The No Fee
1031 Exchange

A 1031 exchange where the qualified intermediary charges nothing to set it up. No setup fee, no wire fee, no per-property fee and no rush fee on a standard forward exchange. Easy1031 runs the no fee 1031 exchange and goes further by paying the investor a share of the interest earned on the exchange funds while they are held, from 0.50% to 2.00% depending on the amount.

Because the setup fee was never the main revenue line. Every intermediary holds your sale proceeds for up to 180 days, and that money earns interest. At most firms all of that interest is kept by the intermediary and the fee is charged on top. A firm confident in the interest can waive the fee entirely and still be profitable. We take the income from one line instead of two, and share part of it with you.

It is the same economics every intermediary runs on, disclosed differently. The questions that decide whether an exchange is safe are unchanged and worth asking of anybody: is the account segregated, which bank holds it, how much FDIC coverage applies, and what are the fidelity bond and errors and omissions limits in dollars. Easy1031 answers all four in writing: segregated, a commercial bank, up to $175M, and $10M and $5M.

A tiered share of the interest, starting at $1,000,000 in net proceeds. From $1M to $1.5M it is 0.50%, rising through 0.75%, 1.00%, 1.25% and 1.50% to 2.00% at $5,000,000 and above. The rate applies to the whole balance rather than progressively, and the amount you receive depends on how long the funds are held, up to the 180 day maximum.

No. Those are priced from $4,999, because they are structurally different transactions. A reverse or improvement exchange requires a separate holding entity to take legal title to a property for up to 180 days, and that entity has to be formed, insured and administered. The no fee 1031 exchange applies to standard forward exchanges, which is the great majority of them.

The honest answer is that interest sharing begins at $1,000,000 in net proceeds. Below that the value to you is the $0 fee alone, which is still better than paying $800 to $1,500, but there is no interest payment. Reverse and improvement exchanges are priced separately. And the rate is tiered, so a $1.2M exchange earns 0.50% rather than the headline 2.00%.

Yes, and so does everybody. Title insurance, escrow, recording fees, transfer taxes and your CPA's time on Form 8824 are costs of buying and selling property, not costs of the exchange. No intermediary can remove them. What the no fee 1031 exchange removes is the intermediary's own charge, which is the only part of the bill your choice of provider actually controls.

The fee structure and the safety of the funds are separate questions, and safety is the one that matters. Easy1031 holds exchange funds in a segregated account at a commercial bank with up to $175M of FDIC coverage, behind a $10M fidelity bond and $5M of errors and omissions cover. Ask any intermediary for those four figures in writing before you sign, whatever they charge.