Service Areas
CJR Stays serves owners and guests across the country while currently concentrating our hands-on growth and local expertise throughout Florida.
Nationwide coverage
Where we serve
Our systems support furnished stays and property owners across the United States. Florida is our primary focus today, with service considered market by market to ensure we can deliver the attentive care every property deserves.
Ask About Your AreaOrlando, Kissimmee, Winter Park, and the resort corridor — our deepest bench of homes, vendors, and market data.
Jacksonville, Gainesville, Ocala, and the I-75 and I-10 corridors.
Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, and the Keys.
Tampa Bay, Sarasota, Naples, and the barrier islands.
Daytona Beach, the Space Coast, the Treasure Coast, and the I-95 corridor.
Pensacola, Destin, Panama City Beach, and 30A — seasonal markets that reward early planning.
Out-of-state owners whose Florida homes we manage, and select markets where we can staff the operation properly.
A property outside our current footprint? We review it market by market before we say yes.
Florida markets
Every Florida market books differently, and the rules that decide whether a home can be rented at all rarely travel with you from one county to the next. Here is what we watch in each one.
Orange, Osceola & Polk counties
Why it works
Walt Disney World, Universal's expanding parks, SeaWorld, and a convention calendar that keeps midweek demand steady year-round.
What to watch
Zoning changes street by street. Orange County, the City of Orlando, Osceola, and Polk each run different rules, and many resort communities sit in unincorporated areas with county regulations layered on top.
Owner guideOrange & Seminole counties
Why it works
Dining, hospitals, lakes, and universities drive business travel, family visits, and shoulder-season stays close to the city.
What to watch
Historic neighborhoods and HOAs often restrict short stays. A community's written rules can be stricter than anything the city requires.
Owner guideHillsborough & Pinellas counties
Why it works
Year-round demand from medical visits, corporate travel, the Rays' season, and Gulf Coast beaches that draw winter visitors.
What to watch
Condominium declarations and city registration programs both apply. A building can set its own minimum stay regardless of what the city allows.
Owner guideSarasota, Manatee & Lee counties
Why it works
A long snowbird season makes this one of the strongest markets for autumn through spring, and for furnished midterm stays.
What to watch
Summer is softer here, so stay-length and rate strategy matter more than raw occupancy.
Owner guideMiami-Dade & Broward counties
Why it works
International arrivals, a dense urban condo stock, and a business calendar that supports premium nightly rates.
What to watch
Most residential neighborhoods tightly limit short stays, and condo boards add their own approval and minimum-term requirements. Confirm before you buy.
Owner guideMonroe County
Why it works
Winter bookings, fishing and diving trips, and visitors willing to pay for a waterfront address.
What to watch
Most Monroe County districts require stays of 28 days or more, and advertising must reflect that minimum. Key West issues its own transient and non-transient licenses. Zoning decides what is possible.
Duval, St. Johns & Nassau counties
Why it works
Youth sports tournaments, corporate and military travel, port traffic, and the beaches — a steady mix that isn't dependent on one season.
What to watch
Registration and business tax receipts still apply, and HOA rules vary community to community. This is the market where CJR Stays built its playbook.
Owner guideBrevard & Volusia counties
Why it works
Rocket launches, aerospace and defense employers, I-4 corridor road trips, and Daytona's event calendar.
What to watch
Demand arrives in sharp spikes around launches and events, so rate strategy has to follow the calendar rather than the average.
Pensacola, Destin & Panama City Beach
Why it works
A strong summer beach season with families who book early and return year after year.
What to watch
Panama City Beach requires a vacation rental certificate inside city limits, and Bay County runs its own registration and inspection program outside them. Expect life-safety and balcony inspections.
Gainesville, Ocala & I-75 North
Why it works
University families, equestrian events, and a steady stream of midterm renters who need a furnished home for a semester or a season.
What to watch
Some neighborhoods cap single-family rentals or carry student-housing ordinances. Verify the specific address before counting on short stays.
Your street can be regulated differently than the one two blocks over. Send us the address and we will confirm exactly what applies to your property.
How we choose
We turn down properties. Not because we are precious, but because a home we cannot staff properly or price honestly underperforms for the owner and disappoints the guest — and both of those cost us more than the fee earns.
We check what actually books in your area — seasonality, event calendars, stay lengths, and where comparable homes sit empty.
State licensing, county registration, zoning, occupancy limits, and the HOA or condo declaration, all read before we sign anything.
A home is only as good as the cleaners, trades, and emergency response within reach. If we can't staff a market well, we don't take it.
Realistic occupancy, rate, and expense expectations based on comparable homes — not the optimistic projection a listing site implies.
Rules checked before we sign
State license, county registration, zoning, and your community's own rental rules.
Compliance
Florida regulates short-term rentals at the state level, and your city or county fills in the rest. Your HOA or condo association sits on top of both. Keeping track of all three is a job — so we treat it as ours.
Rules change and vary address by address. We confirm the requirements for your specific property before recommending a rental strategy. Our guide to Florida short-term rental laws covers how the layers fit together.
As an out-of-state owner, I needed a dependable Airbnb property manager for my rental property in Jacksonville. After switching to CJR Stays, John and his team significantly improved the performance of my property. Occupancy increased by approximately 20% and average review ratings increased to 4.9.
For owners out of state
Most of our owners don't live near their property. We run the local side — guest communication, turnovers, maintenance coordination, inspections, and renewals — and send you updates in plain language, so distance stops mattering.
Questions owners ask
Yes, when we can staff it properly. Florida is where we are concentrating today, and we review out-of-state properties market by market — demand, local rules, and whether we have reliable people on the ground — before we take one on.
It's the most common arrangement we have. We run the property locally, handle guest and maintenance needs, and send you plain-language reporting. You approve decisions instead of chasing vendors.
Yes. We'll review the specific address for zoning, registration, HOA or condo restrictions, and realistic income before you close. A market check at that stage is far cheaper than a correction afterward.
We track and file the state vacation rental license, county tourist development tax registration, and the local certificates your property needs, and we calendar every renewal so nothing lapses mid-season.
Then we build around it. Many communities allow stays of 30 days or more, which is a strong market of its own — relocation renters, corporate assignments, and families between homes.
We manage single-family homes, condos, townhomes, and small multi-unit properties. What matters more than size is whether the home, its location, and its rules can support a rental that performs.
Not sure your area is covered?
If we're the right manager for your property, we'll say so and show you the numbers behind it. If we're not, we'll tell you that too — and what to look for instead.
