Over 30 day bedroom rentals

[Noelia Santos]

Hi everyone!
I purchased a home in Orlando and I want to rent out two of the bedrooms. I am planning on offering month to month or 3 month leases to hopefully attract traveling healthcare workers. Am I able to set it up this way and not need a permit because it is not a short term rental? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

[Matt Nico]

Originally posted by @Noelia Santos:

Hi everyone!
I purchased a home in Orlando and I want to rent out two of the bedrooms. I am planning on offering month to month or 3 month leases to hopefully attract traveling healthcare workers. Am I able to set it up this way and not need a permit because it is not a short term rental? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 Noelia,

I own a handful of homes in the Central Florida Disney market. 5 of them are room rentals. All of my homes are rented with monthly leases. I have called both Osceola and Polk County and asked them this exact question and here is what they said:

Anything with a lease is technically not considered Short term rental. In addition, anything that is 30+ days (or 1 month) is also not considered STR and this is basically all of Florida. So as long as you have leases in place and do 1-month+, you are good to go.

Also, you have to look at the community you live in.....If you live in an HOA community, check the bylaws to make sure that they dont have a minimum lease period. Some communities have no minimums, some have monthly, some 6-months, and some yearly.

Hope this information helps you!!! Congrats on your purchase!!!

-Matt