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April 14, 2005
The Real Estate Adivser: Selling? Consider a charitable trust
By TOM KELLY
Real estate investors, especially small-time players with one or two rental properties, may have more exit options available to them with a little research or a few conversations with a real estate attorney, financial planner or accountant.
For example, many investors choose to pay the tax on the sale of investment real estate rather than go through the process of a Section 1031 deferred exchange. While investors see the value of rolling all of their investment proceeds into the purchase of another investment property, the prevailing philosophy often is, "I'll have to pay the tax sometime, so I might as well do it now.''
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