Landlord Guide

The Best Time to Rent Out a House in Tampa (11 Years of Data)

Everyone says list your Tampa rental in summer. We measured eleven years of Tampa rent data to see what that timing is actually worth — and it's about twenty dollars a month.

AI Tenant Screening Fraud in Florida: How to Verify

AI-forged pay stubs and synthetic IDs now pass a visual check. The fix isn't a sharper eye for fakes — it's one source-of-truth verification you run on every Florida applicant, so you catch the fraud and stay fair-housing clean.

Tenant Arrested in Florida: What Landlords Can Do

Your tenant just got arrested and the unit looks empty. Before you touch the locks, here's what Florida law lets you do — and the move that triggers a three-months'-rent penalty.

Florida Condo Financing Rules 2026: What Landlords Miss

Everyone watched the August 3 deadline. It was the least important of the four changes. Here's what the new condo financing rules actually do to a Florida rental — including the one change that helps landlords.

How to Require Renters Insurance in a Florida Lease

Requiring renters insurance is the cheapest risk-transfer a Florida landlord controls. Here's the exact lease clause, the one designation most owners get wrong, and how to enforce it.

Rent Concessions in Florida: The Headline Isn't Your Comp

More than half of Orlando and Tampa rental listings carried a concession in June. That number tells you what your prospect just toured — not what your house should rent for. The math on a concession versus a rent cut, and why the two aren't the same bill.

St. Pete Missing-Middle Housing: Four Homes on One Lot

St. Petersburg now lets some owners put up to four homes on a single-family lot — a preview of where Florida density is heading, and what Orlando and Tampa owners should watch.

Someone Cloned Your Rental Listing: How the Scam Works and How to Shut It Down

Scammers copy your real rental listing, post it cheap on Facebook, and pocket deposits — then the angry calls come to you. Here's how to shut a clone down fast.

Florida's Homes for Veterans Program: What Tampa Landlords Get

Florida's new Homes for Veterans program will pay Tampa-area landlords to house veterans—up to a 45-day hold and a $2,000 damage backstop. In a soft 2026 market, here's why it's worth getting ready for.

Pool Maintenance for Florida Rental Properties

By default the pool at your Florida rental is the landlord's job — and the safety law (Chapter 515) and drowning-liability exposure make a silent lease an expensive bet. Here's who handles what, what it costs, and the clause that protects you.

The Fake-Lease Scam: How to Keep Squatters Out of Your Vacant Florida Home

Scammers use a forged lease to try to turn a clear-cut squatter case into a slow eviction. Here's how to keep them out of your vacant Florida home — even from 1,000 miles away.

Florida's Fraudulent-Entry Law: When Someone Moves In on Forged Documents

Florida's new fraudulent-entry law makes forged-document move-ins a felony — and hands you a faster way to terminate. Here's exactly what it covers and what to do.

Florida's 2026 Property-Tax Amendment: What the 10%-to-5% Cap Means for Landlords

The headline is a bigger homestead exemption — which won't touch your rentals. The part that does is a quieter cap change. Here's what the 2026 amendment means for landlords.

DSCR Loans for Florida Rental Investors: Qualify on the Property

A DSCR loan qualifies on the property's rent, not your paycheck or tax returns. Here's how it works for Florida investors—and why our insurance and taxes make the math tighter than you'd expect.

Pasco County Landlord Rules: What's Actually Different (2026)

Most Pasco County landlord rules are just Florida state law. The few things that are genuinely county-specific — the rental registration program and where you file an eviction — are the ones that catch owners off guard.