I am going to make the same point as Carol....you need to research your local "market area" to see what people who live and rent there are doing.  Because, we can not generalize to give you a better answer with knowing nothing more than what you've offered as information.  In any event, research will give you all the answers you need.

Search online on the "rental" sites. As Carol suggested, start with HomeAway and VRBO. Search on your location...and then read all the advertisements to know what they feature in terms of your location, activities nearby,  other nearby towns, their house rental rates, etc... to see what/how they are promoting visitation to your area....and do check their availability calendars...and read the "travelers' reviews' on their advertisinig pages.  Also, check TripAdvisor.com...for your area...but also look at the TripAdvisor "forums"...there could be one  for your area...and that's where you'll find locals answering questions {like here} from travelers to your area.  You haven't mentioned where in NC, so I can't say if there is a TA forum for it.  You find  "forums" on the TA homepage {look at the left-hand side of the page...towards the top.}

I also agree with Irbaldwin/Linda. First, rental guests generally expect a home to be void of the *personal* contents of the owners - in the bedroom closets, bathrooms and inside the refrigerator and food storage closets....and everything spotless...as if no one has been living there before they arrived!   You can offer them a "stocked pantry"...but as long as it's fresh and doesn't look as if you're offering yous or anyone else's leftovers.

So, you'd have to clear it out, completely, before someone "checks in".  Do a deep clean each time before a guest arrives to check in...if guests see grime anywhere they usually remember it, e.g, when they write a review...and that will affect your future bookings.  And, you would really have to be careful not to leave anything in the home that you will be sorry about if/when it gets damaged  {guests break...stain...completely ruin things}....or it goes "missing" {that's been known  to happen}.  So, don't leave your really nice wine glasses...dinnerware....silverware...a silk/persion carpet....your best towels...valuable books, art, .jewelry....etc., which means, again, you'd need to do "inventory switches" each time -- have a stock of "guest inventory".

What to do with your stuff?   If you have a spare room that you can *lock*...you could always move all your personal and cherished things into it.  This moving "in and out"  gets "old" and tiresome after a few times...which is why a rental needs to be stocked and equipped with items that are not "really your personal" ones.