Tommy DobczykOpportunity Zone Advisor, OZ Wizard · Director of Development | Certified Opportunity Zone Advisor

Unlock Tax Credits: The Wetland Secret for Property Deals! #shorts

14 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this short, Tommy Dobczyk explains a two‑step approach to handling a property that may not be suitable for construction. First, he emphasizes the importance of confirming whether a site is buildable. If the parcel cannot be developed, rather than discarding it, he proposes re‑positioning the land as a wetland to tap into tax‑credit programs. By obtaining wetland status, the owner can place the property into a long‑term lease (e.g., a 50‑year lease) with a corporation such as ExxonMobil, which then receives tax credits for preserving the wetland. This strategy turns an otherwise unusable lot into a revenue‑generating asset through tax‑credit value.

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Are you in the deal room? I do. Oh, you do? Oh, okay, okay. So basically with the address, what we're gonna just identify if it's even viable to build on. Yeah, it's not that we wouldn't be interested in buying it, we're just not interested in building on it. And then what we can do is we can price it to be something called a tax credit, okay? Because if it is a wetland, we can get it into a program where a company like ExxonMobil will sign a 50-year lease for the property, and they will get a tax credit for that.