9 Best Property Management Companies in Treasure Island, FL (2026 Fees and Rules)

Treasure Island, FL is a small barrier island city in Pinellas County, FL, between St. Pete Beach to the south and John's Pass to the north. It draws snowbirds in winter, families in spring and summer, and a steady stream of weekend guests from Tampa and Orlando. It is also one of the stricter places in the Tampa Bay area to run a short-term rental: the city does not allow nightly rentals in its single-family and low-density multi-family zones, so where your property is located decides what you can do with it before any manager gets involved.

This guide compares nine companies that offer short-term rental and Treasure Island property management services today, using only the fees and facts each company publishes on its own pages. It also covers the city zoning rule, the 13% tax stack, what Surge market data says a rental here can earn, and the questions to ask before you sign with any property manager.

The best property management companies in Treasure Island, FL for 2026

Each company below manages vacation rentals, condo units or homes in Treasure Island, FL or the neighboring towns. We last checked every listing in October 2026; check the update date above for changes.

1. Surge: best for owners who want full service, transparent fees and written exit terms.
2. Sandcastle Realty: best for owners who want a company with a local office and a long local record.
3. Sunsational: best for condo owners in a resort-style building.
4. Resort Rentals: best for owners who want one published, all-in rate.
5. iTrip St. Petersburg Beaches: best for owners who want a local franchise with a national booking engine.
6. Seaview Vacations: best for owners who want a small team a few minutes up Gulf Boulevard.
7. PMI Clearwater: best for owners who may switch between short-term stays and a long-term lease.
8. Emperor Rentals: best for owners with homes in several Tampa Bay towns.
9. Evolve: best for owners who will handle cleaning and want the lowest published rate.

The order is not a ranking of guest ratings. No public site publishes verified performance data for every manager, so treat this as a shortlist and ask each company for its owner agreement, a sample monthly statement and references from owners in your building or street.

Quick answers for Treasure Island owners

• Can I rent my home nightly? Only in the right zone. The city's short-term rental information page says tourist dwellings are not permitted in the RU-75 single-family or RM-15 multi-family zoning districts. They are permitted in the CG, RFM-30, RFH-50, PR-MU Core and PR-MU Gulf Boulevard districts, which cover most of the Gulf-front condo and resort strip.
• What do managers charge? Resort Rentals publishes 20%, Evolve publishes 10% or 15% plus $250 onboarding, and Surge starts at 15% for full service. Most local companies quote per property.
• What can a rental earn? About $52,300 a year for a typical listing in the St. Petersburg market, at a $264 average daily rate and 63% occupancy, in data pulled by Surge in October 2026.
• What taxes apply? 13% in total: 6% Florida sales tax, the 1% county surtax and the 6% county tourist development tax. Airbnb and Vrbo collect the tourist tax for bookings on their platforms, per the Pinellas County Tax Collector.
• What licenses do I need? A Florida vacation rental license from the DBPR Division of Hotels and Restaurants, a City of Treasure Island Local Business Tax receipt, and a county tourist development tax account unless a platform or manager files for you.

1. Surge

Surge offers short-term rental management across Texas and Florida. We handle listing creation and listing optimization, professional photography, dynamic pricing and revenue management, guest communication and screening, cleaning and turnover coordination, property maintenance, and monthly owner statements. Our fee structure starts at 15% for full service, and we put every fee in the agreement, including what cleaning and maintenance cost and who pays for them.

We are honest about fit. Surge does not have a dedicated Treasure Island service page today, and if you want a manager whose office is on Gulf Boulevard and who can walk your unit every week, one of the local firms below may suit you better. Where we help most is with owners who want tight reporting, pricing that follows the Pinellas season week by week, and a manager who checks the zoning map before a single booking is taken. See how we work on our Florida Airbnb management page, or contact us for a free revenue estimate.

Surge lists homes on its own Airbnb account, which is common among managers because it launches listings faster and keeps guest messaging in one place. Either model can work. What matters is that your agreement says in writing what happens to the listing, the reviews and future reservations if you part ways.

2. Sandcastle Realty

Sandcastle Realty is based in Treasure Island (ZIP 33706) and says it has managed vacation units for condo owners and homeowners along St. Petersburg's Gulf Coast since 1994. It also runs a real estate sales side and manages units in complexes such as Treasure Sands, which helps if you are buying and want one company to help with the purchase and the rental program. Fees are not published online, so ask for the full agreement and a sample owner statement.

3. Sunsational

Sunsational Beach Rentals is a Treasure Island-based company that owns and operates several resort-style properties in town and rents condo units inside them. Vacatia, a vacation rental and timeshare resort company, acquired it in 2022. Sunsational says it runs a separate office dedicated to yield management, which is its term for revenue management. It is the natural fit if your unit is already in one of the buildings it runs. Fees are not published.

4. Resort Rentals

Resort Rentals covers the barrier islands from St. Pete Beach to Indian Rocks, including Treasure Island and Madeira Beach. It is one of the few local companies that publishes its rate: a 20% management fee, which it describes as one of the lowest in the area. Its blog also lists the hidden fees it says owners should watch for, which makes a useful checklist even if you sign with someone else.

5. iTrip St. Petersburg Beaches

iTrip St. Petersburg Beaches was launched in 2010 by Charles and Liz Park and serves the St. Petersburg area, including Treasure Island and Madeira. It is a locally owned office of the national iTrip franchise, so owners get a local team plus a national booking site and software. The office says it offers some of the lowest commission rates and fees in the industry, but the rate is not published, so ask for it in writing.

6. Seaview Vacations

Seaview Vacations is located at 14600 and 14700 Gulf Boulevard in Madeira, a few minutes north of Treasure Island. It describes itself as a boutique team with more than 14 years of local vacation rental management experience, focused on Gulf-front condos, and its owner reviews name the same manager again and again. Its fee is not published. A small team close to your property can be a real advantage when a guest calls at night about a lockout or a leak.

7. PMI Clearwater

PMI Clearwater is a local office of the Property Management Inc. franchise with a dedicated Treasure Island page. Its contact form handles both short-term rentals and other rental types, so it can fit owners in an RU-75 home who need a seasonal or annual lease and tenant management instead of nightly stays. It advertises flexible fees but does not publish a rate.

8. Emperor Rentals

Emperor Rentals is a Tampa Bay company with a Treasure Island service page and pages for Clearwater and other Tampa Bay towns. It charges a percentage of gross revenue and says so on its fee guide, but it does not publish the number for Treasure Island. It is a reasonable call if you own several properties across Tampa Bay and want one company for all of them.

9. Evolve

Evolve is a national company that handles marketing, pricing, bookings and guest support, while owners arrange cleaning and on-site care. It publishes 10% for its Core plan and 15% for Plus, with a $250 onboarding fee. It is the low-cost option for owners who live nearby or already have a reliable cleaner in town.

Treasure Island management fees compared

Company	Published fee	Model
Surge	Starting at 15% for full service	Full service, Texas and Florida
Sandcastle Realty	Not published	Local since 1994, sales and rentals
Sunsational	Not published	Local, resort condo buildings
Resort Rentals	20% management fee	Local, full service
iTrip St. Petersburg Beaches	Not published	Local franchise since 2010
Seaview Vacations	Not published	Local, Madeira
PMI Clearwater	Not published ("flexible fees")	Local franchise, short and long term
Emperor Rentals	Not published (percentage of gross)	Tampa Bay regional
Evolve	10% Core / 15% Plus + $250 onboarding	National, owner handles cleaning

The percentage is only part of the cost. Ask every company whether the fee is charged on gross bookings or on revenue after cleaning and platform fees, who pays for linens and restocking, whether maintenance invoices carry a markup, and what it costs to leave. A 20% fee with no add-ons can cost less than a 15% fee with a monthly technology charge, a booking fee and marked-up repairs. Our guide on what Airbnb management costs walks through the math.

The rules any Treasure Island manager has to follow

The city rules are short but strict. Here is what the City of Treasure Island's Community Development Department says today:

• Zoning: tourist dwellings are not permitted in the RU-75 (single-family) or RM-15 (multi-family) zoning districts. They are permitted in CG, RFM-30, RFH-50, PR-MU Core and PR-MU Gulf Boulevard, with no limit on changes of occupancy.
• How the city decides: a property is presumed to be a tourist dwelling if it is in RU-75 or RM-15 and is publicly offered or advertised for rent, if an RU-75 home has more than two changes of occupancy in a 12-month period, or if an RM-15 unit has more than five.
• What counts as a change: under Sec. 68-2, every new paid guest or group is a change of occupancy, including Airbnb and Vrbo bookings, regardless of the length of the stay. Unpaid stays by family or friends with no advertising do not count.
• Licenses and tax: owners who rent must hold a state lodging license and pay the annual city Local Business Tax, which is set by the number of units rented, and must pay the county tourist development tax on stays of six months or less.
• Homestead: the city warns that an owner who rents the home out and does not live in it may lose the homestead exemption and could face several years of back property taxes from the Property Appraiser.

In practice, nightly and weekly rentals on Treasure Island live mostly in the condo, motel and resort buildings along Gulf Boulevard, while homes in the RU-75 neighborhoods are limited to long stays. Before you buy or sign with a manager, find your parcel on the city's zoning map and call the Community Development Department at (727) 547-4575 if anything is unclear. Condo owners also need to check the condominium association's rules, because many buildings set their own minimum stay and some require guests to register at the front desk. Our guides to the Florida vacation rental license and Florida short-term rental laws cover the state side.

Taxes

Stays of six months or less carry 13% in Pinellas County: 6% state sales tax, the 1% county surtax (on Florida DOR's surtax schedule through 2029) and the 6% tourist development tax. The county tax collector lists Airbnb as collecting the tourist tax for bookings since December 1, 2015, and Vrbo since October 1, 2018. Taxes are collected by the platform only on its own bookings. Bookings you take directly, or through a platform that does not collect, must be filed by you or your manager, and the county holds the owner liable if an agent fails to pay. A good manager files every month and shows the tax collected on your statement. See our Florida rental tax guide for detail.

What a Treasure Island rental can earn

Treasure Island is not broken out as its own submarket. It sits inside the St. Petersburg market, which covers 19,277 tracked listings across Pinellas County. In data pulled by Surge in October 2026, that market shows:

• Median annual revenue of about $52,292 for all listings, $59,816 for houses and $49,149 for apartments and condos.
• An average daily rate of $264 and occupancy of about 63% over the last twelve months, with an average stay of about five and a half nights.
• A strong late-winter season: median revenue peaked at about $6,832 in March 2026, versus about $2,746 in September 2025.

The neighboring coastal submarkets bracket the city: Madeira Beach at about $52,313 a year ($299 ADR, 62.9% occupancy), St. Pete at about $47,691 ($275 ADR, 62%) and Redington Shores at about $55,172 ($318 ADR, 62.7%). A Gulf-front condo with a pool and parking will land near the top of that range, while a dated unit on the bay side will land below it. Your exact number depends on the building, the view, the bedrooms and how well the listing is run, so treat these as a starting point. See our list of the most profitable Airbnb cities in Florida for other markets.

What guests look for in Treasure Island, FL

Most guests come for the sand, the sunsets and an easy, walkable week by the Gulf. The listings that win usually offer the same short list:

• A Gulf view or a short walk to the sand, stated honestly in the listing titles and photos.
• A heated pool, which matters more here than in South Florida because winter mornings can be cool.
• Free parking, since public parking is paid and tight in season.
• Restaurants and bars within walking distance, and an easy trip to the shops at John's Pass.
• Fast replies before and during the stay, clear house rules and a contact who answers at night.

Snowbirds who stay one to three months are a big part of the winter calendar, so a manager who can set monthly rates and handle longer stays well will fill more of January and February.

What a good property manager does

Full service management here usually covers listing setup, photography, pricing, guest messaging, cleaning, maintenance, tax filing and monthly statements. The difference between managers shows up in the details: how quickly they answer guests, how they price March versus September, how they handle storm season, and how clearly their statements show every charge. Ask to see a sample owner statement, the owner portal a user logs into each month, and a real listing they run in your building or a similar one. A good property manager in Treasure Island, FL will also keep you up to date on city and county changes.

Storm prep is part of the job in Treasure Island, FL. Hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024 flooded and damaged many homes, housing units and ground-floor condos along the Pinellas coast, and some rentals spent months being rebuilt. Ask each manager how they secure a unit before a storm, how they handle cancellations and refunds, and how quickly they can get a unit back online after a storm passes. Flood insurance and wind coverage are an owner decision, but a good manager will tell you where the risk sits for your building.

Why owners hire a local team in Treasure Island, FL

Most owners here live somewhere else: Tampa, Orlando, the Midwest or Canada. That makes three things hard to do yourself. First, someone has to answer the phone and reach the property quickly when a guest is locked out or the air conditioning fails. Second, turnovers on a Saturday in March leave little room for a cleaner who cancels. Third, the city's zoning and change-of-occupancy rules mean a mistake on a listing can turn into a code case. A local property manager with its own cleaners and handymen solves all three, and a good one will contact you before small problems become big ones.

Local managers also know the buildings and keep their content and contact details current: which associations allow weekly stays, which ones require guest registration with the front desk, where guests can park and which units flood. That knowledge is hard to buy from a national company that has never walked your building.

How to check a manager before you sign

Every company on this page has a website, but a polished home page and good content tell you little. Before you sign, check these things yourself:

• Contact details: a real local address, a contact email and a phone number someone answers. Find the contact form and call on a Sunday afternoon to see what happens.
• Licensing: look up the company and the DBPR license for any unit they manage on the state's license search.
• Owner information page: look for a page that explains fees, services and the contract term in plain words. If the fee page only says "contact us," ask for the full agreement before a call.
• Listings: find the company's listings on Airbnb and Vrbo and read the reviews. Look at photos, titles and content, and how quickly the property manager replies to negative reviews. Guests are the end user of everything a manager does, so their reviews are the best evidence you can find.
• References: ask for two owners in your building or street and call them.

Questions to ask before you sign

1. Is the fee charged on gross bookings or on revenue after cleaning and platform fees?
2. What other fees apply: onboarding, linens, supplies, technology, booking fees, maintenance markups?
3. Have you confirmed my unit's zoning allows nightly stays, and do you know my association's rules?
4. Who files the tourist tax and the state sales tax on direct bookings, and will I see it on my statement?
5. Whose Airbnb account will the listing live on, and what happens to the listing, reviews and future bookings if I leave?
6. How much notice do I need to give to end the agreement, and is there a termination fee?
7. Can you handle snowbird stays of one to three months, and do you set separate monthly rates?
8. What is your plan before and after a hurricane?

Short-term stays or a long-term lease in Treasure Island, FL?

If your home is in an RU-75 or RM-15 zone, nightly stays are off the table, and the realistic options are a seasonal or annual lease. A lease of six months or more avoids the tourist tax, and with two or fewer changes of occupancy a year it stays inside the RU-75 limit. Some of the firms above, such as PMI Clearwater, also handle long-term tenants, lease paperwork and rent collection, and there is steady demand for rental housing here from people who work in St. Petersburg and Clearwater. A long-term lease earns less than a well-run nightly rental, but it is the legal path for those homes, and it is far better than a code case.

If your condo or home is in a zone that allows tourist dwellings, short-term stays usually earn more but take more work. Compare the two with real numbers before you choose, and change course if the market or your plans change in the future.

Self-manage or hire a manager?

Self-managing can work if you live nearby, have a reliable cleaner and are ready to answer guest messages at all hours and file the taxes on any direct bookings. Many hosts start this way and hire a manager once the work outgrows them. If you live out of state, a full service manager usually earns its fee through better pricing, higher ratings and fewer problems. If you are local and organized, a lower-cost option like Evolve can save money. Our guide on hiring an Airbnb manager in Florida walks through the decision.

Other markets near Treasure Island, FL

Comparing towns up and down the coast? See our guides to the best managers in St. Pete, Indian Rocks and Clearwater, plus the statewide list of the best Airbnb management companies in Florida. Ready to talk about your property? Visit our Florida management page for a free revenue estimate.

Frequently asked questions

Who is the best property management company in Treasure Island, FL?

It depends on your property and goals. Surge fits owners who want full service, transparent fees starting at 15% and written exit terms. Sandcastle Realty, Sunsational, Resort Rentals, iTrip St. Petersburg Beaches and Seaview Vacations are local teams. PMI Clearwater fits owners who may need a long-term lease, Emperor Rentals fits owners with homes across Tampa Bay, and Evolve is the low-cost option for owners who handle cleaning.

Are short-term rentals legal in Treasure Island, FL?

Only in certain zones. The city does not permit tourist dwellings in the RU-75 or RM-15 districts and presumes a property is one if it is advertised for rent there, or if it has more than two (RU-75) or five (RM-15) changes of occupancy in 12 months. They are permitted in CG, RFM-30, RFH-50 and the PR-MU districts along Gulf Boulevard.

How much do Treasure Island property managers charge?

Resort Rentals publishes 20%, Evolve publishes 10% or 15% plus $250 onboarding, and Surge starts at 15% for full service. Most local companies quote per property, so ask for the full agreement and a sample statement.

Does Airbnb collect the tourist tax in Pinellas County, FL?

Yes. The county Tax Collector lists Airbnb as collecting the 6% tourist development tax on bookings since December 1, 2015, and Vrbo since October 1, 2018. Direct bookings are the owner's or manager's responsibility.

How much can a rental in Treasure Island make?

About $52,000 a year for a typical listing in the St. Petersburg market, at a $264 average daily rate and 63% occupancy, according to Surge market data pulled in October 2026. Nearby Madeira and Redington Shores run about $52,000 to $55,000.