Monetized Installment Sale - viable alternative to 1031?

[Debbie C.]

Does anyone know how difficult it is to do a monetized installment sale as an alternative to 1031 for deferring capital gains taxes? My CPA and real estate agent don’t know anything about it, and I don’t know how get started even if I wanted to do something like this. I’ve only read some information online describing how it works and it seems rather confusing. But if it does truly achieve a 30 year deferral then it’s something that I’d prefer doing over a 1031.