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Your 1031 exchange guide

I'll help you defer your capital-gains taxes and never miss a deadline. Let's talk through your sale — no account needed yet.

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Neela guides — never moves your money. Funds move only through QI escrow.

Neela

Great — let's see if a 1031 exchange fits. First: are you selling an investment or business property (not your primary home)?

Neela guides — never moves funds. Your proceeds stay in segregated QI escrow.

Neela

Here's what I heard — a rental investment property, still listing, around $850,000, and your goal is to defer all gains and trade up. That's a classic forward exchange.

On an ~$850k sale, deferring instead of selling outright could keep roughly this much working for you:

Estimated tax you could defer

~$187,000

Estimate based on an $850,000 sale price. Your QI confirms exact figures from your closing statement.

Sale price

$850,000

Kept working

100%

45 days to identify replacement propertyFrom the day your sale closes — I'll watch it for you

180 days to close on the new propertyBoth clocks start at the same moment

You never touch the cash — that's the rule that makes it work. Your proceeds go straight into segregated escrow held by your Qualified Intermediary, so there's no constructive receipt.

Treas. Reg. §1.1031(k)-1 — safe-harbor escrow

Neela guides — never moves your money. Only QI escrow moves funds, with multi-party approval.

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Exchange typeForward (Delayed)

Qualified IntermediaryOpen1031 — Priya Anand

Estimated tax deferred~$187,000

Neela guides — never moves your money. Funds move only through QI escrow with multi-party approval.