More than happy to partner up or pay for the deal itself.

After fully renovating both units, I refinanced to pay off the loan and held it as a long-term rental.

With regards to your example about plaster vs. drywall most insurance policies no longer will pay for the plaster whether you have a public adjuster or not. 

If it is not adding up, and you can find an attorney specializing in that type of thing, it may be worth paying for a little of their time.

What I want is a way to have and trade the stocks and bonds I currently own at a large brokerage in an IRA (as well as ETFs preferably), but held (without paying extra foreign tax) offshore.

I bet they wait until January or February so they don’t have to pay the tax on those gains for another year (which is why we may be seeing less selling this month than in a normal cycle).

I use all the rental cash flow to pay these loans off asap, then repeat.

I am the type of person that is normally looking to save a money to increase my investing so the thought of paying someone to do my taxes when we could do them ourselves didn't make sense. 

Tenant shall pay the flat fee of $_______ as an Early Termination Fee, which shall becomeimmediately due upon a deceleration of Default.

Yes, the government pays the Section 8 rent timely, but more and more tenants are having to pay a portion of their rent.