It is easy to comment on Florida vacation rental restrictions – they are neither uniform nor consistent. The entire spectrum of the legislative landscape in the cities and sixty-seven Florida counties confirms the inconsistencies. Most cities have developed their own separate policies regarding regulating or banning short term rentals of single family residences. Some examples illustrate this point. Key West bans short term rental unless the property owner either has a scarce transient license or the property is located in Truman Annex with an amortized license. Miami Beach prohibits rentals that are less than six months and prohibits them from being rented twice in a calendar year.
