🚀Can you step away from managing rental properties without giving up real estate investing? A 1031 exchange and passive investment options may offer another path.

Natalie Salins, host of Mortgage On My Mind and a top 1% Movement Mortgage loan officer with 20 years of experience helping LA-area buyers navigate real estate financing, welcomes Ashley Romiti, President of GCA 1031. Ashley explains how 1031 exchanges, Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs), and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) fit into real estate exit strategies.

For California real estate investors, this conversation explores tax deferral, ownership structures, cash flow, appreciation, liquidity, and the trade-offs of transitioning away from direct property management.

🎧 Hosted by: Natalie Salins

👤 Guest: Ashley Romiti - President of GCA 1031, Ashley specializes in 1031 exchanges and Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs). With nearly 15 years of industry experience, Ashley helps property owners explore passive ownership and strategic exchange planning.

What You’ll Learn:

✔️ How a 1031 exchange can defer taxes on qualifying investment property exchanges.

✔️ How DSTs offer fractional ownership in larger real estate assets with fewer day-to-day management responsibilities.

✔️ DST vs. REIT: Differences in ownership, income distributions, liquidity, and exit options.

✔️ How return on equity helps investors evaluate rental property cash flow.

✔️ How to balance cash flow, appreciation, risk, and liquidity when choosing investments.

✔️ Why the 45-day identification deadline matters in a 1031 exchange.

✔️ How oil and gas interests may offer an alternative investment route with different risks and income characteristics.

Key Questions Answered

Q: What is the difference between a DST and a REIT?

A: A DST offers fractional ownership in real estate, while a REIT involves investing in a company that owns real estate.

Q: How long do investors have to identify replacement property in a 1031 exchange?

A: Generally, investors have 45 days after transferring the relinquished property to identify replacement properties.

Q: Can a 1031 exchange help rental property owners reduce management responsibilities?

A: Eligible investors may exchange investment property into a DST to move toward passive ownership and reduce day-to-day management.

🎧 Take the Next Step

California real estate investors: listen before deciding how to transition out of active property management and evaluate your next investment strategy.

⏳ Timestamps:

📌 0:00 - Intro

📌 2:08 - Evaluating a Real Estate Exit

📌 3:03 - How a 1031 Exchange Works

📌 4:20 - DST vs. REIT Ownership

📌 6:17 - DST Income and Holding Periods

📌 8:05 - REIT Distributions and Transparency

📌 10:11 - Cash Flow vs. Appreciation

📌 12:40 - Oil and Gas Investments

📌 14:40 - Tax Basis and Depreciation

📌 17:41 - Common 1031 Exchange Mistakes

📌 18:40 - The 45-Day Deadline

📌 19:51 - Liquidity and Exit Restrictions

📌 22:01 - Choosing an Exit Strateg

💼 Connect with Ashley Romiti:

🌐Website → https://www.gca1031.com/

📘Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584955381648

📷Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/gca1031/

🔗LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/gca1031/home/

▶️ Youtube → https://www.youtube.com/@GCA1031

🎧 Follow Natalie Salins:

🌐Website → https://movement.com/lo/natalie-salins

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