Discover the 10 essential rules for using a 1031 exchange: timing deadlines, like-kind property requirements, tax deferral, what qualifies, and frequent pitfalls to avoid.

With interest rates nearly the highest they’ve been in decades, but property prices still high, sellers and buyers are looking for ways to finance real estate transactions while also availing ...

Real estate owners have limited options to pull cash out of a 1031 exchange without having to pay income tax. With proper tax planning, this problem can be solved with a cost segregation study. The ...

Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code allows you to avoid taxes on investment property when you buy another property – if you follow the rules. There are four ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Commercial real estate investors are understandably interested in pursuing strategies that ...

Tax deferral is one of the most powerful strategies for real estate investors, but not all provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) work the same way. Two sections in particular, Section 1031 and ...

Regardless of what economic trends are taking place, Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) continue to provide investors certain timeless benefits for their 1031 exchanges and direct cash investments, ...

For the unfamiliar, a 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange is a key mechanism for taxpayers to maximize the sale of business and investment properties. For any current or aspiring real estate investor, this ...

With new transfer taxes, dipping commercial real estate values, rising interest rates and general price uncertainty, buyers and sellers have been stuck in limbo, causing few transactions to actually ...

The low mortgage rates secured by many homebuyers and those who refinanced during the height of the post-pandemic housing market has led a rising share of “accidental landlords,” those who choose to ...