Areas of Expertise

1031 Exchanges

Utilizing a 1031 exchange can mean saving millions of dollars in tax liability in any real estate transaction. However, the process can be incredible complex, time consuming, and burdensome. We can help you navigate the process, meet your deadlines, and successfully execute your exchange.

For a successful 1031 exchange execution, it is best to plan ahead well in advance of your sale. This means drafting your sales contract to ensure that prospective buyers understand that you are intending to take advantage of the 1031 program and perhaps even getting concessions from them to facilitate the process. It also means having your exchange facilitator lined up, being in discussions with lenders, insurers and property managers about what you will likely be in the market for, and most importantly canvassing the market for potential exchange properties that you will be ready to move on when you close on your sale.

Strategic Asset Management

We can help you supervise your property managers, coordinate your bookkeepers with your CPAs, retain your attorneys, and implement your cost-segregation to accelerate your depreciation. With years of experience in the Seattle market, we have worked with every sort of professional and can help you decide who to use in what situation.

It is crucial to have the right people in your corner. Making sure that you are represented by hard-working and knowledgable professionals at every level is vital to ensuring that your properties are looked after well and that you are weighing the best advice when making decisions. We can help you find the right people to fit your unique situation.

Transaction Evaluation

We have been on the ground in Seattle for over 40 years, and know where to invest in multifamily, commercial, and industrial properties. We know what type of product will fit into each submarket, and can advise you about the risks and benefits of any proposed transaction.

So often foreign developers come into the Seattle market with their outside experience and do not consider how insular a community Seattle really is. The Seattle market has soared to become one of the favorite investment spots for money from all over the world, but Seattle itself is experiencing growing pains that too often create road blocks for development. There are many common sense factors outside of the numbers that most real estate advisors use to decide on transactions. Let us review your proposed project and advise what, if anything, you should expect during the process.