It's not admirable - it's the law. I don't think I'm alone in paying the tax owed. It's deductible as an expense on Schedule C on your federal income tax return also. Maybe it's easy to dodge it (with the State of Florida) but I sure never wanted to find out the hard way. It's called tax fraud.
And most landlords rent seasonally and the occasional month/week. I never rented more than 3 mos. to one person, although I was asked. Those renting 6 mos. or more normally ask for/get a deal on the rent. OK if you just own it as an investment and want to rent it as much as possible, but part of the reason we bought it early was to enjoy vacations there as well.
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