Are there any big industries that bring in temporary or short term workers or contractors? 

replace the gfci with a temporary plain outlet (if you have a spare).  

30 wholesale deals 5 fix n flips (sell as turn key to those CA investors)5 holds to keep personally 1 rehab charity house (start a non profit charity to provide temporary housing for domestic abuse victims). 

With current low rates if their credit problem is temporary they can lock in a price and cash you out latter.  

The contractor I'm working with says I need to permits, one to update service $175, and one for temporary service $175.

If so, consider a sunshade as a temporary fix.

“Landlords of rent stabilized units who try to use a temporary lapse in the rent stabilization laws to break existing leases, to raise rents improperly, to intimidate tenants, or to coerce tenants into leaving their homes, will be subject to the full force of law for any such action,” Cuomo wrote in a letter to be sent Sunday to landlords.The letter, obtained by the Daily News, states that despite any temporary lapses, the new rent laws once approved will be retroactive to June 15 — so “your legal obligations under existing leases and under the passage of the new rent stabilization program will not expire on that day.”De Blasio says if rent-regulated apartments law expires it would be 'end to New York City as we have known it'The governor directed landlords to continue to follow the current law until a new law is enacted and any changes are fully understood.

They dont know it, but I am going to put a temporary seal on it for the inspection so that an Air Pressure Test can give me the health of the rest of the plumbing. 

offered mine as temporary relief but wonder what their rights are? 

Amounts Paid To Acquire or Produce Tangible Property Under § 1.263(a)-2Section 1.263(a)-2T of the 2011 temporary regulations provided rules for applying section 263(a) to amounts paid to acquire or produce a unit of real or personal property.