{"id":612896,"date":"2026-09-11T07:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olympiajournal.com\/news\/story\/612896\/start-an-exchange-points-sellers-to-the-deferral-routes-that-survive-a-missed-1031-deadline.html"},"modified":"2026-09-11T07:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T07:25:34","slug":"start-an-exchange-points-sellers-to-the-deferral-routes-that-survive-a-missed-1031-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvania-magazine.com\/news\/story\/612896\/start-an-exchange-points-sellers-to-the-deferral-routes-that-survive-a-missed-1031-deadline.html","title":{"rendered":"Start An Exchange Points Sellers to the Deferral Routes That Survive a Missed 1031 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RENO, United States – September 11, 2026 –<\/strong> The window in which a property seller can defer capital gains tax narrows sharply at two specific moments, and most sellers only learn where those moments are after passing one of them. Start An Exchange, the tax deferral consultancy behind startanexchange.com, maintains a menu of deferral strategies well beyond the 1031 like-kind exchange, each with its own page on its website, and its argument is that which of them remain available is decided by timing rather than by preference.<\/p>\n

The Two Moments the Menu Shrinks The first moment is closing. Almost every deferral structure has to be in place before the relinquished property transfers, because once sale proceeds reach the seller the transaction is a completed sale and there is nothing left to defer. A seller who calls after closing has not started an exchange late. They have sold a property.<\/p>\n

The second is the end of the 45 day identification window. A seller in a delayed 1031 exchange has 45 days from the transfer of the property they gave up to identify replacement property in writing. On the 46th day the list is closed, and a firm that offers only a forward exchange has one answer available, which is that the exchange fails and the tax is due.<\/p>\n

That answer is accurate and it is not the only one. Several structures remain workable at that point, and which of them applies turns on what was sold and what the seller wants afterward.<\/p>\n

What Sits Beyond the Forward Exchange The strategies are grouped three ways below. The grouping is editorial rather than the company’s own, and on its website they appear as a single flat list.<\/p>\n

The first group is variants of the like-kind exchange itself, which are alternatives to the standard forward exchange rather than alternatives to section 1031. Delayed exchanges, reverse exchanges for owners who must buy before they sell, improvement exchanges where exchange funds pay for construction on the replacement property, blended exchanges, and like-kind property exchanges more generally.<\/p>\n

The second group defers gain without requiring the seller to acquire and manage more real estate. Delaware Statutory Trust interests, Deferred Sales Trusts, exchanges paired with a deferred sales trust, and Opportunity Zone investments. This is the group the company points to for sellers who want out of property ownership rather than deeper into it.<\/p>\n

The third group addresses the property or the owner rather than the sale. Cost segregation studies, conservation easements, downsizing structures and arrangements built around caring for aging parents.<\/p>\n

Alongside those, a page explaining the 1031 exchange process itself sits on the same menu. On its own website the firm currently states that it has 14 tax deferral strategies and adds more every year.<\/p>\n

“Or a 1031 exchange accommodator that can literally offer hundreds of different scenarios,” writes Chris Shockowitz, Chief Operating Officer at Start An Exchange, in a post on the company’s blog, setting the choice against an accommodator that offers a single option. In the same post he writes that “we are nationwide educators on the subject of tax deferral.”<\/p>\n

Why the Distinction Is Not Academic A like-kind exchange defers gain by moving it into replacement real property, which answers the question of an owner who intends to keep owning real estate. It does not answer the owner who wants the proceeds, the owner whose identification window has closed, or the owner selling an asset that is not real property.<\/p>\n

For those sellers the relevant question is not how to complete a 1031 exchange. It is which of the remaining structures still fits, and how much time is left to put one in place.<\/p>\n

What the Firm Does Not Do Start An Exchange states plainly in its published material that it is not a firm of CPAs or tax attorneys. Its published offer to real estate professionals is that their clients remain their clients at no charge.<\/p>\n

About Start An Exchange<\/p>\n

Start An Exchange is a nationwide tax deferral consultancy based in Reno, Nevada. The firm helps investors reduce, defer or eliminate capital gains taxes owed on the sale of appreciated assets, and maintains a menu of tax deferral strategies documented individually on its website. It is not a firm of CPAs or tax attorneys and does not provide legal or accounting representation. More information is available at https:\/\/www.startanexchange.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Media Contact Start An Exchange Chris Shockowitz, Chief Operating Officer 2540 Sunline Dr, Reno, NV 89523 chris@defertax.com<\/a> (877) 829-7872 https:\/\/www.startanexchange.com\/contact<\/a><\/p>\n

Media Contact<\/span>
Company Name:<\/strong> Start An Exchange
Contact Person:<\/strong> Chris Shockowitz
Email:<\/strong> Send Email<\/a>
Phone:<\/strong> (877) 829-7872
City:<\/strong> RENO
Country:<\/strong> United States
Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.startanexchange.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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