Ocean City property management for vacation rentals and beach condos: local people on the ground, a full technology stack behind them, and books that are always clean. You own it; we run it.
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Ocean City and the Delaware beaches. We manage condos and beach homes from Downtown and North Ocean City to Fenwick Island, Bethany and Sea Colony.
See homes we manage →Summer at the beach books itself. The money is in the weekends around it, and Ocean City has one big event after another. We price every one of them on purpose. See what Ocean City condos earn on Airbnb →
Thousands of classic cars and hot rods take over the boardwalk and the inlet lot.
Military jet teams fly right over the beach. It's one of the biggest weekends of early summer.
Free concerts and fireworks at Northside Park, a family favorite all season.
The world's largest billfish tournament fills the town with anglers, crews and spectators.
Riders come from across the East Coast, keeping September weekends busy after Labor Day.
A three-day music festival on the beach that brings national headliners and big crowds.
Guests plan their trip on our Ocean City destination guide, which has local tours and things to do.
Your home is listed and tuned on the largest booking platform.
Reaches families and larger groups, who book longer stays.
Reaches international and business travelers.
One calendar, guest messaging and digital guidebooks across every channel. No double bookings.
Revenue experts optimize your rates, fees and listing so your home earns more.
Rates adjust every day for demand, events and seasonality.
SuiteKeeper sets a unique lock code for every guest. SuitePortal gives guests check-in details. SuiteVerify checks guest ID.
VRPlatformBookkeeping and clear monthly owner statements.
Lodging taxes reported and paid. Licenses tracked and renewed.
Every review from every platform in one place, so we see and respond to all of them.
thehousekee.comOur own booking site. Repeat guests book direct and skip platform fees.
Most managers keep this in a spreadsheet. Ours runs like a professional firm.
Not every property manager carries insurance, and fewer carry the right coverage. We've made a serious investment in ours, because your home is on the line.
The House Kee carries general liability and errors & omissions coverage through Wister Insurance, specialists in insuring short-term rental managers. The company caring for your home is covered too, not just the home itself.
Standard homeowner policies often aren't written for short-term rental use. For your own policy, we recommend Proper Insurance, which is designed specifically for vacation rentals.
Our Head of Property Care handles maintenance in every market, from the first report until the job is closed.
We keep you posted on anything that affects guests or needs a real repair, and you always know where each job stands.
Trusted Ocean City handymen, HVAC techs, plumbers, electricians and locksmiths we know and rely on.
Our cleaning team flags damage, wear and low supplies after stays, so small issues get handled before they grow.
Every job is logged with notes, the vendor, the cost and photos.
Routine fixes are approved within your contract limit. Bigger decisions always come to you first.
Lockouts, leaks and heating or AC problems go to the front of the line.
Every home we manage gets its own page on thehousekee.com, with live availability and secure checkout. It's a booking channel you don't share with millions of other listings.
OUR PORTFOLIO
Recent stays at Ocean City homes we manage, from Airbnb, Vrbo and Booking.com.
“This is the second time we stayed at this condo and loved it both times. Hosts are helpful and respond quickly. Condo is up to date and very clean.”
“It was so great that chairs, beach towels, umbrella and even a cart were available. It made our trips to the beach effortless. We will be back for sure.”
“Wow!! This place blew us away, already want to book again next year. The host was so responsive and helpful. Literally steps from the beach!”
“We never have to worry about a thing when it comes to our property. They’re always available when we have questions and are true industry experts… they treat our property like it was their own.”
FAQS
Our fee is a percentage of your net nightly rate — not your total booking revenue. That distinction matters more than it sounds like it would.
Some property managers quote a percentage but apply it to the full top-line booking total, which often includes the cleaning fee, the guest service fee, and sometimes taxes passed through the platform. Those pass-through amounts inflate the number their percentage is taken from, even though none of that money is actually rental income you’re keeping. The result is a management fee that’s quietly larger than it looks.
We only take our percentage from the nightly rate itself — the actual rental income. Cleaning fees, taxes, and platform charges pass through untouched. It’s a simpler, more transparent way to align our fee with what you’re really earning, and we’re happy to walk you through exact numbers once we’re discussing your specific property.
Every home we manage runs on the same professional systems, so you never have to buy, learn or maintain them yourself:
Owners who self-manage usually pay for tools like these one by one. We’ll walk through pricing for your home on a discovery call.
In most cases, yes — Ocean City generally requires short-term rental operators to hold the appropriate local license and to remit applicable state and local taxes, and rules can change year to year. We manage licensing, inspections, and tax remittance for the owners we work with, so staying compliant isn’t something you have to track yourself.
Guest payments are held in a dedicated trust account, kept separate from our operating funds and reconciled through VRPlatform. That means your owner funds are always accounted for and your account is always funded.
Each month you receive a professional owner statement showing every booking, fee and expense, along with your owner payout. Statements are clear enough to hand straight to your accountant.
Yes. It’s your home. Tell us the weeks you want and we’ll block them on every booking channel.
Before you decide, we’ll show you what peak summer weeks and big event weekends like the White Marlin Open, the Air Show and Cruisin’ Ocean City typically earn, so you can choose which weeks to keep for yourself and which to rent.
Usually, yes. Standard homeowner policies often aren’t written for short-term rental use, so we recommend a policy built for it. Our recommended carrier for owners is Proper Insurance, which specializes in vacation rentals.
Separately, The House Kee carries its own general liability and errors & omissions (E&O) coverage through our partner Wister Insurance, so the company managing your home is insured too.
A traditional (long-term) property manager places a tenant on a lease for months or years and handles relatively infrequent turnovers. An Airbnb / short-term rental manager runs your home like a small hospitality business: dynamic nightly pricing, listing optimization across booking platforms, frequent professional turnovers and cleaning, and fast, responsive guest communication. The House Kee specializes in the short-term side, which is what drives higher nightly revenue in a seasonal market like Ocean City.
We manage short-term rentals throughout Ocean City and the surrounding coastal areas — from Downtown and Midtown to North Ocean City and southern Delaware beaches, plus nearby communities. If you’re not sure whether your property qualifies, reach out and we’ll let you know right away.
Switching is more straightforward than most owners expect. We coordinate the transition around your existing reservations — honoring confirmed bookings, transferring guest details and calendars, and syncing your listings so nothing is double-booked or dropped. Most owners transition to a new property manager during the off-season for the smoothest handoff, but we can work with any timeline. We’ll map out the whole process for you during your free consultation.
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