From: "John A. Weeks III" 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.real-estate
Subject: Re: Renting out my house, what to do with furniture?
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:32:14 -0600
Bytes: 2016

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<4d8022cb-0e93-41e6-bec5-13c8ab79b193@a39g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
 jwwarrenva@gmail.com wrote:

> I own and live in a house in northern Virginia, the DC suburbs.  I'm
> soon going to have to leave the area to take care of my aging parents,
> but I intend to return eventually, so I plan to rent out my house,
> using a property manager.  Getting a renter who will be kind to the
> house is a high priority.  The question is, what should I do with my
> furniture?  I can't take it with me.  Should I leave it in the house
> and rent it out as furnished, or would it be better to put the
> furniture in storage till I return?
> 
> Ideas or experience appreciated...

Furniture doesn't always store very well.  You might want to sell
it, and maybe take the one or two heirloom pieces with you.  If
you do store it, look for indoor climate controlled storage that
has active rodent management.  If you put the stuff in those
strip storage shed type places, what the rodents don't ruin,
mold will.

-john-

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