DruannB - Take a deep breath and let your husband pursue his 'project' of buying now, furnishing and getting the house on the rental market! It will be much easier on you!
You can refer him to this site which offers scads of properties for rent and he can see what type of amenities each offers with their rental:
thevillages4rent.com
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Not sure if I have free time...or if I just forgot everything I was supposed to do!