Short Term Rental Management in Pompano Beach
We co-host short term rentals in Pompano Beach and we already run houses here. Your Airbnb account stays yours, the reviews you have earned stay attached to it, and your Superhost status carries on uninterrupted. We run everything underneath. Pompano is worth reading about separately rather than assuming it works like Fort Lauderdale, because on the two points that decide whether you need a permit at all, it does not.
stays hosted across every house we run.
five star reviews, written by guests about the house and the way it is run.
paid out to the owners whose houses we look after.
How it works.
Send the address
That is all we need to start. We look at the house, the block, what comparable properties we already run are earning, and what the licensing position is.
We come back with numbers
What it should earn, what the licensing will cost and take, and what we would change before it goes live. If the answer is that you are better off as you are, we say so.
We set it up under your account
Your listing, your reviews, your Superhost status. We take co-host access rather than ownership. Photography, copy, pricing and the licensing chain get sorted in this step.
We run it
Pricing, messaging, turnovers, maintenance, compliance dates and the two in the morning phone call. You get paid and you get left alone.
One fee. What it covers, and what it does not.
We quote 15 to 20 percent depending on the size and scope of the house, plus a one time $500 licensing fee at onboarding. The percentage is negotiable and we will not name one before walking the property.
Included
- Guest messaging, every hour of the day
- Dynamic pricing, reviewed continuously rather than set once
- Turnovers and cleaning coordination
- Maintenance and vendor management
- Professional photography
- Listing copy and channel setup
- The licensing calendar, filed on time
- Monthly owner statements
Not charged
- No cleaning fee markup
- No maintenance coordination charge
- No platform or software fee
- No charge for photography
- No long contract, and no fee in a month the house earns nothing
What a house here actually earns.
Across the houses we run, the daily rate spans roughly $85 for a one bedroom apartment up to about $1,000 for a six bedroom house near the beach, and occupancy has run near 70 percent over the trailing twelve months. Those figures cover our whole portfolio rather than Pompano Beach alone, and they are our own numbers rather than a market report. Your house will differ on condition, layout, photography and pricing.
What the licensing actually takes in Pompano Beach.
Most pages about this are vague because whoever wrote them has never filed one. These dates and fees come out of the renewal tracker we keep for the houses we already run here.
- What counts as a short term rental here
- A dwelling let for six months or less in a calendar year. That is a far wider net than Fort Lauderdale's 30 days: a five month tenancy is a short term rental in Pompano Beach and needs the permit.
- Condominiums are excluded
- The city's definition explicitly excludes condominiums, along with condo hotels, hotels, motels, timeshares and bed and breakfasts. The permit covers single family homes, duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes. If you own a condo unit, confirm your position with the city before paying for anything.
- The permit and its cycle
- An annual Short Term Rental Permit from the Development Services Director, running 1 October to 30 September. It is tied to one owner and one property and does not follow the house: a sale means a new permit, not a transfer.
- What it costs
- $675 to apply for a single family home or duplex, $750 for a triplex or quadplex, and $375 to renew. Those come off the city's own application form rather than a third party guide, and several guides circulating online quote figures that do not match it. Fees change. Confirm with the city before paying.
- Two people, not one
- The city wants a Local Designated Representative, who may be anywhere in Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade, and separately a 24 hour contact who must be within 25 miles of the property and authorised to deal with problems at any hour. The wide rule and the narrow rule attach to different roles, which is easy to read the wrong way round. We are both for the houses we run.
- The application is the last step, not the first
- Before the city will look at it you need the state DBPR lodging licence, a Florida DOR certificate, a Broward tourist development tax account, a Broward business tax receipt and the Pompano business tax receipt, all attached. Plus a plot plan showing parking, pool, spa, bins and fences, an interior floor plan marking every bedroom, exit and fire extinguisher, a notarised affidavit from every owner, and a copy of the rental agreement you intend to use.
- What gets a permit refused
- Two or more code violations within 90 days related to the rental means denial, and is separately grounds for revocation. Parking, noise and rubbish are the three named. The acknowledgment covers every property the same owner holds in the city, so one bad house can contaminate the others. During a revocation you may neither let the property nor advertise it.
- If the application is incomplete
- The Director notifies you within 30 days and you get 30 calendar days to resubmit, which is a good deal more forgiving than Fort Lauderdale's five business days.
- Occupancy
- 150 square feet of floor area for the first occupant and 100 for each additional one, no unit under 350 square feet, and sleeping rooms of at least 70 square feet. This sets the ceiling on what you can advertise.
- On top of all of it
- Broward County tourist development tax is filed on the 20th of every month, including months with nothing to report, and the state DBPR licence renews 1 December. Those are the same wherever you are in the county.
The city permit alone is $675 to start and $375 a year to renew for a single family home, before the county and state chain, any reinspection, or the $50 fee that applies if an inspector cannot get in. Budget for the whole chain rather than the headline permit. Fees and dates are what we hold as current and the city does change them, so treat this as the shape of the year rather than the last word, and confirm anything you are about to pay.
Houses we run in Pompano Beach.
The short answers.
Do I need a permit to run a short term rental in Pompano Beach?
If it is a single family home, duplex, triplex or quadplex let for six months or less at a time, yes: an annual city Short Term Rental Permit, on top of a city business tax receipt, a Broward County business tax receipt, a state DBPR licence and a Broward tourist development tax account. Condominiums are excluded from the city's definition, so a condo unit is a different conversation and worth confirming with the city directly.
How is Pompano Beach different from Fort Lauderdale?
Two ways that change the answer rather than the paperwork. Pompano defines a short term rental as six months or less, where Fort Lauderdale uses 30 days, so a five month tenancy needs a permit here and would not there. And Pompano excludes condominiums from the regime entirely. The fees and the calendar are different too, but those two are the ones that decide whether you are in it.
What does the permit cost?
$675 to apply for a single family home or duplex, $750 for a triplex or quadplex, and $375 a year to renew, from the city's own application form. There is also a $50 fee if an inspector cannot get in. Several guides online quote lower figures that do not match the city's form, so check the form. Fees change, and we confirm before anyone pays.
What does short term rental management cost in Pompano Beach?
We quote 15 to 20 percent of the nightly rate depending on the size and scope of the property, plus a one time $500 licensing fee at onboarding. No cleaning markup, no maintenance coordination charge, no platform fee. The percentage is negotiable and we will not commit to a number before walking the house.
Do I lose my Airbnb listing and my reviews?
No. That is the whole point of co-hosting rather than management. The account stays in your name, the reviews stay on it, and your Superhost status is uninterrupted. A management company that moves your property onto its own account restarts your review history at zero.
Do you have to be local to my property?
Someone does, and it is not the role most people expect. The Local Designated Representative can be anywhere in Palm Beach, Broward or Miami-Dade, but the 24 hour contact has to be within 25 miles of the house and able to attend at any hour. We are both for the houses we run, and we measure the distance before quoting rather than after.
What can get a permit refused or revoked?
Two or more code violations within 90 days connected to the rental. Parking, noise and rubbish are the three the city names. The acknowledgment covers every property the same owner holds in Pompano, so a problem at one house can reach the others. While a permit is revoked you may neither let the property nor advertise it.
How many guests can I take?
The city sets a floor of 150 square feet for the first occupant and 100 for each additional one, no unit under 350 square feet, and sleeping rooms of at least 70 square feet. That is the ceiling on what you can honestly advertise, and advertising above it is the kind of thing that produces a complaint.
Do you handle the licensing yourself?
Yes, and in Pompano that matters more than usual: the city application is the last step in a chain of five registrations, and it is refused if any of them are missing. It also wants a plot plan and an interior floor plan, which Fort Lauderdale does not ask for.
How do I start?
Send us the address. We come back with what it would earn, what the permit chain takes for your specific property, and what we would change before it goes live. If the answer is that you are better off as you are, we say so.
Send us the address.
We come back with what it would earn, what the licensing in Pompano Beach actually takes, and what we would change before it goes live. If the answer is that you are better off as you are, we say so.