 you know if you play your cards right if this is what makes sense in your financial plan overall that 250 000 of capital gain can get pushed out longer into the future when maybe there's a more ideal year for you to be paying the tax on it that that's right so so want to be clear 1031 is a complicated maneuver work with your cfp and they've got to be working with your cpa number two a 1031 doesn't avoid the the tax it just delays the tax okay and then