How to clean then sell with extra software installed?

I am trying to wipe clean my MacBook Pro, 2012. I have a couple of issues.
1) I bought it when Mountain Lion first came out. They gave it to me free upon purchase since they just hadn't upgraded yet. Is there going to be a problem wiping and reinstalling it at all, since technically I downloaded it with a coupon of some kind? I don't need to keep the license I would give it away with the computer.
2) I wanted to sell it with MS Office and Adobe pre installed. Is that possible?
Thanks!

Yes there is a problem. you will have to Reinstall Lion on that system. Even though Mt Lion was a Free Upgrade to you is was Still an Upgrade to the original OS X version that came on it and is Tied to YOUR Apple ID.
So Legally you can not transfer it to a new owner. And if you do they would not be able to Reinstall it without knowing your Apple ID.
To Revert the system back to Lion you must boot the computer from the Online Internet Recovry system, IE Boot the computer from over the internet from the Apple servers. To so that you hold down the Command+Option/Alt+r keys at startup and hold them down until you see a spinning globe in the center of the screen. It is best to have the system Wired to your internet router unless your Mac is WiFi only with no Ethernet port.
Once that system loads you Must Use Disk Utility to Re-Partition the drive as One partition so the Mt Lion recovery HD partition is removed.
Then once that is done exit DU and select Reinstall Mac OS X and Lion will be downloaded and install on the system.
The only caveat to all of this is the normally included iLife Apps are not a part of the OS. They are separate. So the new owner will need to Register that Mac with Apple under their name and Apple ID and then they will be able to download and install the iLfe Apps from the Mac App Store.
Once the OS has installed and the computer reboots to the setup screens just hold down the power button until the system turn off. Then when the new owner turns it on for the first time it will go through all the original setups of location and username and the like just like it was for you when you first took it out of the box.

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