Additionally, this structure eliminates the need for active management, as the real estate assets within the DST are managed by the sponsoring entity.As an investor your level of activity would include collecting monthly distributions, receiving  quarterly reports on investment, file taxes annually and 1031 exchange your investment every 7-10 years (sometimes shorter depending on the market).

Bonus depreciation is derived from the portion of the property's value with a shorter useful life than the buildings themselves.

If its OPM and its a loan or comes with a shorter term payback or requires a Ballon/High rate.

We say when you are in the REIT, "you are in it to win it" but their hold is much much shorter than yours would be at age 41.  

The DST is typically a long term, illiquid investment and Tenant in Common can be shorter term, more liquid investment. 

So you would have to get a commercial loan if going straight to the LLC - which usually has worse terms (shorter rate lock period, shorter amortization schedule).USUALLY, you can borrow personally and then deed it to the LLC after the fact and as long as the LLC is owned by the borrower you won’t trigger a due on sales clause.  

If you see the active ones are in general shorter than yours, then you need to figure out a way to market your listing more competitively.

Are the stays usually shorter than that?

This might include interest-only payments, longer or shorter loan terms, or different collateral arrangements. 

Hard money refers to strictly shorter term interest only loans, and those come also from private money / investors.