Defer the tax. Stay invested in real estate.

An independent 1031 exchange brokerage, built around one exchange at a time — yours.

Accredited investors get access to institutional 1031-eligible strategies — DSTs, 721 exchanges, and more — evaluated around your exchange, never an in-house product.

Who I Am

I'm Jerry Baker. Baker 1031 is my firm — independent, founder-led, and built entirely around the 1031 exchange.

Every offering is reviewed the way an investment committee would review it, in the context of your sale, your calendar, and the role the proceeds need to play.

Amazon last-mile distribution facility, a net-leased industrial asset type
Institutional-quality replacement property
Representative of asset types reviewed · not a current offering
250,0001
Investors reached through direct work and education
$4T+2
Aggregate platform sponsor AUM
$10B+3
Cumulative real estate transaction experience
698
Completed sponsor programs in the track record
6.3yrs
Average hold across completed programs

1–3: internal estimates and sponsor-reported figures, not audited counts or performance claims. See disclosures.

Access across established institutional sponsors

Sponsor logos are shown for identification only and are not endorsements or recommendations; availability and suitability vary by offering and investor.

Why I founded Baker 1031

At the core of this firm is a standard I would want applied to my own family's capital.

I founded Baker 1031 Investments to build the kind of firm I would want my own family to work with: independent, founder-led, and honest about trade-offs before it is enthusiastic about products. Sometimes the right answer is that we don't have the right investment for you. When that happens, I'll say so. I would rather lose the business than do bad business.

Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town apartment buildings, Manhattan
Peter Cooper Village / Stuyvesant Town — New York, NY
Blackstone & Ivanhoé Cambridge · Sponsor-owned asset, not a current offering
What I Do

Every strategy listed is a private security: illiquid, long-hold, for accredited investors only, and capable of losing principal. Distributions are not guaranteed.

Bukit Batok Connection, an industrial and logistics property in Singapore
Bukit Batok Connection — Singapore
Hines & DWS · Sponsor-owned asset, not a current offering
How I Underwrite

Underwritten first. Shown second.

Before an offering reaches you, I take it apart the way an investment committee would: the market and who is actually hiring there, the rent roll and what it depends on, the business plan and what happens if it slips, and the debt — structure, maturity, and refinancing risk.

If the real estate doesn't make sense, the rest of the deal doesn't either.

More offerings are declined than advanced.
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Jerry Baker, founder of Baker 1031 Investments
“I founded Baker 1031 Investments to build the kind of firm I would want my own family to work with — and sometimes that means telling you we don't have the right investment for you.”
Jerry Baker
Founder & Managing Principal, Baker 1031 Investments
FINRA BrokerCheck
CRD #7537416
Gerald F. “Jerry” Baker, III
Broker-Dealer
Aurora Securities
CRD #46147 · FINRA/SIPC
Registrations
Series 22 · 63 · SIE
Direct participation programs
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Full-Cycle Results

Like you, I'm results-oriented.

“Full cycle” means the program has completed its hold and returned investor capital; these offerings are closed and no longer available. Average annual return and equity multiple are net to investor over each program's full hold period. Realized results of completed programs; not current offerings. Past performance does not guarantee future results, and individual results will vary.

Questions

Ask me the hard ones first.

From how I'm paid to strategy selection, liquidity, and exchange timing — these are the questions I want you comfortable asking before we work together.

Get Started

No 1031 exchange is too complex.

A short intake of nine quick steps tells me what your exchange needs. I'll reach out within one business day. No obligation, no pressure.

About 3 minutes, with answers saved as you go
A response within one business day
I coordinate with your QI, CPA, and attorney
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