Do the 1031 complete the purchase and the next day your moving truck backs up to the door with your furniture. 

Once the unit is leased, it is leased as is, and it should be tenants responsibility to make sure their appliances fit, the same they need to make sure their furniture fits.

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.