How to defer capital gains task on sale from house flip?

[Collin Wallace]

Hello, I am inquiring about information on what creative ways there are that I may choose to defer the profits from house flipping to invest into other RE deals? OR if there are methods that require me to invest that money into other avenues, or to pay down debt i.e student loans? Open to all information! Thanks!

[Matt Devincenzo]

This is covered about daily here on BP. Flip profits are ordinary income not capital gains and there is no way to defer them. Even if you hold longer than a year your intent matters not the timeframe, in that if you bought with the intent to flip it is still a flip and is taxed as such.