# What a four-bedroom pool house earns on Airbnb near Miami: *one real ledger*

> Source: https://bluebaybrokers.com/airbnb-pool-house-income-miami
> Publisher: BlueBay Brokers LLC, 1541 Brickell Ave #1201, Miami FL 33129 (Florida broker BK3411036)
> Figures read on: 2026-10-18
> Plain-text copy of the page above for AI assistants and readers. Quote with attribution to BlueBay Brokers; each figure carries its own source and read date. Nothing here certifies that a short-term rental is legal at any address.

**A four-bedroom pool house in North Bay Village, run as a short-term rental by Property Management Brickell, grossed $184,670 in host payouts in 2024 over 270 booked nights, $176,539 in 2025 over 249 nights, and $142,774 in the twelve months to August 2026.** Those are gross payouts from the management company's own booking ledger, before cleaning, management, platform fees and the transient tax, for one house on one parcel with one licence. We publish them because a market estimate is not income, and because the decline is part of the answer.

Source: Property Management Brickell booking ledger, host payouts credited to the house, read on 11 September 2026. Hollywood market figures: Bridge Data Output (SEFMLS), single-family sales, read on 12 October 2026.

The ledger

## Three periods, *one house*

| Period | Gross host payouts | Nights booked | Per booked night |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $184,670 | 270 | $684 |
| 2025 | $176,539 | 249 | $709 |
| 12 months to August 2026 | $142,774 | not split | — |

Per booked night = payouts divided by nights booked, our arithmetic. 270 nights is 74% of the year, 249 is 68%. Gross before cleaning, management, platform fees and the transient tax; the guest pays that tax on top of the rate.

What comes off the gross

## The lines *between payouts and income*

### Per stay

Cleaning and laundry after every stay, supplies, and the platform's host fee. Longer stays mean fewer turnovers.

### Per month

Electricity and water with the pool heated, internet, pool and garden service, pest control, the management fee if you use a manager.

### Per year

Property tax (reassessed after a purchase), wind and flood insurance, the city and state licences, a reserve for the pool equipment, the roof and the furniture.

### Not on your bill

Transient rental taxes, 13% in most of Miami-Dade: charged to the guest on top of the nightly rate and remitted, never part of your revenue.

We price those lines on the specific house, from the current bills and a real insurance quote, not from a rule of thumb.

If you are looking in Hollywood

## A city that licenses them, *at about half the price*

Hollywood licenses vacation rentals in single-family houses (Ordinance O-2015-24 of 21 October 2015, later than 1 June 2011, so the city cannot prohibit them). On 12 October 2026 the MLS showed 453 houses for sale at a median asking price of $650,000, and 1,095 closings over twelve months at a median $550,000, $382 a square foot paid, in a median 47 days, against $1,000,000 in North Bay Village over the same twelve months.

A Hollywood house earns what its size, its pool, its distance to the beach and its booked nights allow, and the costs above apply to it as they do to this house. We do not print a Hollywood income figure we have not earned; we model the house you are looking at against this ledger and say which assumptions differ.

Questions we are asked

**How much does a 4-bedroom Airbnb with a pool make near Miami?**

One house we can document: a four-bedroom pool house in North Bay Village run by Property Management Brickell grossed $184,670 in 2024 (270 nights booked), $176,539 in 2025 (249 nights) and $142,774 in the twelve months to August 2026, in host payouts before cleaning, management, platform fees and tax.

**Why are the last twelve months lower?**

The ledger shows fewer nights booked in 2025 than in 2024 (249 against 270) at a slightly higher rate per night, and the twelve months to August 2026 lower again. We show the decline because a buyer should underwrite the recent year, not the best one.

**Can I buy a house to rent on Airbnb in Hollywood, Florida?**

The city licenses vacation rentals in houses under Ordinance O-2015-24 and cannot prohibit them under Florida Statute 509.032(7)(b). The house still needs the city licence, a Florida DBPR licence and no deed or association restriction against it; we read those for the address before you offer.

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