You purchased an investment or commercial property recently—or years ago and never completed a study.
Cost segregation
Cost segregation studies.
Move deductions forward.
Transform one slow depreciation schedule into a component-level strategy engineered around how your property was actually built.
Get your free tax savings proposal ↗39years→5years
Real estate is not one asset.
A building contains hundreds of components with different functions and potentially different tax lives. A quality cost-segregation study identifies and documents those differences.
Qualifying finishes, electrical systems, specialty plumbing, site improvements, landscaping, and equipment may move from 27.5- or 39-year property into 5-, 7-, or 15-year categories. That acceleration can create earlier deductions and free capital for your next investment.
When it may fit
You completed ground-up construction and have detailed costs ready to be analyzed.
You renovated, expanded, or replaced major components and need the old and new assets properly treated.
You are designing a new project and want tax and energy strategy considered before decisions are locked in.
Evidence over estimates.
We connect tax classification to construction facts.
- 01Feasibility
Review basis, land, placed-in-service timing, tax posture, and available records.
- 02Engineering analysis
Examine drawings, cost data, property condition, systems, finishes, and site improvements.
- 03Tax classification
Map components to applicable recovery periods and document methodology and authority.
- 04Implementation
Deliver schedules and workpapers designed for coordination with your CPA, including prior-year method-change needs where applicable.
Innovate Real Estate does not provide legal advice. Final tax positions should be evaluated with your independent tax advisor.
Start with the property