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Mixed-use buildings combine ground-floor retail or office space with apartments above. Few asset types are harder to depreciate correctly. A single building can contain residential rental property (27.5-year recovery), nonresidential real property (39-year recovery), and dozens of components that qualify for much shorter lives. Treatin...

Buy It, Improve It: How Two Cost Segregation Studies Produced an Estimated $18.6M in Tax Savings Cost segregation isn't a one-time event. Timing it to the bonus depreciation rules in effect each year can change the result dramatically. Most commercial property owners think of cost segregation as something you do once, at purchase. A re...

2.1% on Paper, 23.5% in Reality: A Cost Segregation Case Study on a La Costa Investment Property Most investors judge a rental by cash-on-cash return. In coastal Southern California, that number is often thin enough to kill the deal. It also leaves out what the tax code can add in year one. This case study is an engineering-based cost ...

How Apartment Investors Are Using 100% Bonus Depreciation in 2026 If you own an apartment community, this may be the best year in over a decade to look at cost segregation. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act permanently restored 100% bonus depreciation for qualified property acquired after January 19, 2025 — no phase-down, no sunset. For m...

Industrial Warehouse Investors: How Cost Segregation and 100% Bonus Depreciation Unlock Immediate Tax Savings Warehouses Are Simple Buildings — Not Simple Tax Assets Industrial and warehouse properties get a reputation as "boring" real estate: a shell, a roof, some dock doors, maybe a little office buildout. That simplicity is exactly ...

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Retail Real Estate Rewards a Closer Look Retail centers — from neighborhood strip centers to grocery-anchored shopping plazas — carry a mix of structural components, parking infrastructure, signage, and tenant-specific buildouts that most owners simply lump into a single 39-year depreciation schedule. That's leaving money on the table....

How Luxury Real Estate Investors Can Unlock Nearly $1 Million in Tax Savings with Cost Segregation and Partial Asset Disposition Luxury Homes Deserve Luxury Tax Strategies Many high-net-worth real estate investors spend significant time selecting the right property, designing exceptional renovations, and maximizing resale value. Howeve...