Depending on the cost of the property and your specific situation it may be advantageous to look into a cost segregation study which will allow you to take advantage of accelerated depreciation and due to the new tax law maybe even bonus depreciation depending on when contracts were signed to purchase the property (after 9/27/17 qualifies for 100% bonus depreciation on assets with life of 20 years or less - the 5 year tangible personal property and the 15 year land improvements in a rental) If you have any questions on how that works feel free to PM me.Hope this helps.

I personally didn't like it because you have to do everything yourself everyday - go buy all the products in Costco or other huge stores, looking for discounts and promotions to get a better price (because most of the profit in vending comes from a very cheap prices when you buy bulk).

I'd suggest reading some books (The ones promoted by Bigger Pockets are excellent), and listening to a bunch of podcasts. 

The people writing these obviously have hours and hours and hours of free time to write and promote this crap, that means they aren't actually out there DOING IT.

Over time various sites have popped up to promote wholesalers deals, but I don't think any of them really gained any traction.

Good news is no closing costs and a promotional first year advance rate.

The help for affordable housing lies in less restrictive zoning, less burden from regulation, a viable freeway system, less expensive permits and development fees, and an attitude promoting sensible development.

Your PM has to sell you on something tangible.

BP, I'm not promoting them on this thread. 

So there would be no more or less risk than choosing a syndication, and you do the due diligence in the same way.The big thing with DST’s is that on the plus side they generally do not charge a promote/carry because they are prohibited by SEC rules.