Assuming all is well on that front, consider the time vs money you're spending by pursuing repurposed furniture.  

as well as what @Samuel Stidwell IV said, (and 2nd, 3rd and 4th Max Maxwell, watch his youtube, listen to his podcast), if you aren't starting out with much of a budget, there are some ways to start with little to no money:- driving for dollars: drive a neighborhood looking for homes that are distressed (tall grass, tarp on the roof, peeling paint, able to see through window to window, no furniture)- county records: either on your county website or at their records office, look up tax liens, pre-foreclosures, code violations, divorce, probate **with real estate attached** (don't waist your time on a probate that doesn't have any real estate)- skip trace for phone numbers and cold call: this isn't cheap, but it's really helpful. 

Weeks later, the buyer wanted to make another offer of $13K off the asking price verses 35K off the asking price, agreed to the correct HOA Fees and wanted all of the furniture in the cancelled contract.I explained to the buyer that a new request to reactive the cancelled contact is required or a new contract has to be sent over.

If you have a furnished rental, your maintenance goes from systems to furniture.

I would need to buy at least some basic furniture and appliances.

Secondly, most finance advice would tell you to analyze the overall cost of owning a home, (PITI, maintenance, upgrades, furniture, art, etc) and compare that to the cost of renting.

Maybe for hobbyists or small business to do wood work, arts and crafts, furniture rehab, mechanic work....whatever a person would rent out a space to do work.

I saw many landlords wasted their time in replacing the appliances and furniture.

At various times throughout the summer, the tenants and their parents have made trips to the property to drop off furniture, clothes, etc. and each time have called to voice their displeasure in the state of the property e.g. the bathroom is completely unusable (even though I have stated numerous times the renovations that I would be making and the date that it would be ready by).

Was originally a Western Auto with furniture building for 30 years and then became a Freds Retail store for 15 years.