My and my soon to be wife both graduated college at the same time and we make a combined $150k/year ($75k each) We are still living at home with our parents to save money, and we want to build wealth in real estate. 

She ended up picking out material that was over the top and we could have saved some money.

I've done this to save some money on the commission side of things by deducting the amount I would've gotten paid from commissions off of the purchase price of the property. 

That lawsuit would cost more than the building, if you lose, and if you win you will still be out a lot of money; and way more stress than the batteries.

That money is not down the toilet.

If not then you need to use financing like hard money or private money. 

Which DSTs are you recommending amd which "institutions" have their money invested with them?

hard money How did you add value to the deal?

I am sorry to hear that and understand the pain of putting money into an investment property?

Taking a large chunk such as $100K out of an IRA all at once will put all of your income for the year in a higher tax bracket.From there anything you do with the after-tax money is fine.