I bought nothing new - all used furniture that was either in good condition or had the ability to look nice with some elbow grease and paint.

next time get a nicer rent ready place to save time.i savet about $1.5k on used furniture from facebook market place, but it cost me a month of prime season that the place was not ready, next time i will get it all in 1-3 places.

Nationwide housing prices have been cooling, possible recession approaching - I just don't think most people have an appetite to pay a premium for a turnkey rental right now - they'd rather buy something that's reasonably-priced and put a little work into it (cosmetic upgrades, some new furniture).

I have a unit I just filled that I had the BRs steam cleaned (like I did 5 yrs ago) and there are only minor blemishes that practically disappear when the room is filled with furniture. 

The hardest part was moving all of their small furniture out in the hall and then had to move beds and dressers back and forth.They had no idea I was doing all of this and when they came home from spending the night at grandma and grandpa's, they were super excited.

Maybe these guys aren't in a coffee shop in Uganda.I used to work Loss Prevention for Sears and we had a guy that wrote hot checks for furniture and house hold goods.

For example your neighborhood furniture store may not report credit for leased or installment sales.

Allocated/Assigned Expenses:Advertising, coupons, Cleaning SuppliesCommon areasFood Furniture and Fixtures RoomsF&F CommonLabor, maid serviceLaundry expenseOffice SupportDepreciation and Depletion ExpensePremises depreciationLocal Motel TaxThese can be allocated to fixed and variable expenses per room and consolidated.Departmental expenses for Laundry could be washing machines and dryer depreciation (equipment) soap, electric if on seperate meter, floor space of the building for depreciation on the building.

I've seen where furniture and plants have been photoshopped into an empty house.....essentially virtually staging it......but it is always disclosed that the home is actually empty, and this is a depiction of what it would look like furnished.

That site is very cool.I was wondering where you store all your furniture then I figured it out, you empty your own home.