I knew I was adequately insured and had zero risk of financial consequences.  

Personally I do not consider an overseas VA to be an asset manager....

Most owners are local and therefore “hot” money or out of area players are not yet chasing Pittsburgh assets, keeping prices favorable.References United States Census Bureauhttp://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/august/economic-impact-report.htmlMarcus & Millichap 2017 Multifamily Investment Forecast2017 Commercial Real Estate Trends Report by Integra Realty Resourceshttp://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Pittsburgh-Magazine/September-2017/Staying-CMU-All-Eyes-on-Carnegie-Mellons-Future/http://www.nextpittsburgh.com/features/pittsburgh-developments-watch-2017/

Even if you don't decide to keep it in the long run, it's an appreciating asset you can make money off of.

I’ve reviewed a number of theses DST’s across numerous asset classes  and there performance /returns are generally fairly low and unimpressive. 

Wealth Destruction : Luxury properties contain luxury assets.

A terms sheet will tell a pro whether you know what you're talking about and give them a structure of the deal you propose, but it won't establish credibility with respect to your financial ability to pull off the deal.

But when you got $40k, $75k, $125k, you're not gonna become a financially free anything via buying index fund's and ETF's, your just not.

The financial and social extent of this disaster (initially estimated at $50B) is underestimated by at least 5-10X.

Occasionally if they have other assets maybe she can keep the equity of the house and he gets to keep his full 401k or something like that.