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 | 16.0% | $25,412 | 18.1% | A |
| Montrose Townhome Rental Montrose / Museum District · CONDO |
$625,000 | 12.1% | $22,710 | 19.1% | C |
| Sugar Land Suburban SFR Sugar Land / Fort Bend County (suburban) · SFR |
$385,000 | 16.3% | $18,191 | 21.7% | A_low |
| Woodlands Master-Planned Rental The Woodlands / Montgomery County (suburban) · SFR |
$425,000 | 16.5% | $20,773 | 19.7% | A_low |
| Pearland BRRRR Fourplex Pearland / Friendswood (Brazoria County) · FOURPLEX |
$485,000 | 19.8% | $28,192 | 20.8% | 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) | $39,579 | 9.2% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $29,102 | 6.8% |
| Total accelerated | $68,681 | 16.0% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $361,241 | 84.0% |
For this fixture, the engine used 18.1% 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 1.2079 (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) | $56,357 | 11.1% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $5,022 | 1.0% |
| Total accelerated | $61,379 | 12.1% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $444,496 | 87.9% |
For this fixture, the engine used 19.1% 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 1.7012 (C 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) | $28,472 | 9.4% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $20,692 | 6.9% |
| Total accelerated | $49,165 | 16.3% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $252,329 | 83.7% |
For this fixture, the engine used 21.7% 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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.6766 (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) | $33,449 | 9.8% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $22,694 | 6.7% |
| Total accelerated | $56,143 | 16.5% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $285,047 | 83.5% |
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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.8223 (A_low 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) | $52,611 | 13.7% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $23,583 | 6.1% |
| Total accelerated | $76,195 | 19.8% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $308,071 | 80.2% |
For this fixture, the engine used 20.8% 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.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.5286 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (state resolver).
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