Rather than you "moving your stuff out" and someone then having to "move their stuff in", you just "leave" the furniture there and rent the place as "already furnished".

.- The new PMC you want to hire will have to increase your Placement Fee, so they can offer a commission to an agent that brings then a tenant.

I made a several good deals, then kind of forced one.

If the owners are saying that, then it is not to be trusted.

If it is an older home with stone foundation and brick/block walls likely you will need to underpin the foundation while lifting the home and then star bolting any active bulging. 

Then refinance into a conventional mortgage afterwards

If you are miserable and you feel like your situation is crippling you then that is not a way to live.

While I didn't get into my first deal then, I have not been able to get rid of the interest in investment properties. 

They would ask me a question and then interrupt me as I answered.

You may need to replace insulation, sheetrock, or even framing material.The only way I would touch it is to have a contractor give me an estimate for renovation, then lower the price far enough to handle that renovation.