@Jay HinrichsI try to avoid historic districts at all costs.

@Yamil NafRaising $160,000 for your short-term rental (STR) venture is a great goal, and there are several ways to structure the deal to minimize your upfront costs while attracting investors.

Can you give a cost breakdown?  

Most cost segregation firms will provide a free cost/benefit analysis quote to help you determine if the tax benefits from the study will outweigh the costs.

To be brutally honest i don't care if it's at cost, below or above, I only care what it is exactly and how much. 

There is extra costs, more regulation, and more liability. 

Do you work with any specialty tax firms to help us small business owners get access to R&D tax credits, cost segregation and other specialty tax credits?

Figuring out the true cost will heavily depend on the type of dig down, depth, and total square footage. 

Anything you do remote will come at a cost of operational inefficiencies and a higher cost of doing business.

Even if they don't realize how much money you're costing them now, someone will tell them eventually and I don't think your canned wholesaling response is going to do much to repair the damage.