How to Do a Like Kind Exchange of Real Estate: Using a Qualified Intermediary

Describes how real estate investors can defer capital gains tax by using a qualified intermediary to do a like kind exchange. Fully explains the exchange process and rules.

Ed Horan is the founder and President Emeritus of Realty Exchange Corporation. Realty Exchange Corporation is a Virginia Corporation whose only business is to serve as a Qualified Intermediary for the like kind tax deferred exchanges of real estate throughout the United States. Realty Exchange Corporation was established by the author in 1990 to fill the need for a dedicated organization that could provide knowledgeable and responsive Qualified Intermediary services to investors and real estate professionals. Ed is a graduate of Syracuse University and George Washington University with a Master of Science degree in Business Administration. Ed holds the Federation of Exchange Accommodators designation as a "Certified Exchange Specialist®". Prior to 1981 Ed served as a Comptroller with the United States Air Force. Ed is currently licensed in Virginia as a real estate broker. Since 1982 Ed has been a frequent writer and lecturer on residential real estate investments, exchanges, and the impact of taxes on real estate transactions and real estate professionals, In the past he has been approved as a Continuuing Education iinstructor in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and the District of Columbia. He is the 1990 winner of the national Real Estate Educators Association award for the "Best Single Education Program."