According to the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), the U.S. real estate market offers a stronger investment opportunity for foreign real estate investors’ money than it has in the last 10 years. More than 60% of respondents—a margin of 54 percentage points over second-ranked China—indicate that the U.S. offers the best potential for capital appreciation.

Indeed, foreign investment into the U.S. is heating up—and South Florida is looking to get its fair share of the pie. Although Miami is no New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, the Magic City does have an advantage as the Gateway to Latin America.

GlobeSt.com caught up with Richard Goldstein, partner, tax chair and wealth transfer co-chair at Bilzin Sumberg, to talk about where South Florida stands in the foreign investor’s mind, the Asia factor, and his predictions for foreign capital flowing into the region in 2011.