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This diagram is
for illustrative purposes, some essential steps are not shown.
The
Exchange Agreement with Edmund & Wheeler, Inc. which governs the
overall transaction. This document
MUST
be in force before the closing.
Since the
Replacement Property will be purchased (and Parked) before the sale of
the Relinquished Property, a source of funds for the purchase
must be arranged. This can be the Exchangor, or their bank. If a bank,
the Exchangor will be expected to provide a guarantee.
This is the loan (and Line of Credit) to the Single
Purpose Entity (which the IRS has renamed an Exchange Accommodation
Titleholder (EAT)) that will buy the Replacement Property from
its owner (C) and improve it and hold it until the Relinquished Property
(A) can be sold to the Buyer (B).
This is the actual purchase of the Replacement
Property from its owner (C) by the EAT.
At this step, the EAT (and not the Exchangor) becomes the
legal owner of the Relinquished Property. The 180-day Exchange Period
commences. At (or hopefully well before) this time, Exchangor engages
Contractors and Materialmen to effectuate the desired improvements.
These vendors begin work, and soon enough, bills
begin to arrive, addressed to the EAT, the legal owner of the property.
All invoices are presented to the Exchangor for approval for
payment from the Line of Credit.
The vendors are timely paid, until the predetermined match
point has been obtained.
The Relinquished Property (A) goes under
Agreement
The Exchangor gives Buyer (B) a deed, and the
transaction closes; this step must occur before the 180th day, with
enough margin to complete Steps 11-14.
Rather than going to the Exchangor, the Buyer's funds are used to
pay all of Exchangor's expenses (including mortgages, if any),
with the
NET
going directly to a money center bank into a separate Qualified Escrow
Account established in the Exchangor's name and Social Security number.
As Edmund & Wheeler, Inc. is the signer on the Qualified Escrow
Account, it causes the balance to be paid to the EAT in exchange
for its deed for the Replacement Property executed in favor of the
Exchangor.
Before the deed can be issued, however, the EAT must pay off
(or pay down to the extent of available cash) the loan made to it
at Step 3, above.
This is the Exchangor's receipt of the direct deed from
the EAT as owner of the Replacement Property; provided the deed is
delivered to the Exchangor on or before the 180th day, the Exchangor
achieves a Section 1031 Exchange between Steps 10 and 14, where at
Step 10 a deed is given and at Step 14 a deed is received, and in
between the Exchangor had no control (or Constructive Receipt) of funds. |