If they were the best thing since sliced bread then they wouldn't need you...

Cell phones are the next best thing since sliced bread.I can send a message to 1000 cell phone at the click of my mouse and know that they received the message instantly...

In other words, if a seller has a wholesaler marketing their porperty and that wholesaler has a partner also marketing it and then you ask to market it for a small slice of the pie, the deal is so conveluted that the end buyer has no room left and the deal often falls apart.

Mike, Honestly, I think craigslist is the best thing since sliced bread!

I hate bandit signs and I can't stand when guru's shove that marketing ploy down peoples throats as if it's the best thing since sliced bread.

You can slice and dice it a million different ways.

The more steps you do for the buyer, the more places where you can take a slice of the profit.

No matter which way you slice it tax breaks won't trump positive cash flowing rental income.

Perhaps check out richuncles.com for another way to invest in Cali and get more than a bathroom:) Burbank is going to be tough to beat no matter how you slice it. 

So buying in the DST gets them into something with a slice of ownership on an asset they could not afford on their own.Also sometimes buyers have excess funds such as 1 million down to own directly 1031 and then have 100k or 200k leftover and they place leftover in DST's.It's all situational and each avenue has pluses and minuses to it.