How a 180-day close works with us
Watch the clock — and who does what.
- Day 0
You close on the property you sold
Your Qualified Intermediary receives the proceeds. You never touch the money. Both clocks start today.
- Days 1–45
Identify — we send real options
Two or three whole properties with the rent in place today. Your written list goes to your QI by midnight on day 45.
- Days 45–180
Under contract, title, inspection
You inspect, your lender (if any) underwrites, title is searched. The home you are buying is one we already own — check the owner of record at the county before you sign — so its address goes on your day-45 list like any other property. Your CPA checks the trade-equal-or-up math.
- Day 180 or sooner
Close through your QI
Your QI sends the funds to the title company; the deed goes to you. You own real property. If the identification, timing and no-receipt rules (you never touched the money) were all met, the gain is deferred — your CPA confirms it on Form 8824.