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.
Written from the statute,not from another blog.
Every legal claim here is checked against the Florida Statutes or the agency that issued the rule, and every guide lists its sources. Where we cannot source a number, we leave it out and say so.
1031 exchanges for Florida rental owners
What a like-kind exchange defers, the 45- and 180-day clocks, the intermediary rule, and the Florida costs a 1031 does not touch.
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Managing a Florida rental from overseas
How the IRS taxes rent paid to an owner abroad, the Florida landlord rules that still bind you, and the questions to put to any manager before you sign.
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Cutting vacancy: how to lease a South Florida rental faster
What an empty week really costs, the Florida notice rules that let you start before move-out, pricing from comparables, and the paperwork that delays a signature.
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Florida fair housing: what every landlord must know
Three layers of law, the small-landlord exemption that disappears when you hire help, emotional support animals under s. 760.27, and the complaint deadlines.
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Breaking a lease in Florida: the landlord's side
The four remedies in s. 83.595, the early termination fee and its 2-month cap, the servicemember exception, and what not to do with the keys.
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Landlord insurance in Florida: what you actually need
Dwelling policy vs homeowners policy, the hurricane deductible that is a percentage rather than a dollar figure, and the flood gap that leaves owners without rent.
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Turning your Florida home into a rental
The homestead rule that costs the most, the mortgage clause to read first, the disclosures a lease needs, and the city paperwork that varies block by block.
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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.
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Florida 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.
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Buying 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.
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Tenant 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.
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How to choose a property management company
The license check, the questions that expose fee stacking, and the answers that should make you walk away.
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Self-managing vs hiring a property manager in Florida
A straight comparison, including the cases where self-managing is genuinely the better answer.
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The 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.
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Florida 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.
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What 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.
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