Remote Cost Segregation Study Service

Offer fast, affordable, remote-first cost segregation studies to real estate investors so they can accelerate depreciation deductions and offset taxable income without slow or expensive traditional engineering visits.

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01 THE IDEA

Cost segregation is a tax strategy where a real estate investor hires an engineer to break down a property's components and classify them by depreciation schedule — allowing faster write-offs that offset taxable income. Traditionally, this required expensive on-site engineering visits, slow turnaround, and high fees, making it inaccessible or inefficient for mid-market investors. The business (ReCostig, co-founded with CPA Mitchell Baldridge) performs these studies remotely using existing documentation, property data, and software — delivering faster turnaround at lower cost.

The key insight is that any real estate investor buying a property over ~$500K will need a cost segregation study. With the self-storage and broader real estate creator ecosystem on Twitter generating a large, highly targeted audience of exactly these buyers, distribution is already solved. The business was doing $150K/month revenue with 20 employees at the time of this recording. The model is a productized professional service — repeatable, scalable with staff, and defensible through speed and price advantages over traditional engineering firms.

02 THE NUMBERS

EXPECTED ARR

$1.2M – $3.6M

INITIAL INVESTMENT

$30K + 300h

MONTHLY BURN

$40K + 120h

AUTOMATION

5/10

COMPETITORS

22 · GROWING →

SKILLS

Tax/accounting knowledge, Real estate finance, Engineering or partnership with engineers, Content marketing, Business development

03 THE VERDICT

Strong product-market fit proven by $150K/month revenue, and the remote delivery model is a genuine structural advantage. However, the barrier to entry is real — you need a licensed CPA or engineer, and the market is narrow (only real estate investors with $500K+ properties). Best suited for someone already embedded in the real estate professional services world rather than a generalist founder.

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