Airbnb Management in Miami Beach: Self-Manage Airbnb and Vrbo

Airbnb management in Miami Beach is something you can self-manage. You check your address eligibility and handle the city documents; BnBGenius answers guest messages on Airbnb and Vrbo 24/7; your person on site does the cleaning and repairs. Not every home qualifies: short stays are prohibited in all single-family homes and many multi-family buildings in certain zoning districts (City of Miami Beach), and a property listed on the zoning map in a qualified zone is permitted to operate (City of Miami Beach). Your first 500 messages are free, with all features and no card; after that it is $10 a month no matter how many listings you have.

Airbnb Management in Miami Beach: How You Self-Manage with BnBGenius

Self-managing means you keep control of prices, calendar and city duties. Here is the split:

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The city side stays with you. Your address must sit in a qualified zone before anything else, because short stays under six months and one day are prohibited in all single-family homes and many multi-family buildings in certain districts (City of Miami Beach). Once the address qualifies, you need both a Business Tax Receipt and a Resort Tax account (City of Miami Beach) (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax). The code also assigns duties directly to you as the property owner (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386), including the duty to ensure violations are promptly addressed and resolved 24 hours a day, seven days a week (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). Software and guest calls do not replace that owner duty.

A Week of Self-Managing Your Airbnb in Miami Beach

This is a voluntary working sequence, not a list of legal deadlines. Use it to see where each city rule lands in your week.

1. Before the first listing. Check the address, not the neighborhood. Stays under six months and one day are prohibited in all single-family homes and many multi-family buildings in certain zoning districts (City of Miami Beach). The zoning map shows whether your property sits in a qualified zone (City of Miami Beach), and its legend says short-term rentals are allowed in accordance with all applicable state, county and local regulations (City of Miami Beach Zoning Map). The map itself is reference only and not for legal purposes (City of Miami Beach Zoning Map), so also call the city: its online lookup lists properly permitted properties, and for an address that is not listed the city asks you to call its customer service center at 305.673.7420 for additional information and guidance (City of Miami Beach Practice Safe Renting).

2. Before advertising. You may not advertise the property for transient rental until you submit an affidavit to the city, under penalty of perjury, for each property or unit (Miami Beach Code 102-386(a)). You also need the Business Tax Receipt and Resort Tax account (City of Miami Beach) (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax), and the city Business License includes the Certificate of Use, an annual fire fee and the BTR (Miami Beach business-license components include CU, annual fire fee and BTR). The sequence runs: the CU application is approved by the Miami Beach Planning Department, then you may request the fire inspection, and once the fire inspection is approved the CU is automatically issued and you can apply for the BTR (Miami Beach CU planning approval, fire inspection and BTR application sequence). The application documents include the approved Certificate of Use, recorded Warranty Deed or Bill of Sale, Articles of Incorporation, Federal ID Number, Florida Annual Resale Certificate for Sales Tax, and State License (Miami Beach short-term requirements). For a condo unit, you need an association letter for your specific unit dated within the last 60 days, and if the association does not have an active BTR, it must have its BTR approved before your unit’s BTR is released (Miami Beach short-term requirements). A written condo authorization must be attached to, and incorporated within, the affidavit (Miami Beach Code 102-386(a)(1)(e)). The original notarized affidavit — with owner names, address with unit number and BTR number — must be mailed or delivered in person within two weeks of issuance (Miami Beach short-term requirements).

3. A booking arrives. Check the headcount against the occupancy rule: a maximum of two persons per bedroom, excluding children under two years of age, and at no time may occupancy exceed the maximum occupant load for the property under the Florida Building Code or the Florida Fire Prevention Code (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).

4. Before arrival. Give each guest written notice before occupancy of the short-term rental standards of the code section and other applicable noise, public nuisance, vehicle parking, solid waste collection and common-area rules, and display the same information prominently for each transient occupant inside the property (Miami Beach Code 102-386(k)(1)). Parking: vehicles must park within a driveway or designated parking area on the subject property, or, where there is no driveway or designated area, on the street or swale directly in front of the subject property — and transient occupants may not park more than two vehicles at any one time during the rental period (Miami Beach Code 102-386(g)). Guests must abide by the city noise rule prohibiting unreasonably loud, excessive, unnecessary or unusual noise, and outdoor amplified sound at the property is prohibited at all times (Miami Beach Code 102-386(h)).

5. During the stay. You, the property owner, must ensure that any violations regarding the property are promptly addressed and resolved 24 hours a day, seven days a week (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386) (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). The guest-message and guest-call rows in the table above do not replace that owner duty.

6. Checkout and after the stay. Your person on site handles the physical cleaning and repairs. You must maintain a register with names and dates of stay of all guests, including all transient occupants and their invitees, open to inspection by the city (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386) (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).

7. Each month and renewal planning. Monthly Resort Tax accounts file by the 20th for the preceding month’s collections; annual filers instead file by May 20 for the preceding May–April year (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax). The BTR runs on a different calendar: payable on or before September 30 each year and expiring September 30 of the succeeding year, with the tax due and payable on the first working day following September 30 when that date falls on a weekend or holiday (Miami Beach Code 102-365). Put both dates in your calendar — vacation rental management in Miami Beach runs on these two separate clocks.

Miami Beach Short-Term Rental Permit and Rules: Your Checklist

Before you host, work through this Miami Beach short-term rental permit checklist. The actual city documents are the Business Tax Receipt, the Resort Tax account and the Certificate of Use.

• Eligible address: short stays under six months and one day are prohibited in all single-family homes and many multi-family buildings in certain districts (City of Miami Beach); check that your property is listed in a qualified zone on the zoning map (City of Miami Beach) (City of Miami Beach Zoning Map), which is reference only (City of Miami Beach Zoning Map).
• City approvals and affidavit: you need a Business Tax Receipt and Resort Tax account (City of Miami Beach) (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax); the Business License includes the CU, annual fire fee and BTR (Miami Beach business-license components include CU, annual fire fee and BTR); the CU application is approved by Planning, then the fire inspection is requested, then the fire inspection is approved, then the CU is issued and you apply for the BTR (Miami Beach CU planning approval, fire inspection and BTR application sequence); no advertising before the affidavit is submitted (Miami Beach Code 102-386(a)).
• Condo paperwork: BTRs for transient rentals are issued only to unit owners (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax); you need an association letter for your specific unit dated within the last 60 days, and if the association does not have an active BTR, its BTR must be approved before your unit’s BTR is released (Miami Beach short-term requirements); written condo authorization must be attached to, and incorporated within, the affidavit (Miami Beach Code 102-386(a)(1)(e)).
• Fees and annual term: business tax amounts are set in the Appendix A fee schedule (Miami Beach Code 102-379) — ask the city for your current classification and amount; the BTR is payable on or before September 30 and expires September 30 of the succeeding year, with the first-working-day adjustment to the due date when September 30 falls on a weekend or holiday (Miami Beach Code 102-365).
• Every ad: you must conspicuously display the City-issued Business Tax Receipt number and the Resort Tax certificate number in every advertisement or listing (City of Miami Beach); missing numbers create a rebuttable presumption that the property is being operated without the proper registration (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).
• Occupancy: a maximum of two persons per bedroom, excluding children under two, and at no time above the maximum occupant load for the property under the Florida Building Code or Florida Fire Prevention Code (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).
• Parking and noise: vehicles park within a driveway or designated area on the subject property, or only where neither exists on the street or swale directly in front of the subject property, with transient occupants capped at two vehicles at any one time during the rental period (Miami Beach Code 102-386(g)); unreasonably loud, excessive, unnecessary or unusual noise is prohibited and outdoor amplified sound is prohibited at all times (Miami Beach Code 102-386(h)).
• Notices and register: written notice before occupancy of the rental standards and applicable noise, public nuisance, vehicle parking, solid waste collection and common-area rules, plus prominent display for each transient occupant inside the property (Miami Beach Code 102-386(k)(1)); the owner must maintain a register with names and dates of stay of all guests, including transient occupants and their invitees, open to city inspection (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386) (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).
• Owner response and inspections: you must ensure violations are promptly addressed and resolved 24 hours a day, seven days a week (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386) (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386); the rental is subject to inspection upon issuance or renewal of the BTR and/or CU (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386); you must have insurance coverage in effect at all times while the property is being utilized as a short-term rental, covering all liability for injury or harm to rental occupants or their invitees (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).
• Enforcement: a first offense draws a $1,000 civil fine (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386); a second or subsequent violation within the preceding six months draws $5,000 and the BTR and/or CU shall be revoked (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386); an illegally operating unit sees tenants or visitors evicted and fines assessed against the owner (City of Miami Beach Practice Safe Renting).

The City’s full vacation/short-term rental rules sit on one page worth bookmarking.

Two rules deserve the exact wording:

“The maximum occupancy for short-term residential rentals shall be a maximum of two persons per bedroom, excluding children under two years of age. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at no time may the occupancy of a short-term residential rental exceed the maximum occupant load for the residential property pursuant to the Florida Building Code or the Florida Fire Prevention Code.”

Source: City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386

What this means for you: Count two guests per bedroom at most. Children under two do not count toward that number. Then check a second limit: the property’s maximum occupant load. That load comes from the Florida Building Code or Fire Prevention Code. Never book above it.

“If the violation is the second or subsequent violation within the preceding six months, a person or business shall receive a civil fine of $5,000.00, and the business tax receipt and/or certificate of use shall be revoked.”

Source: City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386

What this means for you: A second or later violation within six months costs $5,000. The city must also revoke your BTR, your CU, or both.

Miami Beach Airbnb Taxes

• City Resort Tax: Resort Tax is four percent for all transient rentals of six months or less (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax), and you need a Resort Tax account to file it (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax).
• County tax: in Miami Beach, short-term rentals are subject to the 4% city Resort Tax in addition to the 3% county Convention Development Tax (Miami-Dade County).
• The 7% figure: the Florida Department of Revenue lists 7% for Miami Beach (Florida Department of Revenue), the same total as the 4% city tax plus the 3% county tax, within the local-option scope of rentals for six months or less (Florida DOR local-option transient rental tax scope).
• Filing: sales through third-party vendors must be reported and included in your monthly filings (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax); monthly accounts file by the 20th for the preceding month’s collections, and annual filers file by May 20 for the preceding May–April year (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax).

On top of the local tax, state sales tax and any applicable discretionary sales surtax also apply (Florida DOR DR-15TDT).

What Airbnb Management in Miami Beach Costs When You Self-Manage

Airbnb management in Miami Beach costs you in three buckets: normal city fees, taxes, and penalties if things go wrong.

• Business tax and license: business tax amounts are set in the Appendix A fee schedule (Miami Beach Code 102-379), so ask the city for your current classification and amount. The Business License includes the Certificate of Use, annual fire fee and BTR (Miami Beach business-license components include CU, annual fire fee and BTR) — get the current figures from the city.
• Tax-return mailing: if you mail your Resort Tax return and payment, it must be postmarked by the 20th of the month, and a $25 manual filing fee is added to the tax return (Miami Beach resort tax). That charge is a filing fee, not a BTR application fee.
• Local taxes: the city Resort Tax is 4% on transient rentals of six months or less (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax), and the county Convention Development Tax adds 3% (Miami-Dade County); together that is the 7% the DOR lists for Miami Beach (Florida Department of Revenue).
• Penalties: a first offense brings a $1,000 civil fine (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386); a second or subsequent violation within the preceding six months brings $5,000 and revocation of the BTR and/or CU (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).
• Physical costs: cleaning, inspection-related work, repairs, and the liability insurance required while the property is being utilized as a short-term rental to cover all liability for injury or harm to rental occupants or their invitees (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386) all belong in your budget. Price the physical work locally.

For the software: Your first 500 messages are free, with all features and no card; after that it is $10 a month no matter how many listings you have. Voice Concierge is $30/month. It includes 20 resolved calls each month, then $0.35 per resolved call. A management company’s fee is separate; ask them directly for their number.

Miami Beach Airbnb FAQ for Self-Managing Owners

Can I manage my own rental? Yes, if your address is eligible: short stays under six months and one day are prohibited in all single-family homes and many multi-family buildings in certain districts (City of Miami Beach), and a property listed on the zoning map in a qualified zone is permitted to operate (City of Miami Beach). The code assigns duties directly to the property owner, including ensuring violations are promptly addressed and resolved 24 hours a day, seven days a week (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386) (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). No software exempts you from those duties.

Do I need a Miami Beach short-term rental permit? The city approvals you need are a Business Tax Receipt and a Resort Tax account (City of Miami Beach) (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax), and the Business License includes the Certificate of Use, annual fire fee and BTR (Miami Beach business-license components include CU, annual fire fee and BTR). The CU application is approved by Planning, then the fire inspection is requested, and once the fire inspection is approved the CU is issued and you apply for the BTR (Miami Beach CU planning approval, fire inspection and BTR application sequence).

What does the license cost? Business tax amounts are set in the Appendix A fee schedule (Miami Beach Code 102-379), so ask the city for your classification and current amount. The license also includes an annual fire fee (Miami Beach business-license components include CU, annual fire fee and BTR). The $25 charge is added to a tax return when you mail the return and payment (Miami Beach resort tax).

Can a condo tenant obtain the BTR? No. Business Tax Receipts for transient rental activities are issued only to unit owners (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax). The owner needs an association letter for the specific unit dated within the last 60 days, and if the association does not have an active BTR, its BTR must be approved before the unit’s BTR is released (Miami Beach short-term requirements). Written condo authorization must be attached to, and incorporated within, the affidavit (Miami Beach Code 102-386(a)(1)(e)).

What must be in my listing and what happens if it is missing? Every advertisement or listing must conspicuously display the City-issued Business Tax Receipt number and the Resort Tax certificate number (City of Miami Beach). If the numbers are missing, the code creates a rebuttable presumption that the property is being operated without the proper registration (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). A rebuttable presumption can be challenged.

How many guests and vehicles can I accept? A maximum of two persons per bedroom, excluding children under two, and at no time above the maximum occupant load for the property under the Florida Building Code or Florida Fire Prevention Code (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). Vehicles must park within a driveway or designated area on the subject property, or only where neither exists on the street or swale directly in front of the subject property, and transient occupants may not park more than two vehicles at any one time during the rental period (Miami Beach Code 102-386(g)).

Who is responsible when a violation occurs at the property? The code puts this duty on the property owner (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). You must ensure any violations regarding the property are promptly addressed and resolved 24 hours a day, seven days a week (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). See the weekly sequence above for the register and other owner duties.

Which local taxes and deadlines do I plan for? The city Resort Tax is 4% on transient rentals of six months or less (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax), plus the 3% county Convention Development Tax (Miami-Dade County), which together make the 7% the DOR lists for Miami Beach (Florida Department of Revenue). Monthly accounts file by the 20th for the preceding month; annual filers file by May 20 for the preceding May–April year (City of Miami Beach Resort Tax).

When does my BTR expire and can the property be inspected? The BTR is payable on or before September 30 and expires September 30 of the succeeding year; when September 30 falls on a weekend or holiday, the tax is due and payable on the first working day following (Miami Beach Code 102-365). The rental is subject to inspection upon issuance or renewal of the BTR and/or CU (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).

What if I operate illegally or break the rules again? An illegally operating unit sees tenants or visitors evicted and fines assessed against the owner (City of Miami Beach Practice Safe Renting). A first offense brings a $1,000 civil fine (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386). A second or subsequent violation within the preceding six months brings $5,000 and the BTR and/or CU shall be revoked (City of Miami Beach Code Sec. 102-386).

Airbnb Property Management in Miami Beach: Self-Manage or Hire a Company

Airbnb property management in Miami Beach comes down to one choice: run it yourself, or hand the whole job to a management company.

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Rules and rates last checked on 1 November 2026.