Even though they owed me rent, I wouldn't have sold anything that was important to them (eg family heirloom) just to get the money I was owed. 

If you throw the bed out they'll claim it was a priceless family heirloom and the mattress was stuffed with cash.  

The best BBQ joint in greater Atlanta stands to win the most from the move (Heirloom BBQ).

Similar to @William Hochstedler in-laws, this property was also located in rural West Virginia (Greenbrier County) and was something of a family heirloom.

(ok if you're vegetarian insert 1000 year old heirloom seeds planted in some amazing soil or something and forget the hunting analogy).

To be clear: The ultimate downside risk is that the tenant comes back and sues you for her $20,000 worth of jewelry and $10,000 worth of heirloom china that she claims she left behind.

I do not remodel units with a tenant in place--- you'll never hear the end of the whining about how the painters got drips on their heirloom furniture or the carpet layers scratched up the fine furniture.

Other times they are just storing excess items there as free storage because they can't fit them at the other place they moved to.If that's the case you don't want to not evict and be accused of self-help eviction and the tenant says their 500 junk is a 5,000 heirloom necklace grandma left them and now they can't find it.No legal advice.

@Mark WorsnopIf it’s precious to you and a famIly heIrloom , why in the world are you renting it out for strangers to use or damage .. or in this case “ steal”

The roommate did leave, but left all his possessions behind, including family heirlooms.