Vacation Rental Management in Boca Raton
Updated: Nov 1
Yours Truly Hospitality manages vacation rentals and seasonal leases in Boca Raton, Florida, and is taking on new homes there now. Boca Raton holds some of the corridor's best waterfront and estate inventory, and it is also the city where the first question is zoning, not pricing. We get the city's written answer on the property before anything is listed, and where short stays are not permitted we model the seasonal lease instead.
Yours Truly Hospitality is a short-term rental management and interior design company for waterfront and coastal homes in Southeast Florida, from Palm Beach south to Miami. Founded and operated by Brad and Justina McRae, it offers full-service management at 20 to 25 percent of revenue, backed by three written guarantees: the Take-Home Guarantee, the Zero Bookings Guarantee and the 90-Day Satisfaction Guarantee. We manage larger homes with pools, three bedrooms and up, on the water or within about 30 minutes of it, in the neighborhoods where design and hospitality set the nightly rate.
Now taking on new homes in Boca Raton
The Boca Raton homes that fit are the larger pool homes on the Intracoastal, the canals and the beach side of the city, and the estate homes inside its gated communities, where the rate is set by design and privacy rather than by the number of beds. The first step is a Revenue Gap Audit on the address, with no obligation: Book a Revenue Gap Audit.
Yours Truly Hospitality has managed short-term rentals across Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties since 2023.
What management includes in Boca Raton
Management is 20 to 25 percent of revenue, in two published tiers.
Full Service, 20 percent. Guest operations (listing build and channel management across Airbnb, Vrbo and direct booking, guest vetting, all guest communication at any hour, review management, a guest welcome guide for the home), plus revenue management (dynamic pricing and minimum-stay adjustments reviewed daily, seasonal and event strategy), vetted cleaning and maintenance teams, maintenance handled at any hour and around the clock in an emergency, quarterly preventative maintenance checks, pool, lawn and exterior coordination, on-call repair contractors, vendor management and quality control, smart locks, noise monitoring, pre-launch staging and professional photography arranged by us, a light design package at onboarding (Need, Highly Recommend, Nice to Have), a monthly owner statement and an owner portal. The standard engagement.
Estate, 25 percent. Everything in Full Service plus in-house interior design and furnishing led by Justina McRae, guest and household supplies covered, routine maintenance visits covered, and priority owner response, for waterfront and estate homes with a higher-touch requirement.
Three guarantees attach to Full Service and Estate: no confirmed booking in the first 30 bookable days and the setup fee is refunded; leave for any reason between day 90 and day 120 and the setup fee is refunded; and, for homes with a full year of rental history, the Take-Home Guarantee, under which you take home at least what you did the year before or management is free until you do. The onboarding fee is quoted per property, in writing.
Boca Raton short-term rental rules
Boca Raton runs no vacation rental registration program, so whether a home can host short-stay guests is a zoning question under Chapter 28 of the city code. It is widely reported that transient rental of single-family homes is not a permitted use in the residential districts, and the city publishes no page either way, so the honest first step is a written answer from the Zoning office. A Zoning Letter from the City of Boca Raton costs $250 and states the property's district and permitted uses. If the district permits the use, Palm Beach County collects a 6% tourist development tax on stays of six months or less, the owner holds a Short-Term Rental Business Tax Receipt at $33.00 a year renewing by September 30, and the state requires a DBPR license and a Department of Revenue registration. The detail is in our Boca Raton rules guide and the Palm Beach County requirements guide. Yours Truly Hospitality files every city, county and state registration a vacation rental needs, on the owner's behalf, before the first booking.
Boca Raton neighborhoods and homes that fit
Boca Raton has its own Atlantic beachfront and Lake Boca Raton, and its east side is where our portfolio fits. Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club holds golf-course and Intracoastal estates with no fixed bridges to the ocean. The Sanctuary is a gated estate enclave with private docks on the Intracoastal. Boca Islands and Lake Rogers Isle are canal-front single-family neighborhoods with docks, pools and deepwater access, and Golden Harbour sits on Lake Boca Raton with docks and boat lifts. In every one of these the zoning letter comes first, and in the gated communities the association documents come next, because a club that restricts lease terms decides the model before the city does.
Boca Raton owner questions
Is Airbnb legal in Boca Raton?
It depends on the zoning district, not on a permit, because Boca Raton has no vacation rental registration. Transient rental of single-family homes is widely reported not to be a permitted use in the residential districts. Yours Truly Hospitality obtains a Zoning Letter for the specific property before any listing goes up, and if short stays are not allowed we say so before you spend anything on furnishing.
What if my Boca Raton home cannot be rented short term?
Then we talk through what the district does permit, which is usually a seasonal or longer lease. A furnished, designed Boca Raton home on the water still commands a strong seasonal rate from December through April, and Yours Truly Hospitality markets, screens and manages those leases to the same standard as a nightly calendar.
What does vacation rental management cost in Boca Raton?
Management is 20 to 25 percent of revenue in two published tiers: Full Service at 20 percent (the standard engagement) and Estate at 25 percent. Three guarantees attach to Full Service and Estate: the Zero Bookings Guarantee, the 90-Day Satisfaction Guarantee and, for homes with a full year of rental history, the Take-Home Guarantee. The onboarding fee is quoted per property, in writing, before you sign.
Which taxes apply to a Boca Raton rental?
Palm Beach County collects a 6% tourist development tax on rent from any stay of six months or less, on top of state sales tax, and the owner holds a county Short-Term Rental Business Tax Receipt that renews by September 30. The state DBPR license and Department of Revenue registration apply regardless of zoning. Yours Truly Hospitality registers the accounts and files the monthly return.
If you own a larger home in Boca Raton and want a manager who checks the zoning first and puts the fee and the guarantees in writing, we should talk. Call +1-561-473-0466, email hello@yourstrulyhospitality.com, or book a Revenue Gap Audit.
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