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 | 16.5% | $45,177 | 44.1% | B |
| Highland Park Craftsman + ADU Highland Park / Eagle Rock · SFR |
$1,050,000 | 17.3% | $37,613 | 44.1% | A |
| Mid-City Duplex Investor Mid-City / Mid-Wilshire · DUPLEX |
$1,485,000 | 12.4% | $38,016 | 44.1% | A |
| Sherman Oaks SFR + Detached ADU Sherman Oaks / Valley Glen (San Fernando Valley) · SFR |
$1,850,000 | 13.8% | $56,704 | 40.0% | B |
| South LA Fourplex South LA / Leimert Park · FOURPLEX |
$985,000 | 12.0% | $25,387 | 42.0% | 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.
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) | $50,303 | 6.8% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $71,798 | 9.7% |
| Total accelerated | $122,101 | 16.5% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $618,574 | 83.5% |
For this fixture, the engine used 44.1% 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 1.3112 (B 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) | $40,988 | 7.0% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $60,668 | 10.3% |
| Total accelerated | $101,656 | 17.3% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $485,294 | 82.7% |
For this fixture, the engine used 44.1% 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 1.1521 (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) | $53,054 | 6.4% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $49,693 | 6.0% |
| Total accelerated | $102,747 | 12.4% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $727,368 | 87.6% |
For this fixture, the engine used 44.1% 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 1.162 (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) | $65,566 | 5.9% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $87,688 | 7.9% |
| Total accelerated | $153,254 | 13.8% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $956,746 | 86.2% |
For this fixture, the engine used 40.0% land allocation from source: statistical_premium_floor. This means the engine's component-bottom-up reconstruction cost exceeded 2.0× the implied depreciable basis after subtracting land, the premium land floor was applied to keep the study within audit-defensible territory. This is common for resort-tier properties where land scarcity premiums dominate the purchase price.
The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 1.3917 (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) | $43,757 | 7.7% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $24,857 | 4.4% |
| Total accelerated | $68,614 | 12.0% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $502,686 | 88.0% |
For this fixture, the engine used 42.0% 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 0.5941 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.13 (metro_calibrated resolver).
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