Vacation Rental and Seasonal Lease Management in Coral Gables

Name: Yours Truly Hospitality
Telephone: +1-561-473-0466

Brad & Justina From Yours Truly

Sep 9

5 min read

Updated: Nov 1

Yours Truly Hospitality manages furnished six-month and longer leases in Coral Gables, Florida, and is taking on new homes there now, because Coral Gables does not permit stays of less than six months in areas zoned for single-family or multifamily residential use. For the owner of a waterfront estate in Gables Estates or Cocoplum that is not a dead end: a designed, furnished home leased for the season or the year, managed to the same standard as a nightly calendar.

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 Coral Gables

Yours Truly Hospitality already manages homes in Miami, minutes away, so our cleaning, maintenance and design teams already work here. The homes that fit are the bayfront and canal estates and the large-lot pool homes of the Gables, three bedrooms and up, leased for six months to a year. 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.

Vacation Rental Management in Coral Gables, Florida: What the City Allows and What Yours Truly Hospitality Offers Instead (2026)

What management includes in Coral Gables

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.

Coral Gables short-term rental rules

Coral Gables states plainly that short-term rentals, meaning stays of less than six months, are not permitted in areas zoned for single-family or multifamily residential use, that rental agreements there must run at least six months, and that rentals that do not comply may face fines and code enforcement; the only exception is a designated historic bed-and-breakfast. The city restated the rule in a notice dated August 12, 2026. The rule survives Florida's preemption of local bans because the city's single-family district ordinance predates June 1, 2011, as City Attorney opinion CAO 2013-055 sets out, and there is no license to apply for because the use is not allowed. We do not list a Coral Gables home for short stays. A six-month or longer furnished lease is permitted; the county's 6% tourist development tax applies only to stays of six months or less. The county layer is in our Miami-Dade County requirements guide; the city's notice is here. Yours Truly Hospitality files every city, county and state registration a vacation rental needs, on the owner's behalf, before the first booking.

Coral Gables neighborhoods and homes that fit a seasonal lease

Coral Gables reaches Biscayne Bay at its southern end, and its gated waterfront enclaves are where a furnished lease earns most. Gables Estates holds bayfront estates on deepwater canals with private docks and no fixed bridges. Cocoplum is a gated community of estate homes, many waterfront, with its own yacht club. Gables by the Sea has gated waterfront homes with docks beside Matheson Hammock, and Hammock Lakes and Snapper Creek Lakes add acreage and privacy inland. What earns here is a designed, furnished pool home with three bedrooms or more, leased for the season or the year to an executive, a relocating family or a winter resident.

Coral Gables owner questions

Is Airbnb legal in Coral Gables?

No, not in a residential district. Coral Gables does not permit stays of less than six months in areas zoned single-family or multifamily residential, requires rental agreements there to run at least six months, and enforces the rule through code enforcement. There is no license to apply for because the use is not allowed. Yours Truly Hospitality does not list a Coral Gables home for short stays.

What does Yours Truly Hospitality offer a Coral Gables homeowner instead?

A furnished six-month or longer lease, managed to the same standard as a vacation rental: design and furnishing led by Justina McRae, professional photography, tenant screening, a written lease, cleaning and maintenance coordination and a monthly owner statement. The city's rule sets the lease length; it does not lower the standard or the rate a designed Gables estate commands from the right tenant.

What does management cost in Coral Gables?

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.

What kind of Coral Gables home earns the most on a furnished lease?

A waterfront or large-lot pool home with three bedrooms or more in Gables Estates, Cocoplum, Gables by the Sea or the lake neighborhoods, furnished and designed for a tenant taking the season or the year. Executives, relocating families and winter residents pay for a home that is ready on day one, and a designed home leases faster and higher than an empty one. We model the home against comparable furnished leases first.

If you own a larger home in Coral Gables and want a manager who works inside the city's rule, furnishes and leases the home to the right tenant 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.