But let’s go a later deeper - my down payment would come out of a well performing stock portfolio.

The investment itself seems to have been under-performing since the very first quarterly report.

I'm using LandInsights to select the top performing markets across the country.

Before becoming a designer, I was a systems engineer and business analyst (MIS degree), so my process is deeply rooted in formulas to keep the right elements at the forefront.

I’ve reviewed a number of theses DST’s across numerous asset classes  and there performance /returns are generally fairly low and unimpressive. 

Would taking out a small business loan make sense st this point?

They take good care of the properties, but there's not enough attention given to pricing strategy and they spend money like nobody's business (not a problem when they were spending their own money on the master lease model, but a BIG problem when they were suddenly spending OUR money as the PM).

Where comps come in to to compare "cap Rates"  (a measure of financial performance) of recent sales. 

This means you can do more business.

If you are a highly compensated professional or business owner, it might not make a lot of sense spending time managing a property.