A common question we get is how a client's Revocable Living Trust impacts their exchange. One of the major rules of a 1031 exchange is that you have to take title to your New Property in the same manner that you held title to your Old Property.
The question about Revocable Living Trusts generally arises where the client's Old Property was owned by their Living Trust, but the lender for their New Property will not make the loan to the trust. And occasionally we get a client who has sold their Old Property in their name, but for estate planning reasons would rather purchase their New Property in the name of a newly formed Living Trust.
The answer to their questions is that their Revocable Living Trust will have no impact on their exchange. To be clear, there are many different kinds of trusts, and each of them impacts a 1031 exchange differently, but a "Revocable Living Trust" will not affect what the client is trying to do.
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