SETTLE · RENTALS · EDITION #20 · NOVEMBER 2026
Landing north of Miami — canal streets, Las Olas and houses with pools, for a first year that feels like a neighborhood.
This edition is for executives and families landing in Fort Lauderdale for work or for taxes, searching for apartments for rent in Fort Lauderdale: neighborhood houses and townhouses with pools and garages, across Las Olas, Victoria Park, Progresso and Wilton Manors. I reviewed the area’s 84 rentals between $4,000 and $12,000, screened them for annual leases cleared to advertise, and kept the five below, from $4,495 to $7,500.
Every home below is active as of November 9, 2026, with price and availability verified.
This edition’s five
$4,495/month — The Lake Ridge House
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,354 sq ft · Private pool · Carport · See full listing →
$4,600/month — Bamboo Flats Townhouse
3 bd · 3.5 ba · 1,520 sq ft · 2-car garage · Community pool · See full listing →
$4,800/month — The Progresso Townhouse
3 bd · 2.5 ba · 1,913 sq ft · 2-car garage · $2.51/sq ft · See full listing →
$7,500/month — Tiffany House
2 bd · 2 ba · 1,286 sq ft · Furnished · Bay and ocean views · Valet · See full listing →
$7,500/month — The Wilton Manors House
4 bd · 3 ba · 2,259 sq ft · Furnished · Heated pool and hot tub · See full listing →
$4,495 — The Lake Ridge House, Fort Lauderdale
3 bd · 2 ba · 1,354 sq ft · $3.32/sq ft · Lake Ridge, Fort Lauderdale
The value house — a white one-story with its own pool on a palm street in Victoria Park’s orbit, at the lowest rent of the edition
- Beds / baths: 3 bd · 2 ba
- Living area: 1,354 sq ft · $3.32/sq ft
- Home: One-story single-family house built in 1951 in Lake Ridge, with a private below-ground pool, a covered porch, a brick walkway and an 8,094 sq ft lot
- Pets: Yes — $500 pet fee (the listing does not specify whether it is refundable; I confirm it for you before you apply)
- Parking: 1 carport space, with a slab/strip driveway
- Furnished: No — unfurnished
- Laundry: Washer and dryer in the unit
- Dishwasher: Yes
- Lease: One year with a renewal option
- Available: Now (listed as available since October 5, 2026)
- Days on market: 41
- Good to know: The rent came down from $4,750 to $4,495 on November 4, and the listing declares one week free with immediate occupancy and a brand-new air conditioner
- Listing courtesy of: Compass Florida, LLC
Why I picked it for your landing: A real house with a pool, a porch and palms — five minutes from Las Olas — for less than a small condo in a tower. The rent just moved in your favor, and the one-week-free note tells me the owner wants a tenant now, not in a month.
Ideal for: A couple or a small family landing in Fort Lauderdale who wants a house, a pool and a neighborhood street from day one.
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$4,600 — Bamboo Flats Townhouse, Fort Lauderdale
3 bd · 3.5 ba · 1,520 sq ft · $3.03/sq ft · Bamboo Flats, Progresso, Fort Lauderdale
The clean annual — a white modern townhouse with a 365-day minimum written into the listing: the firmest lease in this edition
- Beds / baths: 3 bd · 3.5 ba
- Living area: 1,520 sq ft · $3.03/sq ft
- Home: Townhouse in Bamboo Flats, Progresso — effective year 2007 — with a rooftop terrace, a community pool (15×25) and a garden court
- Pets: Yes — cats and dogs OK, $300 nonrefundable pet fee
- Parking: 2-car attached garage
- Furnished: No — unfurnished
- Laundry: Washer and dryer in the unit
- Dishwasher: Yes
- Lease: One year with a renewal option — 365-day minimum, one lease per year, declared in the listing
- Available: Now (listed as available since September 18, 2026)
- Days on market: 6 since the last status change (November 3, 2026)
- Listing courtesy of: MQ Realty Group
Why I picked it for your landing: Three bedrooms and three and a half baths, a two-car garage and a rooftop terrace — in the arts-district streets of Progresso, between downtown and the beach. And no fine print: the listing itself writes the full year down, which is exactly the certainty a relocation needs.
Ideal for: A professional household that wants a modern townhouse, a guaranteed full year and the beach ten minutes east.
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$4,800 — The Progresso Townhouse, Fort Lauderdale
3 bd · 2.5 ba · 1,913 sq ft · $2.51/sq ft · Progresso, Fort Lauderdale
The space buy — the most square feet per dollar in this edition, in a 2017 townhouse on a gated Progresso street
- Beds / baths: 3 bd · 2.5 ba
- Living area: 1,913 sq ft · $2.51/sq ft
- Home: Townhouse built in 2017 in Progresso, with glossy stone floors, an open kitchen and a private entrance court behind the community gate
- Pets: Yes — one pet up to 20 lbs, $500 nonrefundable pet fee
- Parking: 2-car attached garage, 2 spaces
- Furnished: No — unfurnished
- Laundry: Laundry room in the unit
- Dishwasher: Not declared in the listing — I confirm it for you before you apply
- Lease: One year with a renewal option
- Available: Now (listed as available since October 15, 2026)
- Days on market: 25
- Good to know: The rent came down from $4,900 to $4,800 on November 7
Why I picked it for your landing: At $2.51 a foot this is the edition’s space math: almost 2,000 square feet, a two-car garage and 2017 construction for under five thousand. The pet rule is the strict one here — one small dog — and it is better to know it on this page than at application.
Ideal for: A family or two professionals who need real rooms and a garage, and travel with one small pet at most.
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$7,500 — Tiffany House, Fort Lauderdale
2 bd · 2 ba · 1,286 sq ft · $5.83/sq ft · Tiffany House, Fort Lauderdale
The furnished landing by the beach — a 2018 condo with valet, a pool and the bay in the windows, priced for the full year
- Beds / baths: 2 bd · 2 ba
- Living area: 1,286 sq ft · $5.83/sq ft
- Home: Furnished condo on floor 5 of Tiffany House, built in 2018, with bay and ocean views; the building has a community pool, a spa and valet parking
- Pets: No
- Parking: 2 spaces, with valet parking
- Furnished: Yes — furnished
- Laundry: Laundry room in the unit, with a dryer declared; I confirm the full washer setup for you before you apply
- Dishwasher: Yes
- Lease: One year with a renewal option — the listing states the published monthly rate applies to a yearly lease
- Available: April 20, 2026 (the listing’s declared availability date)
- Days on market: 297 — the longest-listed home in this edition, and that is also your negotiating room
- Listing courtesy of: Casaia Realty, LLC
Why I picked it for your landing: If your landing needs to be turnkey and by the sand, this is it: furniture in place, valet downstairs, two parking spaces and water in every window. Two hundred ninety-seven days listed means I would negotiate with patience — the owner has heard no too many times.
Ideal for: An executive couple landing without furniture who wants a beach-address building and a full-service year.
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$7,500 — The Wilton Manors House, Wilton Manors
4 bd · 3 ba · 2,259 sq ft · $3.32/sq ft · Wilton Manors
The furnished house — four bedrooms, a heated pool and a hot tub under the palms, in Fort Lauderdale’s garden suburb
- Beds / baths: 4 bd · 3 ba
- Living area: 2,259 sq ft · $3.32/sq ft
- Home: Furnished single-family house in Wilton Manors, with a heated pool, a hot tub and spa area, terrazzo floors and a 9,369 sq ft lot
- Pets: Yes — cats and dogs OK; no pet fee is stated in the listing
- Parking: 2 spaces
- Furnished: Yes — furnished
- Laundry: Washer and dryer in the unit
- Dishwasher: Yes
- Lease: One year with a renewal option
- Available: Now (listed as available since October 11, 2026)
- Days on market: 29
- Listing courtesy of: Elite Ocean View Realty LLC
Why I picked it for your landing: The biggest furnished landing in the edition: four bedrooms around a heated pool, in the leafy streets of Wilton Manors — the suburb Fort Lauderdale keeps for itself, five minutes from the Drive’s restaurants and ten from the beach.
Ideal for: A family landing with kids or visiting family who wants a furnished house and a pool that works all year.
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Landing in Fort Lauderdale
- The neighborhood (zone level): Fort Lauderdale is the canal city just north of Miami: Las Olas Boulevard with its restaurants and galleries, the house neighborhoods of Victoria Park, Lake Ridge and Progresso, the beach ten minutes east and the leafy suburb of Wilton Manors right above. It is Broward’s residential landing — more house and more garden per dollar than in Miami’s towers
- Schools (zone level): The zone is served by Broward County public schools in Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors, with private options in both cities — I confirm the exact assignment for your address before you sign, because it changes by street
- Commute: Fort Lauderdale airport (FLL) ±10–15 min · Las Olas ±5–10 min · The beach ±10 min · Port Everglades ±15 min · Brightline Fort Lauderdale ±10 min · Aventura ±25 min · Brickell and downtown Miami ±35–45 min
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