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 | 16.3% | $25,862 | 18.4% | A |
| Montrose Townhome Rental Montrose / Museum District · CONDO |
$625,000 | 12.4% | $23,581 | 18.0% | C |
| Sugar Land Suburban SFR Sugar Land / Fort Bend County (suburban) · SFR |
$385,000 | 14.4% | $16,378 | 20.0% | A_low |
| Woodlands Master-Planned Rental The Woodlands / Montgomery County (suburban) · SFR |
$425,000 | 14.7% | $18,530 | 20.0% | A_low |
| Pearland BRRRR Fourplex Pearland / Friendswood (Brazoria County) · FOURPLEX |
$485,000 | 13.7% | $19,708 | 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) | $26,596 | 6.2% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $43,302 | 10.1% |
| Total accelerated | $69,898 | 16.3% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $358,712 | 83.7% |
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 1.159 (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) | $59,275 | 11.6% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $4,457 | 0.9% |
| Total accelerated | $63,732 | 12.4% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $448,768 | 87.6% |
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 1.7223 (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) | $21,889 | 7.1% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $22,377 | 7.3% |
| Total accelerated | $44,266 | 14.4% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $263,734 | 85.6% |
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 0.7193 (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) | $24,794 | 7.3% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $25,286 | 7.4% |
| Total accelerated | $50,080 | 14.7% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $289,920 | 85.3% |
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 0.8258 (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) | $34,513 | 8.9% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $18,751 | 4.8% |
| Total accelerated | $53,264 | 13.7% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $334,736 | 86.3% |
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 0.6013 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.92 (state resolver).
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