You eliminate 90-95% of the buyers with a renter in place. 

A PM would eliminate any guessing and know what they could get.

Like you see now, eliminating pets also eliminates a large chuck of prospective tenants. 

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).

It would be nice, however, if there was a way to eliminate some of that noise.

There are plenty of investors who are in a financially strong position to self-insure their properties completely, take on much larger deductibles, or eliminate certain coverages from their policy in an effort to drive down their insurance costs. 

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

As a result you can eliminate all custodian fees and have direct control over your retirement funds. 

Remember you are only deferring the taxes, not eliminating them.

This means your children would inherit the properties at their fair market value at the time of your passing, minimizing or eliminating capital gains taxes if they decide to sell.