5 representative Houston-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.
| Example | Price | Reclass % | Y1 fed savings @ 37% | Land % | Recon band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Heights Bungalow Flip Houston Heights / Garden Oaks · SFR |
$525,000 | 14.1% | $22,381 | 18.4% | A |
| Montrose Townhome Rental Montrose / Museum District · CONDO |
$625,000 | 10.3% | $19,477 | 18.0% | D |
| Sugar Land Suburban SFR Sugar Land / Fort Bend County (suburban) · SFR |
$385,000 | 12.4% | $14,141 | 20.0% | A_low |
| Woodlands Master-Planned Rental The Woodlands / Montgomery County (suburban) · SFR |
$425,000 | 12.8% | $16,034 | 20.0% | A |
| Pearland BRRRR Fourplex Pearland / Friendswood (Brazoria County) · FOURPLEX |
$485,000 | 14.6% | $20,938 | 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.
Houston Heights / Garden Oaks · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1932 · 1700 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $31,520 | 7.4% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $28,970 | 6.8% |
| Total accelerated | $60,490 | 14.1% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $368,120 | 85.9% |
For this fixture, the engine used 18.4% 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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.2328 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Montrose / Museum District · CONDO (long-term rental) · Built 2010 · 2100 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $47,838 | 9.3% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $4,802 | 0.9% |
| Total accelerated | $52,640 | 10.3% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $459,860 | 89.7% |
For this fixture, the engine used 18.0% 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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.8626 (D band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Sugar Land / Fort Bend County (suburban) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 2008 · 2300 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $28,341 | 9.2% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $9,879 | 3.2% |
| Total accelerated | $38,220 | 12.4% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $269,780 | 87.6% |
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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.7614 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (state resolver).
The Woodlands / Montgomery County (suburban) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 2012 · 2200 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $32,739 | 9.6% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $10,596 | 3.1% |
| Total accelerated | $43,335 | 12.8% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $296,665 | 87.3% |
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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.8779 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (state resolver).
Pearland / Friendswood (Brazoria County) · FOURPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1995 · 3200 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $43,723 | 11.3% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $12,867 | 3.3% |
| Total accelerated | $56,590 | 14.6% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $331,410 | 85.4% |
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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.6051 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (state resolver).
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