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In-depth, interactive guides to every tax-advantaged real-estate strategy we work in — built to teach, with calculators and decision tools you can actually use. Start with your goal, or browse the full library below.

8 interactive guides · Updated 2026 · Jerry Baker

However you got here — a property to sell, a portfolio to simplify, a retirement to fund, or an estate to pass on — there's a path through these strategies that fits. These guides explain each one plainly, then give you the tools to run your own numbers.

Prefer to talk to a person? Our Strategies pages cover how we work in each area, and you can reach an advisor anytime.

Start with your goal

Four common situations and the guides that walk you through them, in order.

Defer the tax on a sale

I'm selling appreciated property

  1. 1031 Exchange — the rules, deadlines & boot
  2. Delaware Statutory Trusts — the passive replacement
  3. Opportunity Zones — the non-1031 alternative
Step back from management

I want to retire from being a landlord

  1. Retirement Planning — passive income, sized
  2. DSTs — hands-off monthly income
  3. REITs & 721 — diversify with a path to liquidity
Plan your legacy

I want to make it easy on my heirs

  1. Estate Planning — the step-up & divisibility
  2. DSTs — divisible interests for heirs
  3. 721 UPREIT — divisible units + liquidity
Diversify & grow

I want institutional real estate exposure

  1. REITs — public, non-traded & private
  2. Mineral & Royalty Interests — high-yield real property
  3. Opportunity Zones — long-horizon, tax-free growth

The full library

Eight definitive guides, each with interactive calculators and decision tools. Current for 2026.

Foundation

1031 Exchanges

The like-kind exchange that defers capital-gains tax indefinitely: what qualifies, the equal-or-up and boot rules, the 45- and 180-day deadlines, and replacement strategies.

Tools: boot calculator · deadline calc · identification-rule checker · strategy selector
Passive ownership

Delaware Statutory Trusts

Fractional, passive interests in institutional real estate — the most common 1031 replacement — explained with live data on 82 sponsors and their track records.

Tools: live sponsor explorer · fit checklist · exit-strategy quiz · diversification model
The exit

721 Exchange (UPREIT)

Trade a DST for operating-partnership units in a REIT, tax-deferred — the one-way move into diversified, liquid-eventually ownership, and what it does to your tax.

Tools: two-step path explainer · should-you quiz · tax-scenario calc · readiness check
The destination

Private & Non-Traded REITs

How private and non-traded REITs differ from public ones — NAV pricing, redemption gating, the 20% dividend deduction, and the 721 connection from DSTs.

Tools: REIT-type selector · liquidity modeler · dividend tax calc · due-diligence checklist
Tax-free growth

Opportunity Zone Funds

Defer almost any capital gain and grow it federally tax-free over ten years — with the 2026 recognition deadline and the permanent OZ 2.0 program from 2027.

Tools: eligibility & 180-day calc · benefit calculator · OZ vs 1031 selector · regime selector
Oil & gas

Mineral Rights & Royalties

When oil, gas, and mineral interests qualify as like-kind real property for a 1031 — the perpetual-vs-term rule, like-kind matching, and depletion.

Tools: interest qualifier · like-kind checker · deadline & checklist · keep-or-exchange quiz
Legacy

Estate Planning

The step-up in basis, "swap till you drop," and how DSTs, 721s, and Opportunity Zones serve different estate goals — and make inheritance easier on heirs.

Tools: step-up calculator · heir-division visualizer · estate-goal selector · readiness check
Income

Retirement Planning

Turn active rentals into passive, tax-sheltered retirement income — across DSTs, REITs, 721 UPREITs, mineral royalties, and Opportunity Zones.

Tools: passive-income estimator · sustainability check · path selector · readiness check

Ready to act?

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