For example, in the situation you described where the person isn't savvy enough... maybe you're taking advantage, but banks and other institutions will take even more advantage.

DSTs are a 1031-exchangeable syndication in case you are not familiar with the term.We often find that clients with this amount of equity will get higher returns being partial owners in an institutional real estate fund, one that owns a student housing building, for example, and lets investors purchase pieces of that asset. 

Do not take this as offense, but if I am getting the pitch from you, whose track record is only as a local flipper with less than a dozen deals under their belt, there is no way in hell I'm providing capital to an institutional level deal in Texas.2.

You ask the builder to pay fair market value for the land (300k) and gift you 33% of the profits because you own the land they bought (or you are just a nice guy that deserves a large monetary gift) = 800k.Not going to happen example 2:You have 10 acres of bare ground. 

IF you opened your account in one place and someone else opened there account in another place but same institution.

More for an institutional audience?

Taking what I've learned working at the multi-billion dollar, high-level "sophisticated" institutional real estate world, demystify it and give people a look behind the curtain.

But if you start buying seller finance notes or institutional notes you will need a calculator.  

Any monetary recovery is unlikely as most of their income is from disability. 

I'm trying to avoid paying the fee from my other financial institution.