We must look at investments differently as the recession recovers and changes the ground rules for buying and selling as well as what segment of the real estate market is emerging from the depths of despair.These turkeys are a constant presence and they seemed to breed especially forcefully in tough economic times.

I also don't believe they have a dangerous breed restriction.

@Kevin Breed I know this kind of an old thread, but I was hoping I could pick your brain.

I must confess I was in the same camp of@Tony Kim, but lately as @Kyle Kadish said, there is a new breed of DST that is exhibiting lower fees and higher IRRs based on exit strategy.It really is interesting to stack up a DST with an honest exit with a typical syndication fee for fee. 

If there's a leak the water will sit in there and get soaked up by your MDF lower cabinets and they'll swell up and become a nice breeding ground for an ecosystem of fungi2) The basic cabinets at Home Depot ate sturdier than those at Lowes.

They are not a protected class so you can put breed restrictions in place, size restrictions in place, and require additional deposits and monthly rent.

In sum, if no 3/4 units, purchase a value add best of breed duplex with low rents, hopefully with 2-3% buy-side commission and 1-3% seller contribution, with 10%down to save your cash for renovation then refi while you occupy. 

Probably London Breed is the least evil towards landlords.

In the state where I use property management and cannot screen them myself, I've had issues with management not screening well, so after a lot of good ideas on forum posts here, I now require vet records to prove breed (to insure breed restrictions are met) and current shots, a K9 Good Citizen certificate (if they don't have one, the manager refers them to local testing), renter's insurance with minimum $100,000 liability and me listed as additional insured, proof of required city pet license, and the larger refundable security deposit.  

Let success breed on itself and keep pushing further.