Clients (married couple)  purchased and lived in main home/residence from 2019 through mid 2022. 

Main benefits or criteria NYC buy and hold investors are looking for?

You needed to sell before Jan 2025 to benefit from this rule.Right now, you owe capital gain taxes, unless you do a 1031 exchange or implement some other tax deferral strategy. 

Although it is usually to the investor's benefit to do a cost segregation study the first year of owership, properties that have been owned for longer than one year can also take advantage of the tax benefits and cash flow available with cost segregation.The amount of depreciation can vary between 25% to 50% of what you paid for the property mimus land with the 100% Bonus Depreciation. 

I used it for awhile and liked it, the main benefit was the skip tracing.

I’m Srinivasa Subramanian and I run a property management business in Central Maine area. 

If paying down principal is the main goal, then a 15 year mortgage is the way to go. 

They know the codes, pull the right permits, and make sure the work passes inspection.The main benefit for you is that it helps protect your investment.

Wholesaling in Maine is going to be tough.

If she is a realtor (or another real estate trade or business), she could work 750 hours as a realtor and then you'd need to materially participate in your rentals (several tests but the main ones are 500 hours, 100 hours and more than anyone else's time, or substantially all the rental activity).