Case Study Cape Cod

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Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo owns a vacation home in Cape Cod. They used this vacation home during the summer and rent the property to a family friend for 10 days out of the year. They purchased it 20 years ago for $250,000, spend $100,000 in renovation, and wants to exchange this property for a different vacation home in Miami Beach. This vacation home have been appraised for $850,000. Issues 1. What is code section relating to the possibility to defer any realized gain if an exchange of property transaction had occur? 2. Does the Cape Cod vacation home qualified as an investment property? 3. If it does not qualified as an investment property, what can Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo do to meet for the rule for §1031? Conclusions 1. According to the US

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