I believe meanwhile you'll have to deal with the tenant's estate with the disposition of her personal affects / furniture.

The place is completely furnished and we would rather leave the furniture in for someone to use and enjoy.  

Find possible sellers willing to sell their furniture or look for Model homes selling fully furnished.

We still finishing up the property a bit, in terms of getting the legal portion done (contract), some minor fixes that will only take couple of days, some small furniture and taking professional pictures for FF advertising.

The nice thing about STR's is that if you hate it, you can block out all future rentals (and even cancel reservations if you really want to burn the bridge) sell the furniture, and be done with it much easier than evicting a bad tenant.   

I cleared the furniture and signed 12 month leases.

Scraped popcorn ceilings, sprayed and painted the new knockdown texture, new electrical outlets everywhere, added Alumiconns to all electrical because of aluminum wiring, Found Offerup deals on fans/furniture, LED light fixtures everywhere, Patched drywall in every room in the house, sprayed new orange peel texture, painted every wall, new water valves in the house, new kitchen sink, new dishwasher, new real wood vanities in both baths, new granite countertops with new sinks and faucets, new ba What was the outcome?

I personally went out to my rental every weekend for the first couple months only because I was building and setting up all the furniture myself and getting a team together to get ready to list, but that all could have been handled by others if I wanted.

I could furnish it and STR but insurance is wild for that and we have no other properties close so if it doesn’t work out we have all the furniture and nothing nearby. 

If they did on their own furniture, you shouldn't have to do more than a deep clean.