I'm not a fan of consumer debt of any kind, but definitely don't apply for or open new credit lines of any kind while you are pending.Lenders will run a last sec re-score just before funding and even one little new card or furniture store line could sink your deal.Play with cc snakes long enough, you will get bit.

The largest part of the bill not covered was the moving of their furniture in and out.

I've always joked that I would quickly be in the used furniture biz if STR collapsed.I own 66 beds if you could trundles/daybeds/futons etc.I usually use a designed and the actual frames typically come from West Elm, Pottery Barn, Wayfair and sometimes Amazon. 

The rooms are filled with furniture and the walls are covered with personal photographs.

Now after living through the process and having to shift almost all of my stuff into storage units anyway, at this point, I basically have only the furniture left here that is in my bedroom.

One of the benefits is it'll create the floor plan with dimensions, so I don't have to measure the rooms, and the potential tenants can just go there and see if their beds/furniture, etc. will fit.

I took possession of the property immediately by cleaning it out removing all furniture and trash that was there.

That is key IMHO.As far as furniture, OfferUP, Facebook Marketplace and Craiglist has a TON of USA made furniture for either free or pennies on the dollar.

Contents Coverage: If you are renting the units with Appliances, Furniture, etc.

Looking at places to get furniture.