A DST is a hands-off, institutional grade real estate investment (apartments, self storage, commercial, medical office, etc), that allows the investor the option to diversify into multiple markets around the country.

A DST is 1031 eligible  hands-off, institutional grade real estate investment (apartments, self storage, commercial, medical office, etc), that allows the investor the option to diversify into multiple markets around the country.

@Joe Villeneuve I come from the "professional shops", the Institutional Private Equity and REIT industry, that's exactly how it's done when investments are evaluated, your Financials do not show any profit until all of your initially invested cash has been repaid by the Asset via Monthly, Quarterly, Annually distributions, or at the closing of Sale.

"Stocks have returned, on average, about 8% to 12% per year while real estate has generated returns of 2% to 4% per year," says Peter Earle, an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research.

Private lender is probably a good option if you need to act quickly and may not qualify under the institutional lending guidelines. 

That land doesn't convert to cash for a downpayment, unless its encumbered or sold and no institution is going to lend on a $20M piece of property.

They didn't proofread it well (spelling error), and the wording at times seems less professional for what one would expect from a financial institution.

Many of them are going to get royally screwed..

In more Rural markets it is not unusual to be between $20,000-$40,000 per space, with a CAP closer to 10%.My point of this is to show the disparity of on and off-market communities and when you get to a certain size then you start seeing Institutional money.

Whenever I have an issue with financing, I normally contact local institutions.