How We Rank 1031 Exchange Companies

Who publishes 1031ExchangeCompanies.com

This site is published by Easy1031, a qualified intermediary, and written by The Easy1031 Exchange Desk, qualified intermediary specialists with 70+ combined years in 1031 exchange, real estate and banking.

Easy1031 appears in the directory, under independent specialists. We are telling you that at the top rather than the bottom because it is the single most useful thing to know when reading anything here.

How the ranking works

Firms are ranked on structural disclosure: how much of the ownership, the custody arrangement and the financial backing a company states before you sign, rather than after you ask. That is a narrow axis on purpose. It is checkable from public statements, it does not require us to grade a competitor’s service, and it happens to be the thing that determines whether you get your money back if a firm fails.

Easy1031 ranks first on that axis and Easy1031 publishes this site. Both of those are true, and you should weigh the ranking accordingly. The four questions on the fund-safety page let you check any firm here yourself, including this one, and we would rather you did.

What this site does not do

It does not rank on price. No fee figures for third parties appear anywhere here, because we do not have those numbers to a standard we would publish. It also does not grade service quality: there are excellent firms and indifferent ones in every ownership model, and a publisher with a competing product is the wrong party to score that.

How the 1031 exchange companies here were selected

The directory is illustrative rather than exhaustive. No complete register of qualified intermediaries exists, so no list can claim completeness. Firms were chosen to cover every ownership model with recognisable examples, so that the categories mean something concrete.

Nobody paid to appear, and nobody was excluded for declining to. Ownership, founding and footprint details are as publicly stated by each firm. No fee figures appear anywhere on this site, because pricing changes constantly and quoting a competitor’s price from a position like ours would be neither fair nor reliable.

Where our bias will show

Most obviously on how intermediaries make money. Easy1031 runs a model in which the setup fee is zero and the interest on your funds is shared with you, so a page explaining that the float is larger than the fee is a page that flatters us.

The arithmetic on that page is checkable and applies to every firm in the sector including ours. But you should read it knowing where it comes from, and you should get written quotes from more than one intermediary before choosing.

Accuracy and corrections

Every page carries a “last reviewed” date that changes only when the content has genuinely been re-checked. Regulatory details in particular change by statute and should be verified with the relevant state before you rely on them.

Nothing here is tax or legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, including anything about a firm other than ours, tell us at support@easy1031.com and we will correct it.