How a full-time doctor using real estate to hit financial independence sidesteps capital gains taxes and scales her portfolio

How a full-time doctor using real estate to hit financial independence sidesteps capital gains taxes and scales her portfolio

A home for sale in Belmont, North Carolina.Jeff Greenberg/Getty ImagesNicole Shirvani is a full-time psychiatrist who invests in real estate on the side.She used a 1031 exchange to avoid capital gains tax and scale her portfolio.Her investment properties help boost her savings, support travel, and secure her daughter's future.Nicole Shirvani experimented with rental real estate in her 20s — buying a condo in Toronto, where she's from, and fillin…