11 Best Airbnb Management Companies in Miami (2026)

Miami is one of the strongest short term rental markets in Florida and one of the hardest to operate legally. The typical entire-home listing in the Miami market earned about $56,900 over the last twelve months, but a large share of the city's single-family homes cannot be used as a short term rental at all, Miami Beach bans them in every single-family home, and the county adds its own permit, inspection and monthly tax filing. Picking the right Airbnb management Miami owners can rely on starts with one question: is your property allowed to be a vacation rental in the first place?

This guide compares eleven Airbnb management companies Miami owners can hire today, the property management companies working across Miami-Dade County, with the fees each one actually publishes, the contract terms we could confirm, and the local rules any property manager has to handle for you. Every competitor fee below was rechecked on the company's own website in October 2026. Where a company does not publish a rate, we say so instead of guessing.

The best Airbnb management companies in Miami for 2026

Surge: best for owners who want full service, honest reporting and written exit terms (starting at 15% for full service)
Chādy: Miami-focused operator with a published 18% to 25% fee and a 90-day initial commitment
FunStay Florida: boutique Miami, Sunny Isles, Hollywood and Surfside operator with flat-rate pricing
Atlantikos: Miami, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale manager, quote only
Florida Hosts: own cleaning and maintenance teams, 18% to 25% quoted in writing
WEPRO: lowest published Miami percentage (5% or 10%), physical work billed separately
MAK Vacation: condo residences in Brickell, Downtown, Wynwood and Mid-Beach, in-house teams
Lima Pro Management: co host or full service options for Miami, Homestead and Key Largo
Evolve: best for owners who keep cleaning and maintenance in house (10% or 15%)
RedAwning: clearest published national tiers (10%, 15% or 18%)
Vacasa: largest national brand, no published owner rate

What Airbnb management costs in Miami right now

Full-service Airbnb property management in Miami is priced as a percentage of rental revenue. The published rates we could verify run from 5% for an optimization-only plan and 10% for half service up to 25% for full service from local Miami operators. Two things drive where a company lands in that range: how much of the day to day work it does (cleaning coordination, maintenance, guest communication, tax filing) and how much compliance work the property needs. A condo in a building that already allows short term rentals is simple. A home that needs a city Certificate of Use, a county Certificate of Use, a DBPR license and a monthly tourist tax return is not.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation licenses every vacation rental in the state, and Miami-Dade sits in DBPR District 1. A single-unit license costs $170 for a full year plus a $50 application fee and a $10 education fee for a new application. The Miami-Dade Convention and Tourist Tax office collects 6% on top of state sales tax in most of the county, and the county's short-term vacation rental program requires a Certificate of Use before a home in unincorporated Miami-Dade can even be listed. A good property management company handles all of this, and a cheap one often leaves it to you.

What Airbnb management services include in Miami

When you compare management fees, compare what each fee buys. A full-service Miami vacation rental management company should cover:

Listing setup and optimization: professional photography, a listing written for the guests who actually book your neighborhood, and distribution on Airbnb, Vrbo and direct booking channels.
Dynamic pricing and revenue management: daily rate changes around Miami's demand spikes (Art Basel, the Miami Open, the boat show, spring break and the winter high season) and minimum-stay rules that protect weekends.
Guest communication and screening: 24/7 response in English and Spanish, guest vetting, check-in instructions and house rules that match your building or neighborhood rules.
Cleaning and turnovers: a professional cleaning team, laundry, restocking and a post-clean inspection after every stay.
Maintenance coordination: AC service (a non-negotiable in Miami), pool care where it applies, hurricane prep and fast repairs between guests.
Compliance and taxes: DBPR license, city and county Certificates of Use, business tax receipts, and the monthly Convention and Tourist Tax return when your bookings are not all collected by a platform.
Owner reporting: an owner portal with bookings, payouts and expenses, plus a monthly statement you can read in five minutes.

Full service management, half service management or a co host?

Miami Airbnb management companies sell three different products under similar names, and the price only makes sense once you know which one you are buying.

Full service management (about 15% to 25%): the property manager runs the whole operation. Listing creation, pricing, guest messages, cleaning, laundry, restocking, property maintenance, inspections, licensing and tax filings. You get a statement and a payout. Surge, Chādy, Florida Hosts and Lima Pro's full service plan sit here.
Half service management (about 5% to 15%): the company handles the online side, meaning Airbnb listings, pricing strategies and guest communication, and you or a separate vendor handle cleaning and repairs. WEPRO and Evolve's plans fall here.
Co host: you stay the host on your own Airbnb account and add a co host who helps with messages, pricing and check-ins. Lima Pro's Lite Co-Hosting is the published co host option on this list. A co host works best when you live in the Miami area and can step in when something breaks.

The cheapest percentage is not always the cheapest total price. A 10% plan that bills every clean and repair separately can cost more than a full-service fee once a busy Miami property turns over eight or ten times a month. Ask every company for a sample owner statement, with every line item, for a property type like yours.

Miami Airbnb management fees: what sits outside the percentage

Airbnb management fees in Miami are quoted as a share of revenue, but several costs often sit outside that number. Before you sign, ask each company about:

Setup fee or onboarding fee: Evolve charges a one-time $250 onboarding fee, while WEPRO and FunStay say they charge no setup fee. Ask whether photography, staging and supplies are in the setup fee or billed on top.
Cleaning: usually paid by the guest as a cleaning fee, but some managers take their percentage after the cleaning fee and some before.
Maintenance markup: whether repairs are billed at cost or with a markup, and the dollar limit the manager can spend without asking you.
Linens, consumables and hurricane prep: small monthly charges that add up on a coastal property.
Permit and tax work: whether license renewals, the county Certificate of Use and monthly tax returns are included, because in Miami-Dade that is real work.

How we picked

We started from companies that show Miami or Miami-Dade on their own website as a service area, then kept only those whose site we could read and check. For each company we recorded the published management fee, published contract terms and the scope of service. We did not use review-site star ratings or claimed revenue increases, because those numbers cannot be verified from the outside. Surge is listed first because this is our guide and we know our own terms best; read the other ten on their merits.

1. Surge: best for owners who want full service and honest numbers

Surge is a vacation rental management company for property owners in Texas and Florida. In South Florida we manage homes in Fort Lauderdale and the Broward beaches, and we cover Tampa, Orlando, Kissimmee, Panama City Beach and Naples elsewhere in the state. We do not have a dedicated Miami service page yet, and we would rather say that plainly than pretend. If your home is in Broward County, we manage it directly. If it is in Miami-Dade, tell us the address and we will give you a straight answer on whether we are the right fit, and if we are not, which questions to ask the companies below.

Services

Listing setup, professional photography and listing optimization across Airbnb, Vrbo and direct channels
Dynamic pricing and revenue management, adjusted daily against live local market demand
24/7 guest communication, guest vetting and booking management
Cleaning, laundry and restocking coordination with a post-turnover check
Maintenance coordination, including AC, pool and hurricane prep
Owner portal with live bookings and financials, plus compliance support: DBPR license, county tourist tax filings and city certificate programs where they apply

Pricing

Starting at 15% for full service. Ask for a quote specific to your address and service level.

Terms and conditions

Written exit terms before you sign. Surge lists on its own account in some cases and on the owner's account in others. Both models are common in the industry, and a listing on the manager's account usually launches stronger because it carries existing reviews. What matters is that the exit terms are in writing.

2. Chādy: Miami-focused operator with a published fee range

Chādy runs a dedicated Miami vacation rental management page and is one of the few local companies that publishes its pricing. The page lists an "18%–25% management fee" that "varies by Miami submarket", and a "90-day initial commitment" that then goes "month-to-month". It markets multilingual guest operations, event-week pricing and handling of both county and beach permits. The short commitment is a real plus for owners who want to test a manager before committing.

Services: Full service property management: listings on major platforms, event-week pricing, guest operations, cleaning and permit handling. Fees: 18% to 25% management fees, by submarket, 90-day initial commitment.

Two cautions. First, the page's tax summary says the City of Miami rate is about 10%, but the county's own tax page puts the local tourist tax at 6% on top of the 7% state and county sales tax, so 13% in the city (see the tax section below). Second, the revenue-lift percentages on the page are the company's own figures, and we could not verify them. Ask for owner statements from a comparable property before you rely on any uplift number, from any manager.

3. FunStay Florida: boutique operator for Miami, Sunny Isles, Hollywood and Surfside

FunStay Florida describes itself as "a full-service, boutique-style vacation rental management company serving homeowners across Miami, Sunny Isles, Hollywood, and Surfside." Its services cover listing setup, guest support, pricing strategy, cleaning coordination and permits, and it states "No setup fees. No hidden charges." The company says it offers flat-rate pricing "with no setup or cancellation fees" but does not publish the rate itself, so treat it as quote only. It is a sensible call for condo owners in Brickell, Sunny Isles or Hollywood who want a smaller team.

Services: Listing setup, guest support, pricing strategy, cleaning coordination and permits for Miami listings. Fees: Flat-rate fees, not published; no setup fee stated.

4. Atlantikos: Miami, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale, quote only

Atlantikos is a South Florida manager covering Miami, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. Its Miami page covers listing work, dynamic pricing and the permit stack (state license, county Certificate of Use, business tax receipts), but it does not publish its own management fee on the pages we reviewed. Its revenue-lift claims are its own figures. Ask for its rate in writing, and ask whether the fee is charged on gross bookings or on nightly rate only.

Services: Full service property management, listings on Airbnb and other platforms, dynamic pricing and permit support. Fees: Not published; get fees in writing.

5. Florida Hosts: own teams, fee quoted in writing

Florida Hosts has a dedicated Miami page that publishes its Airbnb management fees as "18–25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing before you sign." It says its own cleaning and maintenance teams do the physical work rather than outside vendors, that it has hosted since 2016, and that it checks a unit's transect zone on the city's map before it lists anything. That last step is exactly the one that keeps Miami owners out of trouble. It is a sensible call for owners of Brickell, Edgewater and Downtown condos who want full service management from a Florida-wide operator. Contract length is not published, so ask.

Services: Full service property management with its own cleaning and maintenance teams; listings on Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com. Fees: 18% to 25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing.

6. WEPRO: lowest published percentage, physical work billed separately

WEPRO is a Miami company that publishes two plans: 5% for optimization only or 10% for full management, "charged only on booking revenue." It also says there is no setup fee, you can cancel anytime, and guest payouts stay in your own account. The catch is spelled out on its pricing page: cleaning, staging, photography, locks and repairs are quoted separately per job. That makes WEPRO a half service management option in practice. It fits a local owner with a trusted cleaner who wants help with pricing and Airbnb listings. Add the cleaning and repair bills before you compare it with a full-service fee.

Services: Listings, pricing, guest communication and calendars; cleaning and repair services quoted per job. Fees: 5% or 10% of booking revenue; physical services billed separately.

7. MAK Vacation: condo residences with in-house teams

MAK Vacation manages condo residences in Miami Beach (Mid-Beach and South Beach), Downtown Miami, Brickell and Wynwood, and says most of its homes are at Fontainebleau, where its office is. It says it employs its own cleaning and maintenance teams and has legal counsel that checks each building's rules, licenses and permits. Its fee is "a simple percent of the money we bring in," but the rate is not published, so treat it as quote only. Best for owners of a unit in a building MAK already manages.

Services: Full service property management for condo listings, in-house cleaning, maintenance and legal review. Fees: A percent of revenue, fees not published.

8. Lima Pro Management: co host or full service from a local Superhost

Lima Pro Management is a founder-led company serving Miami, Homestead and Key Largo, run by a licensed Florida Realtor who hosts his own Airbnb listings. It publishes two management tiers: Lite Co-Hosting at 10% to 15% of revenue, where the owner stays in control of the day to day, and Full-Service Management at 20% to 25%. It also sells a listing optimization report and one-on-one consulting. If you want to stay involved as the host and only need a co host for pricing and guest messages, this is one of the few Miami companies that prices that option openly.

Services: Co host services, full service property management, listing audits and consulting. Fees: 10% to 15% co-hosting, 20% to 25% full service; consulting priced separately.

9. Evolve: best for owners who keep the local work in house

Evolve is a national vacation rental company that handles marketing, pricing, bookings and 24/7 guest support, while the owner keeps responsibility for cleaning, maintenance and local operations. Its published pricing is 10% for its Core plan and 15% for its Plus plan, with a $250 onboarding fee. If you live in Miami, already have a reliable cleaner and handyman, and want someone else answering guests at 2 a.m., Evolve is an honest option. If you are an out-of-state owner, remember that the 10% plan leaves the hardest local work with you.

Services: Marketing, listings, pricing, bookings and guest support; the owner keeps cleaning and maintenance services. Fees: 10% or 15% management fees, plus a $250 onboarding fee.

10. RedAwning: clearest published national tiers

RedAwning publishes three tiers on its property management page: 10%, 15% and 18%, with more of the operation included at each step. It is primarily a distribution and technology platform, so check who does cleaning and maintenance in Miami under the tier you choose. The published tiers make it easy to compare against local operators.

Services: Listings distribution and pricing, with more services included at each tier. Fees: 10%, 15% or 18% fees by tier.

11. Vacasa: largest national option, no published rate

Vacasa is the biggest national vacation rental brand in the country and operates in Florida. Its property management page says the work is included in "one straightforward vacation rental management fee," but it does not publish that rate. Get a written quote and a full list of owner-paid fees (cleaning, maintenance markup, supplies, onboarding) before you compare it with anyone else.

Services: Full service property management across listings, guests, cleaning and maintenance services. Fees: Not published; ask for every owner-paid fee in writing.

Why Miami owners hire a management team

Managing a Miami short term rental yourself is close to a full time job. Guests book from all over the world, and Miami draws a lot of international travelers, which means guest questions arrive at every hour and often in Spanish or Portuguese. Check ins happen late after flights land at MIA. Local events like Art Basel, the Ultra Music Festival and the Miami Open change what a night is worth by the week. Owners managing Airbnb properties from out of state rarely keep up with all of that and still maximize returns.

A good management team takes over the parts that decide your rental income: listing optimization on the major platforms, dynamic pricing around local events, fast replies to guests, check ins, cleaning, routine maintenance and the tax paperwork. The goal is not just a higher occupancy rate. It is the right mix of nightly rate and occupancy for your property, with the property protected and the permits current.

Professional management also changes how your Miami listings compete. In a busy Miami-Dade County building, your unit can sit next to several identical short term rentals, so check listing counts in your building before you buy. The property managers who win there are the ones who optimize listings constantly: fresh photos, rewritten titles before each season, and nightly rates that move with demand. Good short term rental management can significantly boost rental income without chasing occupancy rates at any price, because a guest who has a wonderful stay leaves the review that books the next one.

Legal compliance is the other half of the job. The best Miami Airbnb management companies treat permit requirements as part of the rental process, not an afterthought. They handle listing creation with your license and tax numbers in place, keep renewals on a calendar, and tell you before a rule change affects your property type.

Signs you should stop managing it yourself

You are managing guest messages during your own work day and your response time is slipping.
Your listings sit empty on weekday nights while comparable Airbnb properties nearby stay booked.
You have lost Superhost status, or reviews mention cleaning or check ins.
You are not sure which tax returns you owe, or when your Certificate of Use expires.
You own more than one of your Airbnb properties in Miami and each one runs on a different system.

Miami neighborhoods and what they mean for a short term rental investment

Where a property sits in Miami matters as much as how it is managed, because each area has its own guests, demand pattern and rules. A few examples of how that plays out for owners:

Brickell and Downtown Miami: condo towers with business travelers during the week and leisure guests on weekends. The building's declaration decides whether short stays are allowed, so this is condo-rules territory first.
South Beach and Mid Beach: the classic beach vacation rental demand, but only in the zones and apartment buildings the city authorizes. Single-family homes are out. Our Miami Beach Airbnb management companies guide compares the managers that work there.
Coconut Grove and Coral Gables: leafy, family-friendly areas that draw longer stays. Coral Gables is its own city with its own rules, and parts of Coconut Grove are single-family zoning inside city limits, so check eligibility before any investment.
Sunny Isles Beach, North Bay Village and North Miami Beach: separate cities with oceanfront and bayfront condos. They posted some of the highest median revenue in the Surge market data pull above, which makes the building-by-building rules even more important.

Before you buy, run the address through the city's zoning tool, read the condo documents, and look at how comparable listings in that exact building perform. A Miami based property manager should be able to do this with you before you sign anything.

Management fee comparison

Company	Published management fee	Contract terms we could confirm	Service level
Surge	Starting at 15% for full service	Written exit terms before signing	Full service
Chādy	18% to 25%, by submarket	90-day initial commitment, then month-to-month	Full service
FunStay Florida	Flat rate, not published	No setup or cancellation fees (stated)	Full service
Atlantikos	Does not publish an owner rate	Ask for terms in writing	Full service
Florida Hosts	18% to 25% of booking revenue, quoted in writing	Not published	Full service, own cleaning and maintenance teams
WEPRO	5% optimization or 10% full management	No setup fee, cancel anytime (stated)	Online work; cleaning and repairs billed per job
MAK Vacation	Percent of revenue, not published	Ask for terms in writing	Full service, in-house teams
Lima Pro Management	10% to 15% Lite Co-Hosting, 20% to 25% full service	Not published	Co host or full service
Evolve	10% Core, 15% Plus, $250 onboarding	See Evolve agreement	Marketing, bookings and guest support; owner handles local operations
RedAwning	10%, 15% or 18%	See RedAwning agreement	Tiered
Vacasa	Does not publish an owner rate	Ask for terms in writing	Full service

What the fee really costs on a Miami property: a worked example

Surge market data pulled in September 2026 puts the median entire-place listing in the Miami market at about $56,900 in annual revenue, with an average daily rate of $282 and 62% occupancy over the trailing twelve months. Here is what different management fees cost on that median home:

Management fee	Annual fee on $56,900	What is usually left with the owner
10% (half service)	about $5,700	Cleaning team, maintenance, supplies, and often the tax filing
15%	about $8,500	Depends on the plan; at Surge this is full service
20%	about $11,400	Usually nothing operational
25%	about $14,200	Usually nothing operational

The gap between a 15% and a 25% full-service fee on the median Miami home is about $5,700 a year. That is real money, but it is not the biggest number in the deal. A single month of lost bookings from a permit problem, or a fine for operating without a Certificate of Use, can cost more than the difference between two managers. Compare the fee, then compare the compliance work each manager is willing to put in writing.

Also remember that median annual revenue is not the same as your revenue. Nightly rates and occupancy move a lot between buildings and neighborhoods, and your mortgage, HOA dues, insurance, utilities and furnishing costs come out of what is left after the management fee.

Which Miami submarket are you in?

The Miami market splits into 40 submarkets. The five highest-earning in the same September 2026 pull, by median annual revenue for entire-place listings:

Submarket	Median annual revenue	Average daily rate	Occupancy
North Bay Village	$90,800	$483	60%
North Miami Beach	$77,000	$423	58%
Bal Harbour	$73,200	$420	59%
Buena Vista	$72,100	$444	55%
Westchester	$72,100	$393	61%

South Beach came in at $69,500 median revenue with a $336 average daily rate and 63% occupancy. Across the whole Miami market, Surge market data shows revenue down 2% year over year, with average daily rate up 4% and occupancy down 9%. In plain terms: rates are holding, but there is more competition for each booking, which is exactly when pricing and listing quality separate good managers from average ones.

High submarket numbers do not mean every property there can operate. Several of these areas include single-family streets where short term rentals are not allowed, which is why the next section matters more than the table.

Miami short term rental rules a management company has to handle

Miami-Dade has three layers of local rules on top of state law, and which ones apply depends on the city your property sits in. For the full picture, read our Miami short term rental laws guide and the statewide Florida short term rental laws overview.

City of Miami: zoning decides first

The City of Miami's short term rental procedures are blunt: "Single-family homes and duplexes located in T3 and T4-R transect zones are not eligible for Short-Term Rental or Lodging use, based on the legal ruling in City of Miami v. Airbnb." Short-term rental is treated as a lodging use, and lodging is only allowed in certain Miami 21 transect zones. Where it is allowed, the city requires a Certificate of Use renewed annually, a city Business Tax Receipt, and a DBPR lodging license, which the city says is "required to finalize your Certificate of Use." Any management company that tells you a single-family home in a T3 zone is "fine to list" is telling you something the city does not.

Miami Beach: banned in single-family homes, listing rules where allowed

The City of Miami Beach states that vacation and short term rentals "are prohibited in all single-family homes and in many multi-family housing buildings in certain zoning districts of Miami Beach." In the zones where they are allowed, the owner needs a Vacation/Short-Term Rental Business Tax Receipt and a Resort Tax account, and under City Code Sec. 102-386 the listing must "conspicuously display the City-issued Business Tax Receipt number and the Resort Tax certificate number in every advertisement or listing." The city publishes a zoning map and a list of apartment buildings authorized for short term rental. Check both before you buy or hire anyone.

Unincorporated Miami-Dade County: Certificate of Use before listing

Outside city limits, Miami-Dade County requires a Certificate of Use "prior to listing and advertising the property on any peer-to-peer platform." The county schedules an inspection when you apply, and a new CU must be obtained every year. The CU has to be posted inside the rental with the responsible party's name, address and phone number and the maximum occupancy, which the county caps at 2 persons per bedroom plus 2 more, up to 12 people, not counting children under 3. Operating without a CU carries fines of $100 for a first offense, $1,000 for a second within 24 months and $2,500 for a third, plus a $231.90 violation fee and double the CU cost once a citation is issued. The county also notes that a business inside a city "must hold both a city and a county receipt."

Condo and HOA rules

Much of Miami's short term rental supply is condos, and the building's declaration often matters more than the city. Florida's condominium statute, Section 718.110(13), says a new amendment prohibiting or limiting rentals "applies only to unit owners who consent to the amendment and unit owners who acquire title to their units after the effective date of that amendment." If you buy after a rental restriction passes, it binds you. Read the declaration and the latest amendments before closing.

Miami vacation rental taxes: who files what

According to the Miami-Dade Convention and Tourist Tax page, most of the county charges a 6% local tax on short stays: a 3% Convention Development Tax, a 2% Tourist Development Tax and a 1% Professional Sports Facilities Franchise Tax. That sits on top of Florida's 6% state sales tax and Miami-Dade's 1% discretionary sales surtax, listed on the Department of Revenue's surtax table.

Location	State sales tax	County surtax	Local tourist taxes	Total
City of Miami and most of Miami-Dade	6%	1%	6% (3% convention, 2% tourist, 1% sports)	13%
Miami Beach	6%	1%	3% county convention development tax plus the 4% city resort tax	14%
Surfside and Bal Harbour	6%	1%	Town rates, county taxes do not apply	Confirm with the town

The Department of Revenue's local tourist tax table confirms the county-level split: "4% for Surfside and Bal Harbour, 7% for Miami Beach, and 6% for the rest of the county."

Platform collection. Miami-Dade has agreements with Airbnb, Vrbo and its affiliates (HomeAway, Expedia, VacationRentals) and misterb&b to collect and remit the county's short term rental taxes for bookings made on those platforms. If every booking comes through one of them, the county says the owner does not need a separate Convention and Tourist Tax registration. The moment you take a direct booking, or rent through a property management company outside a registered platform, you need your own registration and a monthly return, due on the 1st and late after the 20th of the following month, even in months with no tax due. In Miami Beach, the city resort tax is a separate filing through the city resort tax office. Ask every manager exactly which returns they file for you.

Local expertise versus national reach for Miami owners

A national brand brings software, a large booking engine and a brand guests recognize. A local Miami operator brings people who know which buildings allow short stays, which inspectors are strict, and what a Brickell condo books for during Art Basel week. For most Miami owners, local knowledge matters more, because the biggest risks in this market are legal and operational, not marketing. The best answer is a manager who has both: strong distribution and pricing, plus a local team that picks up the phone when the AC fails on a Saturday in August.

Guest experience is part of that. Miami guests expect fast answers, spotless turnovers and clear check-in, and reviews punish anything less. Ask each manager how quickly guests get a response, who does the cleaning, and how the cleaning is checked.

Companies we did not include

We left out companies we could not verify from their own site as operating in Miami, and companies that have stopped operating. Several Florida roundups still list vacation rental brands that are no longer in business. If a company you are considering is not here, check that its website names Miami-Dade as a service area, that its phone is answered, and that it can show you a current DBPR license. Ask for the management agreement before any sales call ends.

Questions to ask before you sign a management agreement

Is my property allowed to be a short term rental? Ask the manager to confirm the zoning (Miami 21 transect zone, the beach city's zoning map, or county rules) and your building's declaration in writing.
Whose Airbnb account holds the listing? Both models are common, and a manager-account listing usually launches faster. Get the written exit terms: what happens to the listing, reviews and future bookings if you leave.
Who holds the DBPR license and the Certificates of Use, and who renews them?
Which tax returns do you file? Convention and Tourist Tax for direct bookings, the beach resort tax, and state sales tax where a platform does not collect.
What is the fee charged on? Gross booking revenue, or nightly rate only? Are cleaning fees included?
What else do I pay? Onboarding, supplies, maintenance markup, linen, photography, and hurricane prep.
How long is the contract, and what does it cost to leave?

For a deeper checklist, see our guides on what Airbnb property management costs and how to hire an Airbnb manager in Florida.

Miami vacation rental basics for first-time Airbnb hosts

If this is your first Miami vacation rental property, the order matters: confirm zoning and building rules, then get the DBPR license (our Florida vacation rental license guide walks through it), then the city or county Certificate of Use and business tax receipts, then the tax registration, and only then list the property. Hosts who reverse that order are the ones who get fined.

Plan furnishing and amenities for the guests who actually book Miami: a fast Wi-Fi connection and a workspace for longer stays, beach gear near the coast, parking instructions that are impossible to misread, and AC that is serviced before high season. Price with the calendar: winter and the big event weeks carry the year, and summer is a pricing and occupancy exercise. A property manager earns its fee by getting both seasons right.

Thinking about buying instead? Our best places to buy an Airbnb in Florida and most profitable Airbnb cities in Florida guides use the same Surge market data pull to compare Miami with the rest of the state.

Nearby South Florida guides

Quick answers

Typical Miami management fee: published rates run from 5% (optimization only) and 10% (half service) to 25% (full service from a local operator).
Median Miami Airbnb revenue: about $56,900 a year for an entire-place listing (Surge market data pulled in September 2026).
Tax on a Miami short stay: 13% in the City of Miami and most of the county, 14% in Miami Beach (the 4% city resort tax replaces the county's 2% tourist and 1% sports taxes).
Single-family homes in City of Miami T3 and T4-R zones: not eligible for short term rental use.
Unincorporated Miami-Dade: a county Certificate of Use is required before listing, renewed yearly.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best Airbnb management company in Miami?

It depends on the property and how involved you want to be. For full service with published pricing, compare Surge (starting at 15%) and Chādy (18% to 25%). If you want to keep cleaning and maintenance yourself, Evolve's 10% plan is the cheapest published option. Whoever you pick, confirm first that your property is legally allowed to operate.

How much do Airbnb management companies charge in Miami?

Published rates for Miami range from 5% to 25% of rental revenue. Optimization-only and half-service plans sit around 5% to 10%, full-service plans from 15% to 25%. Always ask what the fee is charged on and what extra fees the owner pays.

Can I rent my Miami home on Airbnb?

Maybe. In the City of Miami, single-family homes and duplexes in T3 and T4-R transect zones are not eligible. In Miami Beach, short term rentals are prohibited in all single-family homes. In unincorporated Miami-Dade, you need a county Certificate of Use before listing. Condos also depend on the building's declaration.

Does Airbnb collect Miami-Dade tourist taxes?

Yes, for bookings made on Airbnb. Miami-Dade has agreements with Airbnb, Vrbo and misterb&b to collect and remit the county's short term rental taxes. Direct bookings and bookings outside those platforms need your own registration and a monthly return, and the Miami Beach resort tax is a separate city filing.

Do I need a license to run an Airbnb in Miami?

Yes. Every Florida vacation rental needs a DBPR license, and the City of Miami, Miami Beach and unincorporated Miami-Dade each add their own Certificate of Use or business tax receipt requirements.

Can I switch Miami property managers without losing my reviews?

If the listing is on your own Airbnb account, your reviews stay with you. If it is on the manager's account, the written exit terms in your agreement decide what happens, so get them in writing before you sign.

The bottom line

Miami pays well when the property is legal and run well, and it punishes owners who skip steps. Start with zoning and the building, pick a property manager whose fee and exit terms are in writing, and make sure someone owns the license, the Certificates of Use and every monthly tax return. If your home is in South Florida and you want a straight answer on fit and fees, talk to Surge.