Charlotte cost segregation examples

5 representative Charlotte-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
Plaza Midwood Bungalow
Plaza Midwood / NoDa · SFR
$625,000 16.0% $30,055 18.8% A
Dilworth Historic SFR
Dilworth · SFR
$825,000 16.4% $41,151 17.6% B
South End Condo Investor
South End / SouthPark · CONDO
$485,000 12.3% $18,114 17.8% D
Ballantyne SFR Rental
Ballantyne / Pineville · SFR
$425,000 16.6% $21,179 19.0% A_low
Concord BRRRR Fourplex
University City / Concord (suburban) · FOURPLEX
$685,000 19.9% $40,541 19.7% 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.

Plaza Midwood Bungalow

Plaza Midwood / NoDa · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1928 · 1850 sqft

$30,055
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.0%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$507,250
Depreciable basis (18.8% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$46,6179.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$34,6136.8%
Total accelerated$81,23016.0%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$426,02084.0%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 18.8% 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 1.2318 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.94 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Dilworth Historic SFR

Dilworth · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1922 · 2100 sqft

$41,151
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.4%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$679,635
Depreciable basis (17.6% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$61,8019.1%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$49,4187.3%
Total accelerated$111,21916.4%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$568,41683.6%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 17.6% 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 1.4083 (B band). Geographic factor: 0.94 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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South End Condo Investor

South End / SouthPark · CONDO (long-term rental) · Built 2014 · 1450 sqft

$18,114
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
12.3%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$398,524
Depreciable basis (17.8% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$44,91411.3%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$4,0421.0%
Total accelerated$48,95712.3%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$349,56887.7%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 17.8% 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 1.92 (D band). Geographic factor: 0.94 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Ballantyne SFR Rental

Ballantyne / Pineville · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 2005 · 2200 sqft

$21,179
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.6%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$344,208
Depreciable basis (19.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$34,84810.1%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$22,3916.5%
Total accelerated$57,23916.6%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$286,96883.4%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 19.0% 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 0.8091 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.94 (metro_calibrated resolver).

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Concord BRRRR Fourplex

University City / Concord (suburban) · FOURPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1992 · 3600 sqft

$40,541
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
19.9%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$549,850
Depreciable basis (19.7% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$76,40513.9%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$33,1666.0%
Total accelerated$109,57119.9%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$440,27880.1%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 19.7% 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 0.7069 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (state resolver).

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