Gainesville · North Central Florida
Property Management in Gainesville, FL — Airbnb & Short-Term Rentals
Gainesville's guests come for the University of Florida, Gator football and the hospitals on Archer Road. We run short stays, furnished monthly rentals and annual leases around that calendar.
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Full-service management in Gainesville
Florida Hosts is a full-service Gainesville property management company — Airbnb and short-term rental management, plus mid-term and long-term rentals: the listing and photography, nightly pricing, 24/7 guest communication, and cleaning and maintenance by our own staff. Our fee is 18–25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing before you sign. We manage homes across Gainesville and Alachua County.
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- University of Florida campus and Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
- UF Health Shands Hospital and the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center on Archer Road
- Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV)
- Airbnb and VRBO remit Alachua County's 5% tourist tax on their bookings
- The City Code has no vacation rental license chapter, so state licensing applies
Explore Gainesville
Where we manage in and around Gainesville
Every area, landmark and institution around Gainesville has its own demand profile and guest mix. These are the ones we manage into.
Local vs. national
The Gainesville advantage: local knowledge at every level
National platforms run algorithms, not relationships — pricing from national datasets, turnovers by whoever is free, and support with no feel for your market. We price Gainesville around its own seasons and events, and our own cleaners and maintenance staff look after the homes.
Short-term rental and Airbnb management in Gainesville
Gainesville is a university and hospital city. The University of Florida has more than 300 degree options across 16 colleges, Santa Fe College adds a second campus, and two large hospitals face each other on Archer Road. Bookings follow that calendar: football Saturdays, move-in, graduation, medical appointments and academic visits.
That shapes property management in Gainesville. Houses and condos near campus suit short stays around big weekends, and our short-term rental management and Airbnb management price each night against the university schedule. The same homes often work better as furnished monthly rentals for medical staff, visiting researchers and families of patients the rest of the year.
Where guests come from
Gator football brings crowds on home-game weekends. Home games are played at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, known as “The Swamp,” on the UF campus. The university also runs the Florida Museum of Natural History.
Medical demand runs year-round. UF Health Shands Hospital is at 1600 SW Archer Road, and the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center is across the road at 1601 SW Archer Road. HCA Florida North Florida Hospital is on West Newberry Road.
South of the city, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park is the one place in Florida where visitors can see wild bison and horses. Guests fly into Gainesville Regional Airport, which has daily jet service to Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte, Miami and other hubs.
Gainesville short-term rental rules
As of October 2026, the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances has no separate vacation rental license or registration chapter, and its Land Development Code does not define a short-term rental use. State law fills the gap: under §509.013, a Gainesville home rented out more than three times a year for under 30 days at a time counts as transient public lodging and must hold a DBPR vacation rental license.
Rules can still differ by address. Homeowners association covenants, condo declarations and zoning conditions on a particular property can limit or ban short stays, so we read those documents before listing a home.
Taxes on Gainesville vacation rentals
Rent on a Gainesville stay of six months or less is subject to Florida’s 6% sales tax under §212.03, Alachua County’s 1.5% surtax (DR-15DSS, 2026) and Alachua County’s 5% tourist development tax (DR-15TDT).
Alachua County collects its own tourist tax. According to the Alachua County Tax Collector, Airbnb and VRBO have collected and remitted it directly since January 1, 2025, so hosts who book only through those platforms no longer file a monthly return. Bookings taken directly or on other sites still need one.
How Florida Hosts manages Gainesville rentals
Florida Hosts sets Gainesville owners up with a DBPR vacation rental license and state and county tax accounts before the first booking. From there, our vacation rental work means pricing around the football and university calendar, checking HOA and condo rules before a listing goes live, filing tourist tax on direct bookings, and running 24/7 guest communication with our own cleaning and maintenance staff.
For short stays the fee is 18–25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing. Owners near the hospitals can also choose furnished stays of 30 days or more, or annual leases handled by licensed brokers, and a free Gainesville projection takes one business day.
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The rules
Gainesville vacation rental rules
Florida licenses vacation rentals at state level, and cities, counties and condo or HOA documents can add their own requirements. We check what applies to your Gainesville address — license, registration and building rules — before a single guest books.
Rules change, so always confirm the current position for your address — we will tell you exactly what applies.
- In Florida, a home rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for stays of less than 30 consecutive days — or advertised as regularly available for such stays — is a transient public lodging establishment.Fla. Stat. §509.013(4)(a)1 (2026)
- A condominium or cooperative unit, or a house of up to four units, that is a transient public lodging establishment (and not a timeshare) is a "vacation rental" under Florida law.Fla. Stat. §509.242(1)(c) (2026)
- Each public lodging establishment, vacation rentals included, must hold a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR).Fla. Stat. §§509.013(1), 509.241(1) (2026)
- A Florida local law may not prohibit vacation rentals or regulate how long or how often they are rented — unless that local law was adopted on or before June 1, 2011.Fla. Stat. §509.032(7)(b) (2026)
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Common questions
Gainesville vacation rental management — FAQs
Is Airbnb legal in Gainesville?
Yes. The City of Gainesville's Code of Ordinances has no separate vacation rental license or registration chapter as of October 2026, so the statewide rules apply: a DBPR vacation rental license (§509.241) and state and county tax registration. Zoning, HOA covenants and condo documents can still restrict short stays at a given address.
What taxes apply to short-term rentals in Gainesville?
Gainesville rentals of six months or less owe 12.5%: Florida's 6% sales tax (§212.03), Alachua County's 1.5% discretionary sales surtax (DR-15DSS, 2026) and Alachua County's 5% tourist development tax (DR-15TDT). Since January 1, 2025, Airbnb and VRBO collect and remit the tourist tax to the Alachua County Tax Collector; bookings taken elsewhere still need a county return.
Is there demand for furnished monthly rentals in Gainesville?
Gainesville has two major hospitals on the same stretch of Archer Road, UF Health Shands Hospital and the Malcom Randall VA Medical Center, plus HCA Florida North Florida Hospital on West Newberry Road. Clinical staff, visiting faculty and families of patients look for furnished stays of a month or more.
Do game weekends matter for a Gainesville Airbnb?
Yes. Florida Gators home football is played at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the UF campus, and those weekends book differently from the rest of the year. We price and set minimum stays around the football schedule and university events.
What does Airbnb management cost in Gainesville?
In Gainesville our short-stay fee is 18–25% of booking revenue, put in writing up front. A free projection of what your home could earn is delivered within one business day.
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What we manage in Gainesville
Short-term rental management is the heart of what we do in Gainesville, and we manage mid-term and long-term rentals here too — with licensed brokers for the leasing.
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