Leonard Spoto

Leonard Spoto is a co-founder and principal of Asset Exchange Company, an independent nationwide 1031 Exchange Qualified Intermediary. With approximately 25 years devoted to Section 1031 exchanges, Leonard has helped build AEC into a firm that has facilitated approximately 22,000 exchanges since 2006.

Leonard oversees AEC’s sales, marketing, professional education, and strategic relationships. He has presented accredited courses and 1031 exchange workshops to more than 30,000 Realtors, escrow and title professionals, lenders, attorneys, tax professionals, and real estate investors. He has also written numerous articles about delayed, reverse, construction, partnership, and complex exchange issues.

Speaking and educational topics

• 1031 Exchange Basics

• Advanced 1031 Exchange Strategies

• Common Problems and Pitfalls

• Reverse and Construction Exchanges

• Planning for an eventual 1031 exchange during the property acquisition

• Partnership, LLC, drop-and-swap, and same-taxpayer issues

• DSTs, replacement-property alternatives, and 721 UPREIT strategies

  
  

Leonard is available for association meetings, professional education programs, brokerage events, investor workshops, webinars, and conference breakout sessions.

When Leonard is not talking 1031, he spends most of his free time shuttling his two kids between school, sports, piano, etc.  When not ubering for his family he tries not to crash his mountain bike.