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Real Estate Transition Trust

A tax-aware alternative to bring your client when the 1031 doesn’t fit — handled end to end, with you in the loop. $10,000 paid to you per closed deal.

Run Your Client’s Numbers

What a Referral Is Worth

Your client’s tax as-is, what RETT™ is projected to save them — and what the introduction pays you.

Private — nothing is sent, stored, or shared.

Leave at 0 if the property is paid off.

A high-level projection, not tax, legal, or investment advice — figures assume a ~24% long-term capital-gains rate and estimated program costs; your client’s result is confirmed in their complimentary analysis.

Ready to refer? The short partner form takes about a minute.

How the RETT™ Works

The Real Estate Transition Trust

A tailored trust structure with an insurance-wrapped payment stream, engineered to help mitigate tax exposure on appreciated real estate while keeping you in control of what comes next.

The arithmetic is what makes the call: a client selling at $3 million with $2 million of gain is looking at roughly $476,000 in federal capital-gains tax alone — before their state takes a share. That conversation is coming to you either way.

Tax-Efficient Sale

IRC §453 installment sale with insurance support to help manage capital gains and stabilize payments.

Tax-Aware Investment Strategy

Proceeds invested in a tax-aware institutional strategy managed by a $1T+ global asset manager, keeping capital productive outside real estate.

Asset Protection & Privacy

South Dakota trust for strong privacy and asset protection.

What You Tell Your Client

RETT™ vs. Other Approaches

When the 1031 doesn’t fit and the client doesn’t want to keep buying real estate, this is the conversation. A 1031 lets your client trade real estate for more real estate. RETT lets your client trade for anything they want.

1031 Exchange

Like-kind only. Strict 45/180-day clocks. Reinvestment locked in real estate.

Installment Sale

Defers gain over years. Subject to buyer credit risk and timing constraints.

Opportunity Zone

Geography restricted. Funds locked in QOZ assets for the deferral benefit.

RETT™ (recommended)

Trust-based. Reinvest in anything. Designed to mitigate gain in the year of sale.

$10,000

Paid to You · Per Closed Deal

You close the deal. We enhance the outcome.

The $10,000 referral fee is paid to you — after the client’s sale closes and the trust is funded. No exclusivity, no tiered structure, no minimums.

Why Advisors Refer To Us

What you give your client. What you keep for yourself.

When the 1031 doesn’t fit, RETT gives your client a better outcome — and pays you to make the introduction.

A better outcome for your client

A tax-aware strategy that lets your client preserve more after the sale and reinvest on their terms, without locking them into more real estate.

A new income stream for your practice

$10,000 per closed deal, paid after the client’s sale closes and the trust is funded. No minimums, no exclusivity, no tiered structure.

An answer for the deal that's stuck

When the tax hit makes the deal hard to close, RETT gives you a path forward to bring back to your client.

Who To Send Us

Which clients to refer — and which not

We would rather you know the fit now than spend your credibility on an introduction that goes nowhere.

Refer them

  • A planned or upcoming sale of investment or commercial real estate
  • At least $1,000,000 in capital gains — ideally a $3,000,000+ sale price
  • They don’t need every dollar of the proceeds at closing

Not a fit

  • Under $1,000,000 of capital gain — the planning cost outweighs the benefit
  • They need the full proceeds in hand at closing
  • The sale is primarily paying off debt
BrookHaven Integrated Wealth Strategies

Who’s Behind It

An Integrated Multi-Family Office

RETT™ is delivered through BrookHaven, a multi-family office that coordinates wealth management, tax, legal, insurance, and trustee services under one roof. The strategy isn’t a product. It’s a coordinated outcome.

Private Wealth Management
CPA Firm
Law Firm
Insurance & Risk Mitigation
Trustee Services

Go Deeper

The 30-Minute Deep Dive

For those who want to understand the strategy before scheduling a call, this overview explains the mechanics, real-world numbers, who it may fit, and who it may not.

Schedule Your Partner Orientation

Tell Us About Your Practice

A few questions about your practice and your typical deal flow. After you submit, you’ll be routed directly to schedule a 30-minute partner orientation call.

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Your orientation is with Blake Schaper, Chief Executive Officer.

30 minutes · no cost, no exclusivity, no minimums — we walk the partnership, the fee, and the written referral agreement.

Have a client in mind already? Send them the client overview — it’s the client-facing page, with no partnership or fee detail.

Step 1 · About You
Step 2 · Your Practice
Step 3 · Your Client’s Sale

Optional — carried in from the qualifier above if you used it. These reach Blake with your booking, so the orientation starts on your client’s numbers.

Your answers carry over to the scheduler.

Your details go only to scheduling this orientation — we don’t share them, and nothing is sent to any client of yours.

Common Questions

Before Sharing an Opportunity

The Partnership

The RETT Strategy

Eligibility and Details

Partnership Logistics

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Become a Partner

You close the deal. We enhance the outcome.

If your practice fits, the partnership is straightforward and the fee is real.