Cost segregation firms all promise the same basic thing: reclassify parts of a property so more depreciation lands in the early years instead of stretching out over decades. What separates them is who does the engineering, how deep the study goes and whether the firm treats it as a full-time discipline or one more line item on a services menu. Understanding how strategic property improvements can affect real estate value can also help investors think more broadly about where their money is going.

That distinction matters more than most marketing pages let on. A generalist tax shop can technically run a cost segregation study, but the people…

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