Just make sure that he won't be viewed as an employee in case L&I does an audit, ie one relationship and all spending under your umbrella might be viewed different.

Lease and Contract Audit Due Diligence.

That impacts me negatively now (compared to 6%), but supposedly was to prevent IRS questioning/audit in the future. 

My understanding is that he creates a tax savings plan, finds the properties, sets up llcs, does the actual cost segregation, and represents you in case of an audit. 

Market demographicsYou never know how grumpy a field agent auditing you will be. 

You will receive a report as a result of the cost segregation study that supports the breakout between asset classes and new depreciation schedule in the event that you are audited by the IRS.

How are you going to deduct mortgage interest, depreciation, property taxes, insurance, etc on the cottage tied to your primary home - without getting flagged for an IRS audit?

The actual percentage of people that get audited is tiny. 

If the proper reports and documentation are not completed, you run the risk of failing an IRS audit and the cost segregation not being honored.

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