Palm Desert Property Management
More Than a Winter Market
Long-term and seasonal rentals across Palm Desert, ten minutes from our Rancho Mirage office.*
We manage long-term and seasonal rental homes across Palm Desert. The city has a large share of second homes, and under those roofs a real year-round renter base tied to El Paseo, College of the Desert and the hospital corridor.*
Renting out a home in Palm Desert comes down to knowing what the city allows for your address, pricing the home for the people who actually rent here, and choosing the right plan. We handle all three, from the first walk-through to the monthly statement.
- Short-term rentals
- Allowed with a permit, by zone
- Rentals we run here
- Long-term leases and seasonal stays of 30+ days
- What we charge
- 12% long-term, 20% seasonal
- Distance from our office
- About 10 minutes from our Rancho Mirage office*
What the city allows
Rental Rules in Palm Desert
Palm Desert allows short-term rentals of 27 nights or fewer with a city permit, but where you can run one depends on your zone. In the standard single-family zones, R-1 and R-2, the owner must live on site during the stay. Owners who live elsewhere can run one in other zones, and in planned communities only with a letter from a functioning HOA. Off-site rentals in the hillside zone end by December 31, 2026.
Stays of 28 nights or more are not short-term rentals in Palm Desert. Every seasonal stay we run here is 30 days or longer, so your home rents to month-long guests without the short-term permit or the occupancy tax. If you want to run short stays yourself, we tell you what your zone allows.
- Short-term means 2 to 27 consecutive nights. In the R-1 and R-2 zones, only owner-present short-term rentals are allowed. City of Palm Desert
- Short stays need a minimum of three days, two nights. Municipal Code 5.10
- In an HOA community, the HOA must send the city a new approval letter every year. City of Palm Desert
- Permits do not transfer to a new owner or a new property manager, and a permit is not renewed if the home rented 18 days or fewer the year before. Municipal Code 5.10
- Short stays pay 11% transient occupancy tax plus a 1% tourism assessment. City of Palm Desert
- Fines run up to $1,000, $3,000 and $5,000 with a two-year revocation, and $5,000 per citation for renting without a permit. Municipal Code 5.10
- Off-site short-term rentals in the hillside (HPR) zone end by December 31, 2026. Municipal Code 5.10
- Rent control in Palm Desert covers four mobile home parks, not single-family homes or condos. City Housing
Checked against the City of Palm Desert’s own pages and municipal code, October 2026. HOAs can be stricter than the city, so we read your HOA’s rules for your address too.
Our proof
Homes We Manage in Palm Desert
We run more seasonal homes in Palm Desert than in most valley cities: furnished homes guests book by the month, from fall into spring. These are a few of them.*
Why it rents
What Makes Palm Desert Work for Rentals
What a Palm Desert Home Rents For
Two Palm Desert homes in the same club can rent very differently. The view, the HOA’s rules, whether the home is furnished and the plan you choose all move the number. Country club homes on the fairway often do best as seasonal rentals; homes close to work and school often do best on a year-round lease.*
That is why we don’t publish a range. We price each home off what comparable homes actually rented for, not what a website guessed, and we tell you which plan fits your home.
What moves the number in Palm Desert
- The locationHomes near El Paseo, the colleges and the hospital corridor draw year-round tenants.*
- The clubCountry club homes with golf views draw seasonal guests and pay for the setting.
- The HOAMany Palm Desert HOAs set their own minimum lease terms.
- Furnished or notSeasonal guests expect a home ready to live in; long-term tenants often bring their own.
- The seasonSeasonal demand runs from fall into spring.*
Who Rents in Palm Desert
Palm Desert is not only a winter market. People who work at the hospitals, College of the Desert and the businesses along El Paseo and Highway 111 need housing every month of the year, and they make steady long-term tenants.*
Seasonal guests come for the golf and the weather and book furnished homes for a month or more. We screen both the same way, every time: credit, background, income, and a call to the last landlord.
The Homes Here
Palm Desert is built around country clubs and planned communities, from older clubs near the center of town to newer gated communities north of Interstate 10. A large share of homes sit inside an HOA with its own leasing rules.*
Condos and smaller club homes are often the easiest to rent furnished for a season. Single-family homes outside the clubs tend to rent best on a long-term lease.*
Palm Desert Neighborhoods We Know
Palm Desert Country ClubOne of the city’s older club communities, where homes rent to both seasonal guests and long-term tenants.*
Marrakesh Country ClubA gated club community where we run seasonal homes, with HOA rules we read before any lease.*- MontecitoA Palm Desert neighborhood where we manage long-term homes.*
For owners
Renting Out a Home in Palm Desert
What it takes to rent out a home in Palm Desert, and the part we handle for you.
Seasonal or Long-Term
Palm Desert owners choose between a long-term lease, with steady monthly rent and less wear, and a furnished seasonal plan that can earn more in winter and lets you use the home yourself in the off months. We walk the home with you and recommend one, with the numbers behind it.
HOA and Gate Approval
Many Palm Desert club and condo communities set their own minimum lease terms and tenant registration. We read your HOA’s rules for your address before we list, submit what it asks for, and make sure your tenant is cleared on move-in day.*
Getting the Home Ready
Seasonal guests expect a home that is ready to live in: furnished, stocked and working. We walk the home with you, tell you what it needs before the season, and photograph it once it is ready. Long-term homes can be leased furnished or unfurnished.
Finding and Screening Tenants
Every applicant gets the same check: credit, background, income verification, and a phone call to the previous landlord. The wrong tenant costs more than an empty month, so we wait for the right one, and the lease is signed electronically and in your hands the same day.
Maintenance and Repairs
We handle maintenance with local vendors and bill it at the vendor’s actual cost, with no markup. Your tenant has one number to call, answered by a real person nights and weekends. We inspect the home before move-in, after move-out and in between, with photos.
Permits and Taxes
Stays of 28 nights or more fall outside the short-term rental rules and the occupancy tax in Palm Desert, so there is no short-term permit to hold for them. Short stays need the city permit, an annual HOA letter where one applies, and a monthly tax return; we tell you what your zone allows before you decide.*
Across the valley
Nearby Cities We Manage
We run homes in all nine Coachella Valley cities from our Rancho Mirage office. Each city writes its own rental rules, so a plan that works in Palm Desert may not work next door. Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells are the closest.
Owners ask us
Palm Desert Property Management FAQ
Can I rent my Palm Desert home short-term?
It depends on your zone. Palm Desert allows short-term rentals of 27 nights or fewer with a city permit, but in the R-1 and R-2 single-family zones the owner must live on site. Stays of 28 nights or more are not short-term rentals, and every seasonal stay we run here is 30 days or longer.
What does a Palm Desert home rent for?
It depends on the home: the club or neighborhood, the view, the HOA’s rules, whether it is furnished, and whether you rent it long-term or by the season. We price each one from what comparable homes actually leased for. Send us the address and we will give you an honest number.
What does property management cost in Palm Desert?
We charge 12% of collected rent for long-term homes and 20% for seasonal homes, plus a one-time $1,000 onboarding fee. Maintenance is billed at the vendor’s actual cost, with no markup, and there are no other fees.Every fee, on one page
Why do renters choose Palm Desert over Palm Springs?
Palm Desert has a quieter, more residential feel, with El Paseo, College of the Desert and the hospital corridor close by. It tends to draw professionals and families who want to live near work, which makes for steady long-term tenants.*
How close is your office to Palm Desert?
Our office is in Rancho Mirage, about 10 minutes from most of Palm Desert, and a real person answers the phone 24 hours a day.*
Talk to us
Your Palm Desert Property Manager
We are a family-owned property management company working across the Coachella Valley from Rancho Mirage, next door to Palm Desert. Tony Estrada runs ADE Worldwide with his father, Tony Estrada Sr., and we answer our own phones.
We are not the cheapest in the valley. What you get is a team that knows the city’s rules and your HOA’s, prices your home off real numbers, and tells you the truth about it.
Send us your address and we’ll tell you what your home should rent for, long-term or seasonal, and how we’d run it under Palm Desert’s rules.
