I used to help managed STR's in Nashville.

See restrictions of a DST below:Because a DST (the Trust) is a tax-driven structure, there are certain limitations imposed on what the Trust (and the trustee, the asset manager and the master tenant) can do.

In Zillow Rental Manager, click on "properties," then click on your listing.

As a contractor and cabinet maker it made much more sense financially to purchase a home with a rental unit and manage the property myself.

Purchase price: $250,000 Cash invested: $14,000 I purchased and managed a rental property in Chicago, focusing on strategic improvements and tenant satisfaction to increase both its value and profitability.

They offer weekly training sessions on everything from investing and construction to vendor management, cash management, market analysis, and home underwriting.

He get's principal and simple interest payments over a number of years.I'll manage the deal and the property.Looking to create a proforma for this that would fit a typical rental analysis but insert the detail of having private money cover the DP.

Are you accounting for everything—taxes, property management, maintenance, insurance, reserves—and still hitting your target returns?

I would literally NEVER be able to manage them correctly. 

The big pros are the strong job market (lots of major employers), good population growth, and still-reasonable entry prices.