Until then the tax advantages combined with the control of your own real assets can’t be beat. 

The latter seems to provide a middle ground that could enable professional maintenance oversight while allowing me to retain some control, mainly through tenant communication and management portals like RentRedi.

Some investors do not feel comfortable to not have control and want to own directly so DST's not a good fit.

Can anyone advise on an auto pay platform for commercial tenants where the landlord has control of making changes. 

Controlled sharing of information is also a reality.

If you own a house with someone that if you were to pass away you would want them to own the house 100% without argument, use joint tenancy.If you want to control where your percent ownership goes upon your passing use tenants in common.

Lots of risk that you can't control and it is taxed as Ordinary Income plus the IRS will see you as self employed so you will pay all of the Social Security tax and perhaps a 2.5% extra tax if you make over $250k. 

Take control of your life.

So neat and precise. 

The skill is to qualify them by taking control of the conversation in a way they dont realize your doing it..