The forums are full of self-managing landlords who make little mistakes that turn into big mistakes that cost them years of cash flow (or more).If you want to be a DIY landlord, I recommend books, blogs, classes, or other resources to educate yourself quickly.

The Trustee of the REIT can buy and sell properties within the REIT without triggering a capital gain event to you as the investor, however, this flexibility also allows the operators to potentially add properties to your investment portfolio that may expose you to risks or asset classes you were previously unaware of.There are a couple of sponsors I am aware of that carve individual properties out of the REIT, into a DST, then pull them back into the REIT at a significant mark-up to the DST investor.

You can exchange 1 property into multiple properties in locations and any asset class (farm, office, single family, multifamily). 

They charge 15K for their 1 year support - a. the reality of this support : yes, they will respond to your questions but only if they are to understand how things work - like a real estate 101 class.

I've been a RE developer for nearly 20 years working in every asset class. 

@Zack Rosenbaum $400 for a 4 unit is crazy but not sure asset class.   

Brad:  Syndications are the #1 asset class for SDIRAs. 

You still need to avoid doing anything that makes it seem like you’re being discriminatory especially against protected classes.

@Chris Kittle make sure you understand the Class of the property, so you can use appropriate vacancy + tenant nonperformance percentages.We recommend:Class A 5%Class B 10%Class C 20%Of course, we base this on our Metro Detroit market, so you may want to validate for the market for this property.

Vintage year is also very important, is this a c-class property (which it sounds like it is, maybe c-), B-class etc.