1031 Exchange

Clients that list with us benefit by having their properties exposed to investors that own properties other than multifamily, as well as investors throughout the world.

Marcus & Millichap, the largest real estate firm focused exclusively on investment brokerage, is one of the industry’s leaders in 1031 exchanges. Our long-term relationships with owners and investors of every major property type allow us to match properties and exchange buyers with speed and efficiency.

Global Capital

The Marcus & Millichap Global Capital Group provides the opportunity to expose your property to more foreign buyers with the guided expertise of our senior investment specialists. We provide investors with an exclusive inventory, financing capabilities, research and advisory services.

Leveraging the Market

Owners of investment property struggle with the dilemma of how to take advantage of built-up equity in their income-producing properties and increase their return on equity while deferring payment of capital gains taxes. The current market environment encourages private investors to upgrade or reposition their real estate holdings.

Benefits of a 1031 Exchange

With proper guidance from a tax professional or attorney, well-informed investors are utilizing the 1031 provision in the Internal Revenue Code, also known as a Starker exchange, to meet the dual objectives of “trading up” to larger or higher-quality properties, while at the same time deferring capital gains taxes. Some investors, especially aging baby boomers, are trading into properties that are less management intensive.

Knowing the Basics

While there are three basic types of exchanges—simultaneous, reverse and deferred—95 percent are deferred. When selling an investment property, the code allows a seller 45 days from the close of escrow of the relinquished property (the “down leg”) to identify up to three replacement properties (the “up leg”), and an additional 135 days to close escrow on at least one of the identified properties.

Alternatively, more properties can be designated if certain valuation tests are met. The seller must contract with a neutral third party, known as a qualified intermediary or accommodator, to hold the funds from the sale of the relinquished property and to purchase the replacement property for the seller’s benefit.

Completing this process allows sellers of real property held for investment purposes to delay or defer the payment of capital gains and recapture the depreciation tax benefit. Deviating from the process described above may result in tax consequences or costly penalties.