1031 exchanges offer business owners and real estate investors a solution to a “good” problem. When you buy an asset like a warehouse, office building, rental apartment or piece of land, it will likely increase in value over time. When you sell it for a profit, there is usually a hefty tax bill that must also be paid. Those taxes eat into the money you earned on the transaction which in turn leaves you with less cash available to reinvest in a new property. To solve this problem, Congress passed … [Read more...]