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Is there ever a situation in which the 1031 Exchange is not a good idea?

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Exeter 1031 Exchange Services
Is there ever a situation in which the 1031 Exchange is not a good idea? 

Yes, absolutely.  1031 Exchanges are not for everyone and may not be appropriate under certain circumstances.  You would generally not want to structure a 1031 Exchange if you have an actual loss on the sale of your real property because you will want to recognize the loss for income tax purposes.  Suspended passive activity income tax losses may be used to offset certain gains as well, so you may decide not to structure a 1031 Exchange or to structure a partial 1031 Exchange in order to use up some of your accumulated passive activity income tax losses.

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Steven W. Monk

Vice President and Regional Manager

Todd Clark - Retired
eXp Realty LLC - Tigard, OR
Principle Broker Oregon

This is such good advice and I'm amazed how many people think doing a 1031 exchange on any and all investment properties is always the right answer and that is far from the truth. The best advice I can give investors is talk to a real estate investment expert before doing anything with your properties, including listing it!

Mar 31, 2008 06:09 PM