[SteveFromNY]

Agree with Cliff above there are more fees than just the amenity fee. However, it was all disclosed by the sales folks. They had a paper that details what you can expect your fees to be.

We closed by mail, and had absolutely no problems. Our inspection was after closing, and there wasn't a thing I could find that was wrong. I did see the house a week or two prior and there were little red stickies on a bunch of places identifying small blemishes that were fixed before I saw the house. The team that did our house did a really good job.

We bought furniture from Southern Lifestyles, and had them supply all the other items needed for renting it (it's in TV Property Management program). Furniture was a package that varied in price and quality, depending on the size of the home. The list of items required by TV Prop Mgmt was exhaustive. I took the hundred plus items and laid them out on a spreadsheet and priced each one individually. I was a few dollars off what they were charging and they supplied all the labor for a reasonable fee. I did most of this over the phone, other than pick out the furniture package - we did see that in person. It couldn't have gone smoother.

Good luck.