Owner Resources
Guides for Orlando Rental Owners
Owning a rental comes with real questions. What do managers charge? What does Florida law require? What should the home earn? These guides answer them the way we answer owners on the phone: with real numbers and no runaround.
Everything here is written by Paul and his team, a licensed Florida real estate brokerage managing Orlando rentals for about 20 years. When we cite a number, we name the source. When the answer is "it depends," we say what it depends on.
Property Management Fees in Orlando (2026) New
What managers really charge here: monthly percentages, placement fees, renewal fees, and the add-ons some companies keep quiet about. With our own published numbers as the worked example.
Read the guide → Lease-Only vs. Full-Service Management New
One costs a single month of rent. The other runs a monthly percentage. Which one fits depends on your time, your distance, and your appetite for 2am maintenance calls. The honest comparison.
Read the guide → Hire a Property Manager or Self-Manage? New
The honest version: who should self-manage, who should not, and the break-even math that turns a management fee into a price per hour of your time. Plus the middle path.
Read the guide → How Professional Tenant Screening Works New
Credit, income, rental history, and fair housing rules: what a professional screen checks, why written criteria matter, and the red flags that show up on applications.
Read the guide → Are Property Management Fees Tax Deductible? New
Usually, yes. What else rental owners can deduct, where it goes on Schedule E, and which records to keep, sourced to the IRS. General information, so check with your CPA.
Read the guide → The Out-of-State Owner's Playbook New
The deep version for remote owners: building a local team, inspections, insurance, LLC and tax basics, Florida property tax dates, and hurricane season from a distance.
Read the guide → Renting Out Your Home Instead of Selling New
Could not sell at your number? The first-timer's guide to pricing the rent, getting the home ready, your mortgage and insurance, the tax clock on a later sale, and whether renting fits.
Read the guide → The Florida Eviction Process (2026) New
Every notice type, the six stages from 3-day notice to writ of possession, what it really costs, and why nobody should promise you a 9-day eviction. Statute citations throughout.
Read the guide → Orlando Rental Market Report New
The current numbers: typical rent, vacancy, new supply, and what they mean for owners. Every figure sourced and dated, city and metro labeled separately, updated quarterly.
Read the guide → The Rent Ready Checklist
Every item a home needs before a tenant moves in, from working detectors to blinds on the windows. The same checklist Paul and his team use on every property we manage.
Read the guide → Owning an Orlando Rental from Out of State
How remote ownership actually works: the systems, the taxes, the inspections you never have to fly in for. Written for owners in New York, California, and everywhere in between.
Read the guide → The Accidental Landlord Guide
Inherited a house? Relocated for work? Could not sell at your price? Your three real options, the honest math on each, and the worries every first-timer has, answered straight.
Read the guide → Owner Questions, Answered
The questions Orlando owners ask us most, from what happens when a tenant stops paying to how fast your rent hits your bank account. Short answers from the people who do the work.
Read the guide → Reading is good. Knowing your number is better.
A free rental analysis from a licensed Florida broker tells you what your home should earn, usually within one business day. Or call (407) 588-9600 with the question the guides did not answer.
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