Life after landlording
Keep the income.
Lose the phone calls.
For a lot of owners the tax was never really the point. The point is that the property has quietly become a job. There is a way out that does not involve handing a third of the value to the IRS on the way.
- Independent
- Every option, never one product
- Free to you
- Sponsors pay us, not you
- Tax deferred
- If a 1031 exchange fits your situation
- No obligation
- Nothing is sold on the call
The part nobody mentions when you buy
It became a job
The calls, the vacancies, the contractor who does not turn up, the decision about whether to replace a roof at seventy four. None of that was in the plan when you bought it.
Selling triggers four taxes
Federal long term gains, depreciation recapture at up to 25 percent, the 3.8 percent net investment income tax and your state rate. They arrive together in the year of sale.
Nobody gives a straight answer
Most firms in this space sell one product and describe it as the answer. Comparing the actual options usually means doing the work yourself under time pressure.
What going passive can look like
Someone else runs the property
A professional sponsor handles the tenants, the maintenance and the operating decisions. Your involvement ends at the paperwork.
The gain can stay deferred
Where a 1031 exchange fits your circumstances, the capital gains and depreciation recapture can be deferred rather than paid, keeping the full equity working.
More than one option on the table
Delaware Statutory Trusts, single tenant net lease property and real estate funds all behave differently on control, minimums and how quickly they close. We compare all three.
An estate plan that actually works
Held until death, a deferred exchange can benefit from a step up in basis for your heirs. Worth understanding properly before deciding either way.
How it works
- 1
Tell us where you are
Whether you have sold, are under contract or are still deciding. Plus roughly what is at stake and what you want afterwards.
- 2
See the comparison
A licensed specialist maps the realistic options against your timeline, the debt to be replaced and how hands off you want to be.
- 3
Decide in your own time
There is no pressure and no cost. If the honest answer is that none of it fits, we will say so.
Common questions
I am tired of managing but I do not want to leave real estate. Is that possible?
That is precisely the situation these structures exist for. A 1031 exchange keeps you invested in real property while removing you entirely from managing it, and where the rules are followed the gain stays deferred.
What if I have already accepted an offer?
Then timing matters. Both 1031 clocks start the day the sale closes, so the useful thing is to get a qualified intermediary in place before that happens and to know your dates.
Is a 1031 exchange always the right answer?
No. It carries costs, tighter timelines and less freedom in what you buy, and it commits you to staying in real estate. On a smaller gain, paying the tax and moving on is sometimes the cheaper and simpler answer. We will tell you when that is the case.
How are you paid?
By sponsors, on a fixed per introduction basis, and never as a percentage of what you invest. You pay nothing at any stage. We are not a broker dealer and we do not sell securities or property.
What actually happens on the call?
Twenty minutes or so covering where you are in the sale, roughly what is at stake, what you want the money doing afterwards and any constraint that narrows the field. Nobody sells you anything.
Your next fifteen years do not have to look like the last fifteen
See what going passive would actually mean for your situation. Free, and no obligation.
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