Sponsor profile
SEC filings + cited sources
1031 CF Properties is a real-estate investment sponsor led by President and CEO Edward E. Fernandez and affiliated with the 1031 Crowdfunding platform. Top1031 tracks six of its Delaware Statutory Trust programs, including Birchview DST and 1031CF Portfolio 1 through 5 DST, first filed between 2021 and 2023. The sponsor reports launching 14 real-estate investment programs since 2018 across senior-housing DSTs, REITs, private-credit funds, and Qualified Opportunity Zone funds, with capabilities spanning origination, underwriting, financing, repositioning, operations, and exit. Recent activity includes a memory-care acquisition and a private-credit fund launched in March 2026.
Platform and leadership
1031 CF Properties is a real-estate investment sponsor affiliated with the 1031 Crowdfunding platform and led by President and CEO Edward E. Fernandez 45. Per the sponsor's July 21, 2025 statement, the firm and its affiliates have launched 14 real-estate investment programs since 2018, spanning senior-housing DSTs, REITs, private-credit funds, and Qualified Opportunity Zone funds, with in-house capabilities across origination, underwriting, financing, repositioning, operations, and exit 4. The sponsor reports that Fernandez has raised more than $1.3 billion across private and public real-estate offerings over a 25-plus-year career and that the 1031 Crowdfunding platform has supported more than 2,800 completed 1031 exchange transactions 5.
Tracked programs
Top1031 tracks six Delaware Statutory Trust programs tied to the sponsor: Birchview DST (first filed 2021) and 1031CF Portfolio 1 through 5 DST (first filed 2022 and 2023) 6.
Recent activity
On March 16, 2026, the sponsor acquired Generations Memory Care, a 48-unit/48-bed stand-alone memory-care community in Rathdrum, Idaho, operated by Senior Services of America 3. On March 19, 2026, it launched the 1031CF Real Estate Private Credit Fund, an actively managed vehicle originating senior-secured loans collateralized by commercial real estate including senior housing, multifamily, student housing, affordable housing, build-to-rent, behavioral-health facilities, and single-tenant net-leased assets, with Fernandez identified as Manager of the Fund 2.
Independent recognition
Affiliate 1031 Crowdfunding appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in three years: No. 1348 in 2022 (482% three-year revenue growth), No. 931 in 2024 (544%), and No. 2886 in 2025 (143%) 1.