Depends yes on a few factors. You say “rent it out”. Is that just to clear the lease you have left or are you coming back? If you are renting it out just to clear the lease, I would sell (keeping in mind sometimes renters trash stuff you never know sometimes people suck). If you are RETURNING, i would not ditch the furniture, i would include with lease.
And if you plan to get the deposit back because you are just using up the lease, the management might deduct the price of having to remove your furniture from your damage deposit.
Moving is quite expensive but if you really love your stuff it might make sense. Buying new is pricey, unless you go with used stuff (and would you not rather have your own used stuff than strangers). But getting a good price on your furniture, it depends on how long you have to wait for the perfect buyer. Sometimes a person is lucky if they get 25% of what they paid for it new. But there is always craigslist (did the world RUN before craigs?) or other free online places to sell.
And that $2,000 for Andrew was JUST in California. If you are moving cross country it costs even more. San Fran mmmm she smiles….