For agents who work with investor buyers
A free tax-savings tool that adds $8K–$40K in Year 1 deductions to every investor buyer's ROI model. Properties that looked marginal finally pencil out. Your commission closes. Your buyer thanks you. No engineer, no 4-week wait, no cost to you or your client for the estimate.
If your buyers are owner-occupants, this isn't for you — cost segregation only applies to rental property.
When you walk a buyer through cap rate and cash-on-cash return, you're showing them the pre-tax picture. The after-tax picture — including accelerated depreciation from a cost segregation study — is what an investor actually keeps. Most agents never bring it up because they don't know how to model it.
Traditional engineering-based cost seg studies cost $3K–$15K and take 4-6 weeks. For a $400K single-family rental, the math barely justified the fee. So 90% of small investor deals skipped cost seg entirely — and the tax savings stayed hidden from the ROI model.
Agents who pitch with tax-aware ROI models close deals that generalist agents walk away from. The buyer you lost last quarter wasn't walking because the property was bad — they were walking because the after-tax cash flow looked thin in your spreadsheet.
Before you show the property, drop the address into costsegx.ai. Property data is auto-filled from public records and satellite imagery. 30 seconds later, you have a realistic first-year tax savings estimate.
Show the buyer their after-tax cash flow alongside the cap rate and cash-on-cash. A $500K single-family rental that looked like 4% CoC now shows 7-8% after accelerated depreciation. That's the difference between "I'll think about it" and "Let's write the offer."
Once the deal closes, your buyer can run the complete $499 study on CostSegX directly. You do zero tax work. No hand-off form, no liability, no follow-up calls. The study is between the buyer and the platform.
CostSegX is a software tool, not a CPA firm. Agents don't provide tax advice — you're sharing a property estimate, same as a cap rate or a comp. The buyer makes their own tax decisions with their own CPA.
Sample: $500,000 single-family rental, Tampa FL, 20% down, 30-year fixed at 7%
| Metric | Without Cost Seg | With Cost Seg Year 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rent | $42,000 | $42,000 |
| Operating expenses | −$14,000 | −$14,000 |
| Mortgage interest | −$22,400 | −$22,400 |
| Standard depreciation | −$14,545 | −$14,545 |
| Accelerated depreciation (cost seg) | — | −$62,000 |
| Taxable income (loss) | −$8,945 | −$70,945 |
| Tax benefit at 37% marginal rate | $3,310 | $26,250 |
| After-tax cash flow Year 1 | $1,200 | $24,140 |
Sample assumes 37% combined federal + state marginal rate and real-estate-professional or §469 material-participation status. Actual tax benefit depends on the buyer's situation — always confirm with their CPA. This is the kind of number you can show a buyer in 30 seconds instead of 3 weeks.
A complete anonymized cost segregation report for a fictional $420K Tampa single-family rental. Exactly what your buyer would receive if they run the full study after closing. Print it, email it, or show it on your tablet during a property tour — proof of what $499 produces.
Apply to the partner program. We'll respond within 1 business day. This is for agents who want the referral revenue in addition to the deal-closing value — the estimate tool and sample report are free to use with or without partnering.
1 Based on a $500,000 single-family residential rental at a 37% combined federal and state marginal tax rate with real-estate-professional or §469 material-participation qualification. Actual first-year benefit varies by property basis, acquisition year, applicable bonus depreciation rules, and the buyer's individual tax situation. Buyers should confirm applicability with their own CPA. CostSegX is a software tool and does not provide tax advice.
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CostSegX is a software tool, not a CPA firm — we do not provide tax advice. Scope: residential 1-4 unit rentals, depreciable basis under $1M.