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In the hit show I Love Lucy, Ricky Ricardo was known for saying “Lucy, you’ve got some ‘splaining to do!” in his memorable Cuban accent. With 1031 exchanges the ‘splaining is done by substantiating your tax positions with other financial and Tax documents. The best case of substantiating comes wi...

Simply speaking a zero transaction is the acquisition of a property using a highly leveraged loan (loan to value usually 88% plus) with all rental income dedicated towards debt service, thus producing “zero income” for the property owner. One of the vehicle’s applications is to defer tax liabilit...