Common Areas- should it be furnished?

Now, I live in a world where we invest 35k per home (furnishings) and generate $1,500-$1,900 monthly returns.

I would need to fully furnish it and it is missing a refrigerator, (washer and dryer too).

I'm renting to a student market and am targeting out of state and international students with a fully furnished apartment, down to kitchen goods. 

But it may be regional.Where I've lived, the only time the landlord pays is for special properties (rented fully furnished, for instance) and where the landlord lacks a way to meter something for each unit (most often water).

What will it cost to furnish and maintain?

Before I got started I got this book and felt it was a pretty thorough overview:How To Rent Vacation Properties by Owner Third Edition: The Complete Guide to Buy, Manage, Furnish, Rent, Maintain and Advertise Your Vacation Rental Investment Paperback – November 1, 2013by Christine Hrib-Karpinski (Author)

I had permission from the seller after the 3rd delay to market the property (which I did with all the appropriate caveats), but as a result, I could only rent it for $1500 (plus utilities) even though I was renting by the door, and it should have easily gone for $1600 by the door even without furnishings. 

If so, you can usually charge rates that match campus apartments, but you will need to furnish the apartment. 

If I'm doing de minimis, it doesn't really matter if the IRS for some reason thinks the area rugs should last 5 years and not 3 in a furnished rental.I want to do everything de minimis not even because I can take the deduction now but also because it's just that much less to track, year over year.