I don't change my own oil, hem my own clothes, or make very good phad thai:) I pay people to do these things.

No couches, no soft chairs, no clothes closets and no brand new cars with the exception that I did buy my wife an $80,000 Mercedes SUV about 7 years ago for a present and today the car has less than 2,000 miles on it because she doesn't want to feel like she is showing-off to her friends and our tenants.

We send our maintenance guy to inspect all clothes washer connections at  move in.

I mean, they still have to pay for washing and drying their clothes, the money now just goes to you.

He bought designer clothes and purses and Lous Vuitton trunks.    

Local people can donate clothing, canned food and/or volunteer if you can safely get to a shelter. 

Just a few hundred dollars would do.Buy business cards, bandit signs, enough for a small direct mail campaign, some nice looking clothes to make you look trustworthy if you don't have them.Cheap digital camera off of ebay/craigslist.

The "stuff" left behind is comprised of personal belongings: furniture, clothes, books, a whole closet full when we have yet to look into and the range (appliances were theirs).They did take the light fixtures - except the ugly chandelier in the dining area - so I need to go back in the daylight to make an inventory ;-)We have been making visits to the unit on a semi-regular basis: we replaced windows, fixed the toilet, changed backup batteries in the smoke detectors, etc. - so I do get the picture.

For the attic I am looking a at the sheathing underneath if there is insulation I am looking and feeling for damp or water stains.

So I did and when we were building the room; Chris asked me to wash the tarps, wash the 6 cloth canvases he supposedly had, but I only found 4; he said I lost the other 2.