Leah Badach, CES
1031 Exchange Specialist • Expert Source
A Certified Exchange Specialist who turns the tax code’s most intimidating tool into plain English. Available for interviews, expert quotes & podcasts.
9+Years of 1031 experience
50States served
CESFEA credential
50States served
About
Leah Badach is a Certified Exchange Specialist (CES) with 11+ years of 1031 exchange experience. The CES credential, administered by the Federation of Exchange Accommodators, is verifiable in the FEA's public CES directory. She specializes in the exchanges most professionals avoid: reverse, improvement/construction, DST, and NYC co-op & condo exchanges. Based in Brooklyn; serves investors nationwide.
Speaking Topics
- 1031 Exchange 101 (plain English)
- The 45/180-day deadline trap
- Reverse & improvement exchanges
- DSTs: retiring from landlording
- QI fraud & how to stay safe
- Capital-gains strategy for investors
- The biggest 1031 mistakes
- Policy watch: is 1031 at risk?
Soundbites
“A 1031 exchange isn’t a loophole. It’s the section of the tax code Congress wrote to keep investment capital moving.”
“The most expensive mistake I see is people touching the money. The instant your proceeds hit your own account — even for a day — the exchange is dead.”