Companies are able to claim the tax credit equal to 50% of qualified salaries, up to $10,000 of wages per employee between March 12, 2020 and January 1, 2021.

Based on my knowledge of the area, I got a little more granular on the above, digging into the seasonality of travel there (with Christmas Week through end of March being super-packed and longer stays, April being totally dead and the rest of the year being somewhere between).

We are in a hyper competitive market as well (10-20 offers are normal) and still manage to get AO's - 4 last weekend, 17 total in March - without handing over the bank.There are two issues with appraisals, one is that comps used today were sold in last year's (off season) fall market, and second - they are somewhat subjective.

Massachusetts Single Family Closed Sales Stats for March 2022: Prices went up and sales went down, surprise.Median price: $549,450 +13.29% Yoy;Sales: 3,007, -11.17% Yoy;Sales YTD: 8,612 -12.95% Yoy;Inventory: 3,007, -3.69% Yoy (I'm not sure if is coincidence or a typo that this is the same number as sales);New Listings: 5,398, -7% Yoy;New Listing YTD: 11,325, -8.93% Yoy;Months Supply: 0.7; +16.67% Yoy;Days on Market: 34, -24.44% Yoy.

I want to make a demand for this difference.Details:Fast forward to my renovations starting in March 2022 after close -- I am seeing a lot of water damage as I being work. 

Catskills seem to be significantly slowing down vs pandemic times (30-40% decline this March/ April).

I'd try to rent across two tax years but less than 2 total years e.g. rent this Sept until next March so you show two tax returns with rental income etc, and then he moves in and reclaims his prop 19...That at least would be my initial plan for experts on the tax issues to poke holes in.

By the way, our rate locked in during March at 3.375. 

That way you control the process and you steal a march on this thing.

Interestingly enough I was at one of our local Lowes this weekend and overheard one of the older employees talking with a friend about how he had to wait until March for his kitchen cabinets.