Capital Gains Tax Solutions Podcast
Brett Swarts
Welcome to the Capital Gains Tax Solutions PodcastAre you considering selling a million-dollar-plus business, cryptocurrency, luxury primary home, commercial real estate, or another highly appreciated asset but concerned about the capital gains tax? Want to reinvest into a diversified portfolio of real estate or securities at the optimal time while making a meaningful impact with your wealth? Each episode, Brett Swarts sits down with some of the world’s top minds in real estate, finance, wealth management, and entrepreneurship to uncover their strategies and insights. Expect fast-paced, high-impact content that’s designed to help you create and preserve more wealth. Brett and his guests will guide you through the complexities of capital gains tax deferral and wealth creation, ensuring you retain more of your hard-earned assets.Meet Your Host: Brett SwartsBrett Swarts is on a mission to help you make a lasting impact with your wealth when exiting highly appreciated assets using Deferred Sales Trust for his clients. As a Deferred Sales Trust Trustee and an expert in multifamily investing and brokerage, Brett simplifies complex tax deferral strategies such as the 1031 Exchange, Deferred Sales Trust, Delaware Statutory Trust, Opportunity Zones, and more.What the Podcast Offers:Gain invaluable insights into various tax deferral strategies, real-world deal stories, wealth-building lessons, and pathways to financial freedom—all aimed at helping you build and preserve your wealth.Our Mission:We empower you to exit your investments with freedom and flexibility, enabling you to make informed decisions without the stress of managing properties, dealing with liabilities, or overseeing employees. Instead, we offer a pathway to freedom, liquidity, diversification, and passive commercial real estate investing.#### A Brief History of Brett Swarts:Brett Swarts launched his commercial real estate career just before the 2008 crash, where he and his clients learned the hard way that the 1031 exchange isn’t always your friend when time runs out to find a good deal. Since then, Brett has closed over $500 million in Deferred Sales Trust, Delaware Statutory Trust, and Commercial Real Estate transactions. His extensive experience covers a wide array of tax-deferred strategies, making him a trusted authority in the field.What You’ll Get from Our Episodes:Explore how to build and grow wealth in real estate, business, and leadership. Brett brings on top-tier guests who share their expertise so you can grow personally, professionally, and financially.More About Deferred Sales Trusts:- A Trusted Tax Deferral Solution: With over 27 years of proven success, rooted in the IRS tax code IRC 453 from the 1920s.- Proven Track Record: 29 successful IRS audits for thousands of closed Deferred Sales Trusts.Why You Should Join Us:If you’re tired of feeling trapped by the 1031 exchange, the Deferred Sales Trust offers a smarter, easier solution. Tune in to learn how to create more wealth with clarity and confidence in your tax deferral strategy.Get Started with a Deferred Sales Trust today https://capitalgainstaxsolutions.com and uncover the wealth-building secrets of top investors and tax deferral experts. Let’s create and preserve more wealth together.Follow us on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/capitalgainstaxsolutionspodcast/).
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Sep 28, 2020 • 41min
Journey To Personal Growth In Real Estate Investing With Tyler Chesser
Going through your own personal journey is one thing, but helping others by imparting what you learned in the process is another. Elevate‘s Tyler Chesser is someone who greatly embodies this, committing himself to personal growth in real estate investing and sharing that for others to develop their own skills in the space. Sitting down with Brett Swarts, Tyler tells his story of moving out of corporate America and into becoming the Founder and President of his commercial real estate firm, The Chesser Companies. Along with the lessons and mindset frames he learned, he also shares some strategies and systems that help with the development of your real estate portfolio. Tyler then touches on tax deferral solutions, such as the 1031 exchange, along with the services he and his team offer in terms of multifamily assets and passive investment opportunities.
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Sep 21, 2020 • 34min
Strategic Guidance On Real Estate Transactions With Jeff Love
The way you get your transactions done is very critical to your real estate business’ success. This entails having a good understanding of the technical and legal aspects involved. Who better to guide you about this than a good real estate attorney? If you are struggling to find who to work with, especially one who specializes in business and commercial law, then this episode’s guest might just be who you are looking for. Brett Swarts talks with Jeff Love, a real estate attorney who provides strategic guidance for clients in all facets of real estate transactions. Here, Jeff shares his wide knowledge and experience of helping clients with their transactions, offering tax deferral tips and differentiating capital gains tax and estate tax. He then talks about the importance of having a team with you and doing proper planning in order to not miss out on what’s important.
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Sep 17, 2020 • 38min
Overcoming The Challenges During Senior Transition With Ted Gottlieb
That transition to senior care or retirement tends to be a struggle not just for the seniors involved but also for their families. The process of selling highly appreciated homes, real estate, or businesses can cause family friction and misunderstandings, making this period of time particularly paralyzing. In this episode, Brett Swarts speaks with Ted Gottlieb—Senior’s Real Estate Specialist® and The Senior’s Learning Institute Founder. Ted shares with us how he is helping Baby Boomers and their families during this transition, tapping on the value of estate planning, wills and trusts, and the likes. He also talks about the financial and emotional challenges that occur in between this shift and how he is accommodating the seniors’ needs in the process. Tune into this conversation for more insights about senior transition and receiving maximum value and return on your assets.
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Sep 7, 2020 • 29min
The First Steps To Building Wealth with George Grombacher
George Grombacher is a consultant, writer, speaker, and the host of the Money Savage podcast. George and Brett Swarts talk about building and preserving wealth, focusing on the retirement planning space and how to create retirement income. Through promoting easy to understand concepts and information on financial planning, George shares how he helps others create and preserve more wealth with proper planning. Learn the importance of values and goal setting in financial planning that will set you up for the years to come.
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Aug 31, 2020 • 34min
Think Big, Add Value with Justin Stoddart
Becoming a big thinker can go a long way when it comes to adding value for your clients. That’s one of the main topics Justin Stoddart talks about in this episode. Justin is the Founder of Think Bigger Real Estate. He discusses how you can connect inspiration with purpose. He talks about what he thinks real estate professionals actually need versus what most people think they need. He also discusses the strategies he educates realtors on and what they are missing that they should be sharing with their clients. Justin is passionate about the relationship between financial advisors and real estate agents. He insists that becoming versatile and adaptable can and should be done to avoid being replaced by technology.
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Aug 24, 2020 • 38min
Fast Funding Through Private Investment With Edwin D. Epperson III
We’re shifting a little from capital gains tax to private investment funds. This is where Green Berets veteran Edwin D. Epperson III comes in. Edwin manages a portfolio and helps lead a group called the Deployed Capital Group, whose main goal is to provide fast funding through private investment. In this episode, Edwin discusses private investment funds and average returns. He talks about collateral control and protection and explains his reasons for believing in becoming the bank. He also goes through the process where someone does not fulfill their end of a loan and stresses the importance of underwriting guidelines. Going further, Edwin then shares the tax advantages for investing with self-directed IRA and offers some tips for anyone who wants to get into the lending business.
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Aug 22, 2020 • 38min
Finding your Mentor to achieve Millions with Kevin Harrington
I am so excited about our guest in this episode! You might know him from a little TV series called SHARK TANK, where he was one of the original SHARKS. He now has a new book coming out and we can’t wait to grab it off the shelves.
In this episode, Kevin opens up about how he got to where he is today with the help of his mentors and now he feels it right that he gives back and becomes a Mentor to young aspiring entrepreneurs. He also talks about his challenge with capital gains tax on the sale of highly appreciated public stock. He bought some stock at 24 cents a share and now it’s worth over $20 per share. Watch as Brett Swarts walks him through how the deferred sales trust can save him hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in capital gains tax.
More about Kevin Harrington. He was the president of National Media and oversaw the launch of several successful infomercials himself. After leaving National Media in 1994, he formed a “joint venture company with The Home Shopping Network” and “co-founded HSN Direct International Inc. and served as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President” between 1994 and 1998. In 2002, he became the President of Harrington Business Development Inc. and the Chairman of On TV, Inc. That same year, he became the Vice Chairman and Director of Thane International Inc. and the Director of Reliant International Inc., leaving both positions in 2003. In 2004, Harrington became the Chairman of Reliant Interactive Media Corp. and the CEO of ResponzeTV America, LLC.
Harrington was the Director of Infusion Brands International, Inc. from 2006 to 2008. In 2007, he became the Chief Executive Officer of ResponzeTV Plc and the Executive Director of ResponzeTV Plc, leaving both positions in 2008. Harrington was one of the original panel members and investors (“Sharks”) on the ABC TV series Shark Tank from its inception in 2009. He left in 2011 after two seasons of the show.
Harrington published his book, Act Now: How I Turn Ideas into Million-Dollar Products in 2009. He now has a New book on the way, it is called “Mentor to Millions”.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Capital Gains Tax Solutions Community today:capitalgainstaxsolutions.comCapital Gains Tax Solutions FacebookCapital Gains Tax Solutions Twitter
Aug 17, 2020 • 24min
Pulling The Trigger On Your First Real Estate Deal With Sean Pan
Sean Pan is a Real Estate Investor and the Host of the Everything Real Estate Investing Show. In this episode, Sean joins Brett Swarts to share his story of becoming a real estate investor. After graduating from UCLA and then working full-time as an engineer, Sean knew that he didn’t want to be an engineer all his life and wanted to create his own legacy. Sean talks about pulling the trigger on his first property and why he decided that it was finally the right time to invest. Sean and Brett dive into getting into fix and flips, Sean’s first and best flip, and how the Deferred Sales Trust could have helped Sean with the deal.
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Aug 17, 2020 • 49min
Building Wealth from the Ground Up with Brian Burke
A lot of people think that building wealth takes an insane amount of talent and amazing background. The President and CEO of Praxis Capital, Inc., Brian Burke, joins this episode to prove that wrong. He shares his origins along with the perception and mindset that he used in order to build his wealth and turn his life around. Learn about the tactical methods he uses in order to offset capital gains tax in great detail. Understand why it’s necessary to focus on your own niche while being flexible at the same time. Brian also emphasizes the importance of variety when you invest. He discusses easy and practical strategies for you to diversify your risk as a way to not only create but also preserve more wealth, both for yourself and your partners.
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Aug 10, 2020 • 48min
Overcoming Stagnation: Taking Control of Your Own Destiny with Jerome Myers
Many apartment owners struggle with finding ways to add value to multifamily deals. In this episode, Jerome Myers, Founder of The Myers Development Group, LLC, joins Brett Swarts as they talk about overcoming stagnation and building wealth through passive real estate in the multifamily space. Get to know Jerome’s journey from being in Corporate America to first getting into multifamily and some of his experiences dealing with apartment complexes. Jerome and Brett dive into opportunity zones to defer capital gains taxes and why Jerome prefers these over the 1031. Learn how Jerome tries to bring in people to expose them more to the space he’s at and help them build their own wealth.
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