Real Estate Blog

A recent study in Real Estate Investor Outlook shows the use of 1031 exchanges is rising in popularity. This seems to be particularly true as more baby boomers look to shift their holdings into less management-intensive properties, or start planning to transfer wealth to the next generation. One-third of the respondents in this survey have executed a 1031 exchange in the past 12 months, and 44% expect their use of 1031 exchanges to increase over the next five years. Exchanges make is easier for investors to expand, diversify and shift portfolio strategies by buying and selling real estate in different product types and different geographic markets without tax consequences.