Now in its 20th year, the Exeter Group of Companies has cultivated a culture of financial stewardship while amassing unmatched expertise in tax deferral and tax exclusion strategies. The company’s safety and soundness rests on three pillars: regulatory oversight of its trust operation; high levels of fidelity bond coverage, errors and omissions insurance and regulatory required equity capital, and its own governance initiatives that produce a daily accounting of funds with which it is entrusted.
The Exeter Group, LLC
Founded in 2004, The Exeter Group, LLC provides financial services to the real estate investment community through its wholly owned operating subsidiaries listed below. The Exeter Group, LLC is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Exeter 1031 Exchange Services, LLC
Exeter 1031 Exchange was founded in 2005 and is a leading independent, national provider of 1031 exchange services for tax deferral and tax exclusion strategies. It serves as the Qualified Intermediary (also referred to as an Accommodator or Facilitator) for individual, corporate, and institutional clients’ 1031 Exchange transactions. It has built a nationwide reputation for expertise in 1031 exchange transactions, including Forward 1031 Exchanges, Reverse 1031 Exchanges, Improvement 1031 Exchanges (also referred to as a Build-To-Suit 1031 Exchange or Construction 1031 Exchange) and Zero Equity 1031 Exchanges™.
Exeter 1031 Exchange is one of the few Qualified Intermediaries that administers 1031 exchange transactions of foreign properties. Clients’ 1031 exchange funds are deposited, held, and safeguarded in separate, segregated Qualified Trust Accounts through Exeter Trust Company.
Exeter 1031 Exchange Services, LLC is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Exeter Trust Company
From its headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Exeter Trust serves as Trustee for 1031 Exchange Qualified Trust Accounts (or Qualified Escrow Accounts), Custodian for Self-Directed Individual Retirement Accounts, including Self-Directed Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP-IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, and individual 401(k) Plans or Solo 401(k) Plans with an emphasis in non-traditional investments (also referred to as Alternative Investments). It is a Trustee of Title Holding Trusts (Land Trusts), Escrow Agent for Specialty Holding Escrows and Custody Services, also with an emphasis on non-traditional investments and wealth preservation.
Exeter Trust Company is licensed, regulated, and audited by the Wyoming Division of Banking as a non-depository trust company.
Exeter Asset Services Corporation
Exeter Asset Services was founded in 2019 and serves as the Exchange Accommodation Titleholder or EAT when legal title to real property must be acquired and held (often referred to as “parked”) as part of a Reverse 1031 Exchange or an Improvement 1031 Exchange, including those structured under the Bartel v. Commissioner case.
Exeter Asset Services Corporation is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Exeter Exchange Management Corporation
Exeter Management was founded in 2005 and serves as the LLC Manager for the limited liability companies of The Exeter Group of Companies. It provides various consulting and advisory services for clients, including expert witness review, deposition and trial testimony for 1031 Exchanges, Self-Directed IRAs and Individual 401(k) Plans, and Title Holding Trusts (Land Trusts).
State of Washington Required Notice:
Washington State Law, RCW 19.310.040, requires an exchange facilitator to either maintain a fidelity bond in an amount of not less than one million dollars that protects clients against losses caused by criminal acts of the exchange facilitator, or hold all client funds in a Qualified Escrow Account or Qualified Trust Account.