Stop quoting $60,000 projects. Start showing owners the deduction in their building.

Commercial and short-term-rental buildings sit on the slow depreciation schedule by default. A study checks whether any of it belongs on a faster one. Our study moves the short-life parts into year one: a first-year deduction the owner weighs against the price of the project. Stop asking the owner for their budget. Start showing them the number already sitting in their building. Show them that number and the conversation stops being about price. You become the contractor who found them the deduction, not the contractor asking them to spend.

Show the Owner Their Number in 30 Seconds

Enter the property and get a preliminary year-one estimate on the spot. You are not asking the owner to accept a quote. You are handing them a number, and that is what turns a price conversation into a yes.

The Number Next to Your Price

The project is never the deduction. Our cost segregation study on the building is. It moves the short-life parts of the building into year one, and that first-year deduction is the number the owner weighs against the price of the project. Here is how it looks across the three kinds of property you sell into.

STR and LTR figures come from actual cost segregation runs. Every study is custom-priced to the property, never a flat fee or rate card, and every study is guaranteed to clear a minimum return in first-year deductions relative to its own fee, 30 to 1 on short-term rentals, 20 to 1 on commercial, or it is free. Project costs are examples. When a deduction can be used is a rule about the owner, not the building: LTR owners generally need real-estate-professional status or passive income to use it the same year; STR and commercial owners who materially participate generally can.

How the number is built: our study reclassifies part of the building into fast depreciation, and 100% bonus depreciation deducts it in year one.

How Contractors Use It

The pitch is not another number for the owner to justify. It is a deduction you are showing them. You stay in your lane, whatever that trade is. When you register, we send you the plain-English pitch and the owner-facing materials: the one-pager, the estimate request, and the leave-behind FAQ.

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First-year deductions of at least 20x to 30x the fee, guaranteed.

Every study is custom-priced to the property, and every study is guaranteed to clear its minimum before the owner pays for it: 30 to 1 on short-term rentals, 20 to 1 on commercial. Here are the numbers we publish: one delivered study and four commercial benchmark runs, in first-year deductions against the fee.

Short-term rental, Montgomery County

~135:1

Deductions to fee

Basis: $1,040,000
First-year deductions: $174,905

Free-standing restaurant

~67:1

Deductions to fee

Basis: $2,804,440
First-year deductions: $599,678

Mid-rise office

~40:1

Deductions to fee

Basis: $2,971,345
First-year deductions: $479,220

Office / warehouse

~33:1

Deductions to fee

Basis: $1,911,675
First-year deductions: $330,674

Medical clinic

~24:1

Deductions to fee

Basis: $1,404,500
First-year deductions: $241,839

The rental is one delivered study. The four commercial cards are benchmark runs, not client studies. Individual results vary.

The bigger the building your customer owns, the bigger the number you bring them.

The Minimum ROI Guarantee

Every study is custom-priced to the property. No flat fee, no rate card. And every study is guaranteed to clear a minimum return in first-year accelerated deductions relative to its own fee, or the owner does not pay for it: a minimum of 30 to 1 on short-term rentals, a minimum of 20 to 1 on commercial buildings. We decline anything that will not clear its floor.

How we can promise this. The free check screens the building before the owner ever pays a dollar or sees a quote. If the projection does not clear its floor, we tell them not to buy the study. We decline buildings that will not clear it. We would rather turn down the job than deliver a weak one.

How It Works for You

Where the Deduction Sits

Our study carves the building out of the slow 39-year bucket and into faster ones. Any major project on the building is the moment to look.

Our study moves finishes, fixtures, and site work into the fast lanes. The IRS lost Hospital Corporation of America in 1997 and publishes an Audit Techniques Guide for these studies.

Which Trades This Program Is For

This program is for any trade selling a five-to-six-figure project to a commercial or short-term-rental building owner. The rule for the building: it is held for income.

Which Building Types Depreciate

• Commercial & industrial: retail, office, warehouse, restaurants, medical.
• Rental & multifamily: apartments, leased buildings held for income.
• Short-term rentals: Airbnb and VRBO properties in vacation markets.
• A primary residence: not depreciable.

This is a program for contractors who work commercial, rental, and vacation-market buildings, not primary residences.

Two Studies, Full Protection

We offer a value study and a fully engineered study. So you bring the owner an option at any budget and never lose the deal over the fee. You set the price; we meet the owner wherever they want to be.

The guarantees on the engineered study.

Contractor FAQ

Is the project itself the tax deduction?

No. The deduction comes from our cost segregation study on the whole building, not the project you are selling. Our study moves the short-life parts of the building into year one. That first-year deduction is the number the owner weighs against the price of the project.

Do I need to understand the tax side?

No. You spot the opportunity and make the introduction. Licensed engineers produce our study and work with the owner's accountant. You never have to answer a tax question.

What does it cost me or my customer?

Nothing to register or run the free check. Every study is custom-priced to the property, no flat fee or rate card, and the owner pays for a study only if the estimated deduction clears its guaranteed minimum (30:1 on short-term rentals, 20:1 on commercial), and they see that number before they commit. Basis offers options from a value study to a fully engineered one, so you can meet any owner at their budget.

What is in it for me?

You stop competing on price and you close more deals. You show up with something no other contractor brings. Register your interest below and we will follow up to talk through the partnership directly.

Is this legitimate?

Component depreciation traces to the Service's loss in Hospital Corporation of America v. Commissioner in 1997, and the IRS publishes an Audit Techniques Guide describing precisely how it is performed.

Does this work for my trade?

Yes, if you sell a five-to-six-figure project to a commercial or short-term-rental building owner. Roofing, HVAC, paving, solar, electrical, general contracting, restoration, and similar trades are all in the program. The rule for the building: it is held for income.

Work With Us

Contractors and platforms serving commercial and short-term-rental building owners can partner with Basis. Register your interest below and we will follow up to talk through how it works for your business. Partnership details are discussed directly, not posted here.

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