Manages your property
Emily Brown
Lead Property Manager
Personally carries the properties she manages and replies by text or email, usually the same day.
Tampa Bay owner guide · fees as published October 22, 2026
What Tampa Bay property managers charge, and who you will actually talk to
We read the published fee schedules of local, human-run Tampa Bay property managers and put them side by side: management, tenant placement, renewals and the add-ons. BayTown charges three things: $149 a month taken only from rent collected, one month's rent when a tenant signs, and $500 per renewal. No setup, marketing, inspection or maintenance-markup fees.
BayTown Property Management is a named-manager firm: an owner-run, licensed Tampa brokerage where your rental has a named manager, Emily Brown, who personally carries the properties she manages, with co-founder and broker Antonio Lombardo working in the properties himself, at one flat monthly fee that does not grow with your rent.
Two names behind every property
A fee table can't show this part, so it comes first.
Owns it, works in it
Antonio Lombardo
Co-founder · Broker of record
Works in the properties himself and handles builder-warranty and remediation questions.
CQ1061089 Florida real estate corporation
BK3379868 broker of record
4.6 on Google · 16 reviews (Oct 16, 2026)
615 Channelside Dr · Tampa
Cost at your rent
Move the slider to your rent. Year one = 12 months of management + one tenant placement + setup. Renewal year = 12 months of management + the renewal fee, with the same tenant staying. Repairs, legal costs, optional services and tenant-paid fees are not added, and fees a company does not publish can't be counted.
$2,000
At $2,000 rent, 2 of the 7 plans in this comparison can cost less than BayTown in year one. Slide up: the flat $149 gains ground as rent rises.
In plain numbers: at $2,000 rent, HomeProp costs less, and Vintage Real Estate Services (Full Service) can cost less at the low end of its published range in year one, because a placement fee of half a month's rent beats one month's rent. Every year after that, the flat $149 does the work: from about $2,400 rent BayTown costs less than every plan in this comparison with published prices in a renewal year. At $3,000 rent a BayTown renewal year is $2,288.
Every fee, company by company
Figures as published on each company's own website on October 22, 2026, with a link to the page. “Not published” means we could not find the price on their site.
BayTown Property Management
Flat management
- Management
- $149/month
- Placement
- one month's rent
- Renewal
- $500
- Setup
- $0
- Year one at $2,000
- $3,788
- Renewal year
- $2,288
No setup, marketing, inspection or maintenance-markup fees. The $149 comes only out of rent collected, so there is no management fee while the home is vacant.
Their published fees →HomeProp
Single-family management
- Management
- 8% of rent
- Placement
- 50% of a month's rent
- Renewal
- $0 / included
- Setup
- not published
- Year one at $2,000
- $2,920+
- Renewal year
- $1,920
8% of collections, and its 8% also applies to late fees. Tenant support runs through “Hayden, our AI concierge.”
Their published fees →Vintage Real Estate Services
Full Service
- Management
- 8–10% of rent
- Placement
- 50–75% of a month's rent
- Renewal
- $250
- Setup
- $125
- Year one at $2,000
- $3,045–$4,025
- Renewal year
- $2,170–$2,650
$125 account setup. Professional photos and video are an additional cost (price not published).
Their published fees →rentHoot
Standard
- Management
- $197/month
- Placement
- $1,597
- Renewal
- $597
- Setup
- $0
- Year one at $2,000
- $3,961
- Renewal year
- $2,961
Its page lists setup, marketing, inspections and eviction management as included; the $597 is its annual retention/lease-up fee.
Their published fees →RentWorks Property Management
Standard
- Management
- 10% of rent
- Placement
- 75% of a month's rent
- Renewal
- $150
- Setup
- from $350
- Year one at $2,000
- $4,250+
- Renewal year
- $2,550
Onboarding from $350. Recommended lock system: $79 plus $150 installation. Tenants pay a required $65/month Resident Benefits Package and are expected to pay the first $150 of maintenance repairs.
Their published fees →Vintage Real Estate Services
Premier Full Service
- Management
- $200/month
- Placement
- one month's rent
- Renewal
- $0 / included
- Setup
- $0
- Year one at $2,000
- $4,400
- Renewal year
- $2,400
Setup, renewals and professional photos/video included.
Their published fees →ViVi Property Management
Standard
- Management
- 10% of rent
- Placement
- one month's rent
- Renewal
- $250
- Setup
- $250
- Year one at $2,000
- $4,650
- Renewal year
- $2,650
$250 setup. Tenant pays $95 attorney lease prep and an air-filter program.
Their published fees →ViVi Property Management
Peace of Mind (flat)
- Management
- $299/month
- Placement
- one month's rent
- Renewal
- $250
- Setup
- $250
- Year one at $2,000
- $5,838
- Renewal year
- $3,838
$250 setup. Tenant pays $95 attorney lease prep and an air-filter program.
Their published fees →Bahia Property Management
Full management
- Management
- not published
- Placement
- 100% or more of the first month's rent
- Renewal
- not published
- Setup
- not published
- Year one at $2,000
- not published
- Renewal year
- not published
Monthly fee not published. Its page says no advertising fees and no penalty to end the management contract.
Their published fees →The fees BayTown doesn't charge
Three fees, all on this page. Everything else on this list is $0.
Setup feeWhere charged, $125 to $350+ in this comparison. BayTown: $0.
Marketing feeSome managers bill photos or marketing separately. BayTown: $0.
Inspection feeScheduled inspections are part of BayTown's monthly service, with no separate fee.
Maintenance markupRepairs are billed at the vendor's cost.
Vacancy feeThe $149 comes only out of rent collected.
Get every BayTown fee in writing
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Questions owners ask
What makes BayTown different from other Tampa property managers?
Two named, licensed, local people. Emily Brown, lead property manager, personally carries the properties she manages and replies by text or email, usually the same day. Co-founder and broker of record Antonio Lombardo works in the properties himself. Pricing is one flat $149 a month that does not rise with your rent.
What does property management cost in Tampa Bay?
From the local managers' published fee schedules we read on October 22, 2026: monthly management runs from a flat $149 to $299, or 8–10% of rent, and every one of them charges to place a tenant (half a month's rent to a full month's rent or more, or a flat $1,597). At $2,000 rent, year one ranged from $2,920 to $5,838.
What does BayTown charge?
$149 a month taken only from rent collected (no management fee while vacant), one month's rent when a tenant signs, and $500 per renewal. No setup, marketing, inspection or maintenance-markup fees. At $2,000 rent that is $3,788 in year one and $2,288 in a year with a renewal.
Is BayTown the cheapest?
Not in every case, and we say so. In year one the placement fee decides it: at $2,000 rent, HomeProp costs less, and Vintage Real Estate Services (Full Service) can cost less at the low end of its published range. After that, the flat $149 does the work: from about $2,400 rent, BayTown costs less than every plan in this comparison with published prices in a renewal year, and against percentage-of-rent plans the gap widens as rent rises.
Is BayTown licensed?
Yes. Bay Town Property Mgmt LLC is a Florida real estate corporation, license CQ1061089, and broker of record Antonio Lombardo holds broker license BK3379868. Both can be checked on myfloridalicense.com.
How current is this comparison?
Every figure was read from each company's own website on October 22, 2026. Fees change, so confirm with the company before you sign. If something here is out of date, email emily@baytownpm.com and we will fix it.
Licenses can be checked at myfloridalicense.com. Fees change; confirm with each company before signing. Spot something out of date? Email emily@baytownpm.com. Updated October 22, 2026.