Rather than spending all the money to furnish the unit for it not to be successful... and have to sell or put all the furniture in storage and create another expense. 

You also want to avoid throwing a bunch of money at Vanity items and furniture.

Good point, would definitely be some added cost in furnishing a larger home, considering we are going to take our furniture with us.

My car payment is pretty reasonable ($366/month) so that wasn't in my original plan and eats into my cash for furniture/incidentals. 

Most properties that size are 2nd homes and often sell with furniture included, which can reduce start-up costs.No cap on STR permits in Washoe County on the Nevada side. 

Is the pool decking crumbling and need replaced with all new furniture?

For instance is buying furnitures to furnace the house consider part of normal management activities? 

For example: could you sell the furniture off (even though 0%) and buy some that is $500-$1k and pocket the difference to use for a future investment?  

It takes a lot of life experience and finesse to deal with people coping with huge life struggles.If I were young and starting out, I'd offer paid services for clean outs and basic staging/moving around furniture.

Put their furniture and appliances in another house of yours.