Buying

Addressing your Real Estate and Financial Objectives

Whether you have been involved in multi-million dollar real estate transactions or are investing money in residential rental properties for the first time, we can provide any or all of the following:

Plan of Action Development and Review
Real Estate Financial Analysis
Lease Analysis [Comparing multiple leases and their nuances]
Lease vs. Purchase Analysis [Factoring economic value with short and long-term goals]
Property Location [Finding new sites and, when needed, assisting in the sale of current property]
Buyer or Seller Representation
Land Development [Including Retail, Industrial, Commercial, and Residential]
Construction Management and Consulting Services
Real Estate Consultation Services

Our Staff and network of dedicated and knowledgeable professionals, from all of the necessary disciplines, are committed to helping you make your investment in real estate a positive experience and a profitable venture. We will also work with your attorneys and tax professionals as part of a team effort to maximize the financial benefits of all your real estate transactions.

For further information, please call Wayne Kurchina, CCIM, ILrealty Inc., Kurchina & Associates at 815-344-8900, or e-mail Wayne@ILrealtyInc.com.

Commercial Property and Land Development:

While industry expertise and knowledge are a “must have” when providing guidance to those seeking to invest in real estate, that is not always the case.

At ILrealty, our staff and network of industry professionals will consult with you about your goals for property investment. We are specialists who know the current and ever changing geo-demographics, economic conditions, job market, housing trends, development projections, and other relevant issues that affect real estate prices and strategies in Northeastern Illinois. We can also assist you with your real estate needs in other locations throughout Illinois.

Whether you are looking into office buildings, hotels, land search for development, strip malls, apartments, diversified land development, construction management and/or consulting services, our staff at ILrealty, Inc., Kurchina & Associates can help you reach your goals.

Investment Property:

This is non-owner occupied property. It can include single-family homes, multifamily housing, or commercial condominiums up to four units. As with commercial property, you are working to get a return on your investment involving both rental income and capital appreciation. To maximize your investment, you need to know the local economic conditions that affect the job market and how this affects the rental market. We have the information you need and will work with you and experts in the field, and in the region, to find the best property available for your real estate investment.

We will search and locate the properties that meet your specifications and/or sell your current property. We will be with you every step of the way, working for your best interests. We have a record of success in helping the experienced investor as well as offering guidance to those who are new to investment property.

Selling

1031 Exchange:

A 1031 Exchange is a real estate investment and asset management option, which enables you to

Defer Capital Gains
Use More of Your Equity to Create Wealth
Increase Leverage
Increase Depreciation Deduction
Improve Cash Flow
Allow for Relocation

When you put your money into commercial or residential investment real estate, a primary goal is to maximize the value of your investment. However, when it comes time for you to liquidate your holdings, capital gains taxes limit the ability to grow your equity and return on investment. If you could safely liquidate your investment and reinvest the proceeds into a new property or properties without the tax consequences you achieve the goal of maximizing value. The IRS identifies this reinvestment process as a 1031 Exchange.

What a 1031 Exchange does is create wealth

By deferring capital gains taxes on your relinquished property, you will have that much more to invest in your replacement property.

You can also diversify your replacement property by investing in other areas where there is a lower cost of living. For example, if your property is in Chicago and the property was one apartment building, you could possibly buy multiple properties in McHenry County or another area increasing your income, asset base and wealth while diversifying your financial risk.

Some things we can do for you on a 1031 exchange:

We can handle both the sale of the relinquished property and the purchase of the replacement property.
We will help you locate replacement property meeting your financial objectives and the requirements of the 1031 Exchange.
We can help you and/or your employees find homes and financing, if you plan to relocate operations.
We will provide access to a Qualified Intermediary to handle the Exchange, or you may choose your own.
We will work with the Exchange conduit to insure full compliance with the requirements of the 1031 Exchange and work with your accountant and/or attorney to protect your interests.
We can provide other services specially tailored to your specific needs.

The Exchange process is very specific and strict. For instance, there can be complications if you were to refinance with cash out before or after an Exchange. Under certain circumstances, this can create a taxable event. You also have a maximum of only 180 days to acquire the replacement property (or until the tax filing deadline, including extensions, for the year of the sale of the relinquished property). You also have only 45 days from the sale of the relinquished property to submit in writing the identification of possible replacement properties, unless of course you can acquire all replacement properties within that 45-day identification period. There are numerous additional steps in the process, not mentioned, that must be undertaken to make a successful Exchange, and this is why we work with professional 1031 Exchange companies.
Please click below for the Internal Revenue Code (subject to change) pertaining to 1031 Exchanges and, if you are interested in an Exchange, please complete the information request form below.

As this is highly complex and the above is subject to change, we do not act as a qualified intermediary, but as a conduit to help in the real estate transaction itself. Please enter into a 1031 Exchange with advice only from your legal and/or tax professionals for the latest in rules and guidance on how to best structure this process for your specific needs. If you wish, we can help you find a qualified intermediary.

Internal Revenue Code 1031 (1031 Exchange)

Commercial and Investment Property Financing:

We can recommend several Lenders that could assist in financing your investment properties.

It is always wise, that a pre-qualification (or a pre-approval, if possible) take place prior to searching for property. This step will alert you to any potential financial problems that could occur from a credit situation or unconventional property. Doing this will assure that, if property is found that meets your investment objectives, the financing will not cause any delays or cause a deal to fall through from inadequate financial resources.