Start an Improvement or Construction 1031 Exchange

Thank you for considering Exeter Reverse 1031 Exchange Services, LLC for your Improvement, Build-To-Suit or Construction 1031 Exchange transactional needs.  Our 1031 Exchange Specialists have extensive experience in working with institutional, corporate and individual Investors, especially on complex Improvement, Construction or Build-To-Suit 1031 Exchange transactions.

You can also email your technical Improvement 1031 Exchange questions to Ask Exeter or you can post your question on the Exeter Discussion Board and one of our senior 1031 Exchange Advisors will respond within 24 hours.

Seek Advice of Legal, Financial, and Tax Counsel

The first step with any 1031 Exchange transaction, especially with more complicated transactions such as Improvement 1031 Exchanges, is to review the proposed Improvement 1031 Exchange transaction with your legal, financial and income tax advisors. Make sure that your advisors have significant experience and expertise in structuring Improvement, Construction or Build-To-Suit 1031 Exchanges.  Seeking competent legal, financial and income tax advice should always be an integral part of your 1031 Exchange planning process. 

Review Improvement 1031 Exchange with Qualified Intermediary

Second, discuss and review your proposed Improvement, Build-To-Suit or Construction 1031 Exchange transaction with Exeter Reverse 1031 Exchange Services, LLC in order to ensure there are no administrative issues that need to be addressed in the Improvement 1031 Exchange such as problems with the legal title, lender or financing issues, closing and deadline related problems, etc.

Information and Documents Needed for Due Diligence and Pre-Transaction Screening

Third, provide Exeter Reverse 1031 Exchange Services, LLC with the following information and transactional documentation in order to begin the due diligence, pre-transaction screening and set-up of your Improvement, Construction or Build-To-Suit 1031 Exchange:

• Your complete contact information, including your full legal name, mailing address, office or home, mobile and facsimile phone numbers, email addresses and federal taxpayer identification number, and any additional contact information that might be relevant.  You will need to provide this information for each person involved in the Improvement 1031 Exchange.
  
  

• If the current relinquished property is held in the name of a legal entity (i.e. a limited liability company, general or limited partnership, corporation, trust, etc.) other than your individual name, provide the full legal name of the legal entity, complete list of authorized signers on behalf of the legal entity (include a sample signature block), and its federal taxpayer identification number for the legal entity, and any other information that might be relevant.
  
  
• The like-kind replacement property should be acquired in your name or by the same legal entity that is disposing (selling) of the relinquished property.  Notify your 1031 Exchange administrator immediately if this is not the case.
  
  
• Provide the common street address and/or complete legal description and/or Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) for all relinquished and all like-kind replacement properties involved in this Improvement 1031 Exchange.
  
  
• Provide your mortgage broker's or lender's name, individual contact information, including mailing address, office, mobile and facsimile phone numbers, email address, and any additional contact information that might be relevant.
  
  
• Provide a copy of the deed where you originally acquired title to your relinquished property that will be part of your Improvement 1031 Exchange. 
  
  
• Provide a completed Environmental Site Assessment Questionnaire on the property that will be parked with the Exchange Accommodation Titleholder as part of your Improvement 1031 Exchange transaction.  Call Exeter Reverse 1031 Exchange Services, LLC to determine what type of properties are exempt from this requirement. 

Documents and Agreements Needed for Processing and Closing

Exeter Reverse 1031 Exchange Services, LLC will prepare all of the necessary Improvement 1031 Exchange agreements and documents on the same day that the required information is received, will order the formation of your new limited liability company (LLC) and work with the escrow or closing agent to determine what else will be necessary in order to successfully complete your Improvement 1031 Exchange transaction.

• Purchase and Sale Agreement for the acquisition of your relinquished property and your like-kind replacement property.
  
  
• Preliminary Title Insurance Reports or Title Insurance Commitments for the disposition (sale) of your relinquished property and for the acquisition of your like-kind replacement property.
  
  
• Escrow Instructions — if applicable — for the disposition (sale) of your relinquished property and for the acquisition of your like-kind replacement property.
  
  
• Insurance binder providing evidence of property and casualty insurance (except if vacant land) and liability insurance coverage. The insurance binder must list the name of the special purpose, single member limited liability company established for the Improvement 1031 Exchange transaction as the insured and Exeter Reverse 1031 Exchange Services, LLC and you as the additional insureds.  Evidence of insurance coverage must be provided to the closing officer/agent prior to closing.
  
  

• Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and Inspection Report to determine whether there has been any environmental contamination of the property.  This report is required if the property is zoned commercial, office, industrial, retail, agricultural, vacant land, or multi-family consisting of ten units or more.  The final Phase I Environment Site Assessment and Inspection Report must be provided to the closing officer/agent and reviewed by Exeter Reverse 1031 Exchange Services prior to closing.
  
  

• Improvement, Construction and Build-To-Suit 1031 Exchange fees, costs related to the set-up, maintenance and disposition of the special purpose, single member limited liability company (LLC) and other related administrative costs will be invoiced through, and are due at, the like-kind replacement property closing.

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