When she moved out of state she left all her newer appliances, patio furniture & being OCD the place was immaculate. 

This includes having team members that specialize in each specific part of the process, spotting macro trends quicker, and buying consumables, furniture, and other services in bulk.

I like to buy inexpensive antique furniture.

If you sought a referral from your dentist for a furniture designer-- and then went with that referral without question.

Long story short they brought dogs(against our house rules) the dogs damaged the furniture.

It seeing what anyone else that outdoors in the general area can see.Yes it's creepy. 

The piece of furniture you see on the right is a Murphy bed cabinet (with an oddly super comfortable memory foam mattress).

There are exceptions if the tenants damage the furniture, even thought it is your furniture.

My handyman's son (in his early 30s) who had so far been reasonable for helping me with projects on my own home for the past several months, recently shared that fact that his father isn't getting any new jobs and so I gave him  (son, not father) a bunch of projects he can help out with, mostly outdoors/landscaping and exterior.I never pay per hour, as that would materialize an employee-employer relationship.

A lot of people can swing the 6% on a permanent basis, but not in years 1 and 2 when they have to buy all the "accessories" that come with a new home, like the new furniture, the redone kitchen, landscaping the yard, bla bla bla.By frontloading the monthly savings into year 1, poof, we've created a furniture budget.