Stop quoting $60,000 projects. Start handing owners $60,000.

Nearly every commercial and short-term-rental owner you quote has tax money trapped in their building. Our study frees it up: a large year-one tax saving that, on a typical commercial building, runs well past the cost of the project. Stop asking the owner for their budget. Start handing them the money already sitting in their building. Show them that number and the conversation stops being about price. You become the contractor who found them money, not the contractor asking them to spend it.

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.

Our Study Pays for the Project

The project is never the deduction. Our cost segregation study on the building is, and it frees up a year-one tax saving that, on most income property, runs past what the project costs. That freed cash is what pays for it. Here is how it looks across the three kinds of property you sell into.

STR and LTR cash-freed 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. "Cash left after the project" is shown before the study fee; the guarantee is what keeps that fee small next to the number above. Project costs are examples. LTR owners generally need real-estate-professional status or passive income to use the savings the same year; STR and commercial owners who materially participate can use it now.

How the freed 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 money you are handing 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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Minimum ROI guaranteed. Real studies, typically far more.

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 is what real, completed studies actually returned.

Short-term rental cabin

~135:1

ROI on the study

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

Free-standing restaurant

~67:1

ROI on the study

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

Mid-rise office

~40:1

ROI on the study

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

Office / warehouse

~33:1

ROI on the study

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

Medical clinic

~24:1

ROI on the study

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

Real cost segregation studies. Client details anonymized. Individual results vary.

The bigger the building your customer owns, the bigger the number you bring them, and the easier the deal gets to close.

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. The real studies below typically run well past either minimum.

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 Money Is Hiding

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 typically pulls 20–30% of the building into the fast lanes. Settled law since 1997, not a loophole.

Deals You Close

Illustrative of the shift contractors report when they lead with the owner's tax benefit instead of a flat number. Replace with your real numbers once we have them.

Which Trades This Program Is For

Any trade selling a five-to-six-figure project to a commercial or short-term-rental building owner qualifies. If your customer owns the building to make money, the building likely qualifies too.

Which of Your Customers' Buildings Qualify

• 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, so it does not qualify.

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

The Lowest Price, Full Protection

Because of how Basis is built, we carry the lowest pricing in cost segregation. 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 frees up a year-one tax saving that, on a typical building, runs well past the cost of the project. That freed cash is what covers it.

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 benefit clears its guaranteed minimum (30:1 on short-term rentals, 20:1 on commercial), and they see that number before they commit. Basis prices below the rest of the market, with 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?

Yes. Component depreciation has been sanctioned since 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 all qualify. If your customer owns the building to make money, the building likely qualifies too.

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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