We bought two resale contracts last year. We did not pay any annual dues/maintenance fees for that year. We paid closing costs on both, but on one the price was rock bottom and the other the price was low with banked points essentially "free." We got our info from this board and our resale broker. (We also asked Disney for their information package, but received only a video and barebones brochures.) We got our member binder and ID cards from Disney a couple weeks after the deeds were filed.