Rewey  I have a client here in PDX that is a big Toyota dealers I think they have 3 stores and they are HUGE sub prime auto note buyers I mean BIG probably one of the largest on the west coast if not the US.. and we where in a meeting on something else when I asked him how the heck to you take this riskI mean folks can just drive off with the car.. and he explain how it works.Now in the deep south in Jackson MS when I was down there I would also see these used car dealers with the 100 down 100 a month..

My clients hire me to do this type of research ahead of prospective renovations & additions. 

This doesn't take much time at all and allows clients to write off the basis in their property quicker.There was a change under the "Trump plan" that affects your ability to complete a 1031 exchange (like-kind exchange) after completing a cost seg so if that is part of  your strategy it would be something to consider as well.There isn't a hard set line on when it makes sense to complete a study but with the information posted I don't think it would make a lot of sense on this property. 

@Martin Rubio our clients range from people buying their first deal ever to hedge funds buying 100 properties a month. 

I do have a specific unique situation though, this is a commercial property that doesn't have a tax lien but a water lien.

It's something we see a lot of our clients doing.

*None of this post is intended to create an attorney-client or CPA-client relationship. 

I felt I did very well because I had a unique advantage of having spent years doing aid work overseas in places like the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, or in Haiti, or rural parts of Indonesia.

Or if one of your current clients referrals another client or another buyer then you can always discount them on their next purchase. 

I can get #10 business envelop with return address and unique shipping address for .08 cents each (minimum 1000, all of them are)a folded 8.5x11" black and white letter for .08 cents each4x6", two sided, black and white post card printed for .24 centsWith this system, I'm stuck stuffing and stamping the letters, and stamping the post cards.