Selling Multiple Investment Properties in Los Angeles as a Package Deal? Dylan Serna Can Help
Looking to sell multiple investment properties in Los Angeles as a package deal? Whether you own two duplexes, a handful of small apartment buildings, or a scattered portfolio of SFRs with ADUs across different neighborhoods, Dylan Serna can help you move them — either by sourcing a qualified buyer off the market, or by organizing the full package on the market for a clean, coordinated sale.
Why Investors Are Selling Portfolios Right Now
It's not just you. Rising overhead costs are pushing a wave of small landlords out of the LA market — property taxes, insurance premiums, maintenance, and regulatory pressure have stacked up, and for a lot of owners, the math on holding just isn't there anymore. Selling as a package deal — rather than offloading one property at a time — is often the cleaner exit. You avoid months of staggered closings, reduce carrying costs, and give yourself real negotiating leverage with serious buyers who want scale.
Off-Market: The Faster, Quieter Path
If you'd rather skip the public listing process entirely, Dylan works with a network of multifamily investors actively looking for off-market deals in LA. These are buyers who are pre-capitalized, experienced with multi-property transactions, and motivated — they're often willing to pay a premium specifically because they're getting exclusive access before anything hits the open market.
Off-market works especially well when the properties have deferred maintenance, tenant situations that complicate showings, or when you simply don't want the world to know you're selling. A direct buyer introduction keeps things tight and moves faster.
On-Market: Organized for Maximum Exposure
If going on-market is the better play for your situation, the key is packaging and positioning the portfolio so it reads as an opportunity — not a mixed bag. Dylan uses live comp data to price the package competitively and attract the right buyer pool. The same fundamentals driving Costa Mesa ADU-attached properties to sell $110K over asking apply here: when a portfolio is priced correctly and the story is tight, qualified buyers show up fast.
The LA market has active demand in the right submarkets. Understanding where buyers are penciling deals — and what cap rates they're underwriting to — is what separates a listing that stalls from one that closes.
Know Your Numbers Before You List
Before any conversation about price or strategy, you need to know what each property actually cash-flows. That calculation is what drives buyer interest and determines how the package gets valued. For a quick look at how investors think about down payment structure and cash-on-cash returns, this breakdown for Long Beach multi-unit buyers walks through the logic that the same buyer looking at your portfolio will be running on their end.
Don't Forget the 1031 Side of This
If a 1031 exchange is part of your exit plan, the sale structure matters from day one. California's 1031 exchange rules have seen meaningful changes heading into 2026, and getting the identification period and timeline right on a multi-property package sale is not something to wing. This shapes how you structure the deal — and how you sequence closings if you're selling more than one property.
1031 Into a Delaware Statutory Trust — The Fully Hands-Off Exit
Here's what a lot of LA portfolio sellers don't know about: you can do your 1031 exchange into a Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) instead of buying another active property — and that means zero landlord duties on the other side. No tenants. No maintenance calls. No property management headaches. Just passive income from an institutional-grade asset.
A DST is a fractional ownership structure that the IRS recognizes as qualifying replacement property for a 1031 exchange. When you sell your portfolio, your proceeds go to a Qualified Intermediary. From there, you have 45 days to identify a DST and 180 days to close — same deadlines as a traditional 1031. Once you're in, the DST sponsor manages everything: the asset, the tenants, the debt. You hold a beneficial interest and collect your share of distributions.
The properties inside a DST are typically institutional-grade — think large multifamily complexes, industrial warehouses, net-lease retail — professionally managed and diversified across markets you'd never be able to access on your own as a direct buyer.
It's the right move for sellers who are done being landlords but still want real estate in the mix. The trade-off is liquidity — DST interests are generally illiquid and designed to be held long-term, so this isn't a short-term parking spot. But if the goal is to cash out of an active LA portfolio, defer the capital gains tax, and never deal with a tenant again, a DST 1031 is worth a serious conversation with your CPA before you close.
What Markets Are Moving in LA County Right Now?
For sellers trying to benchmark what buyers will pay, the current multi-unit data in adjacent markets is telling. Buena Park's July 2026 market update and Fullerton's July 2026 multi-unit numbers show where buyers are drawing the line on pricing and what's actually closing — useful context if you're trying to set realistic expectations before going to market.
Ready to talk through your portfolio? Dylan Serna works with investment property sellers across Los Angeles and Orange County and can help you figure out whether an off-market deal or an organized on-market sale is the right move for your situation. Reach out and let's start with the numbers.
