I am rather thoroughly grateful that I don't own enough property or stock or whatever to have to worry about things like capital gains taxes, and if/when I ever do I'm gonna hire an accountant to worry about those things for me, because even when it's neatly laid out and explained, the intricacies of such things as the 1031 tax free exchange are not precisely an open book to me. I'm sure I could figure it out if I had to, but I'm very pleased I don't have to; that's what professional accountants are for.
Those of my Gentle Readers who do have enough property to have to worry about this sort of thing no doubt also already have accountants (and/or enough training to handle the details themselves), but it's never a bad thing to get some more education for yourself, so it's cool to have more places to read up. And if you decide, in the end, that it's more than you want to learn, why, those accountants are always waiting where you can get them with a phone call. But for your own reality-check purposes--because, sad though it is, our business associates do not always have our best interests at heart--having somewhere to look things up on your own is nothing but a good thing. The Net may not make us all instant experts, but it can make us better informed.