We just did the same thing, bought a turnkey house that closes next week. We can't get down there until September because of my husband's job, but after that we do plan to rent out seasonally.
I can tell you that I talked to pretty much every property management company I could find. They all want a lot of money and when I did the math on renting seasonally and paying what they want, it was just a lot of money and we were not even going to break even.
So I decided to just get a property manager and do the renting myself. I found a great property manager, Mike and Molly, and I have high hopes of being able to rent over the winter.
I know people have talked about Hometown Properties and they were very nice, but they want 20%, plus you have to pay the rental tax and the cleaning fee, they don't pass it along to the renters like some of the others do, plus they're very specific about what you're allowed to have and what you must have on your property. I wasn't willing to pay the extra money for all that stuff. But hopefully you'll find a way that works for you. Good luck!
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