His supervisors at work donated him furniture, a TV, items for cooking.

Last purchase (which is going to end up being our house) was through a former neighbor who lives across the street and the owner passed, and the grown daughter was cleaning it out on the weekends.Not a direct route, but a friend of mine owns a vintage furniture store.  

There was a barbecue pit in the back yard with the remains of a trash fire in it, milk crates for lawn furniture, piles of beer bottles, and the remains of a camper that someone was living in.

Its almost impossible to fully evaluate damage if furniture and possessions are still in the unit. 

It might be surprising, but a lot of investors drive beater vehicles and live in modest houses with 20 year old furniture. 

Get all of the furniture trash and tenant leftovers out of the houseDemoStrip Floor System OutRip out Ceiling in Areas with Water DamageAssess the situation and get your structural engineer to give you his opinion/report. 

The neighbors even thought it was odd that when they moved out, they still had no furniture.

I thought I deserved a little more and I want to buy furniture for my vacation home so I got $5K just for asking.

You should need regular home owner's insurance and make sure the contents covers any additional appliances, furniture, etc you have in the basement suite, but not your renter's contents.

He has a passion for teaching and wants to focus on that instead.His property manager admits to me that there are two drug dealers on the property and that she just doesn’t feel like kicking them out.She also tells me they have pet fees, but she discourages any pets because its such a pain in the butt for her.There is a now leasing banner, but you would never know because it is just hanging halfway off.The pool has old mildewed furniture and is out of service.The vacant unit smells like Cheech and Chong had a party there that morning.You walk into the leasing office and it feels like a dungeon.