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Where to Start With a 1031 Exchange

Most sellers arrive with one of seven problems. Pick yours and the page that answers it is one click away. Every page opens with the answer, then shows the rule, the number and the form behind it.

The one rule that decides everything else

A 1031 exchange has to be set up before your sale closes, and from that closing you have 45 days to identify replacement property in writing and 180 days to receive it. Every situation below is either about getting inside those rules in time or about which replacement property fits the life you want after the sale.

Are you a landlord who wants out of management?

Do partners, an LLC, a trust or a divorce complicate the title?

Is the mortgage, the cash or the basis the problem?

Is it the kind of property that raises its own questions?

Would rather talk it through?

Tell us what you are selling and when it closes. A Breakwater Exchange advisor will map the options above onto your numbers and send a free proposal.

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See what a DST replacement property looks like

Three of twelve sample structures: asset class, leverage, minimum and hold. The sponsor, the distributions paid and the offering size are what marketplace access adds, after a short suitability call. Request access and the current list follows.

Sun Belt Garden Apartments

Texas metro · Southwest

A stabilised garden-style community in a growing Texas metro, with a non-recourse loan already in place.

Minimum
$50,000
Leverage
Moderate leverage40 to 55% loan-to-value
Target hold
5 to 7 years
Strategy
Current income, Debt replacement
Sponsor
Distributions
Offering size

Shown with marketplace access

Sample offering: a hypothetical illustration of this structure type, not an actual or current offering.

Regional Distribution Center

Interstate logistics corridor · Southeast

A single-tenant logistics building on a long net lease to an investment-grade shipper, held without debt.

Minimum
$100,000
Leverage
All-cash0% loan-to-value
Target hold
7 to 10 years
Strategy
Current income, Diversification
Sponsor
Distributions
Offering size

Shown with marketplace access

Sample offering: a hypothetical illustration of this structure type, not an actual or current offering.

Net Lease Pharmacy Portfolio

Six states · Midwest

A portfolio of free-standing stores leased to a national pharmacy chain, spread across several states.

Minimum
$25,000
Leverage
All-cash0% loan-to-value
Target hold
7 to 10 years
Strategy
Current income, Diversification
Sponsor
Distributions
Offering size

Shown with marketplace access

Sample offering: a hypothetical illustration of this structure type, not an actual or current offering.

Sample offerings: hypothetical illustrations of structure types, not actual or current offerings. Photos are representative of each asset class. Current offerings are private placements for accredited investors, described by private placement memorandum.

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years of experience
20+
in DST transactions
$1B+
states licensed
50
vetted national sponsors
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Tell us about your exchange

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Are you an accredited investor?

Generally, net worth over $1 million excluding your primary residence, or income over $200,000 ($300,000 with a spouse) in each of the last two years.

What do you want from the replacement property?
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