Last updated September 14, 2026
STR Select ranks Ideal Property Management #1 of 7 ranked short term rental managers in the Poconos (16 evaluated), with facts checked September 2026.
Verified: owner interviewed September 2026Full service short term rental management · East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Best for: Owners who want a small local book and per property attention over national brand scale.
Ideal Property Management runs a deliberately small, Poconos only book from a staffed East Stroudsburg office. The trade is attention per property that larger operators rarely match. The fit is strongest for owners of higher revenue homes around Lake Harmony, Stroudsburg and Mount Pocono who want a local team they can call by name. Owners chasing the absolute lowest fee should compare the operators below.
| Service area | Lake Harmony, Long Pond, Arrowhead Lake, Pocono Summit, Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg, the locations on its own properties page (14 managed homes listed, October 2026); Mount Pocono is named only in its FAQ, and Pocono Lake and Albrightsville no longer appear on either page source |
| Base | East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Management fee | Not published checked September 2026 |
| Rating | 4.5 on Google Google Business Profile, East Stroudsburg, checked September 2026 |
| Portfolio | 14 properties listed on its site, October 2026 |
| Profile status | Profile claimed by the company. Two owner interviews with STR Select on record, September 18 and September 25, 2026. claimed October 2026 |
A property counts here only when we sourced it ourselves from Ideal Property Management's own published list, or the company self-reported it through the claim flow, labeled as such below.
| Property | Area | Status | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Beachwood | Lake Harmony | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 55 Lakeview Dr | Lake Harmony | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 67 Lupine Dr | Lake Harmony | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 106 Greenleaf Drive | Long Pond | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 121 English Ivy Court | Long Pond | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 148 Pineknoll | Lake Harmony | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 243 Paxinos | Pocono Lake | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 283 Owassa Dr | Pocono Lake | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 284 Cedar | Long Pond | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 728 Main 2nd | Stroudsburg | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 728 Main 3rd | Stroudsburg | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 728 Main St | Stroudsburg | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 3308 Beech Ridge New | Pocono Summit | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| 3308 Beechridge | Pocono Summit | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| Knoll by the Lake | Lake Harmony | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
| The Cedar & Stone Lodge | Lake Harmony | Company site | source | 2026-10-07 |
Ideal Property Management sits in the Poconos evaluation as rank 1 of 7, and the Ideal Property Management figures for Poconos below are the ones we hold on record for Ideal Property Management in the Poconos. 0 ranked managers sit above Ideal Property Management and 6 sit below Ideal Property Management; 9 more companies were evaluated beside Ideal Property Management without a rank.
| Position of Ideal Property Management | Rank 1 of 7 ranked, 16 evaluated in the Poconos |
| Model | Full service |
| Base | East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Service area | Lake Harmony, Long Pond, Arrowhead Lake, Pocono Summit, Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg, the locations on its own properties page (14 managed homes listed, October 2026); Mount Pocono is named only in its FAQ, and Pocono Lake and Albrightsville no longer appear on either page |
| Portfolio | 14 properties listed on its site, October 2026 |
| Homes on record | 16 on Ideal Property Management’s own published list or self-reported through the claim flow |
| Fee checked | September 2026 |
| Rating checked | 4.5 on Google, September 2026 |
| Ledger checked | October 7, 2026 |
| Market page checked for Ideal Property Management | October 21, 2026 |
Ideal Property Management names 3 towns we hold registration rules for in the Poconos: Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg and Mount Pocono. Each paragraph below for Ideal Property Management in the Poconos is taken from that town's own published rules for Ideal Property Management owners, checked on the date shown.
Ideal Property Management operates in Stroudsburg (Monroe County) in the Poconos, and per the town's own rules registration required of Ideal Property Management in Stroudsburg: yes; Ideal Property Management permit fee: $250 initial per unit (includes first inspection), $150 annual renewal, $100 per additional inspection; Ideal Property Management renewal: annual, due May 1; Ideal Property Management inspection: yes, checked September 14, 2026, and Ideal Property Management owners in Stroudsburg work under that rule set.
Ideal Property Management operates in East Stroudsburg (Monroe County) in the Poconos, and per the town's own rules registration required of Ideal Property Management in East Stroudsburg: yes; Ideal Property Management permit fee: Set by Borough Council resolution, amount not published in ordinance; Ideal Property Management renewal: annual; Ideal Property Management inspection: yes, annual; Ideal Property Management occupancy: One family per dwelling unit; day guests up to 75% of overnight maximum; Ideal Property Management local contact: yes, manager within 20 miles if owner is not a full time resident within 20 miles, checked September 14, 2026, and Ideal Property Management owners in East Stroudsburg work under that rule set.
Ideal Property Management operates in Mount Pocono (Monroe County) in the Poconos, and per the town's own rules registration required of Ideal Property Management in Mount Pocono: yes; Ideal Property Management permit fee: $500 registration fee (application form); Ideal Property Management renewal: annual; Ideal Property Management inspection: yes, before first rental and before renewal; Ideal Property Management occupancy: 2 per bedroom plus 2 (2 bedrooms 6 up to 6 bedrooms 14); Ideal Property Management local contact: yes, local contact (owner may serve within 40 miles), responds within 1 hour, checked September 14, 2026, and Ideal Property Management owners in Mount Pocono work under that rule set.
For a Ideal Property Management owner outside Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg and Mount Pocono, 20 of 23 the Poconos jurisdictions require registration; Ideal Property Management owners should check the home’s town against that file, dated September 26, 2026.
For Ideal Property Management, 10 of 23 Poconos jurisdictions list a fee with a number, and 19 require an inspection, which a Ideal Property Management owner should price into year one.
| Pennsylvania hotel occupancy tax on stays under 30 consecutive days, including Airbnb and Vrbo bookings on a Ideal Property Management stay | 6% |
| Monroe County hotel room rental excise tax on a Ideal Property Management stay | 3% |
Ideal Property Management has 16 homes on record across 5 towns, with the most in Lake Harmony (6). Each count comes from rows in the table above that carry their own source link.
| Town | Homes on record |
|---|---|
| Lake Harmony | 6 homes |
| Long Pond | 3 homes |
| Stroudsburg | 3 homes |
| Pocono Lake | 2 homes |
| Pocono Summit | 2 homes |
Ideal Property Management is one of 16 managers in the Poconos evaluation, and the Ideal Property Management figures below set Ideal Property Management against the rest of the Poconos market, with the idealpm.com record as the reference point for Ideal Property Management.
Ideal Property Management’s 16 homes on record are 30% of the 53 homes on record across 2 managers in the Poconos that publish a property list.
Of the 7 ranked Poconos peers of Ideal Property Management, 2 print a fee with a number, and Ideal Property Management is not one of them.
For the towns where Ideal Property Management has homes on record, the AirROI market benchmark pulled October 8, 2026 reads: Lake Harmony (Kidder Township): median twelve month revenue $49,236 across 456 active listings; Long Pond (Tunkhannock Township): median twelve month revenue $54,014 across 228 active listings; Pocono Lake (Tobyhanna Township): median twelve month revenue $48,251 across 581 active listings; Stroudsburg (Stroudsburg): median twelve month revenue $36,561 across 30 active listings; Pocono Summit (Pocono Summit): median twelve month revenue $58,198 across 61 active listings.
| Typical range in the Poconos to hold Ideal Property Management against | 18 to 30% of revenue for full service, per published rates and our evaluation notes |
| Managers publishing a rate, Ideal Property Management included or not | 2 of 16 evaluated |
| Fee index updated for the Poconos row of Ideal Property Management | September 2026 |
| Homes on record in the Poconos, Ideal Property Management or others | 53 across 2 managers |
| Ranked managers in the Poconos with a published fee, Ideal Property Management included or not | 2 of 7 |
Inside the Poconos ranking, Ideal Property Management sits at rank 1 next to Blackbird Hospitality at rank 2, and in the Poconos the order between Ideal Property Management and Blackbird Hospitality follows the printed methodology.
Ideal Property Management is based at East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and runs a full service management model, as stated on idealpm.com.
For the Poconos, Ideal Property Management states its service area as lake Harmony, Long Pond, Arrowhead Lake, Pocono Summit, Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg, the locations on its own properties page (14 managed homes listed, October 2026); Mount Pocono is named only in its FAQ, and Pocono Lake and Albrightsville no longer appear on either page.
Ideal Property Management carries a public rating of 4.5 on Google (Google Business Profile, East Stroudsburg), read September 2026.
For the contract terms of Ideal Property Management in the Poconos we read idealpm.com and idealpm.com/terms-and-conditions on October 15, 2026, and none of those Ideal Property Management pages prints a notice period for Ideal Property Management, a minimum term or an early termination fee for the Poconos.
Ideal Property Management describes its portfolio as 14 properties listed on its site, October 2026.
Ideal Property Management claimed this Poconos profile in October 2026. Profile claimed by the company. Two owner interviews with STR Select on record, September 18 and September 25, 2026.
Ideal Property Management appears in the Poconos with 30 sources across 7 outside domains, each listed under Sources for Ideal Property Management with the date we read it.
These are the 4 questions to put to Ideal Property Management before you sign in the Poconos, with what Ideal Property Management has published on each Poconos point at idealpm.com and what the record for Ideal Property Management still lacks.
Every figure on the Ideal Property Management page for the Poconos carries the date we checked it for Ideal Property Management, and the latest check on file in the Poconos is September 2026. Each Ideal Property Management figure for Poconos comes from idealpm.com or an official source about Ideal Property Management, never from an STR Select estimate. Where Ideal Property Management publishes nothing, we leave the gap as a question you can put to Ideal Property Management. Homes on record for Ideal Property Management in the Poconos are only those Ideal Property Management listed itself or self-reported through the Ideal Property Management claim flow, and the Ideal Property Management government facts for the Poconos come from the .gov page read for Ideal Property Management that day. The place of Ideal Property Management in the Poconos order follows the published methodology, and Ideal Property Management cannot buy a better one.
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