I rented the furniture initially , but am now purchasing certain items to lower the monthly operating cost.  

Can someone see themselves living in your home right now- I think you may need to give them a little help seeing themselves having family dinners and watching tv or even sending kids off to school.I think with some nice furniture your coffered ceiling will look beautiful.

The house was not quite abandoned and was full with the owners furniture and belongings.

... when you're so cheap you get all your furniture from the alley (and you know what weekend is best for that), but you're sitting on your free futon calculating how you can buy BOTH those properties that just popped up.... when it's 11pm and you think, "I just want to look at the pictures of that one place again" and you're still online at midnight.

, forget to put out basic supplies, lose the key, forget to greet the guest or hire the housekeeper, neglect to collect payment, lose the lease, forget to remind guests to take out garbage or separate recycles, don't replace broken furniture, dishes, worn linens or even bulbs, neglect to notice and charge for damage, and none came close to getting the number of bookings I get on my own. 

KDC has two corporate build-to-suit projects underway in Legacy West including a 265,000-square-foot headquarters complex for FedEx Office and Toyota’s North American Headquarters.In addition Chase just announced adding a complex consolidating 10,000 jobs to this area.And just up the highway is the Grandscape development including Nebraska furniture mart.Building on 400+ acres, we are virtually a city within the center of the Dallas/Fort Worth market, an epicenter of growth, in the 4th largest metropolitan area in the nation.And we are attracting the biggest, boldest and brightest names in retail, starting with Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas, a retail powerhouse that by itself will attract a projected 8 million shoppers a year.Our grand plans for Grandscape include more than just one-of-a-kind retail: Convention center hotel and spaUnique restaurantsAn outdoor amphitheaterAnd more.So this area is still very active, both for sales and building.  

My kids and I shop at garage sales and consignment stores...we buy a ton of our furniture for the shared housing program this way.  

Broken leases, they lost all their furniture investment etc.I don't think arbitrage is a bad idea for someone like you.

There will be some up-front costs like the furniture, so just make sure you're okay with that.  

if the cops come to handle a trespassing call, and the unit is filled with their furniture, they will assume they have established residency and they wont arrest. if the cops show up and there is a broken window and an empty apartment, you have a much stronger case for trespassing.