I think it's about preventing abuse so you don't lose thousands. 

in a few short years 1 property has produced over a $1/2 million in equity, thousands in cash flow, was leverage to buy another property which does the same and leverage to buy a small cash flowing business. 

He also did a very superficial rehab job, so we spent several thousands more on the unit when the new PM took over.

You will find a ton of NARPM members, some with thousands of units under management and decades of experience, freely sharing their wisdom with you.

Cost me a few thousand. 

Hi,I had a lawsuit against ORES, spent several thousand already, no good progress.

The cost segregation just defers taxes and cost a few thousand dollars to do.

These are quite literally opposing areas in nearly every facet.  

they will say you can operate a parking lot there.. plus who is going to spend the thousands upon thousands litigating this with the city ??? 

You can literally change the market price of a property by millions with just a few percentage point change.