Cut your rental property's tax bill by accelerating depreciation
A cost segregation study reclassifies 24–30% of your building's depreciable basis from the standard 27.5-year schedule into faster 5, 7, and 15-year asset classes — front-loading your depreciation deductions and reducing current-year taxable income. We do the analysis. You give the report to your CPA.
$149–299 per property Coming soonWho needs a cost segregation study?
Owners of residential rental property, short-term rentals (Airbnb, VRBO), and recently-purchased or renovated investment properties. NOT primary residences — there's no depreciation deduction on a personal home. The study makes financial sense when the property's depreciable basis is at least $200,000 and the owner has rental income to offset.
How much can a cost segregation study save?
On a $400,000 building basis, accelerating 24–30% to shorter schedules typically generates $80,000–$120,000 of additional first-year deductions. Actual tax savings depend on the owner's bracket and other deductions; consult your CPA. Industry studies show the median ROI on a cost-seg study is 10–30× the study's cost in the first year alone.
What's in the report
- Component-by-component breakdown of your property by IRS asset class (5, 7, 15, 27.5-year schedules)
- Pre/post depreciation comparison showing additional first-year deductions
- MACRS depreciation schedule for Schedule E filing
- IRS audit-trail documentation following ATG Approach 2/4
- PDF report ready to hand to your CPA
- Property data already pre-populated from public records — you don't start from a blank questionnaire
How it works
Enter your address
We pull sqft, year built, lot size, and improvement value from county records — most of the data the study needs is already public.
Answer a short questionnaire
Purchase price, date placed in service, finish level, renovation history, and a few interior photos. Takes 10–15 minutes.
Get your report in 24 hours
Component schedule, depreciation comparison, and audit-trail documentation delivered as a PDF. Hand it to your CPA.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need an engineer or licensed professional?
No. The IRS has no licensing or credentialing requirements for cost segregation preparers. Any preparer following IRS Audit Technique Guide (ATG) Approach 2 (Detailed Engineering Cost Estimate) or Approach 4 (Residual Estimation) produces a defensible study. We use a hybrid of both with R.S. Means construction unit-cost data.
How is this $149–299 when traditional studies are $1,500–5,000?
Most of a cost segregation study is data collection. Traditional preparers visit the property, measure everything, and rebuild the data from scratch for every job. We pre-populate from public records (square footage, year built, improvement value, lot size, and feature flags like pool / garage / carport) so the study starts with most of the work already done. The owner provides the missing pieces (purchase price, finish level, renovation history) via questionnaire. The output is the same component-by-component schedule a traditional study produces.
Is this safe to give to my CPA?
Yes. The report follows IRS ATG-documented methodology and includes the audit-trail documentation a CPA needs to file a Form 3115 (Change in Accounting Method) or directly claim accelerated depreciation on Schedule E. Your CPA decides what to do with it; we don't file anything on your behalf.
What if I bought the property years ago?
You can still claim catch-up depreciation via Form 3115 — the cost segregation study identifies depreciation you should have claimed in prior years, and the IRS allows you to take the missed amounts as a current-year deduction. Your CPA handles the Form 3115 filing.
Does this work for short-term rentals (Airbnb, VRBO)?
Yes. Short-term rentals follow the same depreciation rules as long-term rentals when the average stay is 7 days or less and the owner materially participates. Cost segregation often produces especially large first-year deductions for STRs because they tend to have higher personal-property content (furniture, appliances, decor) that depreciates over 5 years.
When will this be available?
Currently in development. Sign up for the waitlist below and we'll email you the moment it's live, along with early-access pricing for the first 100 customers.