I think of Teddy Roosevelt's quote about "those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat" every time I read your posts.

It seems to start working when you start going out west towards Worcester, but sort of defeats the purpose since we want to live in one of the units.

If so that puts a lid on DST’s general upside potential, and somewhat defeats the purpose of paying for professional management if the value add component is missing (of course you’re still getting the 1031 exchange benefit and passive investment aspects.)Maybe those with more hands on experience with various DST’s can speak to this matter?

Sorry you can't victoriously fortnite-dance in your living room after giving a defeating retort to my comment.. and then finishing off with what you mocked in a previous post and "Tell someone on the internet what to do"?

I think we are much better at going to a country and defeating its government than in controlling the country afterwards or rebuilding it into some kind of civilized place.

The best way to defeat this objection is to rely on the resume of your JV partner and a strong builder track record.

Pretty much defeats the purpose of precious metals. 

Doesn't defeat the purpose of him getting a broker's license if he doesn't have a source yet where he can buy/sell notes, minus some education he will get from licensing laws in the note business?

As a buy and hold investor, appreciation is the last on my list, it will come over time, am not too worried about that.A positive cashflow is a must for me as otherwise it defeats what I am trying to do, which is to essentially use real estate to find financial freedom.

Slightly discouraged but not yet defeated I was hoping for some help from the BP community to get my first deal in the bag.