Property Management

WPPS Thanks for giving me the opportunity to show you what we do and how it affects what you do in regards to operating a home.  Many companies will quote you rates for services and they will vary, however, we know from experience that our prices are very competitive and I think you will find that they are as well when you consider what we do for them.

To help you with some basics I thought I would provide you with a basic knowledge of costs to operate a Florida home.   We have many more expenses than you normally do with a personal home, costs for services that most of us don’t think about because we provide those services for our homes in our daily routine and never consider the cost to get them done by someone else.

I will go over the marketing with you and what I do and what you can expect to receive from us if you choose our marketing services.

First, I need to explain we have two different sides of the company and both of them or available to you. We handle property management services for all the homes that we offer for rental, however, we also manage homes we don’t offer for rental.  As some people don’t want to rent their homes or they want to rent their homes exclusively on their own.  The second company is We offer homes for rental on Airbnb, HomeAway, Expedia and AirBnb.

We charge a basic commission of 20% of each rental.

Mickey’s Home’s Property Management can provide you with complete care and maintenance of your homes including the housekeeping services from short term rentals as well as full home “spring cleans” when needed.  We can provide everything you need to do to keep the home, yard, landscaping and pools running correctly and efficiently.   Services provided normally include:

24/7/365 on call services to the home to protect it from any kind of emergency situation.  Making sure the homes guest is able to check in without issue and assisting the guest with any issues while they are in the home.  The basic management fee for our service is $150 per month.  This is very reasonable when you realize that the cost of being on call is only 21 cents per hour alone.  The home is personally visited and inspected at least 3 times each week, and this number increases if there are guest in the house.  We are not limited to three times per week, that is the minimum it is visited.  This service includes making sure the trash and recycle bins are placed in the correct positions and returned to the homes as needed.  They are kept clean, the front entries to the homes are kept clean for the guest upon arrival.  The home’s water faucets are checked to make sure pool water is not left running for more super lengthy times, etc.  We can explain why this is important tomorrow as well.

Other services offered for cost based on the size of the home, yard and pool are as follows:

1. Yard mowing and trimming, fertilization and weed program.
2. Landscape trimming, fertilization and bedding mulch maintenance.
3. Pool and deck maintenance that includes washing the deck weekly, furnishings as needed and basic pool chemistry.  Cleaning and changing pool filters as needed.  This service will include basic pool chemicals and pool chemistry requirements.  Extraordinary pool chemicals and services are available for a fee as well.
4. Pest Control – a must have here in Florida.
5. Power Washing of pool decks, driveways, sidewalks and pool screen enclosures. Extra cost.
6. Housekeeping and cleaning of homes as needed.
7. Carpet and tile cleaning services.
8. Painting of both exterior and interior surfaces.
9. Furniture cleaning.
10. Exterior window cleaning.
11. Tree trimming.
12. Light bulb, smoke and emergency battery, TV and electronic battery replacements and furnace filter replacement program.
13. Assisting and making repairs to damages in the home or normal replacement repair and maintenance.
14. Major Painting, Roof repair replacements, etc.
15. Replacement for damaged, lost or broken linens, towels and kitchenware.

These are items people take for-granted and need to be addressed from the Property management company.  Prices for these services are based on each specific property – one size does not fit all.

The items above are not abnormal and things we take care of all the time, but there is a lot more to owning and operating a short-term rental property than most people consider.  We don’t like surprises for our owner’s and we have worked with them using our 18 years of ownership experience to make sure their ownership experience is the best possible.