If those constraints are palatable, then you are left to select the best advisor you can find who understands the space.

My advice: interview a DST broker in the same way you'd interview a financial planner, not the way you may select a real estate agent. 

This is possible, you will need to select the fund however. 

Of the hundreds of opportunities available, Perch selects onlythose opportunities we believe are best for the investor.

However I did want to make sure that you were aware of the section 121 exclusion, which states that so long as you have lived in your primary residence for a combined total of at least 2 years of the last 5 years prior to selling it that you can make up to $250,000 profit tax free as a single individual or up to $500,000 profit tax free as a married couple under this exclusion.

If you select an option that likely makes you in worse position, why do it? 

Property: 11 Units (5) 1b1b (6)2b1bRents: 1b1b - $450avg   2b1b - $550avgLocation: Lakewood, OHCondition: 50% of the units are in need of major repair. Bathrooms have windows in the shower. Building is from 1923. How ...

I'm not even sure if I'm asking the right questions with this, but I've looked at a lot of different types of properties, and I'd like to form a better method of narrowing down the selection process.

September 20172. 6 years, I'm a Sgt and hopefully will be a Staff next year, which would be great because of the BAH being added into my pay... but it all depends on if I get selected or not, which I don't want to bank on. 

I felt he was mostly correct, at least for those who were paying attention during the first 3 days:) Of course there was also a sales pitch for their $30K "select" program (or whatever they called it) which I passed on. $30K for a web sight and mentor is way over-priced to me at least.