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Property Management in St. Petersburg, FL — Airbnb & Short-Term Rentals
St. Petersburg limits homes to three stays under 30 days a year, so most owners here earn from monthly furnished rentals near the hospitals, the Dalí and the St. Pete Pier.
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Full-service management in St. Petersburg
Florida Hosts is a full-service St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg and Pinellas County.
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- City rule: stays under 30 days at most three times in any 365 days
- Johns Hopkins All Children's and St. Anthony's hospitals downtown
- The Dalí Museum and the St. Pete Pier on the downtown waterfront
- Pinellas County's 6% tourist development tax
- Monthly furnished stays are the main path for most homes
Explore St. Petersburg
Where we manage in and around St. Petersburg
Every area, landmark and institution around St. Petersburg has its own demand profile and guest mix. These are the ones we manage into.
Clearwater
Mainland Clearwater has spring training, Morton Plant Hospital and a rebuilt downtown waterfront, but its residential zones require rentals of at least 31 days or one calendar month.
ExploreClearwater Beach
Clearwater Beach is part of the City of Clearwater.
ExploreDunedin
Dunedin keeps rentals under three months out of its residential neighborhoods, so short stays here belong in the tourist, business and downtown districts, and seasonal leases fill the rest.
ExploreIndian Rocks Beach
Indian Rocks Beach allows vacation rentals in its residential districts but requires yearly city registration, inspections, and occupancy caps of 10 guests, or 12 in the CT district.
ExploreMadeira Beach
Madeira Beach bans rentals under six months in R-1 and under three months in R-2, and lists vacation rentals as a permitted use in its R-3 medium-density district near John's Pass.
ExploreSt. Pete Beach
St. Pete Beach writes its rental rules district by district: no transient use in the RU and RLM zones, three short stays a year in RM and Pass-a-Grille, and hotels and resort condos for nightly guests.
ExploreTarpon Springs
Tarpon Springs regulates short stays through its zoning code: a tourist home is permitted in the Resort Residential district and a conditional use in the RM and RO districts.
ExploreTreasure Island
Treasure Island allows tourist dwellings in its resort and commercial zoning districts, while its single-family RU-75 and multifamily RM-15 districts do not list them as a permitted use.
ExploreLocal vs. national
The St. Petersburg 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 St. Petersburg around its own seasons and events, and our own cleaners and maintenance staff look after the homes.
Short-term rental and Airbnb management in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg restricts nightly rentals more than many buyers expect, and owners should know that before they buy. The city’s rule caps stays of under 30 days at three per year for a residential property, so a typical house or condo cannot run as a weekend vacation rental.
What does work is the furnished monthly stay. Property management in St. Petersburg for most of our owners means 30-day-plus bookings, priced and screened the same way as a nightly listing, with the same cleaning and guest care. Where a building is a licensed hotel or condo-hotel, we can also provide short-term rental management for nightly guests.
Where guests come from
- Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital at 501 6th Avenue South is a children’s hospital, and families of young patients from outside the area need somewhere nearby to stay.
- St. Anthony’s Hospital, part of BayCare, is at 1200 Seventh Avenue North.
- The Dalí Museum at One Dali Boulevard holds a large collection of Salvador Dalí’s work and draws visitors year-round.
- The St. Pete Pier on the downtown waterfront has restaurants, shopping, public art and events.
- USF St. Petersburg. The University of South Florida runs a St. Petersburg campus, bringing visiting faculty, researchers and families.
- Air access. St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport is on the Pinellas side of the bay, with Tampa International across the bridges.
St. Petersburg short-term rental rules
The city’s Transient Accommodation Uses handout states the core rule plainly: a residential property may be rented for less than 30 days only three times within any consecutive 365-day period. Beyond that, the property must operate as a licensed hotel or motel or be located within an approved Resort Facilities Overlay. The handout notes that no location in the city had that overlay yet, and that applying is a Future Land Use Map amendment with several public hearings.
The Land Development Regulations define “month” as 30 consecutive days or one calendar month, whichever is less. The handout also explains that the city’s rules predate June 1, 2011, so they are grandfathered under §509.032(7)(b), which otherwise stops local governments from limiting rental duration or frequency.
Any rental that does qualify as transient lodging also needs a DBPR license under §509.241. Condo and HOA documents can be stricter than the city.
Taxes on St. Petersburg vacation rentals
Any stay of six months or less, including a 30-to-180-night furnished rental, owes Florida’s 6% sales tax under §212.03 and any applicable county discretionary sales surtax. Pinellas County adds a 6% tourist development tax (§125.0104), which the DR-15TDT chart (R. 10/26) lists as collected by the county.
How Florida Hosts manages St. Petersburg rentals
In St. Petersburg we set each home up for the stay length the code allows, and plan bookings so a property stays inside the three-short-stays limit.
Monthly guests get the same 24/7 communication and our own cleaning and maintenance crews. Where nightly hosting is legal, our Airbnb management fee is 18–25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing. Long-term leases run through licensed broker partners. Request a free rental projection and we will reply within one business day.
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The rules
St. Petersburg vacation rental rules
St. Petersburg allows a residential property to be rented for less than 30 days no more than three times in any consecutive 365-day period. Above that, the use counts as a transient accommodation use, which must operate as a licensed hotel or motel or be inside an approved Resort Facilities Overlay. The city's Land Development Regulations treat residential uses as those available monthly or longer, or for shorter terms three or fewer times in 365 days.
Sources: City of St. Petersburg, Transient Accommodation Uses handout (2023) (checked October 2026); St. Petersburg City Code §16.90.020.3 — Definitions (Municode) (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)
- 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
St. Petersburg vacation rental management — FAQs
Is Airbnb legal in St. Petersburg?
Only within limits. The city's 2023 handout on transient accommodation uses says a residential property may be rented for under 30 days no more than three times in any consecutive 365-day period. More frequent short stays must operate as a licensed hotel or motel or sit within an approved Resort Facilities Overlay, and the same handout says no property had that overlay yet. Rentals of 30 days or more are not counted as transient accommodation.
What taxes apply to short-term rentals in St. Petersburg?
Stays of six months or less owe Florida's 6% sales tax (§212.03), any applicable county discretionary sales surtax, and Pinellas County's 6% tourist development tax (DOR form DR-15TDT, R. 10/26), which is collected by the county.
Why is St. Petersburg different from St. Pete Beach?
They are separate cities with separate codes. St. Petersburg's rule is the three-stays-per-365-days limit in its Land Development Regulations; St. Pete Beach writes its own zoning rules district by district.
What kind of rental works best for a St. Petersburg home?
For most homes, a furnished stay of 30 days or more. That keeps the property outside the city's transient accommodation definition and suits hospital staff, visiting families and people between homes.
Do you manage long-term leases in St. Petersburg?
Yes. Annual leases are arranged with licensed broker partners, and our own staff handle maintenance.
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What we manage in St. Petersburg
Short-term rental management is the heart of what we do in St. Petersburg, and we manage mid-term and long-term rentals here too — with licensed brokers for the leasing.
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