Independent · A decade inside the industry · No properties for sale

Everyone in the 1031 world is selling you something.
We'd rather tell you the truth.

DSTRUTH is the independent field guide to 1031 exchanges and Delaware Statutory Trusts — written by people who spent ten years marketing for this industry and got tired of the script. Free guides. Graded sponsors. And when you're ready, an introduction to a partner we actually vet — with every dollar of our compensation disclosed.

10 yrs
Inside the 1031 industry
0
Properties we're selling you
100%
Of our fees disclosed, in writing
How this industry actually works

Three things nobody says out loud until now.

TRUTH Nº 01

Almost every "education" site is a sales funnel in a costume.

The free guide is a lead magnet. The webinar is a pitch. The "advisor" earns a commission on the product they just recommended. None of that is illegal — but it should be labeled. Here, it is. Every page on this site tells you what it's for.

TRUTH Nº 02

The real numbers live in the fine print.

Sales loads, sponsor fees, disposition costs, reserve accounts — the fees that decide your actual return sit on page 47 of a document most investors never open. We read the fine print for a living. Then we highlight it, in plain English, for free.

TRUTH Nº 03

Good sponsors and honest advisors exist. Finding them is the hard part.

A decade of building campaigns, funnels, and dashboards for this industry showed us who returns calls, who hides fees, and who quietly disappears after closing. That's the entire reason this site exists — to point you at the good ones and grade the rest.

The Library

Every question you'd ask
if you knew what to ask.

Long-form guides, written to be the last thing you need to read on each topic — not the first step of a funnel.

Sponsor Grades

We grade sponsors the way you'd grade a tenant: on their record.

Track record, fee load, communication, and deal quality — scored on a rubric we publish. No pay-to-play. No "featured partners." A sponsor can't buy a better grade.

A
Multifamily · Sunbelt

Full-cycle deals
31
Avg. fee load
LOW
Investor comms
MONTHLY
Red flags
0
B−
Industrial · National

Full-cycle deals
12
Avg. fee load
MID
Investor comms
QUARTERLY
Red flags
1
D
Retail · Regional

Full-cycle deals
3
Avg. fee load
HIGH
Investor comms
"CALL US"
Red flags
4

// Names redacted in this mockup. On the live site, grades link to full report cards with sourcing. Grades are editorial opinion based on published offering documents and public records — not investment advice.

Radical transparency

How we get paid.
Yes, an entire section about it.

Nobody else in this industry will show you this page. That's exactly why we lead with it.

STEP 01
You pay us $0.

Every guide, grade, and calculator on this site is free. No paywall, no "unlock with your email," no upsell on the thank-you page.

STEP 02
You ask for an intro.

When you're ready for a human — a qualified intermediary, a DST advisor, a tax pro — we match you with a partner from our vetted bench. You can say no. Most people don't.

STEP 03
The partner pays us.

If the introduction becomes a working relationship, the partner compensates us a referral fee. It never changes what you pay, and it's disclosed to you in writing before your first call.

// The catch you're looking for: our incentive is to keep partners on the bench only if readers keep having good experiences. One bad match costs us more than any referral fee is worth. That's the whole business model.

Get matched

Ready for a human?
We know the good ones.

Tell us where you are in your exchange. We'll match you with a vetted partner who fits your situation — or tell you honestly if you don't need one yet.

A decade in this exact niche. We've built the marketing, read the offering docs, and audited the funnels for firms across the 1031 world.
Vetted means vetted. Track record verified, references called, fee structures reviewed before anyone joins the bench.
No obligation, ever. An introduction is an introduction. You stay in control of every next step.
On the clock? Tell us in the form — 45-day-window requests get same-day attention.

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Free · No obligation · Fees disclosed up front

By submitting, you agree we may share your information with a vetted partner for the purpose of an introduction. We'll disclose our referral relationship in writing. We never sell your data to lists.

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