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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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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
$800K – $3M
$30K + 300h
$40K + 120h
5/10
12 · GROWING →
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.
04 THE FIELD
- KBKGest. 1999STEADY · ADDED 2026-06-07
ESTABLISHED MID-TIER PLAYER
Specialty tax firm offering cost segregation among other services; traditional on-site model.
- Capstan Tax Strategiesest. 2007STEADY · ADDED 2026-06-07
NICHE PLAYER <5%
Dedicated cost segregation firm focused on commercial real estate; competes on expertise and relationships.
- Cost Segregation AuthoritySTEADY · ADDED 2026-06-07
NICHE PLAYER
Boutique firm providing cost segregation and fixed asset services to CPAs and real estate investors.