In the physical arrangement as an I-Beam, the aluminum is far more efficiently used but not as stiff with its bending modulus at 22 to 25 in^4. 

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.

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

Stay cool I see its 110 in your area and was shocked to see Bend at 112 its 100 here in PDX which is very high.. and of course about 40% of the homes here have no AC.. so miserable for them.

Yes, subs may not always think you're competent and quote accordingly and others will bend over backwards and do little things, without charging, because you're a woman. 

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.