Couldn't find a thread for this and just picked this up from the Humble Bundle deal
Page 110 in the PDF version-
Example: Beck has Resources 4, so he would normally get 4 Props. Peter wants him to have enough permanent equipment to “walk the walk” in noble society, however, and he starts with a horse & carriage. This reduces his Props to 3, so he rounds out his starting items with a dueling cane and a pocket watch.
It should say that it reduces his Props to 2, since the horse and carriage counts as two Props.