Part of the reason All Star Homes cost more, is they force the owners to put in very high end furniture, decorating, electronics, amenities, etc, or they won't even take the home under mgmt. They actually insist that the owners use their furniture company in the area to get the home up to their high specifications. We did the same thing ourselves, just not through them. Most owners use the local furniture "package" stores and don't end up with nearly as high end furniture and amenities, we tried to go this route and they wouldn't let us pick out things like wall hangings, flat screen TVs, even the dishes! My wife finally left the furniture store in total frustration after spending 6 hours there trying to work with them, and said we're just going to have to do it all ourselves! LOL
I tell guests this all the time though..."you get what you pay for". This is true with All Star...and other places too. The homes with the high end furniture, decorating, electronics (flat screen HD TVs, video games, etc), high end mattresses and linens...well naturally they're going to cost slightly more! Amazing that people try and "beat us up" over a $100 difference in a weekly rental over a place that's 10x nicer sometimes... I just scratch my head...LOL.