finds
the time to play the stock market.
"I go to school Monday and Wednesday evening and
work at Coral Pine Park Tuesday, Friday and Saturday," he said.
"And I do my stocks on Tuesday and Thursday nights. I think if
you diversify yourself well enough, it eventually will help you out in
the future."
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