5 representative Chicago-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park SFR Flip Lincoln Park / Bucktown / Wicker Park · SFR |
$685,000 | 16.0% | $29,720 | 26.5% | A |
| Logan Square Two-Flat Investor Logan Square / Avondale · DUPLEX |
$545,000 | 17.4% | $26,969 | 23.2% | A_low |
| Pilsen Three-Flat BRRRR Pilsen / Bridgeport (Lower West Side) · TRIPLEX |
$425,000 | 17.6% | $20,886 | 24.7% | A_low |
| South Loop Condo Rental South Loop / West Loop (downtown-adjacent condo) · CONDO |
$685,000 | 11.9% | $15,469 | 48.9% | C |
| Oak Park Suburban SFR LTR Oak Park / Evanston (suburban Cook County) · SFR |
$485,000 | 15.8% | $21,886 | 23.1% | 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.
Lincoln Park / Bucktown / Wicker Park · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1908 · 1850 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $44,233 | 8.8% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $36,093 | 7.2% |
| Total accelerated | $80,326 | 16.0% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $423,012 | 84.0% |
For this fixture, the engine used 26.5% 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 1.2063 (A band). Geographic factor: 0.95 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Logan Square / Avondale · DUPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1922 · 2800 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $42,323 | 10.1% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $30,567 | 7.3% |
| Total accelerated | $72,890 | 17.4% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $345,888 | 82.6% |
For this fixture, the engine used 23.2% 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 0.736 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.95 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Pilsen / Bridgeport (Lower West Side) · TRIPLEX (long-term rental) · Built 1898 · 3000 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $36,340 | 11.3% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $20,108 | 6.3% |
| Total accelerated | $56,448 | 17.6% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $263,747 | 82.4% |
For this fixture, the engine used 24.7% 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 0.5663 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 0.95 (metro_calibrated resolver).
South Loop / West Loop (downtown-adjacent condo) · CONDO (long-term rental) · Built 2014 · 1350 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $38,381 | 11.0% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $3,428 | 1.0% |
| Total accelerated | $41,808 | 11.9% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $308,080 | 88.1% |
For this fixture, the engine used 48.9% 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 1.5367 (C band). Geographic factor: 0.95 (metro_calibrated resolver).
Oak Park / Evanston (suburban Cook County) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1925 · 2100 sqft
| MACRS class | Reclassified amount | % of basis |
|---|---|---|
| 5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical) | $31,321 | 8.4% |
| 7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural) | $0 | 0.0% |
| 15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting) | $27,829 | 7.5% |
| Total accelerated | $59,150 | 15.8% |
| 27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial) | $314,009 | 84.1% |
For this fixture, the engine used 23.1% 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 0.7897 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.08 (state resolver).
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