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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

In one of his most-cited quotations, Benjamin Franklin once observed that life offered us only two certainties: death and taxes. As of this writing, of course, Father Time remains undefeated, and the ...

Tax strategies can be complex, but Lisa Villarreal, a strategist at First American Exchange Company, said one lesser-known ...