--- title: "Rosemary Beach Property Management — Airbnb & Short-Term, FL" description: "Property management in Rosemary Beach, FL: Airbnb and short-term rental management for 30A homes under Walton County rules and town covenants." url: https://floridahosts.com/rosemary-beach/ --- ![Aerial view of white sand, beach umbrellas and emerald-green water at Santa Rosa Beach](/images/emerald-coast-property-management.webp) Rosemary Beach · Emerald Coast & Panhandle # Property Management in Rosemary Beach, FL — Airbnb & Short-Term Rentals Airbnb and short-term rental management at the eastern end of 30A, where a planned town's covenants sit on top of Walton County's rental certificate and 5% South Walton tourist tax. 10,000+ guest reviews since 2016 · [Call (321) 321-2348](tel:+13213212348) · [All areas we serve](/areas-we-serve/) Free rental projection — about a minute Free, no obligation. Prefer to talk? Call [(321) 321-2348](tel:+13213212348). What we deliver ## Full-service management in Rosemary Beach Florida Hosts is a full-service Rosemary Beach 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 Rosemary Beach and Walton County. [See all services →](/services/) ### Why Florida Hosts in Rosemary Beach - Unincorporated Walton County at the eastern end of Scenic Highway 30A - Town plan by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk - Walton County certificate for houses, plus the community's own covenants - Camp Helen State Park and Lake Powell just east - 5% tourist development tax in ZIP code 32461 Explore Rosemary Beach ## Where we manage in and around Rosemary Beach Every area, landmark and institution around Rosemary Beach has its own demand profile and guest mix. These are the ones we manage into. [ ### Alys Beach Alys Beach is a New Urbanist town on Scenic Highway 30A, next to Rosemary Beach, with shared amenities for owners and guests. Explore ](/rosemary-beach/alys-beach/)[ ### Miramar Beach Miramar Beach sits just east of Destin but in Walton County, not Okaloosa. Explore ](/miramar-beach/)[ ### Santa Rosa Beach Airbnb and short-term rental management along Scenic Highway 30A, from Dune Allen to Seagrove, run to Walton County's short-term vacation rental certificate and its 5% South Walton tourist tax. Explore ](/santa-rosa-beach/)[ ### Seaside Seaside's cottages sit on brick streets around Central Square on 30A. Explore ](/seaside/)[ ### Cape San Blas Cape San Blas beach houses sit between the Gulf and St. Joseph Bay. Explore ](/cape-san-blas/)[ ### Destin Airbnb and short-term rental management for Destin homes and condos, run to the city's annual registration, occupancy and signage rules and Okaloosa County's 6% tourist tax. Explore ](/destin/)[ ### Fort Walton Beach Airbnb and short-term rental management in Fort Walton Beach, run to the city's 2025 vacation rental registration law, with mid-term and long-term leasing for families posted to Eglin and Hurlburt. Explore ](/fort-walton-beach/)[ ### Mexico Beach Mexico Beach rebuilt after Hurricane Michael made landfall nearby in 2018. Explore ](/mexico-beach/) Local vs. national ## The Rosemary Beach 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 Rosemary Beach around its own seasons and events, and our own cleaners and maintenance staff look after the homes. 24/7 Guest communication 350+ Florida homes managed 10,000+ Guest reviews since 2016 [Get my free Rosemary Beach projection](/rental-projection/) [or call (321) 321-2348](tel:+13213212348) ## Short-term rental and Airbnb management in Rosemary Beach Rosemary Beach describes itself as sitting at the eastern end of Scenic Route 30A, between Panama City and Destin, and its [official site](https://rosemarybeach.com/explore-rosemary-beach/) credits the town plan to Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. The result is a walkable grid of narrow streets around a town center of shops and restaurants. It is not a city. Walton County’s [municipal listing](https://www.mywaltonfl.gov/172/Municipalities-GIS-Data) names only DeFuniak Springs, Freeport and Paxton, so Rosemary Beach is governed as unincorporated county land. Rental homes here are mostly townhouses, carriage houses and single-family cottages built to the town’s architectural code. Property management in Rosemary Beach means working inside both the county’s certificate and the community’s own covenants and rental policies. ## Where guests come from The town’s amenities are part of the stay. The official site lists four community pools, a racquet club and a fitness center for owners and guests. Next door are Alys Beach to the west and Inlet Beach to the east, and [Camp Helen State Park](https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/camp-helen-state-park) sits just across the Bay County line where Lake Powell, one of the area’s coastal dune lakes, opens to the Gulf. Being at the east end of 30A puts Rosemary Beach on the [Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP)](https://www.iflybeaches.com/) side of the coast, the airport that serves Panama City Beach. The Pier Park shopping district in Panama City Beach is a short drive east, and Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach is the nearest Walton County hospital. ## Rosemary Beach short-term rental rules Walton County’s [Ordinance 2023-03](https://www.mywaltonfl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/39890/Walton-County-FL-Short-Term-Vacation-Rental-Certification-Program-and-Neighborhood-Compatibility-Ordinance-) requires a Short-Term Vacation Rental Certificate for each home rented for under 30 days, renewed every year and obtained before the home is advertised. Condominiums are exempt. Cooperatives and homeowners’ associations may elect a community certificate for the whole community or the units they control, which the county’s [program page](https://mywaltonfl.gov/1386/Vacation-Rental-Certification-Program) prices at $227 per property against $300 for an individual registration. Certified homes follow the county standards: one guest per 150 square feet of gross floor area, a responsible party who answers 24/7, reaches the home within one hour and checks it weekly, and an exterior sign up to 18 by 12 inches showing that contact and the certificate number. Houses with three or more occupied floors post an evacuation map beside each bedroom door on the upper floors, a rule that matters for the town’s taller townhouses. The community’s covenants are a separate layer. We read the recorded documents and current rental policies for each property before listing, and the state [DBPR vacation rental license](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599%2F0509%2FSections%2F0509.241.html) is required as well. ## Taxes on Rosemary Beach vacation rentals Rentals of six months or less carry Florida’s 6% sales tax under [§212.03](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0200-0299%2F0212%2FSections%2F0212.03.html) and Walton County’s 1% surtax from the [DR-15DSS for 2026](https://floridarevenue.com/Forms_library/current/dr15dss_26.pdf). Walton County’s 5% tourist development tax applies to ZIP code 32461 under the state’s [DR-15TDT chart](https://floridarevenue.com/Forms_library/current/dr15tdt.pdf). The [Walton County Clerk’s guide](https://waltonclerkfl.gov/uploads/dm/4630/STR_Tax_How_Much_Should_I_Collect.pdf) treats the area as South Walton and adds that the tax is owed even on stays for friends and family or bookings that only charge a cleaning fee. ## How Florida Hosts manages Rosemary Beach rentals Florida Hosts takes care of licensing and registration, including the DBPR license and the Walton County tax account. In Rosemary Beach our Airbnb management covers the county certificate, the community’s rental requirements, amenity access for guests, pricing and 24/7 guest communication. Townhouses on narrow lots need careful turnovers, and our own cleaning and maintenance staff handle them. Short-term rental management is 18–25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing. We also manage mid-term furnished stays and long-term leases with licensed brokers on the leasing, and a free rental projection comes back within one business day. Free projection · about a minute ## What could your Rosemary Beach property earn? Send us the address and we'll come back with real numbers for it, from a person on our team, within one business day. Free, no obligation. Prefer to talk? [Call (321) 321-2348](tel:+13213212348) The rules ## Rosemary Beach vacation rental rules Rosemary Beach is in unincorporated Walton County, so Land Development Code §1.13.16 (Ordinance 2023-03) applies: an annual Short-Term Vacation Rental Certificate for each home rented for under 30 days, with condominiums exempt and homeowners' associations able to elect a community certificate. Certified homes are limited to one guest per 150 square feet of gross floor area, need a 24/7 responsible party able to reach the home within one hour, and must show the certificate number on an exterior sign and in every advertisement. The county lists fees of $300 per property, or $227 under a community registration. Sources: [Walton County Ordinance 2023-03 — Short-Term Vacation Rental Certificate Program (PDF)](https://www.mywaltonfl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/39890/Walton-County-FL-Short-Term-Vacation-Rental-Certification-Program-and-Neighborhood-Compatibility-Ordinance-) (checked October 2026); [Walton County — Vacation Rental Certification Program](https://mywaltonfl.gov/1386/Vacation-Rental-Certification-Program) (checked October 2026) 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)](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599%2F0509%2FSections%2F0509.013.html) - 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)](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599%2F0509%2FSections%2F0509.242.html) - 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)](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599%2F0509%2FSections%2F0509.241.html) - 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)](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0500-0599%2F0509%2FSections%2F0509.032.html) Emerald Coast & Panhandle ## Nearby areas we manage [Walton County overview →](/counties/walton-county/) [Navarre](/navarre/) [All areas →](/areas-we-serve/) Common questions ## Rosemary Beach vacation rental management — FAQs Is Airbnb legal in Rosemary Beach? Yes, subject to county and community rules. Rosemary Beach is not a city; it is a private planned community in unincorporated Walton County, so the county's Land Development Code §1.13.16 requires a Short-Term Vacation Rental Certificate, renewed every year, for a home rented for under 30 days. The community's recorded covenants also apply, and a Florida DBPR vacation rental license is required. What taxes apply to short-term rentals in Rosemary Beach? Stays of six months or less carry Florida's 6% sales tax (§212.03), Walton County's 1% discretionary sales surtax (DR-15DSS, 2026) and Walton County's 5% tourist development tax, which DR-15TDT applies to ZIP code 32461. The Walton County Clerk collects the tourist tax. Is Rosemary Beach in Walton County or Bay County? Walton County. It sits just west of the Bay County line at Inlet Beach, so Walton's certificate and Walton's tax apply. Panama City Beach's city rules and Bay County's tourist tax do not. Can an HOA in Rosemary Beach get one certificate for every home? Walton County's ordinance lets cooperatives and homeowners' associations elect to apply for a community certificate covering the community or the units under their control. The county lists the community rate at $227 per property against $300 for individual registration. Free projection · about a minute ## Ready to put your Rosemary Beach home to work? A free rental projection built from real comparable listings near you — within one business day. Free, no obligation. Prefer to talk? [Call (321) 321-2348](tel:+13213212348) ## Talk to us about your Rosemary Beach property Get a free rental projection — or call and ask us anything about your home. [Get my free projection](/rental-projection/) [or call (321) 321-2348](tel:+13213212348) Free · comps-based · delivered within one business day.