1 Exterior paint averages $25-$40 a gallon, and a 3,000-square-foot home takes 15 or more gallons of paint, or $375-$600 just for the paint.
Construction-In-Process (CIP) Assets. A construction-in-process (CIP) asset is an asset you construct over a period of time. Create and maintain your CIP assets as you spend money for raw materials and labor to construct them. Since a CIP asset is not yet in use, it does not depreciate and is only in the corporate book.
Residential rental property gets depreciated over 27.5 years. What you do is to take the cost of the building, but not the land, divide it by 27.5, and claim that amount on Form 4562 as well as carry it over to your Schedule E as an expense. You can do the same thing with any major improvements.