I did spend a lot of time shopping, doing price comparisons and building furniture myself.

Do not depend on reviews from the typical homeowners who might have had a handyman/contractor hang pictures, or assemble furniture, or paint a room.A larger rehab project requires skills and subs that don't come with handymen. 

It's a new house, so right now there's really no furniture in it. 

We're talking cell phones, a big screen TV, air conditioning units, furniture, electronics, etc. 

There's a relatively untested way to absorb some but I emphasize it's untested which a long way from either approved or disallowed.The theory is that if the improvements are less than 10% of the value of the property you are buying and the improvements are things that would normally be associated with a structure (roof, A/C, flooring etc not furniture or a car in the garage). 

I hadn't been considering depreciation, the furniture depreciation, or the $25k safe harbor rental income and ability to deduct losses if a professional.

In my mind, I really don't have anyone to evict as I am only trying to get belongings and furniture out and I thought it would be considered abandonment since there are no utilities.

It looks like she didn't care about getting her damage deposit money back so she left bunch of trash in the house including her personal items, furniture etc. 

It's an 8 unit, and they have had bed bugs before, and would throw their old furniture in the empty lot and burn it. 

I will hold a 25 year amortization mortgage at 4.5% The owner put more than 1. 2 million into the property when he built it 2 years ago and this does not include the furniture that he is keeping in the property.Please let me know if you see something I may be missing.