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Gary bought a Texas warehouse in 2003 for $380,000. Two 1031 exchanges later, it’s worth $1.9 million — and he’s sitting on nearly $1.7 million in deferred capital gains he’s never discussed with his son. It’s the kind of silence that shows up at estate planning meetings everywhere: parents who know exactly what their real estate is worth, but never mention what their kids will owe in taxes to keep it.
A Delaware Statutory Trust changes that equation. By exchanging appreciated property into a DST, owners like Gary can step back from landlord duties, collect passive income, and preserve their 1031 deferral — while setting up their heirs to inherit at a stepped-up basis that can erase decades of embedded gain entirely. It’s one of the most powerful, least-discussed tools in estate planning, and this piece explains exactly how it works.