Owner guides, straight answers.
The questions South Florida rental owners actually call us about — notice periods, deposit deadlines, vacancy, pricing — answered with the statute cited, not paraphrased.
Renting out a Florida condo
What an association may charge, what it may demand from your tenant, and the subsection that can redirect your rent straight past you.
Read the guide → Florida lawFlorida squatters law: removing an unlawful occupant
The sheriff remedy in s. 82.036, the eight conditions it turns on, and the triple-rent penalty for using it on the wrong person.
Read the guide → For investorsBuying a tenant-occupied rental in Florida
The deposit, the accounting and the notices that move with the property — and the presumption that lands on the buyer when they do not.
Read the guide → Florida lawTenant screening in Florida: credit checks done legally
What you may pull, what you must send when you say no, and the fair housing rules that decide whether your criteria are defensible.
Read the guide → Choosing a managerHow to choose a property management company
The license check, the questions that expose fee stacking, and the answers that should make you walk away.
Read the guide → Owner decisionsSelf-managing vs hiring a property manager in Florida
A straight comparison, including the cases where self-managing is genuinely the better answer.
Read the guide → Florida lawThe Florida eviction process, step by step
The 3-day and 7-day notices, the statutory wording you cannot paraphrase, and the errors that send landlords back to square one.
Read the guide → Florida lawFlorida security deposit law: the 30-day rule
Miss one deadline in § 83.49 and you forfeit the right to claim against the deposit entirely. The timeline, and where owners lose it.
Read the guide → PricingWhat property management costs in South Florida
The headline percentage is rarely the whole number. Which fees are standard, which are add-ons, and what to ask before you sign.
Read the guide →New guides are added regularly. Have a question that isn't covered? Call (954) 929-9990 — we'll answer it, and it will probably become the next guide.
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