From my experience, most "wholesalers" are pushing overpriced houses and will say anything to anyone to make a buck.

I washed the walls with a urine gone solution and vinegar.

My guess is that this is simply a company that is willing to meet the $5,000, $6,000 or $10,000 price tag for delivering a buyer so they get promoted  You are the real product in this transaction, not the house.Now, I do not know how many houses each referral company out there owns with each vendor, if any, they are pushing. 

Power wash, bondo/metal work, and paint.. will be good as newKitchen: Old vs. current state --> gutted, with all new cabinetry.

If the attorney hasn't seen such a letter cross his/her desk, he might take action against you, instead, and make disposal of the property a protracted affair.I would push for a letter from the heirs (or the estate attorney stating that all remaining property is your to do with as you wish.

I was thinking about power washing the dirty brick, a new door.

It's likely the parents that are pushing for the longer stay and the kids would probably be happy to have an excuse not to host them for 6 months.  

I'm much the same in that I don't want to deal with poor areas or heavy work to rehab/flip/rent...but most of the SFH's in decent areas are pushing $225,000 to $275,000, with maximum rents of about $1800 to $2000.

A quick and dirty that I've found is that with a nice finish I can usually push 50-75/mo more than the median rent on rentometer.

I've worked with a lot of investors who want to push their money as far away from New Jersey as possible.