im in south jersey

Hi Eric,The two I know of in NJ are Metro REIA in Central New Jersey and Garden State REIA in Northern New Jersey.I am a member of Metro REIA and decided to join that one because I heard from mutiple people who visited Garden State REIA meetings that many of its members have an agenda to push items they are selling - don't know this first hand.I find the people at Metro REIA genuine and really wanting to help newcomers.

Personally I am in New Jersey.

I'm a rookie investor from New Jersey.

Michael & Andy & JohnThanks for the valuable insights.In order to buy far away from where you live i.e. in my case PA or deep down in South Jersey may be better bets.

I was recently looking at properties online in Jersey City, since I haven't found anything I liked in NYC (meaning Brooklyn/Queens/Bronx) with a decent CAP rate.My other option is to look upstate NYany thoughts or options?

I am a manager for a property management company here in New Jersey and it is set up a little different than other management companies I've seen.

I'd make sure to have an attorney with me too.I'm not far from you as I'm in South Jersey.

Hi (Neighbor) Denise,Nice to see another jersey body here.

I know in North Jersey you needed a lawyer to do a closing but a realtor would typically be doing the selling.