Also, through my strategic partners, I have access to a strong funding source that provides Commercial and Residential Loans: 30-year / 7% Fixed with 30%-40% down-payment.

You can give Tabitha a call at Wiley Insurance Agency in Madison, AlabamaI have policies for my rental units through American Strategic, in Tampa, Florida. 

It could be for a number of varying reasons that don't have anything to do with you; they may not have anyone on staff to underwrite them, the asset may not meet with their strategic goals, or something else. 

I think planning strategically will be the key.

The contract will initially be a strategic partnership that will translate into 50/50 ownership of a Series LLC that my Master LLC controls.

Hi Michael, I laud your strategic thinking AND acting!!!   

Unless you're looking for strategic counsel.  

I will no longer have the tax advantages of having mortgages at that point, but I have another tax strategy in place for that time whereby I can take the standard deduction and get in under the 0% tax bracket for passive income ... if I do this strategically, I figure I can pull in ~$95k/yr tax free, and with no mortgages to pay for that is good livin' in my book.

The moment you tell someone that you have a vested emotional interest in the negotiation, you lose your strategic position. 

I'll give you some high-level, strategic advice.You need to take inventory of the resources of you do have as well as the ones that you don't and find strategies that maximizes the utilization of your resources.