Sometimes Airbnb guests find it unusual, so you may lose some potential bookings with the requirement.

We do one month rent for security deposit. 1.5 months would be very unusual where I am.

We are working with a real estate agent but I am curious on others opinions as this situation is so unusual. 

It’s a fairly sophisticated operation, with an unusually long time lag between first identifying the unclaimed funds, tracking the beneficiaries, obtaining a contract from said beneficiaries, gathering all the documents needed for “proof”, dealing with numerous government agencies, and finally hopefully having your client receive the funds and you getting paid.

Lots of old properties where I'm at, so it isn't unusual to expect $10k+ of capex out of the gate for water heaters, putting in central air possibly, and other old property issues.

It is unusual for them to return a surplus.

I recommend sitting down for an hour and learning how to develop a simple model in Excel yourself.When looking at properties you will often time have edge-cases where there are unusual sources of income and expense that might not fit in a calculator like this.

Larry Hoover is holding you hostage and this is not unusual you are in their community. 

I do manage some multi families where the owner manages some LTR units and we manage the STR, so that is definitely possible and not unusual at all, it is a hedge as they are different market segments.

Perhaps unusual, but legal with the IRS.