Big Bear cost segregation examples

5 representative Big Bear-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.

Summary table

Example Price Reclass % Y1 fed savings @ 37% Land % Recon band
Big Bear Lake Lakefront SFR
Big Bear Lake (city, lakefront) · SFR · STR
$875,000 26.1% $55,228 34.7% A_low
Moonridge Ski Cabin
Moonridge (Bear Mountain Resort base) · SFR · STR
$685,000 26.4% $42,098 37.1% A_low
Big Bear City SFR STR
Big Bear City (unincorporated) · SFR · STR
$485,000 25.0% $29,465 34.2% A_low
Fawnskin Lakeview Cabin
Fawnskin (north shore) · SFR · STR
$595,000 26.2% $37,768 34.4% A_low
Sugarloaf Rural LTR
Sugarloaf (eastern, rural) · SFR
$365,000 16.0% $14,302 33.7% 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.

Big Bear Lake Lakefront SFR

Big Bear Lake (city, lakefront) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 1998 · 2200 sqft

$55,228
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
26.1%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$571,638
Depreciable basis (34.7% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$110,30419.3%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$3,2350.6%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$35,7256.2%
Total accelerated$149,26426.1%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$422,37473.9%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 34.7% 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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.8186 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.18 (state resolver).

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Moonridge Ski Cabin

Moonridge (Bear Mountain Resort base) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2008 · 1900 sqft

$42,098
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
26.4%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$430,591
Depreciable basis (37.1% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$83,63419.4%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$2,4140.6%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$27,7306.4%
Total accelerated$113,77926.4%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$316,81273.6%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 37.1% 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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.7304 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.18 (state resolver).

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Big Bear City SFR STR

Big Bear City (unincorporated) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2002 · 1750 sqft

$29,465
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
25.0%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$318,984
Depreciable basis (34.2% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$57,31618.0%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$1,4190.4%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$20,9006.6%
Total accelerated$79,63525.0%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$239,34975.0%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 34.2% 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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.6648 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.18 (state resolver).

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Fawnskin Lakeview Cabin

Fawnskin (north shore) · SFR (short-term rental) · Built 2015 · 1850 sqft

$37,768
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
26.2%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$390,380
Depreciable basis (34.4% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$75,97519.5%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$1,9690.5%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$24,1326.2%
Total accelerated$102,07626.2%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$288,30373.9%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 34.4% 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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.7759 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.18 (state resolver).

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Sugarloaf Rural LTR

Sugarloaf (eastern, rural) · SFR (long-term rental) · Built 1995 · 1500 sqft

$14,302
Year-1 federal savings @ 37%, 100% bonus
16.0%
5/7/15-yr reclass as % of depreciable basis
$242,178
Depreciable basis (33.7% land removed)

Component breakdown

MACRS classReclassified amount% of basis
5-year personal property (FF&E, appliances, decorative finishes, certain electrical)$22,3589.2%
7-year personal property (office equipment, certain agricultural)$00.0%
15-year land improvements (paving, landscaping, fencing, site lighting)$16,2976.7%
Total accelerated$38,65516.0%
27.5-Year Residential Real Property structure (39yr commercial)$203,52284.0%

Land allocation note

For this fixture, the engine used 33.7% 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.

Reconciliation

The engine computed a reconciliation factor (rf_raw) of 0.66 (A_low band). Geographic factor: 1.18 (state resolver).

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