All Forum Posts by: Alberto Solis

Like you say: there are way too many variables, most of out of one's control. I therefore decided on the traditional route---controlling my own destiny by doing direct 1031 exchange. Thank you.

My question is: does deferring tax through a DST get you further ahead than cashing out by paying the taxes. With the amount of load required to participate in a DST, and the high risk of the DST asset not appreciating to cover that load, is it more logical to cash out and traditional invest that capital?

@Evan Polaski thanks for that info. It definitely is an important item to consider first of.

Thank you all so much for reinforcing my recent experiences, At least I know my spreadsheets have not been lying to me. One thing that has come up, and mentioned by @Tyler M., is that TIC's appear more attractive than suggested in DST articles. I will have to give them a second look (unfortunately, I have 2 days left for ID investments for achieving my 1031 Exchange).

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.