My only minor complaint with our experience was communication post booking. And frankly, missing a touch of that communication probably resulted in a more positive experience overall.
We booked our stay for 4/2-4/9 during the last week of December. This is our second or third time booking through VRBO, but first through Florida Beach Rentals. After the confirmation email, we didn't receive any correspondence until 4/2 via text, giving us a few instructions and keypad pin for entry. This made me a little nervous leading up to our stay, so I did call on 4/1 and verified that we had our stay. After a few laughs, all was good there. I do not know if waiting until the day of arrival is common practice with most property management groups. But, it made me a little nervous.
In the meantime, because of the communication, my wife and I started to do some additional research on the unit, the week before we left. We found a couple of listings that showed very different pictures for the same unit number. This was in conjunction with a few negative reviews on VRBO about "dated" such and such. Back to that irony, we began to get a little nervous on what we were going to walk into.
Everything was fantastic! We had two adults, two seniors in high school, a middle schooler, and an elementary school age child. The unit was much larger than even the pictures gave it credit for. Everything was very clean. There were a few minor cosmetic things (i.e. two door handles were a little loose and came off easily). But, you were just off the beaten path, the view of the bay was great, and all of Florida Beach Rentals' staff were immediately responsive on the three to four times we called. And yes, you do get to see dolphins off the balcony at least twice (it was 4-5 times for us).
I would definitely recommend this to a group of 5-8. We really enjoyed our stay.