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Real Estate Glossary

Cost Recovery

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Written by Kevin Coulston

This is an annual debit of a section of the cost of a particular asset over its useful lifetime through depletion, depreciation, and amortization. Depletion recovers the cost of natural resources, depreciation recovers the cost of palpable property, and amortization recovers the cost of patents or goodwill.

This is an annual debit of a section of the cost of a particular asset over its useful lifetime through depletion, depreciation, and amortization. Depletion recovers the cost of natural resources, depreciation recovers the cost of palpable property, and amortization recovers the cost of patents or goodwill.

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Kevin Coulston