5 representative Los Angeles-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Bungalow Flip Silver Lake / Echo Park (Eastside) · SFR |
$1,325,000 | 16.0% | $43,063 | 45.0% | A |
| Highland Park Craftsman + ADU Highland Park / Eagle Rock · SFR |
$1,050,000 | 16.0% | $35,707 | 42.7% | A |
| Mid-City Duplex Investor Mid-City / Mid-Wilshire · DUPLEX |
$1,485,000 | 17.7% | $54,216 | 44.4% | A |
| Sherman Oaks SFR + Detached ADU Sherman Oaks / Valley Glen (San Fernando Valley) · SFR |
$1,850,000 | 16.3% | $68,239 | 38.7% | B |
| South LA Fourplex South LA / Leimert Park · FOURPLEX |
$985,000 | 18.4% | $38,850 | 42.1% | 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.
Silver Lake / Echo Park (Eastside) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1925 · 1850 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $67,547 | 9.3% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $48,839 | 6.7% |
| Total accelerated | $116,385 | 16.0% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $612,365 | 84.0% |
For this fixture, the engine used 45.0% 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 1.2474 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.13 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Highland Park / Eagle Rock · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1922 · 1700 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $53,016 | 8.8% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $43,489 | 7.2% |
| Total accelerated | $96,505 | 16.0% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $505,145 | 84.0% |
For this fixture, the engine used 42.7% 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 1.1542 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.13 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Mid-City / Mid-Wilshire · DUPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1928 · 2800 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $88,182 | 10.7% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $58,349 | 7.1% |
| Total accelerated | $146,530 | 17.7% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $679,278 | 82.3% |
For this fixture, the engine used 44.4% 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 1.0793 (A band). Geographic factor: 1.13 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Sherman Oaks / Valley Glen (San Fernando Valley) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1968 · 2600 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $104,722 | 9.2% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $79,709 | 7.0% |
| Total accelerated | $184,431 | 16.3% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $949,434 | 83.7% |
For this fixture, the engine used 38.7% 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 1.3527 (B band). Geographic factor: 1.18 (state resolver).
South LA / Leimert Park · FOURPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1947 · 4200 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $67,136 | 11.8% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $37,865 | 6.6% |
| Total accelerated | $105,001 | 18.4% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $464,920 | 81.6% |
For this fixture, the engine used 42.1% 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 0.5071 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.13 (metro_calibrated resolver).
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