Asheville cost segregation examples

5 representative Asheville-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.

Summary table

Example Price Reclass % Y1 fed savings @ 37% Land % Recon band
Downtown Asheville Historic SFR
Downtown Asheville / Montford · SFR · STR
$685,000 26.2% $54,210 18.4% A
West Asheville Renovated SFR STR
West Asheville / Candler · SFR · STR
$525,000 28.5% $45,251 18.4% A
Black Mountain Cabin STR
Black Mountain · SFR · STR
$565,000 30.1% $51,439 18.4% A
Weaverville Modest Cabin STR
Weaverville · SFR · STR
$485,000 31.1% $45,840 18.0% A
Biltmore Park SFR LTR
Biltmore Park / South Asheville · SFR
$825,000 15.0% $37,360 18.4% B

"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.

Downtown Asheville Historic SFR

Downtown Asheville / Montford · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1905 · 2100 sqft

$54,210
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
26.2%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$559,234
Depreciable basis (18.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$107,35519.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$1,6590.3%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$37,5006.7%
Total accelerated$146,51426.2%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$412,72073.8%

Land allocation note

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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.0291 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (state resolver).

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West Asheville Renovated SFR STR

West Asheville / Candler · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1948 · 1700 sqft

$45,251
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
28.5%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$428,610
Depreciable basis (18.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$89,17120.8%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$1,6220.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$31,5087.4%
Total accelerated$122,30128.5%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$306,30971.5%

Land allocation note

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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.9953 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (state resolver).

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Black Mountain Cabin STR

Black Mountain · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2008 · 1850 sqft

$51,439
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
30.1%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$461,266
Depreciable basis (18.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$104,29322.6%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$2,4630.5%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$32,2677.0%
Total accelerated$139,02330.1%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$322,24369.9%

Land allocation note

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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.9853 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (state resolver).

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Weaverville Modest Cabin STR

Weaverville · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2012 · 1650 sqft

$45,840
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
31.1%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$397,700
Depreciable basis (18.0% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$99,36025.0%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$2,2980.6%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$22,2335.6%
Total accelerated$123,89131.1%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$273,80968.8%

Land allocation note

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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.9324 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (state resolver).

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Biltmore Park SFR LTR

Biltmore Park / South Asheville · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 2010 · 2400 sqft

$37,360
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
15.0%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$673,530
Depreciable basis (18.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$47,0077.0%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$53,9658.0%
Total accelerated$100,97215.0%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$572,55885.0%

Land allocation note

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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.3837 (B band). Geographic factor: 0.9 (state resolver).

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