The loan is in this case approved based on equity of property presented as collateral. (mortgagebrokerstore.com)
So the only viable protection is HELOC à cents  $  ¦ having 80 % of equity of your property (that is paid off in my case) available as a line of credit and ready to be dispatched wherever its safe in case charging order gets you or some equity stripping ploy à cents  $  ¦ which hmmm as you all see is not super clean / safe approach to protect your assets. (biggerpockets.com)
Trading Up The net market value and equity of the property sold must be equal to or greater in the replacement property to defer 100 percent of the tax. (atlas1031.com)