Year 1 return on your cash is 2.96% which is better than many alternatives for your cash (no tax benefits are computed, but those are not insignificant).

I have been recommending that out of state investors put their money a step-above my zero-appreciation area (43612 is the popular area), slower returns but less variation in the portfolio. 

You have to be patient and willing to fix up places before renting them.Job growth is very strong, vacancies extremely low, incomming residents from other places, and the two urban cities are growing and popular with millennials. 

What that would entail would be retail space, industrial and the most popular multi family consisting of 5 or more units.

I have an opportunity to close on a vacation property in a popular beach location in Northeast Brazil.

All the metal work in the house is that shiney brass that was popular then, and it is worn as well as dated.

Pittsburgh has become a cost effective alternative to other cities. 

It's super modern and plays on the minimalist theme, which seems to be popular, especially in the Portland area.

However there are a couple of other alternatives to DSTs that still act as a passive income syndication and yet also offer the tax protection of the 1031 exchange.  

On the two extremes, Schwab, my preferred broker, has no idea how to handle IRA LLCs or alternatives in IRAs, which is why I stumbled across the Checkbook IRA world when getting ready for my next PE investment.