Start your 1031 Reverse Exchange here. Please provide us with as much information as possible.Once a 1031 Exchange has begun it needs to identify at least one replacement property within 45 days after relinquished property has closed. The process for a forward 1031 exchange (reverse exchanges are structured differently) involves seven simple steps: 1. Generally, if you make a likekind exchange, you are not required to recognize a gain or loss under Internal Revenue Code Section 1031. Using a 1031 exchange, the value you receive from one sale can go directly into another instead of cashing out and paying the taxes before your next investment. See FAQs for disaster victims for information. • Represented Quadrum Group in the buy-out of its partner and the sale of the B Ocean Hotel, Florida and 1031 exchange.