short term / middle term rental in Tarpon Springs

[Thomas Guillemin]

Hello

We travelled to tarpon springs with my wife in March and really loved the area and the parks/beaches there.

We are thinking about buying a vacation house/ investment property there. We are not sur yet if we should do short term or middle term rental.

What do you think about the area compared to Saint Petersburg? Is there a lot of demand for short term or middle term rental? Any advice on the type of place we shouldget ? We are thinking a 3BR with pool, 10min max from the beach. Any area/neighborhood we should avoid ?

Any experienced landlord I could contact to ask questions and advices ? 

Thanks a lot

tom

[Zach Kidd]

Hi Tom, 

As others have said, trying to set this up in the Tarpon Springs municipality will be difficult. But there are nearby areas that could work very well. 

There are 24 municipalities in Pinellas County, not including the unincorporated areas.

Unincorporated Pinellas County is super-simple for STR (and obviously anything longer term), and would probably be your best bet. These are smaller spots that have a mailing address in a municipality (like Clearwater), but aren't technically inside the city boundaries so they default to the County.

The tough part would be the 10 minutes max from the beach. But Northern Pinellas is still a possibility. 

Indian Rocks Beach is the most attractive turn-key option, but the price points reflect that.  

In short, it can be done. It will require homework and legwork though.