I liken 'Cash for Keys' to:- Giving the soon to be Ex lawn chairs or other heirlooms with sentimental value rather paying 2 attorneys thousands of $$'s to fight over them - Settling a lawsuit out of court for less than the cost of defenseIt certainly never feels good to give  in to the opposing party but from a practical point of view sometimes you just have to cut/minimize your losses and move on to new opportunities.Rick

Marshaling assets if you will .You mentioned that there are currently family issues at play (money was loaned and never paid back ~ family fighting over heirlooms, personal property was promised and now in limbo, etc., etc.) and this is the only thing I can think of that a interested heir could proceed with.Should you proceed with this I can refer you to an attorney to assist you.Use caution..

An odd indicator is the large family furniture heirlooms folks my age can’t give away to their kids like past generations. 

Are you keeping the place as an heirloom for your as yet unborn grandkids?

She may be able to make some sort of equitable claim if you were throwing out flat screen tvs or rare family heirlooms.

Recommend Heirloom Management in Duluth. 

I'd certainly pay off the credit card debt, especially if the precious metals are investments, and not family heirlooms or something. 

Heirloom Property Management has worked with us on the rehabs of the properties.

Hope to see you when we can get back together at @Michael Schraepfer's meetup at Heirloom in Duluth. 

If we were farther away, or there less frequently, I would not hesitate to have @Michael Schraepfer and the team at Heirloom manage it.