Dallas cost segregation examples

5 representative Dallas-area properties run through the Cost Seg Smart engine. These aren't hypothetical, every number below comes from the same engine that produces real customer studies.

Summary table

Example Price Reclass % Y1 fed savings @ 37% Land % Recon band
Bishop Arts Bungalow Flip
Bishop Arts / Oak Cliff · SFR
$525,000 14.5% $21,887 22.4% A
M Streets Tudor Rental
M Streets / Lakewood · SFR
$685,000 14.9% $29,288 22.4% B
Uptown Condo Investor
Uptown / Oak Lawn · CONDO
$525,000 10.7% $11,961 42.5% C
Frisco Suburban SFR Rental
Plano / Frisco (suburban Collin County) · SFR
$425,000 12.4% $15,655 20.0% A_low
Arlington Fourplex BRRRR
Arlington / Grand Prairie (Tarrant County, suburban) · FOURPLEX
$585,000 13.9% $23,985 20.0% A_low

"Recon band" reflects the engine's reconciliation factor (rf_raw): A = clean fit between component-bottom-up sum and depreciable basis; D = high cost-of-construction-vs-purchase ratio, premium land floor applied.

Bishop Arts Bungalow Flip

Bishop Arts / Oak Cliff · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1928 · 1700 sqft

$21,887
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
14.5%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$407,190
Depreciable basis (22.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$32,5118.0%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$26,6436.5%
Total accelerated$59,15414.5%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$348,03685.5%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 22.4% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.2199 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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M Streets Tudor Rental

M Streets / Lakewood · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1934 · 1950 sqft

$29,288
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
14.9%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$531,286
Depreciable basis (22.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$43,0978.1%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$36,0596.8%
Total accelerated$79,15614.9%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$452,13085.1%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 22.4% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.4085 (B band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Uptown Condo Investor

Uptown / Oak Lawn · CONDO (long-term rental) · Built 2012 · 1500 sqft

$11,961
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
10.7%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$301,780
Depreciable basis (42.5% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$29,6729.8%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$2,6540.9%
Total accelerated$32,32610.7%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$269,45489.3%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 42.5% land allocation from source: statistical_premium_floor. This means the engine's component-bottom-up reconstruction cost exceeded 2.0× the implied depreciable basis after subtracting land, the premium land floor was applied to keep the study within audit-defensible territory. This is common for resort-tier properties where land scarcity premiums dominate the purchase price.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.5702 (C band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Frisco Suburban SFR Rental

Plano / Frisco (suburban Collin County) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 2009 · 2400 sqft

$15,655
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
12.4%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$340,000
Depreciable basis (20.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$30,4439.0%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$11,8673.5%
Total accelerated$42,31012.4%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$297,69087.6%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.8183 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (state resolver).

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Arlington Fourplex BRRRR

Arlington / Grand Prairie (Tarrant County, suburban) · FOURPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1988 · 3400 sqft

$23,985
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
13.9%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$468,000
Depreciable basis (20.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$48,34110.3%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$16,4823.5%
Total accelerated$64,82313.9%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$403,17786.1%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 20.0% land allocation from source: statistical. This is the statistical fallback when reliable county assessor data wasn't available or didn't pass the reliability gate. Estimate comes from the metro → state → national land-ratio hierarchy.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.7256 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (state resolver).

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