I didn't have a problem with that.But one applicant was a hair dresser, says she have clients who are closer to her home then her salon, or may be wanting a cut after hours would come by to get their hair done, I declined.

I bought a dresser and beds for my kids and some other stuff through the years and it was pretty much torn up within 2 years.

I once had to evict someone because he would not come back for his dresser and bed. 

To be fair though, we did not use as much as we should, or could have.One example of the savings, is when we were buying furniture for our first child, we priced a crib, and dresser/hutch combo at a local store.

No, I don't keep them in my dresser drawer like a bible in a hotel room.

I would also add removing old,broken,warn out,or enormous furniture that is clearly unattractive and makes the living room and bedrooms appear smaller and less comfortable than they really are.The house should be staged with modern and appropriate furniture to show buyers what they're new furniture will look like in their new home.Excess clothing that is not normally worn should removed from overstuffed closets and dressers and donated to charity,thrown away,or boxed up and stored off site from the home.If your toilets are old or have unremovable stains that look terrible,replace the entire toilet.Bathtubs should be reglazed to look shiny and new again.

How much of my stuff am I going to have to move out of my house (should I clean out every closet and dresser, move the kids toys into the basement)?

The contents inside the home were eerily untouched - food in the fridge (gross), clothes in the dressers, furniture, end tables, tools in the workshop, toys, shoes, etc.It took me and another guy a week to catalog everything and donate it all in the hopes I could perhaps write it off.  

I furnished some with craigslisted twin beds and dressers (roughly $300), so my walls wouldn't get banged up on move in/out.

Google "toddler killed by dresser" and you will find dozens of stories.Tenants sometimes worry about installing things like the tip-kits, if they have a landlord who has really emphasized things like not marring the walls.