The "Golden Handcuffs" Escape: How to Retire From Real Estate Without Triggering a Tax Bomb

You’ve spent decades building a real estate empire. You have millions in equity. But now, you’re tired. You’re tired of the "Terrible T’s"—Tenants, Toilets, and Trash. You want to retire, travel, and enjoy your wealth. But you are trapped by "Golden Handcuffs." If you sell your portfolio to cash out, the IRS and state tax boards are waiting to take 30% to 40% of your lifetime’s work in depreciation recapture and capital gains tax.

In this episode of the 5-Minute PRIME Podcast, host Martin Maxwell provides the master key to the exit door: The Delaware Statutory Trust (DST). We explore how this institutional vehicle allows you to 1031 exchange out of active management and into total passivity, swapping your duplex for a slice of a $100 million Amazon distribution center.

Tune in to learn:

• The Landlord’s Trap: Why simply selling your properties is the most expensive decision you can make.
• The DST Explained: How fractional ownership of institutional-grade assets (Class A multifamily, medical office, industrial) works as a 1031 replacement.
• The "Boot" Fixer: A strategic hack to use DSTs to soak up leftover cash in an exchange so you pay exactly $0 in taxes.
• The Great Trade-Off: The reality of trading "Control" for "Freedom" and why a 5% passive return might beat a 12% active one.
• The Sponsor Vetting Guide: The critical questions you must ask before handing your capital to a DST manager.

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