>>3070006>a house full of random chairsHa! Not quite. I only began doing this in January. So far I have this sofa chair I found across from my friend's house (plan on dying it black), a seven foot stretch of fence, a nice oak door, two wooden shipping crates that will fit a human inside, a table, and an old industrial Toledo scale.
There's a ton of free things on Craigslist. One of the most common are pianos. They're large, take up space, and are often left unused. Used generic pianos not really a hot commodity, so if you get a crew together, you could pick one of these up and use it in a photo shoot. There's also a ton of free metal and wood scrap available.
Hell, here's a free boat.
https://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/zip/6117125071.html I'm not sure what I would do with it, personally, but it's an opportunity for someone.
I don't really plan on keeping a large inventory of props. Most of it will be sold or given away or taken apart and repurposed for something else. I'm not the packrat type nor do I have the storage space to my avail. However, I know a lady who owns her own home staging business and rents warehouse space for her large inventory of furniture. If I ever scaled up my operation, I would consider doing this.