Property management in Boca Raton

Seasonal demand, club rules and a city that watches zoning.

Short-term rentals are limited here. Annual leases are the plan we lead with, and your community usually has its own rules. The panel shows what the city allows.

Boca Raton runs from oceanfront condos on the barrier island, across the Intracoastal, to a walkable downtown and then west into golf and country club communities. In between are older single-family neighborhoods such as Boca Square, Camino Gardens and Old Floresta, waterfront homes in Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club, and the rental-heavy streets near Florida Atlantic University.

The rental market here is driven by season. Many owners lease for the winter months to returning residents, then hold the unit or lease annually the rest of the year. Rentals longer than six months under a written lease are outside the tourist tax, so how a lease is written affects what the guest pays. We plan the calendar with you: seasonal, annual or a mix, depending on the building and the club. For single-family homes in older neighborhoods, an annual lease to a local family is often the steadiest plan.

Short-term rental rules are the part to get right first. The city has no vacation rental ordinance we could find, and it has acted against short stays in single-family neighborhoods through zoning. Before listing anything short-term we confirm the zoning with the city and read the association documents. Taxes run through Palm Beach County: a Boca stay of six months or less is taxed at 12.5%, and the county expects a tourist tax account plus its short-term rental business tax receipt number on every listing.

Associations carry a lot of weight in Boca. Country clubs and condo boards commonly cap how often a unit can be leased, set minimum lease terms and interview tenants. We handle the applications and work with management so approvals do not hold up a move-in. Board timelines can run longer in season, so we start applications early and keep a backup tenant in view when we can. From a Golden Triangle condo to a house in Camino Gardens, each Boca property gets the same Sunny Isles Beach team and the same owner app.