Your contractor should do a manual J for you and furnish you a copy.

When I went to rent the house out, I kept the house fully furnished, which increased the interest.

If Atlanta is like Denver or Colorado Springs where we have MTRs, then there is a wide need across various sectors for medium-term furnished rentals.

My long time STR that was converted to MTR due to not getting an STR permit has good occupancy (90%) but the rates are terrible due to nearly 200 furnished rentals in the little community being converted to MTR at the same time (I rented NTR at lower rate than I could have gotten for an unfurnished LTR).  

That’s the truth.Gone are the days you can furnish grandma’s guest house and make money on it on Airbnb. 2.)

It was already a MTR, listed on Furnished Finder, so we bought the furniture and furnishings too.

We hear that a lot of investors in the area make a killing in that segment but were just not confident pulling the trigger and going that route.How has dealing with Airbnb or furnished finders been?

It was already a MTR, listed on Furnished Finder, so we bought the furniture and furnishings too.

If you truly plan to move back there someday could you furnish it and rent it mid-term fully furnished?

That's where you rent an unfurnished property, furnish it, then turn it into an STR.