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# Ep 189 – How to Utilize a Cost Segregation Study WITHOUT Being a Real Estate Professional

[ Rent To Retirement ](https://www.renttoretirement.com/podcasts/author/rent-to-retirement) :  Sep 28, 2023 2:20:40 PM

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Many investors tune out immediately when people start talking about cost segregation studies because they aren’t a real estate professional. What’s the point of learning about them when your full time job means you can’t use it to offset your active income?

Zach Lemaster and Adam Schroeder talk with Steve Trussell, Rent to Retirement’s resident cost segregation expert, about how cost segregations can be utilized by the average investor, as well as why, if you’re going to do it, sooner is better than later.

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