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Joshua Slaybaugh 

President and Chief Executive Officer

Trade Up 1031, Inc.

Josh Slaybaugh is the President and CEO of Trade Up 1031, Inc., a company dedicated to providing comprehensive due diligence and acquisition services to real estate investors executing a Section 1031 'like-kind' exchange into professionally managed, income producing assets. Josh represents our clients' acquisition interests in investment properties nationwide. He is also an active buyer advisor and real estate investor.


Most recently, he was the acting National Sales Director of DeSanto Realty Group, LLC (Media, Pa.). There, he was responsible for leading DeSanto's nationwide marketing and sales efforts with the NASD broker-dealer and registered representative communities for securitized Tenant-in-Common (TIC) real estate investment offerings.


Previously, Josh was an Associate Vice President of Triple Net Properties, LLC (Santa Ana, Ca.) an industry leader in the TIC arena. At Triple Net, his territory encompassed much of the East Coast, with a focus on the Mid-Atlantic region. His team raised equity for TIC's, REIT's, and LLC real estate offerings from high net worth private investors.


Over the past 10 years, Josh has also acted as an independent financial advisor and investment adviser representative, providing a variety of traded and non-traded securities and insurance products directly to his advisory clientele.


He attended the University of Delaware and currently holds both Series 7 and 66 registrations with FINRA. Additionally, he is an actively licensed insurance agent and real estate salesperson in Pennsylvania. Josh and his wife reside in West Chester, PA with their two children.

Trade Up 1031, Inc.

950 Garlington Circle

West Chester, PA 19380

866.661.1031 office

610.563.5484 mobile

866.813.7370 facsimile

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