Depreciation for Real Estate Investors: A Pillar Hub
Depreciation is how the tax code lets real estate investors deduct the cost of income-producing property over time. The pieces below combine into the high-leverage strategy that drives most of WeCostSeg's engagement requests.
Cost Segregation Studies
The engineering approach to reclassifying components into shorter recovery periods.
Bonus Depreciation 2026 (OBBBA)
Permanent 100% bonus under Public Law 119-21 for post-Jan-19-2025 acquisitions.
Depreciation Recapture
How Section 1245 and unrecaptured Section 1250 hit you when you sell.
Form 3115 Look-Back
How to catch up missed depreciation from prior years in a single tax year.
Qualified Improvement Property (QIP)
The 15-year recovery period for interior improvements to nonresidential property.
Section 179 vs Bonus Depreciation
When to elect Section 179 expensing instead of (or alongside) bonus depreciation.
Zawwad Ul Sami, Founder
Zawwad Ul Sami is the founder of WeCostSeg, a founder-led cost segregation firm serving real estate investors across the US. He focuses on strategy, pricing, and the firm's overall direction.