RN102 Cloud Error: Services Offline (Cannot Attach Device)

Ok, getting fed up with this...

RN102 on a R7000 Nighthawk router, and cannot get the NAS to come up on cloud and access remotely, will only do local

I have searched high and low on this forum and over the net, and have found nothing that helps me figure out the problem here.  I've tried everything I can think of and what folks have encountered via this forum (no particular order below)...

Device is discovered and connected using ReadyCloud App.

Tried Secondary DNS settings: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

Port Forwarding is enabled on the router, using FTP service and set the ip address for the NAS.

Proxy Server Box is not checked.

No error logs.

Dynamic DNS Service is checked under router configuration, using NETGEAR as service provide, and is configured to mynetgear account.

VPN service is enabled on the router as well.

Tried with and without IPV6 (whatever that is).

ReadyCloud is on on the NAS admin page, internet availability is checked/green.

Tried with "specify port incoming connections" both checked and unchecked under cloud settings.

On the NAS admin page, I do not get the "share" button on the top right side, but not sure if that is the root cause of the problem, or if I don't get that option because I don't have cloud services up and running.  I have combed through both the RNAS manual, cloud app, and my router manual, with no clues as to what is causing cloud services to remain unavailable.

I'm so disappointed in the lack of guidance in the manuals and online on setting up and troubleshooting cloud issues for this system, and while I'm not an IT guru, I know enough to get into trouble, and feel like its one small step I missed or something, yet here I am despirate to find out what it is.  I'm literally about to order a QNAP today (great deal on bestbuy.com right now) and be done with NETGEAR on this, but want to give the forum one last try.  Any help would be appreciated, thanks for your time.