Here are a few reasons to use the deferred sales trust over the 1031:The Deferred Sales Trust (DST) gives you the ability to sell high and buy low and relive the 1031 pressure of 45 day and 180-day deadlines.

It offers monthly accounting reports, online payment options, website creation ability, maintenance requests (filtered by property), advertising, online tenant screening, lease creations and tenant/property match functionalities.

i.e. longer than normal vacancy, bad tenant screening, poor maintenance, skipped rent payments, etc.There could be a handful of reasons why it lost it's ability to cash flow.

You have to possess the ability and desire to navigate it.

Then you will have the ability to either fix the house up and sell or rent it.

Other areas constantly threaten to curtail the ability to use homes for str whereas sevier county is based on the rental of cabins and they have zoning that can never be rescinded to guarantee it. 

I have a Breville (around $300) and it's big enough to cook a full size pizza or whole chicken, it toasts, has convection ability.

No pocket listings = agents aren't even calling for new leads anymore, rising interest rate has nothing to do with an agent's ability to generate leads.If you mean multifamily apartments, 5 units and up, some of those agents will know, but not many until you are over 10 units which are more listed by only commercial brokers which I agree do understand seller finance.

Here is the how I would explain it to a kindergartner:The true power of a 1031 exchange is the ability for an investor to meet their investment objectives without losing equity to taxation.With more money they can buy larger, multiple, or more productive properties.What is the alternative?

Unlike REITs, direct real estate provides control over management decisions and the ability to leverage financing for higher returns.