DST 1031 Exchanges seem primed for Sponsor success while minimizing Investor security

[Alberto Solis]

I have been toiling over investing in DST 1031 Exchange vs cashing out by paying capital gains. I have read many DST PPM's and have come to conclusion the Sponsors are the only one that can reliably profit from these investment tools, whereas the investors can only trust their due diligence identified enough red-flags. If there is so much money invested in DST's, can one reliably say that sufficient number of investors are profiting? I have not found any unbiased data to show that DST's are safe and more advantageous than cashing out by paying the capital gains. Sure would love opinions with data.