Furnished rental management in Santa Monica.

Santa Monica Home-Sharing Ordinance + RBOA

Santa Monica bans vacation rentals (stays under 30 days where the host is not present) outright. Home-sharing (hosted stays where the operator lives on-site) is allowed with a Business License and registration, plus the 14% Transient Occupancy Tax. The legal furnished-rental product for a non-hosted property is the 30-day-or-longer stay.

What we run for Santa Monica owners: 30-day-minimum furnished stays for west-side relocations, traveling tech and entertainment professionals, and visiting academics at UCLA, RAND, and Pepperdine.

Who rents in Santa Monica

• Silicon Beach tech relocations (Snap, Hulu, Google, Activision)
• RAND Corporation and academic visiting positions
• International leisure travelers on 1-3-month winter stays
• Production housing for west-side film and commercial shoots

The Santa Monica furnished-rental market

Santa Monica is the most regulated furnished-rental market on the LA Westside, and ironically that makes it one of the cleanest to operate in. The rules are explicit, enforcement is predictable, and the 30-day-plus segment is large and well-paid. Two-bedroom units within a 10-minute walk of the beach run $7,500 to $14,000 per month for a furnished mid-term lease; ocean-view single-family homes in the 90402 ZIP can clear $25,000 per month for an extended summer placement. The path is clear: file the right registrations, run 30-day-plus stays, ignore the noise about nightly.

Santa Monica details

ZIP codes

90401, 90402, 90403, 90404, 90405

Recommended tier

Standard (15% of managed revenue)

Nearby landmarks

Santa Monica Pier · Third Street Promenade · Palisades Park · Annenberg Community Beach House

Other areas we manage

• Beverly Hills
• Los Angeles
• Bel-Air
• Brentwood

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