BreakThru Realty

How Much Can I Rent My House For?

Tell us about your home and a BreakThru rental agent prices it from the leases that closed near you on BeachesMLS. Within one business day we call with a written rent range, what similar homes are asking today and how long they took to lease, so you can decide whether to find a tenant, hand the home to a manager or sell.

Built From Closed Leases, Not Asking Rents

Listing sites quote what owners hope to get. We start from the leases that closed in the last six months within a mile of your home, matched on size, bedrooms and the kind of home, and the rent per square foot those leases achieved. Asking rents come alongside, so you can see how far the market is negotiating.

Why an Agent, Not an Instant Number

An automatic figure cannot see the renovated kitchen, the view, the parking, the association's leasing rules or the season you want to list in, and a number that is wrong in either direction costs you a month of rent. A rental agent checks every closing against your home before quoting a range, and tells you which details move it.

Annual or Seasonal

South Florida has two rental markets. Annual leases pay every month and keep the home occupied through hurricane season; furnished seasonal leases from January to April can pay more per month but leave the home empty or turning over the rest of the year. Your rental agent prices both from the same closings so you can weigh them.

What a Landlord Nets

Rent is not income. With your taxes, insurance, association dues and mortgage, your agent works out the monthly cash flow with a vacancy allowance and, if you want us to manage it, the management fee, and the gross yield on what the home is worth, which is the number to compare with buying a different property.

Four Things You Can Do Next

Have BreakThru Realty find and screen the tenant and write a Florida-compliant lease. Have us manage the home end to end. Ask what it would sell for instead, from the same MLS closings. Or ask an agent to show you income property with a better return than the home you have. One conversation covers all four.

What Homes Actually Leased For, City by City

Every city's landlord page prices from live rents, and its recently-leased page lists the closings the estimate is built on.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get my rent estimate?
Fill in the form with your address, the kind of home, bedrooms, bathrooms and size, and how to reach you. A licensed rental agent prices it from the closed MLS leases near your home and calls within one business day with a written rent range. It is free and carries no obligation.
Why don't you show a number on the page?
Because a number nobody has checked against your home is often the wrong one. Condition, view, floor, parking, a dock, a renovated kitchen and the association's rules all move rent. An agent looks at each closed lease against your home before quoting a range, so the figure you plan around is one you can list at.
Why might the range differ from the asking rents I see online?
Asking rents are what owners hope to get; the range is built from what tenants actually paid. Your agent shows you both. When achieved rents run below asking, the market is negotiating and a home priced at the achieved figure leases faster than one priced at the hopeful one.
Should I rent my home furnished or unfurnished?
Furnished homes lease for more per month, mainly to seasonal and corporate tenants, and turn over more often. Unfurnished annual leases pay less per month and stay occupied. Where the closed leases near you include enough of both, your agent can tell you the furnished premium in your area so you decide with a number rather than a guess.
Can I rent out a condo in South Florida?
Usually, subject to the association. Many condo and homeowner associations set a minimum lease term, limit how many times a year a unit can be leased, run their own tenant application and charge a fee, and some prohibit leasing in an owner's first year or two. We read the documents before your home is marketed so no application is refused for a rule nobody checked.
What does BreakThru Realty charge to find a tenant or manage my home?
Tenant placement and management are each quoted in writing, for your home, before you sign anything. The rent estimate itself is free and carries no obligation to use either service.
Is the estimate an appraisal?
No. It is a rental market analysis built from MLS closings by a licensed agent. It is not an appraisal, a guarantee of rent, or advice on tax, insurance or the law; your accountant and, for association rules, the association itself confirm the specifics for your home.

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